The EUPAP project has been in progress since 2019; and now we are in the final phase of the project. In this newsletter, you will be able to read about two of the EUPAP project partners – Lithuania and Portugal. Furthermore, you will find information regarding the final event of the project – the EUPAP Hybrid Conference on 14 February where you will learn about results, experiences and good practice from EUPAP.

EUPAP from the Lithuanian perspective

In Lithuania the EUPAP partner is Centro Poliklinika, a primary healthcare clinic that covers almost 6 per cent of the population. Representatives from several professions have been involved in the project and received training to become PAP-prescribers in the EUPAP project. In 2021, Lithuania launched the opening of a EUPAP office as a part of Centro Poliklinika. One of the challenges of implementing the EUPAP method was to make the patient registration process work. However, the benefits of EUPAP have been greater than the disadvantages, and we hope that the EUPAP method will be implemented throughout the country. Read more here.

The implementation of the PAP model in the Portuguese health care system

In Portugal, it is the General-Directorate of Health (GDH), which has been responsible for implementing the PAP method. Portugal created the National Programme for the Promotion of Physical Activity in 2016 and the implementation of PAP has been made within the scope of this national programme. Portugal’s aim to participate in the EUPAP has been to learn from the Swedish PAP approach and to cooperate and share knowledge with other countries and organisations.
The Portuguese have adapted all five components in the Swedish PAP method namely: patient-centred individualised counselling, written prescription, evidence based PA recommendation, follow-up and supporting environment through a community-based network. The focus has been on two diagnoses – depression and diabetes type 2. Read a full article here.

Documentation from the online implementation training on 8- 10 March.

EUPAP Final Conference 14 February 2023

Physical activity on prescription is a tool for prevention and treatment in healthcare. The EUPAP project has been ongoing since 2019. The aim of the project has been to implement the Swedish best practice model, Physical activity on prescription (PAP-S) in order to promote good health and to prevent non-communicable disease in health services in nine European countries.

• Would you like to learn more about how physical activity can be implemented in the healthcare context?
• Are you interested in how physical activity can be used as a tool for disease prevention and treatment?
• Would you like to know more about the outcomes of the EUPAP project in terms of results, experiences and good practice?

If so – this conference is for you!

Date: 14 February
Time: 09.00 a.m. – 5.00 p.m.

Place: Digital

Cost: Free of charge

Conference language: English

For more information about the conference and registration, please read here.