The document outlines the theoretical framework of healthy cities/healthy communities, which involves citizens creating communities where all systems work well together to support good quality of life. Key components include a comprehensive view of health, commitment to health promotion, and addressing social determinants of health through collaborative problem-solving. The process involves assembling a diverse group, assessing community assets/issues, choosing an issue to focus on, developing and implementing a strategy, and continually monitoring/adjusting to tackle new issues.

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ASSIGNMENT
PREPARED BY
 USAMA SALIS
UNDER THE SUPERVISION
 SIR SHABBIR AHMAD

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Healthy Cities / Healthy
Communities
 A theoretical framework for a process by which citizens can create
healthy communities.
 Communities where all systems work well and together and where all
citizens enjoy a good quality of life.
 Loosely-defined strategy that involves all community members addressing
issues that are important to them.

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Two Premises of Healthy Cities/
Healthy Communities
 A comprehensive view of health.
 A commitment to healthy promotion.

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Prerequisites for Health in
Communities
 Peace
 Shelter
 Education
 Food
 Income
 Stable ecosystem
 Social justice
 Equity
 Sustainable resources

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How to Promote Community Health
 Build public policy.
 Create supportive environments.
 Strengthen community action.
 Develop personal skills.
 Re-orient services.

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Community Environments
 Natural
 Economic
 Leisure
 Political
 Work
 Built
 Social

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Why use Healthy Cities/Healthy
Communities?
 Community perspective.
 Participatory planning and community ownership.
 Range of ideas.
 Knowledge of the community.
 Community-wide ties.
 Achievable and measurable goals
 Identification and use of community assets and
resources.
 Community self-image.
 Community commitment to the long-term process.

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Who should participate?
 Elected and appointed officials.
 Those most affected by the issue.
 People who will carry out the initiative or those whose lives will be
affected by it.
 Agencies and groups involved in implementing the effort.
 Community opinion leaders.

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Components of Healthy Cities/
Healthy Communities
 Create a compelling vision based on shared values.
 Embrace a broad definition of health and well-being.
 Address quality-of-life for everyone.
 Engage diverse citizen participation and be citizen-driven.
 Seek multi-sectoral membership in widespread community ownership.
 Acknowledge the social determinants of health and the interrelationship of
health and other issues.
 Address issues through collaborative problem-solving.
 Focus on system change.
 Build capacity using local assets and resources.
 Measure and benchmark progress and outcomes.

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Three Social Determinants of Health
 Socio-economic equality.
 Social connectedness.
 Sense of personal efficacy.

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Potential Local Assets and Resources
 Impassioned individuals with talent, skills, and leadership.
 Those with material resources: money, space, etc.
 Institutions (libraries, schools, houses of worship…) that can
be resources.
 Organizations whose mission is to work for a better
community.
 Official government support along with legal and regulatory
powers.
 human resources—skills and work ethic.
 Natural and other environmental resources.
 The potential for these parts to coordinate.

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Steps to Implement a Healthy
Community Strategy
 Assemble a diverse and inclusive group.
 Generate a vision.
 Assess the assets and resources in the community that can help you
realize your vision, and the issues that act as barriers to it.
 Choose a first issue to focus on.
 Develop a community-wide strategy, incorporating as many
organizations, levels, and sectors as possible.
 Implement the plan.

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Steps to Implement a Healthy
Community Strategy (cont.)
 Monitor and adjust your initiative or intervention.
 Establish new systems that will maintain and build on the gains you’ve
made.
 Celebrate benchmarks and successes.
 Tackle the next issues.