Final MEDRI report on HORUS dissemination activities, April 10-12, 2025

On the occasion of the 125^th Anniversary of Public Health in Primorje-Gorski Kotar County, the three-day International Congress of Public Health “Kajetan Blečić: Healthy People in a Healthy Environment” was held (April 10-12, 2025) at the Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Rijeka, Croatia, attended by numerous domestic and foreign guests and lecturers. The meeting was organised by the Teaching Institute of Public Health of Primorje-Gorski Kotar County. The aim of the congress, which is dedicated to the great public health expert Dr Kajetan Blečić, was to present and share experiences in tackling current challenges in the field of Public Health.

The event received a great deal of media attention (links below) and regional TV Channel RI Kanal.

Video links: https://youtu.be/-bueM1rKTJA, https://youtu.be/cqaGLI4Z1JE

HORUS MEDRI research team members – Lovorka Bilajac, Lorena Hlača and Denis Juraga participated at the Congress with presentations dedicated to the HORUS project which was good opportunity to spread the project visibility to the numerous participants.

Lovorka Bilajac had a presentation: “Health literacy as a key to promoting physical activity: from information to action”.

The topic of the presentation held by Lorena Hlača was: “Dietary habits and health status of the residents of the city of Rijeka: Tailoring intervention pathways in the HORUS project”.

Denis Juraga presented the behavioural interventions for urban health within the project HORUS under the title: “Behavioural interventions for urban health: The HORUS project”.