Assessing Early Results of the Healthy City Project

Project Overview

• Field: Environmental Health & Climate Change
• Duration: 06 – 08/2002
• Funder/client: WHO
• Implementing agency: Center for Environmental and Health Studies (CEHS)
• Location: Hải Phòng City and Huế City

Introduction

The study assessed the early results of the Healthy City project, a pilot model aimed at improving community health through safe, sanitary and health-supportive living and working environments. The project included components such as healthy schools, healthy markets, healthy hospitals, healthy communes/wards, and healthy workplaces.

CEHS's Role

CEHS directly conducted the study with Dr. Nguyễn Đức Hồng, Dr. Đỗ Quốc Thái and MSc. Phạm Văn Học. CEHS was responsible for developing the research protocol and assessment tools, organizing field surveys in Hải Phòng and Huế, processing data, developing the report, and sharing the findings.

Key Activities

• Developing the research protocol and assessment tools for the Healthy City project.
• Organizing field surveys in Hải Phòng and Huế to review project activities.
• Assessing the healthy school, healthy market, healthy hospital, healthy commune/ward and healthy workplace components.
• Processing data, analyzing early results, and developing the assessment report.

Key Results

• Provided a baseline picture of Healthy City model implementation in Hải Phòng and Huế.
• Assessed the level of implementation of intervention components in communities, schools, health facilities, markets and workplaces.
• Identified early results, facilitating factors, challenges and lessons learned in implementing the model.
• Provided an evidence base for refining the model and considering scale-up in the following phase.