Coordination of Actions to Promote Mental Health Project

The new project to promote health, prevent diseases and improve living conditions is in line with the health promotion strategy.

This week, the Cabildo de Tenerife held the second meeting of the Steering Group for Coordination. Measures to Prevent Mental Health Disorders Promote healthy habits and lifestyles.

The meeting was attended by the Minister of Education and Prevention, Juan Acosta; the Director of the Canary Health Service, Carlos Gustavo Díaz; and the Director of Primary Care in Tenerife, Jesús Delgado, among others. representative From areas Health promotionMental health and primary care in Tenerife.

Promoting mental health

Juan Acosta explained that each meeting was a step forward in the mission to create a healthier island and to realize the importance of that. Psychological health And the Healthy life It’s important. “At this second Technical meeting They were brought to shore. Big ideas that we have on the table.

For his part, Carlos Gustavo Diaz said that this leadership group is “a great innovation and the coordination between the institutions that led to it is exemplary.” The technical team“While Jesus Delgado confirmed that Active collaboration Between institutions is essential and this is an example of that. “We are all pulling the health wheel for innovative, important projects that are worthwhile,” he said.

Disease prevention

this new project Promoting health, preventing disease and improving living conditions are in line with the health strategy. Health promotion and prevention in the national system The Ministry of Health, whose commitment was ratified in 2018 with the aim of agreeing an institutional declaration that reaffirms the Council’s strict commitment to it, and to the Canarian Health Promotion Strategy “Health-Promoting Islands and Municipalities” to which the Cabildo of Tenerife has adhered since 2020.

The project will have Experimental phase Which will be held in the municipalities of San Miguel, El Rosario and Santa Ursula. Once evaluated and assessed, it is planned to be implemented in the rest of the island’s municipalities, in collaboration with the Federation of Canary Municipalities (FECAM).