Organization of public health work

The plan regards men's violence against women as a structural societal problem whose insight must characterize various areas of social life and lead to concrete measures, and it sees women's safety work as a societal responsibility that needs development at the municipal level. That codifying public health responsibility and making men's violence against women its own target area follows from that. The plan does not explicitly address a public health law, so the conclusion is derived.

• structural societal problemdecisive»Mäns våld mot kvinnor är ett strukturellt samhällsproblem.« (party programme ↗)“Men's violence against women is a structural societal problem.”
• societal responsibility for women's safety»Det är ett samhällsansvar att stoppa mäns våld mot kvinnor, inte en möjlighet för privata bolag att göra vinst.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“It is a societal responsibility to stop men's violence against women, not an opportunity for private companies to make profit.”
• clearer municipal responsibility»Kommunernas kvinnofridsarbete behöver utvecklas« (party programme ↗)“Municipalities' women's safety work needs development”
• knowledge-based women's safety work»Kvinnofridsarbetet måste bygga på kunskap om hur våldet drabbar« (party programme ↗)“Women's safety work must be built on knowledge of how violence affects”

The plan demands action to stop male violence against women and is based on a feminist analysis of gender power relations; making violence its own target area in public health policy follows from that. The plan furthermore requires equal access to healthcare and care across the country, which argues for clearer division of responsibility between state, region and municipality. A public health law as such is not addressed.

• action against male violencedecisive»Krafttag för att stoppa hedersrelaterat våld, sexualbrott och mäns våld mot kvinnor.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Action to stop honour-related violence, sexual crimes and male violence against women.”
• feminist basic view»Med denna grundsyn är socialdemokratin ett feministiskt parti.« (party programme ↗)“With this basic view, social democracy is a feminist party.”
• equal welfare across the country»Alla invånare i hela landet ska ha likvärdig tillgång till skola, vård och omsorg. Det förutsätter en kommunal skatteutjämning så att inte olika skattekraft och skillnader i befolkningens sammansättning leder till skillnader i välfärd mellan olika kommuner.« (party programme ↗)“All residents across the country shall have equal access to school, healthcare and care. This requires municipal tax equalization so that different tax capacity and differences in population composition do not lead to differences in welfare between different municipalities.”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan wants to see a national public health programme and support municipalities and regions in their health-promotion work, with public health as a long-term investment as important as healthcare. It also requires equivalent efforts against violence throughout the country and connects welfare to a good environment. A public health law that clarifies responsibility and adds men's violence against women as a target area is therefore in line with the plan.

• national public health programmedecisive»därför se ett nationellt folkhälsoprogram och stödja« (party programme ↗)“therefore see a national public health programme and support”
• long-term public health investment»Vi menar att en långsiktig satsning på folkhälsa« (party programme ↗)“We believe that a long-term investment in public health”
• equivalent violence prevention work throughout the country»stärka arbetet mot hedersrelaterat våld och förtryck så att likvärdig hjälp ges i hela landet.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“strengthen work against honour-related violence and oppression so that equivalent help is provided throughout the country.”
• the environment as a public health issue»en bra miljö med tillgång till ren luft och rent« (party programme ↗)“a good environment with access to clean air and clean”

The election manifesto requires that preventive measures against male violence against women permeate the entire society and that all municipalities have action plans against such violence, which is close to the demand for a new target area in public health policy. The party programme makes the public health perspective something that should permeate the entire society. At the same time, the plan's demand for decentralization pulls in the opposite direction when responsibility is to be regulated in law.

• violence prevention throughout societydecisive»Förebyggande åtgärder mot mäns våld mot kvinnor ska genomsyra hela samhället och män som slår ska inte komma undan.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Preventive measures against male violence against women must permeate the entire society and men who hit shall not escape.”
• municipal action plans required»Alla kommuner ska ha handlingsplaner för att förebygga mäns våld mot kvinnor och alla skolor ska ha handlingsplaner mot hedersförtryck.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“All municipalities must have action plans to prevent male violence against women and all schools must have action plans against honour-based oppression.”
• public health permeates society»Folkhälsoperspektivet måste genomsyra hela samhället för att ge resultat.« (party programme ↗)“The public health perspective must permeate the entire society to produce results.”
• decentralization of decisions»Decentralisera mera. Människor ska få bestämma mer själva, och politiska beslut ska fattas nära dem som berörs.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Decentralize more. People shall get to decide more themselves, and political decisions shall be made close to those affected.”

