Planning for Public Health

The Public Health Act (2012) requires Norwegian municipalities to use a ‘Health in Everything We Do’ strategy, where all sectors such as technical, school, kindergarten, and culture are responsible for promoting health. Many municipalities face challenges in establishing this cross-sectoral responsibility, as well as realizing the ambitions to promote health in actual action and economic prioritization. 

Through interviews and document analyses, Synnevåg examined how three municipalities use their planning processes and planning structures as a tool to legitimize the cross-sectoral responsibility and ambitions in the law.