Geene Raimund, Kurth Bärbel-Maria, Matusall Svenja
Berlin School of Public Health, Alice Salomon Hochschule Berlin, Berlin.
Abteilung für Epidemiologie und Gesundheitsmonitoring, Robert Koch Institut, Berlin.
Gesundheitswesen. 2020 Jul;82(7):e72-e76. doi: 10.1055/a-1138-0389. Epub 2020 May 11.
The concept Health in All Policies (HiAP) looks at health from an inter-sectoral perspective. It has 2 main principles: firstly, investigation of the impact of policy decisions from all sectors on health and wellbeing and secondly, creation of synergies to improve health equity. HiAP serves as a foundation for dealing with the health-related challenges we face today: climate change, good nursing care, inclusion, social equity, availability of health care as well as quality of life both in urban centers and rural regions. Under the leadership of the 3 authors, a working group of Future Forum Public Health published an expert report on WHO's concept of HiAP. It provides an overview of the principles underlying this concept, foundations and state of implementation and serves as a source for decision makers and policy makers who want to include the concept into their policies and implement it in their jurisdiction.