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The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The election manifesto makes it a goal that men's violence against women shall cease and the party programme requires that all forms of violence in relationships and gender-related violence are prevented, which supports the requirement that violence becomes its own target area in public health policy. The party programme also wants to see increased national coordination and governance in care and health services, which argues for more clearly regulated responsibility between state, region and municipality. The plan does not, however, mention a public health law, so the conclusion is derived.

• men's violence against women shall ceasedecisive»Mäns våld mot kvinnor ska upphöra.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Men's violence against women shall cease.”
• prevent gender-related violence»Alla former av våld i relationer och könsrelaterat våld ska förebyggas.« (party programme ↗)“All forms of violence in relationships and gender-related violence should be prevented.”
• national coordination and governance»samordning och styrning. Det stärker likvärdigheten och valfriheten« (party programme ↗)“coordination and governance. It strengthens equality and freedom of choice”
• public health goals can be expanded»vara ett uttalat folkhälsomål.« (party programme ↗)“be a stated public health goal.”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan establishes that public health work must not be confined to health care but requires joint responsibility-taking between societal actors, and the election manifesto shows that the party is prepared to legislate for clearer national responsibility for health when responsibility is fragmented. To legally regulate the division of responsibility and include violence in close relationships as a target area points in that direction. The subsidiarity principle at the same time urges caution in moving tasks from the municipal level, which makes the conclusion uncertain.

• broad public health responsibilitydecisive»utan kräver ett gemensamt ansvarstagande och samverkan mellan olika samhällsaktörer.« (party programme ↗)“but requires joint responsibility-taking and cooperation between different societal actors.”
• clear national responsibility»Avskaffa regionernas ansvar för sjukvården. Låt staten ta över ansvaret för vården med en gemensam organisation i stället för 21 olika.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Abolish the regions' responsibility for health care. Let the state take over responsibility for care with one shared organization instead of 21 different ones.”
• protection from violence in close relationships»nära relation ska ges adekvat stöd och skydd.« (party programme ↗)“close relationships shall be given adequate support and protection.”
• the subsidiarity principle»Det en gemenskap på ett ändamålsenligt sätt kan« (party programme ↗)“A community on an appropriate basis can”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan does not address public health problems with new framework legislation and new target areas. The programme adheres to decisions being made at the lowest effective level and warns against a state that extends its ambitions over all areas of society, which speaks against a public health law that regulates the responsibility of municipalities and regions. However, combating men's violence against women is the plan's own priority, but requires according to the plan stricter penalties and protection rather than a new target area.

• decisions at lowest effective leveldecisive»Det politiska systemet ska bygga på att beslut fattas på lägsta« (party programme ↗)“The political system shall be based on decisions being made at the lowest”
• limited state ambition»En stat som sträcker ut långtgående ambitioner över alla« (party programme ↗)“A state that extends far-reaching ambitions over all”
• combat men's violence against women»Vi ska stoppa mäns våld mot kvinnor« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We shall stop men's violence against women”

The plan establishes that public health work needs clear objectives and entirely new state governance to deliver real results, with a strengthened and clarified role for the Public Health Agency. A public health law that clarifies responsibility between state, region, and municipality aligns with this, as does lifting violence in close relationships as its own area with an action plan. The plan's requirement for a minimum of bureaucracy speaks simultaneously against new regulation for its own sake. The plan states that current governance is insufficient, which is the committee's reason.

• new state public health governancedecisive»vi behöver en tydlig målsättning och en helt ny statlig styrning för att uppnå verkliga resultat« (2022 manifesto ↗)“we need clear objectives and entirely new state governance to achieve real results”
• clear national responsibility»Sverigedemokraterna förespråkar därför en tydlig nationell pådrivande styrning där Folkhälsomyndighetens roll förstärks och förtydligas.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Sweden Democrats therefore advocate for clear national steering where the Public Health Agency's role is strengthened and clarified.”
• action plan against violence in close relationships»Upprätta en handlingsplan för den som utsätts för våld i nära relation« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Establish an action plan for those subjected to violence in close relationships”
• minimum bureaucracy»strävan efter ett minimum av byråkrati« (party programme ↗)“striving for a minimum of bureaucracy”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.