Table 2 Municipal organization of local health promotion in 2006
| Â | Â | Case A | Case B | Case C | Case D |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Organization | Municipal administration organization | Centralized administration management with administrative offices | Centralized administration management with administrative offices | Decentralized administration management | Decentralized administration management |
| Â | Expressed municipal administration responsible for local HP issues | Municipal executive committee | Unclear, unexpressed | Municipal executive committee | Culture and leisure department |
| Â | Local public health committee/Chairman | Yes/The chair of the Social Services Committee | No | Yes/The leading councillor | No |
| Â | Local health-planning officer | No | No | Yes, county financed with location in the municipality | Yes, county financed with location in the municipality |
| Â | External actors and partners | NGOs, public authorities. local trade and industry, neighbouring municipality | NGOs, public authorities, local trade and industry | County, NGOs, public authorities, local trade and industry, neighbouring municipalities | County, NGOs, public authorities, local trade and industry |
Management | Municipal vision | Pride and belief in the future | Child and youth municipality | Life time in Fagersta | Ecological municipality |
| Â | Main municipal administrative goal | Improved community environment. More housing. Increased participation. Increased public health. Follow-up of the local disability programme | Long-term sustainable economic development with an annual increasing net cost | A developing and safe environment that enables people and companies to be active and grow | Increasing growth through the utilization of companies' development opportunities and the municipality's geographical location to develop and ensure common welfare |
| Â | Intermediate goals related to health promotion | Decreased sick leave. Increased access to physical activity | A complete society. Increased participation | More meeting places. Safe city environment | Sustainable development. Safe and secure municipality |
| Â | HP plans, policies and programmes | Alcohol and drug programme | Political programmes for alcohol- and drugs, culture and leisure. Family centre | Programme for alcohol and drugs. Action plan for children at risk of harm. Family centre. Occupational programme for youth | Alcohol and drug programme. Labour-market policy programme. Rehabilitation policy for municipal employees |
| Â | Follow-up and evaluation of health promotion activities | Equality assessment. Some questionnaires. Some evaluation | Child assessments. Equality assessments. Several questionnaires. Some evaluation | Equality assessment. Some questionnaires. Some evaluation | Equality assessment. Some questionnaires. Some evaluation. Local welfare management system |
Focus | Target group | Children, youth, municipal employees, local-company employees | Children, youth, elderly, municipal employees | Children, youth, elderly | Children, youth, municipal employees |
| Â | Target areas | Alcohol, tobacco, physical activity | Alcohol, drugs, participation, physical activity | Alcohol, drugs, physical activity, safe environment | Alcohol, drugs, physical activity |
| Â | Strategies | Internal and external intersectoral collaboration. Projects and programmes | Intersectoral collaboration. Projects and programmes | Networks. Internal and external intersectoral collaboration. Collaboration between municipalities. Projects and programmes | Intersectoral collaboration. Projects and programmes |