Abstract

MOLINA-MARIN, Gloria; ALVAREZ-OCHOA, Paola Andrea  and  OQUENDO-LOZANO, Tatiana. Public Health in the Agenda of Municipal Governments of Six Colombian Cities, 20082011 and 2012-2015 Periods. Rev. Gerenc. Polit. Salud [online]. 2014, vol.13, n.27, pp.62-85. ISSN 1657-7027.  https://doi.org/10.11144/Javeriana.rgyps13-27.spag.

Objective: Analyzing the contents included in the development plans, territorial health plans and the municipal agreements regarding public health, as well as their coherence with the health situation of the community, as reflected by their epidemiologic profile. Methodology: We reviewed and compared the municipal development plants, the territorial health plans of the 2008-2011 and 2012-2015 periods, the agreements that the municipal councils issued on public health matters between 2008 and June, 2013, as well as the epidemiologic profiles of six Colombian cities. Findings: The development and territorial plans have some strategic guidelines that generate public policies on different health topics on a territorial level, but none of the cities has an integral policy on public health. The health needs are not sufficiently covered by the municipal agreements. Most of the policies and public health programs are not developed further from a government period to the next; monitoring and assessment programs are not carried out to take decisions based on results either. Conclusion: None of the cities has an integral public health policy; there are multiple policies and programs focused on particular topics; there is no further development on policies and programs between government periods.

Keywords : health policy; health profile; health planning; health decentralization.

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