The Anna Meyer University Children’s Hospital and its Health Promotion Programme
The hospital, founded in 1884, was one of the first hospital institutions in Italy exclusively devoted to the problems of child healthcare from birth to adolescence. Today, it is characterised by high standards of care
and research in specific paediatric health areas. In 1995, the Meyer hospital - with the Department of Paediatrics of the University of Florence - became an autonomous health institute of the Tuscan Health System, due to recognition of its role as a highly specialized paediatric institution. Many of the hospital’s services have been identified as specialized reference units for the Tuscany Region. The Meyer hospital is also a teaching centre.
In addition to the traditional healthcare and research activities, Meyer Hospital has addressed issues related to health promotion in children and adolescents and has constituted a specific Health Promotion Programme.
This unit of the hospital aims to develop a health promotion culture within the hospital and its community of reference, taking into account the perspective of the socio-economic determinants of health.
It has collaborated with regional, national and international organizations to develop and implement health promotion activities aimed at the youth.
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