Euro 2012 European Football Championship Finals: planning for a health legacy
2014; Elsevier BV; Volume: 383; Issue: 9934 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1016/s0140-6736(13)62384-3
ISSN1474-547X
AutoresCatherine Smallwood, Katherine Arbuthnott, Barbara Banczak-Mysiak, Mariya Borodina, Ana Paula Coutinho, Lara Payne-Hallström, Elzbieta Lipska, Viktor Lyashko, Miroslaw Miklasz, Paulina Miśkiewicz, Dorit Nitzan, Igor Pokanevych, Marek Posobkiewicz, Gerald Rockenschaub, Małgorzata Sadkowska-Todys, Svetlana Sinelnik, D. de C. Smiley, Rysard Tomialoic, Volodimir Yurchenko, Ziad A. Memish, Dominique Heymann, Tina Endericks, Brian McCloskey, Alimuddin Zumla, Maurizio Barbeschi,
Tópico(s)Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology
ResumoThe revised international health regulations offer a framework that can be used by host countries to organise public health activities for mass gatherings. From June 8, to July 1, 2012, Poland and Ukraine jointly hosted the Union of European Football Associations European Football Championship Finals (Euro 2012). More than 8 million people from around the world congregated to watch the games. Host countries and international public health agencies planned extensively to assess and build capacity in the host countries and to develop effective strategies for dissemination of public health messages. The effectiveness of public health services was maximised through rapid sharing of information between parties, early use of networks of experienced individuals, and the momentum of existing national health programmes. Organisers of future mass gatherings for sporting events should share best practice and their experiences through the WHO International Observer Program. Research about behaviour of large crowds is needed for crowd management and the evidence base translated into practice. A framework to measure and evaluate the legacy of Euro 2012 is needed based on the experiences and the medium-term and long-term benefits of the tournament.
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