TY - JOUR
T1 - Comparison of health policy documents of European cities
T2 - Are they oriented to reduce inequalities in health
AU - Borrell, Carme
AU - Morrison, Joana
AU - Burstrom, Bo
AU - Pons-Vigués, Mariona
AU - Hoffmann, Rasmus
AU - Gandarillas, Ana
AU - Martikainen, Pekka
AU - Domínguez-Berjón, M. Felicitas
AU - Tarkiainen, Lasse
AU - Díez, Èlia
PY - 2013/1
Y1 - 2013/1
N2 - Health policies are specified in documents that contain values, objectives, strategies, and interventions to be implemented. The objective of our study was to analyse health policy documents of six European cities and one county council published around 2010 to determine (i) how cities conceptualize health inequalities, and (ii) what strategies are proposed to reduce them. We performed a qualitative document analysis. We selected Health or Health Inequalities policy documents and analysed the following aspects: general characteristics of the document, inclusion and definition of health inequalities, promotion of good governance and participation, number of objectives, and evaluation. We also described specific objectives. Rotterdam, London, and Stockholm use a conceptual framework. Two of them define health inequalities as a social gradient. Intersectoral action, participation, and evaluation are included in most documents. Interventions focus mainly on the socioeconomic context.
AB - Health policies are specified in documents that contain values, objectives, strategies, and interventions to be implemented. The objective of our study was to analyse health policy documents of six European cities and one county council published around 2010 to determine (i) how cities conceptualize health inequalities, and (ii) what strategies are proposed to reduce them. We performed a qualitative document analysis. We selected Health or Health Inequalities policy documents and analysed the following aspects: general characteristics of the document, inclusion and definition of health inequalities, promotion of good governance and participation, number of objectives, and evaluation. We also described specific objectives. Rotterdam, London, and Stockholm use a conceptual framework. Two of them define health inequalities as a social gradient. Intersectoral action, participation, and evaluation are included in most documents. Interventions focus mainly on the socioeconomic context.
KW - Europe
KW - cities
KW - health policy
KW - socioeconomic factors
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U2 - 10.1057/jphp.2012.57
DO - 10.1057/jphp.2012.57
M3 - Article
C2 - 23172051
AN - SCOPUS:84873955929
SN - 0197-5897
VL - 34
SP - 100
EP - 120
JO - Journal of public health policy
JF - Journal of public health policy
IS - 1
ER -