Fences and ambulances: Governance for intersectoral action on health

Reducing Health Inequities Through Intersectoral Action: Balancing Equity in Health With Equity for Other Social Goods

Significant attention has been devoted to developing intersectoral strategies to reduce health inequities; however, these strategies have largely neglected to consider how equity in health ought to be weighted and balanced with the pursuit of equity for other social goods (eg, education equity). Research in this domain is crucial, as the health sector’s pursuit of health equity may be at odds w...

Intersectoral Action for Health the Sri Lankan Case Study

The purpose of this case study is to analyse the intersectoral synergic processes that contributed to the improvement of health in Sri Lanka and to draw lessons that would help to identify the scope for intersectoral action for health .The case study provides an overview of the intersectoral processes that produced the high health indicators during the period 1950 -1975 when Sri Lanka underwent...

Intersectoral action for health equity: a rapid systematic review

BACKGROUND Action on the social determinants of health is considered a necessary approach to improving health equity. Most of the social determinants of health lie outside the sphere of the health sector and thus collaboration with governmental and non-governmental sectors outside of health are required to develop policies and programs to improve health equity. Case studies of intersectoral act...

Intersectoral Planning for Public Health: Dilemmas and Challenges

Background Intersectoral action is often presented as essential in the promotion of population health and health equity. In Norway, national public health policies are based on the Health in All Policies (HiAP) approach that promotes whole-of-government responsibility. As part of the promotion of this intersectoral responsibility, p...

Community ownership and intersectoral action for health as key principles for achieving "Health for all".