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World Health Organization Healthy Cities Project : A Project Becomes A Movement
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Book : World Health Organization Healthy Cities Project : A Project Becomes A Movement Author : * Agis D.Tsouros Language : English Library : Social Phsician Publish Place : Italy ISBN : 88-85393-012 Publish Date : January 2000 Publisher : SOGESS Book Type : Report Book Number : 686 |
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INDEX
ContentsForeword
Preface
Acknowledgements
Executive summary
The Milan Declaration on Healthy Cities
Achieving health for all: the challenge of healthy cities
Health for all and health promotion
New strategies, new styles
What is a healthy city?
Thinking globally: the WHO Healthy Cities project
Mission and objectives
Overview of the strategy
Operation of the project
The five-year planning framework
The information exchange and consultation strategy
The multi-city action plan
Involving other WHO programmes in achieving health for all at the local level
Key events in the project, 1986-1987
Key events in the project, 1988-1990
1988
1989
1990
Project dissemination, 1987-1990
European national networks
Networks outside Europe
Taking stock: an assessment of the project
Conclusions and achievements
Implications for future strategies
Expanding the base of knowledge
Supporting project cities and other cities with special needs
Beyond 1992
Additional resources and personnel
Understanding the process: a review of progress in the cities
What is a local Healthy Cities project?
Factors influencing development
City size
Economic differences
Social and political culture
Jurisdiction and organizationBuilding towards success
Maintaining strong political support
Developing effective leadership
Broadening community control
Becoming highly visible
Achieving a strategic orientation
Securing adequate and appropriate resources
Achieving sound project administration
Achieving effective committees
Promoting community participation
Improving cooperation between sectors
Achieving managerial and political accountability
Acting locally: cities take action for health
Overview
Action for equity
Social action
The environmental approach
Disadvantaged people
Community equity
Action for supportive environments and sustainability
Supportive environments
Greening the city
Planning ecologically
Traffic
Air pollution
Water pollution
Solid waste
Cleaning your city
Healthy workplaces
Action for community involvement
Decentralization
Involving children
The physical environment
Action for reorienting health services
Mothers and children
Elderly people
Food and nutrition
Immigrants and ethnic minorities
Action for healthy public policy
Annex 1. Selection of project cities
Annex 2. Annual themes and their relationship to the European regional targets for health for all
Annex 3. The Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion Annex 4. Key background material (1978-1990) Annex 5. Healthy Cities project coordinators
Annex 6. Coordinators of national and
subnational Healthy Cities networks
Annex 1. The WHO Healthy Cities team
