A review of national public health strategies in selected countries.

ABSTRACT: National public health strategies play an essential role in defining a country's vision, policy direction and approaches for ensuring the health of its population. Gaining an understanding of the public health issues which countries prioritize, and how these health issues are improved upon, may provide insights into effective methods of national public health strategy development and delivery. National public health strategies were identified for ten countries and a descriptive analysis of strategy contents and development was undertaken. All of the identified national public health strategies included an overall aim of improving health and wellbeing, and all strategy scopes extended beyond the health domain. Themes or priorities frequently identified included promoting healthy living or b

SUBMITTER: Norris M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11959016 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature