Barriers and Enablers to Planning Initiatives for Active Living and Health
The response of local government (LG) to issues of rising rates of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) is an important one given their roles as place managers. This article explores the experiences of LG built environment and community health practitioners to identify barriers and enablers to the implem...
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2018
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| description | The response of local government (LG) to issues of rising rates of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) is an important one given their roles as place managers. This article explores the experiences of LG built environment and community health practitioners to identify barriers and enablers to the implementation of healthy planning and associated active living promotion efforts. The role of Australian LG in community health is presented, followed by findings from practitioner surveys and policy analysis undertaken, with subsequent discussion of the barriers and enablers. Six key enablers and barriers to successful project implementation were identified: (1) internal LG functioning, (2) the promotion of co-benefits, (3) partnerships, (4) the value of recognition and good news, (5) placing a mandate for action on LG and (6) funding and resourcing |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-673802018-08-07T01:27:08Z Barriers and Enablers to Planning Initiatives for Active Living and Health McCosker, A. Matan, Annie The response of local government (LG) to issues of rising rates of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) is an important one given their roles as place managers. This article explores the experiences of LG built environment and community health practitioners to identify barriers and enablers to the implementation of healthy planning and associated active living promotion efforts. The role of Australian LG in community health is presented, followed by findings from practitioner surveys and policy analysis undertaken, with subsequent discussion of the barriers and enablers. Six key enablers and barriers to successful project implementation were identified: (1) internal LG functioning, (2) the promotion of co-benefits, (3) partnerships, (4) the value of recognition and good news, (5) placing a mandate for action on LG and (6) funding and resourcing 2018 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/67380 10.5539/jsd.v11n1p68 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Inderscience Publishers fulltext |
| spellingShingle | McCosker, A. Matan, Annie Barriers and Enablers to Planning Initiatives for Active Living and Health |
| title | Barriers and Enablers to Planning Initiatives for Active Living and Health |
| title_full | Barriers and Enablers to Planning Initiatives for Active Living and Health |
| title_fullStr | Barriers and Enablers to Planning Initiatives for Active Living and Health |
| title_full_unstemmed | Barriers and Enablers to Planning Initiatives for Active Living and Health |
| title_short | Barriers and Enablers to Planning Initiatives for Active Living and Health |
| title_sort | barriers and enablers to planning initiatives for active living and health |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/67380 |