A Salutogenic, Participatory and Settings-Based Model of Research for the Development and Evaluation of Complex Interventions: The Trøndelag Model for Public Health Work

Planning for Health Equity: How Municipal Strategic Documents and Project Plans Reflect Intentions Instructed by the Norwegian Public Health Act

“…This also illustrates how specific projects and approaches can make valuable contributions to fulfil the intentions described in MMPs and the PHA. To ensure that these contributions result in launching municipal systematic public health work, emerging insights and proven structures from the project should be included in later municipal management and planning, as described in the last step (step 7) of the working model applied [20][21][22]. This supports earlier studies showing that cross-sectoral structures that are part of the municipal organisation could ensure that knowledge and experiences are preserved and developed across approaches, and thereby, contribute to organizational learning [31][32][33].…”

“…All thirtyfour participating municipalities had to go through a formal application process to become part of the program. Participating municipalities had to apply The Trøndelag Model for Public Health Work as a working method [20][21][22]. The model [20] is strongly committed to the Norwegian Public Health Act [4] and offers a systematic step-by-step working method that integrates and moves beyond sectors and profession-specific approaches when implementing plans into effective public health initiatives.…”

“…The model [20] is strongly committed to the Norwegian Public Health Act [4] and offers a systematic step-by-step working method that integrates and moves beyond sectors and profession-specific approaches when implementing plans into effective public health initiatives. The model provides municipalities with guidelines that adhere to international principles of good governance in public health work, follow key principles for health promotion, and is found useful in different contexts where the aim is to improve practical solutions [20][21][22][23][24].…”