title: [Chief medical officers and preventive health care].
abstract: A survey conducted among all Norwegian Chief Municipal Medical Officers, provided information about their formal role and involvement in health promotion work. Of the total respondents, 71% regularly attended meetings of the Municipal Board of Health and 32% attended meetings of the Building Council; 80% had authority to forward proposals to the Board of Health on matters of environmental health. On average, the Chief Municipal Medical Officers spent one-fifth of their working time on community health promotion activities. 80% of the respondents would have liked to spend more time on these activities. These officials should have a stronger formal position in the field of health promotion, and they themselves should give higher priority to health promotion work.
authors.affiliation: Nasjonalforeningens HEMIL-senter, Universitetet i Bergen.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Boonstra
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Maeland
mesh_terms: D003153:Community Health Services; D003657:Decision Making; D006293:Health Promotion; D009664:Norway; D010819:Physician's Role; D011050:Policy Making; D011315:Preventive Medicine; D011635:Public Health Administration; D000078329:Workforce