This conference book highlights the out comes of the 2005 EUPHA conference held in November 2005 in Graz [...]. It addresses three broad questions : 1. Are the determinants of population health a major issue of research, practice and policies in European public health ? 2. What efforts have been taken to build adequate public health capacities ? 3. Is population health a reasonable aim of public health policy ? [...] The book shows that European countries need to move towards a comprehensive health policy if they aim at a more equitable social distribution of health opportunities, a better balance of health promotion, disease prevention and curative care - and ultimately a healthier population [Ed.]
