The employment of a knowledge broker as a means to make health an integral part of the local policy: A case study in the city district of Amsterdam New West, The Netherlands, 2011-2013

Background Healthy public policy (HPP) is considered a promising way of improving public health. There is a gap between theory on HPP and development of this kind of policies. One of the barriers for making health an integral part of local policies is a lack of awareness and knowledge among civil servants of the way health is related to their policy domain. That is why we positioned a knowledge broker in the city district of Amsterdam New West to promote the …