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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article

Front. Public Health
Sec. Public Health Policy
Volume 12 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2024.1399120
This article is part of the Research Topic Public risk perception in public health policies View all 24 articles

Implementation and Improvement of Policies for Building Healthy Cities in China

Provisionally accepted
Quansheng Wang Quansheng Wang 1Ziyao Zhou Ziyao Zhou 1Lansong Huang Lansong Huang 2*
  • 1 Shandong University, Weihai, Weihai, Shandong, China
  • 2 Shandong University, Jinan, China

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    To analyze current policy documents related to the construction of healthy cities in China to provide insights for enhancing healthy city policies and promoting the development of healthy cities. From the dimension of policy tools, supply-oriented policies are used 60.5% of the time. Environmental policies were used 29.1% of the time, and demand policies were used 10.4%. From the two-dimensional perspective of policy tools and healthy city construction areas, the five major areas of healthy city construction focus on using three different types of policy tools. In the future, the proportion of policy tool use can be adjusted in due course to improve the efficiency of policy tool use. The national level attaches great importance to the development of healthy cities. Still, the use of policy tools in different construction areas is not balanced, and policy tools should be utilized in a comprehensive and multi-disciplinary manner to enhance the overall effect of the policy.

    Keywords: Healthy city, Health Services, Healthy environment, Healthy culture, Healthy life

    Received: 11 Mar 2024; Accepted: 12 Dec 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Wang, Zhou and Huang. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Lansong Huang, Shandong University, Jinan, China

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