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Schools can play a key role in mental health prevention, reaching most children during critical periods. Many national preventionstrategies therefore describe a range of schoolbased activities and outcomes. However, in reality, prevention at schools arises from a complex system of various stakeholders and flows of policies, funding, and information.To enable systematic improvement of schoolbased prevention, we created and compared two system maps: an observed system map based on workshops with school staff and a prescribed system map based on analysis of strategic documents.

Owing to internationally recognised population-based cancer registry, Estonian cancer incidence data are available for more than 50 years – since 1968. Over time, the annual number of new cancer cases has increased significantly. A total of 9,196 new cancer cases were registered in Estonia in 2022, with 4,563 cases diagnosed in men and 4,633 in women. Leading cancer sites in men were similar to previous years – the prostate (29% of all cancers in men) followed by non-melanoma skin (12%) and lung (11%).

A study of syringe residues provides an answer to which psychoactive substances are used by people who inject drugs in different regions of Estonia. Iti s chemically objective information that helps: to get a good overview of the regional drug market,to provide input for early warning users,to better plan harm reduction (including overdose prevention) and treatment activities.The study is led by the National Institute for Health Development, and the analysis was conducted by the Estonian Forensic Science Institute.  

In the institute's development plan, we define the vision and mission of the institute, general objectives, strategic directions, and the key activities to achieve them. It is important to us that the institute's main objectives are timely and relevant. Compared to the existing development plan, the updated document is characterized by transparency of the directions of activities and clearly described steps to achieve them, which opens our ambitions and strategic directions.

In the institute’s development plan, we define the vision and mission of the institute, main goals, strategic directions, and key activities to achieve them. It is important to us that the institute’s main objectives are timely and relevant. Compared to the existing development plan, the updated document is characterized by transparency of strategic directions with clearly described steps to achieve them, which reflect our ambitions and strategic directions.

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The Institute for Health Development (IHN) has five Centres, made up of Domains, Departments and Registries:

Our work is guided by the objectives and vision set out in the Research and Development, Innovation and Entrepreneurship Strategy 2021–2035 and the Population Health Development Plan 2020–2030. The development plan of the National Institute for Health Development defines our main organisational objectives for the period 2021–2025 and the activities needed to achieve them.

Data from our medical registers and other databases are used for the studies.