Began in July, 2003, Tainan healthy city project has
established the steering committee, finished a healthy city white paper for the
city, helped the government to compile related budgets and developed 21
demonstrated plans. In addition, the project has also finished set up healthy
city policies and collected related indicators. The purpose of this study are:
1) to collect the built policies and to analyze whether they are accorded with
healthy public policy and how the present situation is, 2) to find out the
influence of healthy city project on healthy city indicators, and to understand
the possible problems and strategies, 3) to discuss the possibility of
establishing a healthy cities alliance in Taiwan, 4) to hold Healthy City
workshop to share the experiences with each other, 5) to promote international
cooperation and exchange. Methods include: a) literature review and analysis, b)
policies and laws analysis, c) statistical data collection, d) questionnaire
surveys and interviews, e) forum, panel discussion, f) study groups and
workshop, g) internet and city intercommunication. The benefits of this study
include: 1) to comprehend the content of public policy about health city, 2) to
find out the effects of Tainan healthy city projects, 3) to help other cities to
promote health city plans and share experiences, 4) to participate international
healthy city conference and show off our results.