Health for All Policies : the co-benefits of intersectoral action / edited by Scott L. Greer, Michelle Falkenbach, Josep Figueras, Matthias Wismar.

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From Health in All Polices to Health for All Policies : the logic of co-benefits -- Finding and understanding co-benefits -- Politics and governance for co-benefits Next steps : making Health for All Policies -- SDG1, eliminating poverty : improvements to health coverage design as a means to create co-benefits between health system and poverty Sustainable Development Goals -- SDG4, education : education as a lever for sustainable development : SDG5, gender equality : co-benefits and challenges -- SDG8, promoting decent work and economic growth : health policies for good jobs -- SDG9, industry, innovation and infrastructure : technology and knowledge transfer as means to generate co-benefits between health and industrial Sustainable Development Goals -- SDG10, reduced inequalities : the effect of health on inequalities : evidence from South Africa -- SDG11, sustainable cities and communities : making cities healthy, sustainable, inclusive and resilient through strong health governance -- SDG13, climate action : health systems as stakeholders and implementors in climate policy change -- SDG17, means of implementation : strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development.

Factors outside of healthcare services determine our health and this involves many different sectors. Health for All Policies changes the argument about inter-sectoral action, from one focusing on health and the health sector to one based on co-benefits - a 'Health for All Policies' approach. It uses the Sustainable Development Goals as the framework for identifying goals across sectors and summarizes evidence along two causal axes. One is the impact of improved health status on other SDGs, e.g. better educational and employment results. The other is the impact of health systems and policies on other sectors. The 'Health for All Policies' approach advocated in this book is thus a call to improve health to achieve goals beyond health and for the health sector itself to do better in understanding and directing its impact on the world beyond the healthcare it provides. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.