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Health Promot Int. 2011 Dec;26:ii268-72. doi: 10.1093/heapro/dar066.

Healthy public policies: looking ahead.

Health promotion international

RĂ¼diger Krech

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  1. Department of Ethics, Equity, Trade and Human Rights, World Health Organization, Avenue Appia 20, Geneva, Switzerland. [email protected]

PMID: 22080083 DOI: 10.1093/heapro/dar066

Abstract

Health has moved up on the political agendas of most governments around the globe. The interdependence of economic, environmental and social conditions and health is increasingly understood. In turn, the experiences in health promotion with building healthy public policies become more important. Future "health in all policies" efforts, however, need to consider changing political contexts. There is some scope to review the focus on GDP when measuring economic development, and how health promotion considers both the opportunities and responsibilities of industry as part of healthy public policies.

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