TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2015//
TI  - European Healthy Cities come to terms with health network governance
JO  - Health promotion international
A1  - De Leeuw, Evelyne
A1  - Kickbusch, Ilona
A1  - Palmer, Nicola
A1  - Spanswick, Lucy
SP  - i32
EP  - i44
VL  - 30
IS  - Suppl 1
N2  - A focus on good governance in the WHO European network of Healthy Cities mirrors the WHO Region's strategic emphasis-its member states in the Health 2020 strategy espouse governance for health as key. Healthy Cities adopted governance as a key value and approach to delivering specific health programmes and policies. This article reviews the extent to which they actually introduce and align governance concepts and approaches with their local government commitments. Healthy Cities show that better participation, policy-making and intersectoral action result from an emphasis on governance. This happens across the designated cities and is not limited to a certain class (in terms of population or geographical location) or the time they have been designated. The support of WHO in driving the governance agenda seems important, but no data are available to show that European Healthy Cities are different from other urban environments.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0957-4824
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/heapro/dav040
ID  - ref1
ER  -