Citation

den Broeder L, Scheepers E, Wendel-Vos GCW, Schuit J. J. Public Health Policy 2015; 36(2): 194-211.

Affiliation

1] National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Centre for Nutrition, Prevention, and Health Services, PO Box 1 Antonie van Leeuwenhoeklaan 9, 3720 BA Bilthoven, The Netherlands. [2] Department of Health Sciences and EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, VU University Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1105, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2015, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group -- Palgrave-Macmillan)

DOI

10.1057/jphp.2014.55

PMID

25654475

Abstract

To gather insight on how Health in All Policies (HiAP) is applied in practice, we carried out a case study on transport policies intended to stimulate a shift from car use to bicycling. We reviewed 3 years (2010, 2011, and 2012) of national budgets and policy documents in the Netherlands, followed by two focus group sessions and a second round of document analysis. We found to our surprise, given the country's history of bicycle promotion, that no HiAP approaches for bicycle promotion remain in place in national transport policies. The Netherlands may face serious challenges in the near future for facilitating bicycle use. Inclusion of health goals requires that the health sector work towards acquiring a better understanding of core values in other sector's policies.Journal of Public Health Policy advance online publication, 5 February 2015; doi:10.1057/jphp.2014.55.

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