Public Health Indicators 2023 – results for Hafnarfjörður
The Office of the Chief Medical Officer recently presented the public health indicators for 2023. Public health indicators are a collection of metrics that provide an indication of the nation's health and wellbeing and related factors. This year, for the first time, public health indicators were formally published for the nine most populous municipalities. The Borough of Hafnarfjörður is among these municipalities.
Opportunities for health promotion and prevention
The Office of the Chief Medical Officer recently presented the public health indicators for 2023. The public health indicators are a collection of metrics that provide an indication of the nation's health and well-being and related factors. The publication of public health indicators by health regions has been an annual event since 2016, and this year, for the first time, public health indicators were formally published for the nine most populous municipalities. Hafnarfjörður is among these municipalities.
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Analysis facilitates work with improved health and well-being
Public health indicators are intended to facilitate municipalities, including healthy communities, health services and others, to analyse the situation in their area, identify strengths and challenges, and assess the needs of the population so that they can work towards improving health and well-being. When selecting public health indicators, the focus is on the determinants of health and well-being that present opportunities for health promotion and prevention.
Examples of public health indicators where the figures for the City of Hafnarfjörður differ from the national average and provide the municipality, the City of Health Hafnarfjörður, healthcare services and others with specific indications of opportunities for health promotion and prevention:
- Higher participation in cervical cancer screening
- Fewer people are waiting for a nursing home place
- Year 1 children's vitamin D intake higher
- More antibiotic prescriptions for children under 5
- Participation in breast cancer screening is lower
- More specialist visits
Health-promoting community, workplace, primary schools and nurseries
Hafnarfjörður has been a healthy community since 2015 and began its journey to become a healthy workplace in 2022. It has since been purposefully placing an even greater emphasis on the health and well-being of its staff, making health promotion an integral part of its strategy.n the town's strategy. The Municipality of Hafnarfjörður is the third largest municipality in the country, with around 31,000 residents and 2,500 employees who carry out a wide variety of jobs at around 75 locations throughout the town. A number of nurseries and primary schools in Hafnarfjörður have already become health-promoting, and health promotion has become part of the city's new 2035 master plan.