Healthy Cities Phase V evaluation: further synthesizing realism

Leeuw, Evelyne de; Green, Geoff; Tsouros, Agis D.; Dyakova, M; Farrington, Jill; Faskunger, Johan; Grant, Marcus; Ison, Erica; Jackisch, Josephine; Lafond, L.; Lease, Helen; Mackiewicz, Karolina; Östergren, Per-Olof; Palmer, Nigel F.; Ritsatakis, Anna; Simos, Jean; Spanswick, Lucy; Webster, Premila; Zamaro, Gianna; Crown, June; Kickbusch, Ilona; Rasmussen, Niels K.; Scally, Gabriel; Biddle, Marian; Earl, Suzanne; Petersen, Connie; Devlin, Joan

doi:10.1093/heapro/dav047

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“…The findings are in line with the conclusions of the evaluation of phase V of the WHO European Healthy Cities Network using a realistic review. 42 It identified three main types of intersectoral actions carried out in cities, namely intersectoral governance, intersectoral action and intersectoral policies. The indicators we propose cover similar fields.…”

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How to Evaluate Health in All Policies at the Local Level: Methodological Insights Within Municipalities From the WHO French Healthy Cities Network

Porcherie

Thomas

Quidu

et al. 2022

Int J Health Policy Manag

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Background: This article proposes a method for analysing the degree of maturity of health-in-all-policies (HiAP) among WHO French Healthy Cities Network (WHO-FHCN) as part of the GREENH-City project. We focused on the creation or enhancement of health-promoting environments, and more specifically, public green spaces. Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional quantitative study guided by the evaluative framework of the HiAP maturity level developed by Storm et al. mixed with a qualitative interpretation. A self-administered questionnaire was sent to elected officials and health department officers in the 85 member cities of the WHO-FHCN in 2017. Subsequently 58 cities were included in the analysis, which was based on a Multiple Correspondence Analysis (MCA) and a Hierarchical Ascending Correspondence (HAC). Results: 32 criteria among a total of 100 were identified and were used to organize the cities into 8 groups which was then reduced to three profiles among the cities: a less advanced HiAP profile, an established HiAP profile and an advanced HiAP profile. This process allows us to identify 4 dimensions that make it possible to evaluate the level of maturity of cities in the HiAP process, namely: (1) the consideration of social inequalities in health and/or health issues in the policies / actions of the sector studied, (2) occasional intersectoral collaboration, i.e. one-off initiatives between the health department and others sectors, (3) the existence of joint projects, i.e. common projects between two or more sectors, (4) the existence of intersectoral bodies, in this case on the theme of urban green spaces including an intersectoral committee and/or working groups. Conclusion: Four dimensionswhich allow to the measurement of the degree of progress in implementing health-all-policies are proposed. With a view to integrating knowledge into public action, this study carried out under real conditions offers a realistic method to evaluate HiAP.

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How to Evaluate Health in All Policies at the Local Level: Methodological Insights Within Municipalities From the WHO French Healthy Cities Network

Porcherie

Thomas

Quidu

et al. 2022

Int J Health Policy Manag

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“…The intention is to clarify the primary actions and relations describing the HC's overall structure, considering its formulation and description provided by the official document entitled 'World Health Organization Healthy Cities Project: A Project Becomes a Movement: review of progress from 1987 to 1990'. The latter is considered one of the most influential texts exploited globally in HCs development [57]. It analyzes the initial phases of the first five-year action plan (1988)(1989)(1990)(1991)(1992) and draws attention to strategies, objectives, achievements, needs, and implications.…”

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Approaching Healthy City Ontology: First-Level Classes Definition Using BFO

Pietra¹,

Lotto²,

Bahshwan³

2021

Sustainability

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In recent decades, the concept of the healthy city (HC) has become more and more relevant in many fields, such as city administration and scientific environment, and has become a commonly understood concept in the general public. Due to the breakneck growth of people living in urban contexts, the subsequent necessity to guarantee good urban conditions for all kinds of citizens, and the general deterioration of the hearth environment caused by human activities (concentrated in urban settlements), this issue is increasing in its relevance. In this paper, the authors discuss the concept of the HC from an ontological point of view to organize the highly complex system of elements and the mutual relations that constitute the idea of HC. The main goals of an HC are quite intuitive, but the number of components that define and manage it is vast and related to different disciplines: sustainability, urban management, urban planning, and health and social studies. With the presented research, the authors intend to start an organizational definition of the HC using basic formal ontology (BFO). Considering the definition of HC, the authors focus on the ontology process and the different typologies of ontological structures. Then, the authors describe a first-level scheme of HC ontology and, finally, discuss possible applications of the presented study and next research steps.

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“…There exist several studies evaluating the Healthy Cities Network with respect to different foci (e.g. de Leeuw et al., 2,7 Simos et al., 8 Ritsatakis et al., 9 Greenet al, 10 Grant, 11 de Leeuw, 4 Heritage and Dooris 5 ). To the best of our knowledge, there exists no study that explicitly focusses on the communication process of Healthy Cities within Germany.…”

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“…De Leeuw 6 refers to the evidence on effectiveness of intersectoral action, policy and governance within the different phases of the Healthy Cities Network. Furthermore there are studies evaluating the previous phases of the Healthy Cities Network and giving an outlook to the advancing phases (particularly for phase V evaluation see de Leeuw et al., 7 Simos et al., 8 Ritsatakis et al., 9 Green et al., 10 Grant 11 ).…”

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Evaluating communication as an essential precondition for inter-organisational learning in Governance Networks – The case of the Healthy Cities Network in Germany

Grüb

Martin

2018

Health Serv Manage Res

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The Healthy Cities Network (HCN) of the WHO seems to be an effective approach to introduce innovative ideas into the healthcare sector. It is a knowledge-based network and at the same time a learning network. Within literature, communication is carved out as an essential precondition for such organisational learning. Still, there exists no study that explicitly focusses on the communication processes of the HCN Germany. The aim of this study is to get first insights into such communication processes and the information flow within the HCN Germany and to analyse these with respect to the processes of inter-organisational learning. An online questionnaire was sent to all member institutions of the HCN Germany. The questionnaire analysed the communication between the member cities and also between the member cities and the other institutions of the HCN Germany. Furthermore, the efficiency and the outcome of the communication and information exchange is evaluated. The evaluation showed that the communication and the exchange of information within the network is rated rather good and that there is transfer as well as the sharing of knowledge. So far joint learning processes between the network members and also between the member cities and the other institutions of the HCN Germany are lacking. For the further development of the network and the development of the network as a learning organisation there should be also joint learning processes, which means the cooperation between the network members and the other network institutions should be deepened.

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Healthy Cities Phase V evaluation: further synthesizing realism

Cited by 12 publications

References 14 publications

How to Evaluate Health in All Policies at the Local Level: Methodological Insights Within Municipalities From the WHO French Healthy Cities Network

How to Evaluate Health in All Policies at the Local Level: Methodological Insights Within Municipalities From the WHO French Healthy Cities Network

Approaching Healthy City Ontology: First-Level Classes Definition Using BFO

Evaluating communication as an essential precondition for inter-organisational learning in Governance Networks – The case of the Healthy Cities Network in Germany

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