Towards a composite tool for health planning

Context: Current health promotion efforts largely focus on how to „reach“ individuals, and how to assist them in changing their health-related behavior, whereas circumstantial factors tend to receive much less attention. There is, however, a current surge of interest in the health implications of city and regional planning, and increasing demand for tools assisting the adequate coverage of health in such situations. Methods and Materials: Using expert knowledge and literature searches, a variety of (English-language) sources, published within the last decade and containing „tool“ information, was identified. Bas…