Good Places, Better Health (GPBH) was launched in 2008 as the Scottish Government's strategy on health and the environment.
The complex, interlinking and multi faceted set of influences on health are now accepted: people’s social, economic, cultural and environmental circumstances all conspire to raise or lower their chances of good health. Therefore, solving the intractable health problems that Scotland faces requires a package of preventative measures within which actions on environment and place are key components. The prototype phase of GPBH has enabled the identification of aspects of place that are particularly important to children and which will support the development of healthy, happy resilient people. Although GPBH cannot in isolation solve children’s health issues its outputs and outcomes are potentially a crucial part of a wider preventative strategy with a focus on improving early years experience.
Outputs of the prototype phase include recommendations of the Evaluation Group and 4 evidence assessments against childhood health outcomes of asthma, unintentional injury, obesity and mental health and wellbeing.
Other supporting documentation including our methodology report is also available.