Public health priorities in Sweden

Writer:	Swedish National Institute of Public Health
Publishing year:	2011
ISBN:	978-91-7257-859-3
Possible to order:	No

Sweden has one of the highest life expectancies in the world, something which is reflected in its national public health policy bill. The bill is one of the few in the world that is based on the determinants of health in the population across 11 objective domains, encompassing the entire lifespan with the goal of providing the collective possibility of long and continually healthy lives for its citizens.

The national public health policy bill also highlights the importance of other sectors’ role for health, where “health in all policies” is seen as essential for good population health. Research, policy, and practice function in partnership as part of a whole government approach to providing citizens with the right conditions to make easy choices for their own good health.