Evaluating the implementation of the WHO Healthy Cities Programme across Germany (1999-2002)

Plumer, Klaus D, Kennedy, Lynne and Trojan, Alf (2010) Evaluating the implementation of the WHO Healthy Cities Programme across Germany (1999-2002).

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Abstract

The WHO Healthy Cities Project (1988) is a well-known example of the setting-based approach to health promotion. Developed as a framework for translating the key principles of the Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion (1986) into practice, it is best characterized as a process for successfully encouraging healthy public policy. In 2001, the German Healthy Cities Network (HCN) commissioned a survey of the 52 local Healthy Cities programme Coordinators (HCC) to monitor progress and identify strengths and weaknesses associated with its implementation. Most (90%; 47/52) HCC participated in the survey. Several positive aspects of the Health Cities Programmes (HCP) in Germany were identified: during the first 5 years, it expanded rapidly; project coordinators felt highly engaged, despite limited resources; a combination of traditional and innovative approaches was adopted and applauded; and almost 75% of HCC felt that their efforts had been beneficial. Nonetheless, the following shortcomings were identified: increased resources required; greater clarification of concepts and strategies at the local level; stronger commitment to the Nine-Point Programme of Action; greater integration within the national HCN and the local political administrative system (PAS); better programme documentation and evaluation. In conclusion, the HCN in Germany has expanded and developed since its inception 20 years ago. German HCP will only improve if professionalism and quality of local work are improved, particularly in terms of strengthening their influence on the local PAS and on public policies.

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Additional Information: This is a pre-copy-editing, author-produced PDF of an article accepted for publication in Health Promotion following peer review. The definitive publisher-authenticated version Plumer,K. D., Kennedy,L.,& and Trojan, A. (2010) 'Evaluating the implementation of the WHO Healthy Cities Programme across Germany (1999-2002)'. Health Promotion International 25(3), 342-354 is available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/heapro/dam045
Keywords: healthy cities, healthy public policy, evaluation of healthy cities network, performance quality criteria
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Depositing User: ULCC Admin
Date Deposited: 05 Oct 2011 09:13
Last Modified: 11 Dec 2017 20:06
URI: https://glyndwr.repository.guildhe.ac.uk/id/eprint/151

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