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In the late nineteen eighties, Belfast became part of the World Health Organisation's Healthy Cities Project. The aim was to get as many institutions as possible to make health central to their planning and to give the diverse communities of Belfast a real say in their future. What were the challenges they faced? What solutions did they evolve? In this album Healthy Cities founder member Ilona Kickbusch and Belfast health promotion professionals Joan Devlin, David Stewart and Mary Black explore the history of this important health project. They reveal the crucial role that partnerships across both public and private bodies played in the success of the project. This material, recorded in 2006, forms part of The Open University course K311 Promoting public health: skills, perspectives and practice.

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In the late nineteen eighties, Belfast became part of the World Health Organisation's Healthy Cities Project. The aim was to get as many institutions as possible to make health central to their planning and to give the diverse communities of Belfast a real say in their future. What were the challenges they faced? What solutions did they evolve? In this album Healthy Cities founder member Ilona Kickbusch and Belfast health promotion professionals Joan Devlin, David Stewart and Mary Black explore the history of this important health project. They reveal the crucial role that partnerships across both public and private bodies played in the success of the project. This material, recorded in 2006, forms part of The Open University course K311 Promoting public health: skills, perspectives and practice.

    Belfast - healthy city

    Belfast - healthy city

    A short introduction to this album.

    • 1 min
    Transcript -- Belfast - healthy city

    Transcript -- Belfast - healthy city

    A short introduction to this album.

    Healthy Cities: the idea

    Healthy Cities: the idea

    Ilona Kickbusch on how the Healthy Cities Movement began in the mid nineteen eighties as a European initiative.

    • 1 min
    Transcript -- Healthy Cities: the idea

    Transcript -- Healthy Cities: the idea

    Ilona Kickbusch on how the Healthy Cities Movement began in the mid nineteen eighties as a European initiative.

    Healthy Cities: the reality

    Healthy Cities: the reality

    Ilona Kickbusch on how the initiative spread out from Europe to the rest of the world, and is particularly important in South America.

    • 2 min
    Transcript -- Healthy Cities: the reality

    Transcript -- Healthy Cities: the reality

    Ilona Kickbusch on how the initiative spread out from Europe to the rest of the world, and is particularly important in South America.

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