As of 1 May, Centre for Childhood Health has hired a Health Promotion Officer to support the centre's municipal partnerships and preventive initiatives.
The choice has fallen on Tine Curtis, head of Local Government Denmark's Centre for Prevention in Practice.
She will focus on Centre for Childhood Health's health promotion initiatives in the country's municipalities. The Centre just entered into a partnership with Ishøj Municipality, and more are on the way.
Tine Curtis has many years of experience in combining research and practice in health promotion and prevention. Both from a previous position as Head of Research at the National Institute of Public Health and most recently as Head of the Centre for Prevention in Practice at Local Government Denmark, where she headed the cross-municipal project Children's Life in Healthy Balance.
She also serves as Head of Research at Aalborg Municipality and lectures as an adjunct professor at Aalborg University and University of Southern Denmark.
'A huge capacity'
"I'm looking forward to creating partnerships between municipality and the research community. At Centre for Childhood Health, I will get the opportunity to combine everything I have worked with for the past many years - research, dissemination of knowledge, implementation and co-creation - both in municipalities and in conjunction with the other activities at the Centre,” says Tine Curtis.
Tine Curtis will be part of the Centre for Childhood Health's implementation and competence development area. Research and Implementation Director, Teresa Holmberg, is looking forward to welcoming the new staff member:
”Tine brings the perfect mix of great municipal insight, research knowledge in public health science and implementation, and a huge commitment to health promotion efforts involving children and adolescents. She is a huge capacity in this area, and we are happy to have her on board," says Teresa Holmberg.
Tine Curtis has followed Centre for Childhood Health since its establishment, as she has chaired its advisory board. She will step down from the board when she takes up her new position, but will retain her affiliation with Aalborg Municipality, where she will continue in her role as Head of Research.
