Health in All Policies as a Strategic Policy Response to NCDs
The aim of Health in All Policies (HiAP) is to bring diverse sectors together to find shared solutions; it focuses on identifying 'win-win' or 'cobenefits' such that policy measures contribute not only to improved health outcome...
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Format: | Working Paper |
Language: | English en_US |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2014
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Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/02/20030014/health-all-policies-strategic-policy-response-ncds http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20064 |
Summary: | The aim of Health in All Policies
(HiAP) is to bring diverse sectors together to find shared
solutions; it focuses on identifying 'win-win' or
'cobenefits' such that policy measures contribute
not only to improved health outcomes but also to outcomes
desired by other sectors, such as education, environment,
welfare, agriculture, and transportation. HiAP can be
applied to NCD prevention and control from three different
entry points: risk factors or conditions, population groups
(including life course), and sectors. (HiAP) is a relatively
new concept and policy practice that attempts to incorporate
consideration into the policy decision-making process of how
public policies and programs affect community health and
well-being. It represents a way of working across sectors
that aim to find solutions for complex, interrelated, and
persistent problems. With the global epidemic in
non-communicable diseases (NCDs), HiAP offers a potential
approach and a pathway to secure coordinated action on
social determinants of health that relate to NCDs and result
in health inequalities. Promising examples can be seen
globally for action on both specific NCD risk factors as
well as in a more systemic approach to policy decision making. |
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