Tackling-health-inequities-from-concepts-to-practice-The-experience-of-Vastra-Gotaland

Fig.2. Organizational structure of the CommissionInternationalprojects/networksEquity ActionPROGRESS ReTHIRegions for HealthNetworkProject groupPublic Health SecretariatSteering GroupPublic Health CommitteeHuman Rights CommitteeRegional Development CommitteeCultural Affair CommitteeHealthcare CommitteeProject managerDirector of Public HealthReference groups/networksRegional Developmentfor Public HealthCoordination group for healthand medical careMistra Urban FuturesCouncil Working Life & HealthRegional Network - Conventionon Rights of ChildRegional Network - HealthPromoting Hospitals and HealthServicesPublic Health SecretariatHuman Rights SecretariatRegional Development SecretariatCultural Affair SecretariatRegional Health DepartmentHealthcare Committees SecretariatWorking groupMunicipalitiesRegions Developmentfor Public HealthOrganizational AssociationsSocial Insurance OfficeSwedish Public EmploymentServiceCountry Administrative Board ofVästra GötalandTrade unionsSource: adapted and reproduced by permission from Region Västra Götaland (4).The Public Health Committee used a bottom-up-approach when it led aprevious commission for its regional public health policy (20). Since thatapproach worked well, it decided to use a similar model – including thesame means to anchor and mobilize stakeholders in the work – for theCommission to create the Action Plan, which resulted in the organizationalstructure in Fig.2.Planning phase (2010→)• The workplan and project organization were outlined by the PublicHealth Committee, the project manager and the project group.• An election in Västra Götaland and other events postponed the launch ofthe project. Since the Commission was put into place before the election,it did not jeopardize the anticipated work but had an impact on the settimeframe.Section 4. Addressing health inequities in Västra Götaland19