’Tackling debt with healthcare funds’

Making society healthier and closing the health gap: that is never going to happen simply by encouraging people to lead healthier lives. An integrated approach is needed that links the medical, social, technological, and physical domains. The starting point: work with the target groups involved to find out what's holding them back and to come up with solutions that fit their lives and their surrounding environments. That is the common denominator from interviews with 14 scientists working in South Holland in the readily accessible white paper Naar een gezonde samenleving voor iedereen (Towards a Healthy Society for All), which was published on 15 November. The paper has been put out by Healthy Society, a collaborative initiative of Leiden-Delft-Erasmus Universities and Medical Delta that aims to reach policymakers, managers, and politicians. A variety of subject areas. In the paper, the 14 researchers sit down together in pairs to discuss different aspects of the theme.