Holistic Empowerment of Citizens to Become Experts in Their Own Health

One of the EU Health Strategy’s main objectives is “fostering good health in an ageing Europe”. Health promotion is particularly important in the context of an ageing population resulting from a combination of longer life expectancies and low birth rates. To become a smart patient has to be learned. The corresponding educational process on which our project is based is empowerment. To this end, it requires a holistic approach that includes, as the WHO definition states, aspects not only from medicine, but also from sociology and psychology.