Cagliari città per la salute

Objective: provision of the framework for integrated strategies and actions carried out by the Cagliari municipality administration in planning its development model and investments, in relation to public health services for all citizens. Method: this study outlines two managing models for integrated public health structures, responding to the proactive medicine model, named “Centri di salute di quartiere” (District Public Health Centres). Results: the proposed proactive intervention is particularly fit for the overcoming of inequalities in the provision of public health services, involving marginalized population which is not recurring to health services due to existing social, economic, cultural and environmental barriers. Conclusions: the experiences hereby proposed aims at causing for a reflection on the public administration role in the promotion and integration of policies for environment re-generation and public health integration.