Background Intersectoral action is often presented as essential in the promotion of population health and health equity. In Norway, national public health policies are based on the Health in All Policies (HiAP) approach that promotes whole-of-government responsibility. As part of the promotion of this intersectoral responsibility, p...

this article is a review of the book “health in all policies: seizing opportunities, implementing policies” edited by kimmo leppo, eeva ollila, sebastián peña, matthias wismar, and sarah cook. this book (printed and online publication) was published by the finnish ministry of social affairs and health, finland in 2013 (1). the book is freely available at http://www.euro.who.int/__data/assets/pd...

Maldistribution of health professionals between urban and rural areas has been a serious problem in China. Urban hospitals attract most of the health professionals with serious shortages in rural areas. To address this issue, a number of policies have been implemented by the government, such as free medical education in exchange for obligatory rural service.

This paper examines the impact of the form of government—–presidential or parliamentary—–on fiscal outcomes in democratic systems. Based on data for democracies in 98 countries between 1970 and 2002, it shows that the gross domestic product ratio of the central government budget balance is higher in presidential than in parliamentary democracies. It also shows that this impact is not due to the...

There exists a disconnection between evolving policies in the policy arenas of mental health, housing, and income support in Canada. One of the complexities associated with analysing the intersection of these policies is that federal, provincial, and municipal level policies are involved. Canada is one of the few developed countries without a national mental health policy and because of the fed...

Mr. Meltzer: There are several problems that I found in your paper but I’m not going to comment on all of them. The biggest problem that I found is the mixture of positive and normative analysis. The paper was full of “cans,” “coulds,” and “mays.” That leaves me in doubt about what basis these propositions may have. As a positive approach, the paper fails because there is no model of government...

Pressures to comply with EU rules have allegedly eroded opportunities for national governments adopt policies that they support. Conversely, research into differentiated implementation underlines use their discretion tailor supranational contexts. This study addresses these competing arguments using unique data on the of migration issues. On one hand, compliance is expected compel transpose lib...