This section of the Toolkit provides links to resources for addressing some of the health issues and policy actions that may be important to act on in the municipality, city, or community.
Some Health and Well-Being Issues
Access to Health Care
- Post Disaster Functional Checklist (PAHO 2017)
- Índice de seguridad hospitalaria: Guía del evaluador de hospitales seguros (PAHO, 2008)
- Curso de planeamiento hospitalario para respuesta a emergencias y desastres (PAHO, 2013)
- Guía para la elaboración del Plan Hospitalario para Respuesta a Emergencias y Desastres (PAHO, 2013)
Access to Water
- Guía rápida para la vigilancia sanitaria del agua: Acciones para garantizar agua segura a la población (PAHO, 2013)
Alcohol Consumption
- (Plan of Action) Plan of Action to Reduce the Harmful Use of Alcohol (PAHO, 2011)
Cardiovascular Diseases
- (Plan of Action) Plan of Action for the Prevention and Control of NCDs in the Americas 2013-2019 (PAHO, 2014)
- (Plan of Action) Plan of Action for the Prevention of Obesity in Children and Adolescents (PAHO, 2014)
- (Advocacy/Recommendations) Tackling NCDs: “Best buys” and other recommended interventions for the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases
- (Advocacy) NDC Best Buys: Evidence-based cost-effective public health interventions to prevent and control non-communicable diseases (PAHO,2017)
Disabilities
- (Plan of Action) Plan of Action on Disabilities and Rehabilitation (PAHO, 2014)
Mental Health
- (Plan of Action) Plan of Action on Mental Health 2015-2020 (PAHO, 2015)
Nutrition & Access to Healthy Foods
- Guías alimentarias basadas en alimentos: documento técnico de referencia (PAHO, 2009)
- Best practices for feeding your child from 0 to 5 years of age (PAHO, 2018)
Road Safety
- Segurança de pedestres: Manual de segurança viária para gestores e profissionais da área (PAHO, 2013)
- Salvar VIDAS – Pacote de medidas técnicas para a segurança no tránsito (PAHO 2018)
Tobacco Consumption
- WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO, 2003)
- (Plan of Action) Strategy and Plan of Action to Strengthen Tobacco Control in the Region of the Americas 2018-2022 (PAHO, 2017)
Violence
- Guidelines for medico-legal care for victims of sexual violence (WHO, 2003)
- (Workshop) Strengthening the capacity of health systems to prevent and respond to violence against women (PAHO, 2017)
- The Clinical Handbook for health Providers (WHO, 2014)
- Clinical management of rape survivors: Developing protocols for use with refugees and internally displaced persons (WHO, 2004)
- (Advocacy) Violence against women: Strengthening the health system response (WHO, 2016)
- (Advocacy) Violence against women infographic: health impacts and the role of the health sector (WHO, 2013)
- INSPIRE: Seven strategies for Ending Violence Against Children (WHO, 2016)
- Prevención del maltrato infantil: Qué hacer, y cómo obtener evidencias (WHO, 2006)
- Prevención de lesiones y violencia: Guía para los ministerios de salud (WHO, 2007)
Some Areas for Policy Action
(e.g., Local leadership and governance for health and wellbeing; Intersectoral action for health and wellbeing; Participation, community empowerment and social cohesion; etc.) (forthcoming)
Please download and use any of these resources to help support your work on particular issues and policy actions of local importance.