[EQ] Contributions for Repositioning a Regional Strategy for Healthy Municipalities, Cities and Communities

Contributions for Repositioning a Regional Strategy for Healthy Municipalities, Cities and Communities (HM&C):

Results of a Pan-American Survey

Sergio Meresman, the Latin American Centre of Humane Economy, Montevideo, Uruguay,
Marilyn Rice, Pan American Health Organization (PAHO/WHO), Washington, DC, USA
Carlos Vizzotti, Romina Frassia, Pablo Vizzotti, Universidad ISALUD, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Marco Akerman, ABC Regional Medical School (FMABC), Santo André, SP, Brazil.

Journal of Urban Health: Bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine

doi:10.1007/s11524-010-9457-1-  

Available online PDF [15p.] at: http://bit.ly/dur0JX

“…..This article presents the results of the 1st Regional Survey of Healthy Municipalities, Cities and Communities (HM&C) carried out in 2008 by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) and ISALUD University of Argentina.

 

It discusses the responses obtained from 12 countries in the Americas Region.
Key informants in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, and Uruguay were selected and encouraged to answer the survey, while informants from Canada and Honduras answered voluntarily and were included in this analysis.

 

The discussion of the results of the Survey provides insight into the current status of HM&C in the Region and suggests key topics for repositioning the Regional strategy relative to:

(1)      the conceptual identity and tools for HM&C;

(2)      challenging areas in the implementation process (scale, legal framework, and development of capacities);

(3)      related strategies and participatory processes such as the ways citizen empowerment in governance is supported;

(4)      the need to monitor and assess the impact of the HM&C strategy on the health and quality of life of the populations involved; and

(5)      the need for developing a strategic research and training agenda.

 

The analysis and discussion of these results aims to provide useful input for repositioning the strategy in the Region and contributing to the emergence of a second generation of concepts and tools capable of meeting the developing priorities and needs currently faced by the Healthy Municipalities, Cities and Communities HM&C strategy…..”

 

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