Preventive health programmes for children and adolescents are a cluster of measures taken to provide children and youth with preventive health programmes using the concept of a youth-friendly health service and a lifelong perspective approach. The aim of the programmes is to update preventive health care for children and adolescents with new tools and interventions focusing on reducing inequalities and reducing the risk of chronic non-communicable diseases, using the concept of a youth-friendly health service and a lifelong perspective approach.
 

We updated preventive health programs for children and adolescents based on the "Together for Health" project (2013-2016). The goal was to modernize preventive health care for children and adolescents with new programs, tools, and interventions with an emphasis on reducing inequality and the risk of chronic non-communicable diseases using the concept of youth-friendly health service and a lifelong perspective approach. The revision of the program was followed by the modification of the Rules for implementing preventive health care at the primary level. The online counseling site www.tosemjaz.net has also been renovated, giving young people easy and quick access to professional advice growing up.

Following these updates, Slovenia further revised the Rules on the implementation of preventive health care at the primary level and introduced the NOW Programme – Health Today for Tomorrow (Program ZDAJ – Zdravje danes za jutri). The programme represents an upgraded and comprehensive model of preventive care for children and adolescents, strengthening health promotion, early detection of risks, and timely interventions, while placing greater emphasis on mental health, healthy lifestyles, and reducing health inequalities through an integrated, youth-friendly and community-based approach.