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Health in All Policies: The Mexican Experience Applying HiAP
for prevention and control of overweight, obesity and diabetes. The purpose of this initiative is to promote behavioral changes in terms of healthy lifestyles, healthy consumption habits and physical activity of Mexicans. The national strategy calls for the participation of public and private entities as well as governmental sectors such as health, education, social welfare, and finances.
Learning Areas:
Diversity and culturePublic health or related public policy
Learning Objectives:
Describe examples on how HIAP has been implemented at a national level in Mexico. Identify some of the major challenges of implementating HiAP.
Keyword(s): Public Health Policy, Health Disparities/Inequities
Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: Senior professor and researcher at the Center for Health Systems Research of the National Institute of Public Health in Mexico (INSP). I have conducted research projects and consulted for government and non-governmental institutions as well as national and international organizations. Member of the Mexican National System of Researchers and the Mexican Academy of Scientific Research, Fellow of the American Psychological Association, and a New Century Scholar of the Fulbright Program âHealth in a Borderless World."
Any relevant financial relationships? No
I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.