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The Liverpool City-region Health is Wealth Commission

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2010

Susan Woodward  and
Clare Devaney
Susan Woodward
Affiliation:
E-mail: sue@suewoodward.net
Clare Devaney
Affiliation:
Project Manager for the Commission. E-mail: clare@claredevaney.com
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Abstract

The Liverpool City-region Health is Wealth Commission was established to examine the growing divergence between the City-region’s public health status and its marked economic growth, specifically looking at links between health and productivity, identifying knowledge-gaps, and encouraging a more focused and collaborative alignment between the business, research and public health agendas. Over 18 months of investigation, Commissioners considered a wide range of research-based and plenary evidence from a number of key witnesses. The Commission made 12 final recommendations within six core themes: Alcohol, Smoking & Obesity; Incapacity Benefit; Wellbeing at Work; Beyond the Built Environment; Procurement; and Knowledge Capital. The Commission’s findings were published in September 2008, as part of Liverpool’s European Capital of Culture programme.

Type
Focus: Health in Europe
Information
European Review , Volume 18 , Issue 1 , February 2010 , pp. 35 - 46
Copyright
Copyright © Academia Europaea 2010

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