What Makes a Community Healthy?

What Makes a Community Healthy?
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What Makes a Community Healthy?
The term Healthy Communities is used to refer to a universal movement that takes a holistic perspective of communities, and that recognizes the fact that “everything is connected to everything” and “the whole is more than the sum of its parts” ADDIN CSL_CITATION { “citationItems” : [ { “id” : “ITEM-1”, “itemData” : { “DOI” : “10.1080/13549839.2012.681465”, “abstract” : “There is considerable knowledge of how to enhance the health of communities through reshaping their environments, particularly the urban environments in which people increasingly live. We have much less understanding of how to deliver these healthier urban environments. This paper reviews the research on four key urban health problematics ? sanitation and wastewater treatment, transportation and mobility, the urban heat island impacts, and indoor air quality ? and considers the implications for urban planning and management.”, “author” : [ { “dropping-particle” : “”, “family” : “Rydin”, “given” : “Yvonne”, “non-dropping-particle” : “”, “parse-names” : false, “suffix” : “” }, { “dropping-particle” : “”, “family” : “Davies”, “given” : “Michael”, “non-dropping-particle” : “”, “parse-names” : false, “suffix” : “” }, { “dropping-particle” : “”, “family” : “Du00e1vila”, “given” : “Julio D”, “non-dropping-particle” : “”, “parse-names” : false, “suffix” : “” }, { “dropping-particle” : “”, “family” : “Hallal”, “given” : “Pedro C”, “non-dropping-particle” : “”, “parse-names” : false, “suffix” : “” }, { “dropping-particle” : “”, “family” : “Hamilton”, “given” : “Ian”, “non-dropping-particle” : “”, “parse-names” : false, “suffix” : “” }, { “dropping-particle” : “”, “family” : “Lai”, “given” : “Ka Man”, “non-dropping-particle” : “”, “parse-names” : false, “suffix” : “” }, { “dropping-particle” : “”, “family” : “Wilkinson”, “given” : “Paul”, “non-dropping-particle” : “”, “parse-names” : false, “suffix” : “” } ], “container-title” : “Local Environment”, “id” : “ITEM-1”, “issue” : “5”, “issued” : { “date-parts” : [ [ “2012”, “5”, “1” ] ] }, “note” : “doi: 10.

