HEALTH PROMOTION PACKAGES - Sundhedsstyrelsen

4 Recommendations – physical activityThe recommended actions are described and listed as either basic (B) or developmental(D). The basic level includes basic action based on the current best evidence,whereas the developmental level typically builds on the basic level and requires,among other things, a higher level of proactivity and developing new competencies.To the extent possible, we have placed corresponding basic and developmental actionsafter each other to make clear which developmental actions build on basic actions.References to reading to inspire action, etc. are given along the way. However, farfrom all referenced material is available in English. We have included Danish materialin these English recommendations to show that much more inspiration isavailable. All titles have been translated into English to facilitate understanding,but they may link to information in Danish.4.1 Plans and policies(B) Municipal policyThe municipality incorporates physical activity in its municipal health policy:• to integrate physical activity in the municipality’s other policies and plansacross municipal departments;• to establish specific targets for people’s physical activity level in the overallpolicy for physical activity and in the municipality’s other policies and plans;• to prepare strategies for implementing physical activity in public institutionssuch as childcare centres, primary and lower-secondary schools, after-schoolclubs, youth recreation centres, upper-secondary schools, residential care centres,home care services and nursing homes; and• to promote active commuting, which could be achieved by adopting local plansand implementing development projects aimed at creating a coherent networkof bicycle lanes and pedestrian areas and could also involve reallocating moneyfor removing snow, applying salt and fixing cracks in bicycle lanes and sidewalksto ensure comfortable and safe transport routes for cyclists and pedestrians.Reading to inspire action (in Danish): Danish Health and Medicines Authority,Guide til planlægning af kommunale forebyggelsesindsatser [Guide to planningmunicipal health promotion measures]; Cycling Embassy of Denmark, Idékatalogfor cykeltrafik 2012 [Inspirational ideas for cycle transport, 2012]; and Danish NatureAgency, Motionsslangen Nykøbing Falster [Mobility route Nykøbing Falster].(B) Promoting physical activity across administrative boundariesThe municipality coordinates initiatives to promote physical activity across administrativeboundaries to integrate physical activity into the initiatives in other areas.Reading to inspire action (in Danish): The Danish Health and Medicines Authorityrecommends that the municipalities base their initiatives on the ideas in Sundhedpå tværs [Health across administrative boundaries].Health promotion packages in Denmark – introduction and recommendations 19(B) Basic level(D) Developmental level