Healthy Public Policy

Abstract

A supportive environment, which enables people to lead healthy lives is of utmost importance for populations being healthy. Healthy public policy is one of the most important approaches to achieve this goal. Healthy public policy is a policy “characterized by an explicit concern for health and equity in all areas of policy, and by accountability for health impact. Main building blocs of healthy public policy are: societal goals focused in health of the population, enhancement of public opinion for health, gaining support of economy in implementation of healthy public policy, funding for health, creating health-supportive informational systems, and civil society enrolment.