Glossary
This glossary covers a wide range of terms used in the fields of public health, health equalities, socioeconomic determinants of health and financing of healthcare. By offering explanations of often-used terms, we aim to help every visitor understand the intricacies of health promotion and health equity, and the importance of investing in health promotion to create healthier societies.
- Co-financing / Joint budgeting
- Cohesion Fund
- Common Agricultural Policy (CAP)
- Determinants of Health
- Disadvantaged / Vulnerable / Marginalised Groups
- Economy of Wellbeing
- EU Cohesion Policy
- EU Regional Policy
- European Green Deal
- European Health Union
- European Pillar of Social Rights
- European Regional Development Fund
- European Semester
- Evaluation
- Evidence Based
- Fiscal Policy
- GINI Coefficient
- Good Practice
- Gross National Income (GNI)
- Health
- Health Equity
- Health Impact
- Health Impact Assessments (HIAs)
- Health in All Policies (HiAP)
- Health Inequalities
- Health Inequities
- Health Promotion
- Health Status
- Horizon Europe
- Human Development Index
- Intersectoral
- Interventions
- InvestEU
- Joint Actions
- Just Transition Fund
- Key Performance Indicator (KPI)
- Lifestyle
- Loan
- Outcomes vs. Outputs
- Policy Response
- Population Health
- Primary Healthcare
- Proportionate Universalism
- Quantitative vs. Qualitative
- Scalability
- Situation Analysis
- Social Determinants of Health
- Social gradient or the socio-economic gradient in health
- Social Impact Investing
- Social Infrastructure
- Social Scoreboard
- Socio-economic Status
- State of the Union
- Sustainability
- Sustainable behaviour
- Sustainable Development Goals