Public Health Publication : World Health Organization ; (Php) Public Health Publication, Volume 74: Intersectoral Coordination and Health in Environmental Management

By Morris Schaefer

Book Id: WPLBN0000140105
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Reproduction Date: 2005

Title:	Public Health Publication : World Health Organization ; (Php) Public Health Publication, Volume 74: Intersectoral Coordination and Health in Environmental Management
Author:	Morris Schaefer
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Language:	English
Subject:	Health., Public health, Wellness programs
Collections:	Medical Library Collection, World Health Collection
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Publisher:	World Health Organization


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Table of Contents
CONTENTS Page Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 1 . Background to the study . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Environment and public policy . . . . . . . . . . 9 Environment. health. and the relativity of norms . 11 Antecedents of the study . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Development of the study . . . . . . . . . 14 Content of country reports: preliminary model . 16 2 . Descriptions and comparisons of national structures and pro- cesses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Country clusters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Structural features . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Distribution of environmental responsibilities . 20 Emergence of national environmental organizations . . 21 Key characteristics of national environmental coordi- nation mechanisms . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Relations between governmental levels . 23 Health aspects of environmental management . 24 Resource aspects of coordinative mechanisms . 24 Summary of structural features . . . . . . . . . 25 Process features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Public opinion and governmental leadership . . 25 Institutionalized communicarions for coordination . . . 27 Decision-making processes . . . . . . . . . . 28 3 . Factors influencing intersectoral coordination . . . . . . 30 Factors pertaining to operational and nonoperational systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Contextual factors . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Basic policy factors . . . . . . . . . 34 Structural factors . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Process factors . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Resource factors . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40