The ambition of Health in All Policies in Norway: The role of political leadership and bureaucratic change

Hege Hofstad

Health Policy, 2016, vol. 120, issue 5, 567-575

Abstract: This paper presents and discusses status, challenges and future developments of Health in All Policies (HiAP) in Norway. Within the frames of the identified challenge of creating coordinated and durable policies and practices in local government, it discusses The Norwegian HiAP policy. More specifically, the paper identifies status and challenges for instituting firmer political and administrative attention to population health and health equity across administrative sectors and levels, and discusses how national authorities may stimulate more coordinated and durable HiAP policies and practices in the future.

Keywords: Health in All Policies; Political leadership; Bureaucratic change; Local government; Policy implementation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2016.03.001

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