1080/13549839.2012.681465″, “page” : “553-560”, “publisher” : “Routledge”, “title” : “Healthy communities”, “type” : “article-journal”, “volume” : “17” }, “locator” : “553”, “uris” : [ “http://www.mendeley.com/documents/?uuid=fa39b915-6ce0-4905-88b5-d9adfa32764d” ] } ], “mendeley” : { “previouslyFormattedCitation” : “(Rydin et al., 2012, p. 553)” }, “properties” : { “noteIndex” : 0 }, “schema” : “https://github.com/citation-style-language/schema/raw/master/csl-citation.json” }(Rydin et al., 2012, p. 553). Initiatives within this movement use multi-sectoral coordinated efforts that incorporate social, financial and ecological objectives to ensure a wholesome, sustainable state of well-being of the entire community.
Principles of a Healthy Community
From this movement, comes the principles on which a healthy community is based on ADDIN CSL_CITATION { “citationItems” : [ { “id” : “ITEM-1”, “itemData” : { “abstract” : “The World Health Organization’s European Office has initiated a major new project known as u201cHealthy Citiesu201d. As a laboratory for the lifestyle targets agreed for Europe, the time seems right to support integrated approaches to health promotion at the city level. The city is often the lowest administrative level which can marshal the resources and has the political mandate and authority to develop and implement intersectoral approaches to health; because it is a place with which its citizens identify, there are good prospects for participation harnessed to neighbourhood or civic pride. Throughout the European Region at present there is evidence of a general renaissance of public health activity at this level and it seems appropriate for WHO to support and facilitate processes which are already under way.The project will initially bring together ten or twelve European cities to collaborate in the implementation of intersectoral city health plans. In turn, these cities will take responsibility for supporting the development of further networks of cities which wish to participate in the project. WHO will provide technical expertise and generate a range of resource materials of value to the cities involved. In addition there will be a major collaborative European television series on the healthy city.By concentrating on concrete examples of health promotion which include a commitment to community participation and intersectoral collaboration, it is expected that the Healthy Cities project will mark the point at which WHO philosophies and frameworks are taken off the shelves and into the streets of European cities”, “author” : [ { “dropping-particle” : “”, “family” : “Ashton”, “given” : “John”, “non-dropping-particle” : “”, “parse-names” : false, “suffix” : “” }, { “dropping-particle” : “”, “family” : “Grey”, “given” : “Paula”, “non-dropping-particle” : “”, “parse-names” : false, “suffix” : “” }, { “dropping-particle” : “”, “family” : “Barnad”, “given” : “Keith”, “non-dropping-particle” : “”, “parse-names” : false, “suffix” : “” } ], “container-title” : “Health Promotion International”, “id” : “ITEM-1”, “issue” : “3”, “issued” : { “date-parts” : [ [ “1986”, “1”, “1” ] ] }, “note” : “10.1093/heapro/1.3.319”, “page” : “319-324”, “title” : “Healthy cities u2014 WHO’s New Public Health initiative”, “type” : “article-journal”, “volume” : “1” }, “locator” : “320”, “uris” : [ “http://www.mendeley.com/documents/?uuid=55ca6bca-d038-4266-9c66-ec85fbcfe425” ] } ], “mendeley” : { “previouslyFormattedCitation” : “(Ashton, Grey, & Barnad, 1986, p. 320)” }, “properties” : { “noteIndex” : 0 }, “schema” : “https://github.com/citation-style-language/schema/raw/master/csl-citation.json” }(Ashton, Grey, & Barnad, 1986, p. 320):
Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being.
Social, economic and environmental factors are vital influences on human health, and they are inter-related.
Individuals can’t accomplish their fullest potential unless they are capable of controlling things that determine their well-being.
There is an inter-relation among all sectors of the community; these sectors, therefore, ought to their knowledge, expertise, and insights as well as points of view to create a healthy.
Qualities of a Healthy Community
Accordingly, the following are the eight main elements identified as typical of a healthy environment ADDIN CSL_CITATION { “citationItems” : [ { “id” : “ITEM-1”, “itemData” : { “DOI” : “10.1080/13549839.2012.681465”, “abstract” : “There is considerable knowledge of how to enhance the health of communities through reshaping their environments, particularly the urban environments in which people increasingly live. We have much less understanding of how to deliver these healthier urban environments. This paper reviews the research on four key urban health problematics ? sanitation and wastewater treatment, transportation and mobility, the urban heat island impacts, and indoor air quality ? and considers the implications for urban planning and management.”, “author” : [ { “dropping-particle” : “”, “family” : “Rydin”, “given” : “Yvonne”, “non-dropping-particle” : “”, “parse-names” : false, “suffix” : “” }, { “dropping-particle” : “”, “family” : “Davies”, “given” : “Michael”, “non-dropping-particle” : “”, “parse-names” : false, “suffix” : “” }, { “dropping-particle” : “”, “family” : “Du00e1vila”, “given” : “Julio D”, “non-dropping-particle” : “”, “parse-names” : false, “suffix” : “” }, { “dropping-particle” : “”, “family” : “Hallal”, “given” : “Pedro C”, “non-dropping-particle” : “”, “parse-names” : false, “suffix” : “” }, { “dropping-particle” : “”, “family” : “Hamilton”, “given” : “Ian”, “non-dropping-particle” : “”, “parse-names” : false, “suffix” : “” }, { “dropping-particle” : “”, “family” : “Lai”, “given” : “Ka Man”, “non-dropping-particle” : “”, “parse-names” : false, “suffix” : “” }, { “dropping-particle” : “”, “family” : “Wilkinson”, “given” : “Paul”, “non-dropping-particle” : “”, “parse-names” : false, “suffix” : “” } ], “container-title” : “Local Environment”, “id” : “ITEM-1”, “issue” : “5”, “issued” : { “date-parts” : [ [ “2012”, “5”, “1” ] ] }, “note” : “doi: 10.1080/13549839.2012.681465”, “page” : “553-560”, “publisher” : “Routledge”, “title” : “Healthy communities”, “type” : “article-journal”, “volume” : “17” }, “uris” : [ “http://www.mendeley.com/documents/?uuid=fa39b915-6ce0-4905-88b5-d9adfa32764d” ] } ], “mendeley” : { “previouslyFormattedCitation” : “(Rydin et al., 2012)” }, “properties” : { “noteIndex” : 0 }, “schema” : “https://github.com/citation-style-language/schema/raw/master/csl-citation.json” }(Rydin et al., 2012):
Access to clean water and proper sanitation.
Access to good quality air.
The existence of clean land with proper waste disposal facilities
Provision of safe homes that protect from weather elements.
Secure neighborhoods that provide a sense of community belonging.
Existence of auto autonomy through reliable reasonable and open public transport systems
Availability of green and blue spaces that help in climate control and are used for working out and other outdoor activities.
Accessible health facilities that promote equitable and functioning healthcare systems.

References
ADDIN Mendeley Bibliography CSL_BIBLIOGRAPHY Ashton, J., Grey, P., & Barnad, K. (1986). Healthy cities — WHO’s New Public Health initiative. Health Promotion International, 1(3), 319–324. Retrieved from http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/heapro/1.3.319
Rydin, Y., Davies, M., Dávila, J. D., Hallal, P. C., Hamilton, I., Lai, K. M., & Wilkinson, P. (2012). Healthy communities. Local Environment, 17(5), 553–560. doi:10.1080/13549839.2012.681465