Healthy Communities and Cities is based on which of the following premises?
a. When people have the opportunity to work out their own locally defined health problems, they will find sustainable solu-tions to those problems.
b. When the health of a community is im-proved, the focus will be on life expec-tancy rather than quality of life.
c. When health professionals assume a lead-ership role, the health of the community will improve.
d. When cities recruit enough health profes-sionals to care for those needing medical care, the cities health will improve.
ANS: A
Healthy Cities is based on the premise that when people have the opportunity to work out their own locally defined health problems, they will find sustainable solutions to those problems. Healthy Cities aims to add to quality of life. Healthy Cities focuses on collaboration by all mem-bers of the community. Healthy Cities uses a multifaceted approach to problem solving when trying to improve health.
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