International Journal of Health Policy and Management

International Journal of Health Policy and Management

Evaluating Health in All Policies; Comment on “Developing a Framework for a Program Theory-Based Approach to Evaluating Policy Processes and Outcomes: Health in All Policies in South Australia”

Document Type : Commentary

Author
Sebastián Peña
Department of Public Health Solutions, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
10.15171/ijhpm.2018.33
Abstract
Health in All Policies (HiAP) has gained attention as a potential tool to address complex health and societal challenges at global, regional, national and subnational levels. In a recent article, Lawless et al propose an evaluation framework developed in the context of the South Australia HiAP initiative. Strategies, mediators, activities and impacts identified in the framework could potentially be useful for evaluating HiAP in other settings. Creating and sustaining political will, managing conflicts of interest and achieving financially, politically and conceptually sustainable HiAP initiatives are challenges that could be further strengthened in the current framework.
Keywords
Health in All Policies
Health Policy
Policy-Making
Evaluation
Subjects
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International Journal of Health Policy and Management
Volume 7, Issue 8
2018
Pages 761-762

  • Received Date 04 February 2018
  • Revised Date 27 March 2018
  • Accepted Date 28 March 2018
  • First Published Date 01 August 2018
  • Published Date 01 August 2018