Healthy Cities in a global and regional context

Health Promotion International
Roderick J Lawrence, Colin Fudge

Abstract

Since the beginning of the WHO European Healthy Cities Network in 1987, the global and regional contexts for the promotion of health and well-being have changed in many ways. First, in 2000, the United Nations Millennium Goals explicitly and implicitly addressed health promotion and prevention at the global and regional levels. Second, the concern for sustainable development at the Rio Conference in 1992 was confirmed at the World Summit in Johannesburg in 2002. During the same period, in many regions including Europe, the redefinition of the roles and responsibilities of national, regional and local governments, reductions in budgets of public administrations, the privatization of community and health services, the instability of world trade, the financial system and employment, migration flows, relatively high levels of unemployment (especially among youth and young adults) have occurred in many countries in tandem with negative impacts on specific policies and programmes that are meant to promote health. Since 1990, the European Commission has been explicitly concerned about the promotion of health, environment and social policies by defining strategic agendas for the urban environment, sustainable development and governance...Continue Reading

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Feb 6, 2010·Health Promotion International·Evelyne de Leeuw

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Sep 14, 2012·Journal of Urban Health : Bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine·Roderick J Lawrence
Nov 5, 2013·Lancet·Gerry V Stimson
Apr 22, 2017·European Journal of Public Health·E M KosterE J C van Ameijden

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