The Case of ActNowBC in British Columbia, Canada

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Table of Contents

• Preface
• Key Messages
• Executive Summary
• Introduction
• Section 1
  • Data Collection
  • Selection of Respondents
  • Data Analysis
• Section 2
  • Definitions
  • Scoping Review of the Literature
    • Coordination
  • Conclusion
• Section 3
  • Background
  • Setting the Stage for ActNowBC
    • The Winter Olympic Announcement in 2003: A Health Promotion Window of Opportunity
  • ActNowBC: The Horizontal Dimension
    • Leadership and Governance: Giving a Direction to ActNowBC
    • ActNowBC under the Ministry of Healthy Living and Sports
    • New Coordination and Accountability Mechanisms
    • Summary Points – ActNowBC as a Whole-of-Government Initiative
  • ActNowBC – The Vertical Dimension
    • A Partnership with the BC Healthy Living Alliance
  • Initial Outcomes – Progress towards targets and contribution to policy development
    • Equity Considerations
  • ActNowBC – Risks and Assets to Sustainability
    • Risks
    • Assets
• Section 4
  • ActNowBC as a whole-of-government initiative
    • Shared Leadership and Governance
    • Targets and Accountability
  • ActNowBC and the engagement of nongovernmental organizations
  • ActNowBC as a Health Legacy initiative
• Conclusion
• Acknowledgements
• Annex 1
• Annex 2
• Annex 3
• Annex 4
• Reference List

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