title: Toward a healthy democracy.
abstract: Because it represents a revival of citizen responsibility, the Healthy Communities movement is not only a health and quality-of-life movement but a civic and democratic movement as well. Healthy Communities efforts need to seek meaningful partnerships with local governments and work their collaborative and citizen-based efforts into formal local political structures. As the foundation of the Healthy Communities movement, civic renewal should be elevated as a major theme and goal for its future.
authors.affiliation: Healthy Communities Program of the National Civic League, Denver, CO 80202, USA. drewo@ncl.org
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: O'Connor
authors.forename: C T
authors.initials: CT
authors.lastname: Gates
mesh_terms: D001294:Attitude to Health; D018672:Community Health Planning / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D011057:Politics; D017149:Private Sector; D017150:Public Sector; D011788:Quality of Life; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology