Creating a whole-of-government approach to promoting healthy weight: What can Health in All Policies contribute?

Helen van Eyk (), Fran Baum and Toni Delany-Crowe
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Helen van Eyk: Flinders University
Fran Baum: Flinders University
Toni Delany-Crowe: Flinders University

International Journal of Public Health, 2019, vol. 64, issue 8, No 7, 1159-1172

Abstract: Abstract Objectives This paper examines the opportunities and barriers that the South Australian Health in all Policies (SA HiAP) approach encountered when seeking to establish a whole-of-government response to promoting healthy weight. Methods The paper draws on data collected during 31 semi-structured interviews, analysis of 113 documents, and a program logic model developed via workshops to show the causal links between strategies and anticipated outcomes. Results A South Australian Government target to increase healthy weight was supported by SA HiAP to develop a cross-government response. Our analysis shows what supported and hindered implementation. A combination of economic and systemic framing, in conjunction with a co-benefits approach, facilitated intersectoral engagement. The program logic shows how implementation can be expected to contribute to a population with healthy weight. Conclusions The HiAP approach achieved some success in encouraging a range of government departments to contribute to a healthy weight target. However, a comprehensive approach requires national regulation to address the commercial determinants of health and underlying causes of population obesity in addition to cross-government action to promote population healthy weight through regional government action.

Keywords: Health in All Policies; Intersectoral action; Healthy public policy; Determinants of health; Healthy weight; Obesity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1007/s00038-019-01302-4

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