title: Healthy Communities and public policy: four success stories.
abstract: As Healthy Communities initiatives mature, many of them are discovering that their work in building community consensus for improved health care and other quality-of-life issues can be transformed into public policy. This article shows how Healthy Communities initiatives have had important effects on policy making at both the county and state level in several cities and states.
authors.affiliation: Healthy Communities Agenda campaign, Chicago, USA. chris@chris-adams.com
authors.forename: C F
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Adams
mesh_terms: D002140:California; D003120:Colorado; D018672:Community Health Planning / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D003256:Community Participation; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D006265:Health Care Coalitions / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D019982:Organizational Case Studies; D010414:Pennsylvania; D011050:Policy Making; D011640:Public Policy; D011788:Quality of Life; D014707:Vermont