The adoption of knowledge-based strategies, citizen involvement, stakeholder engagement, and multi-sectoral governance is recommended to meet international and national objectives for enhancing population health, quality of life, and health equity.

The Trøndelag Model for Public Health Work (Lillefjell, M; Magnus, E; Knudtsen, MS; Wist, G; Horghagen, S; Espnes, GA, 2018) was developed through a collaborative innovation and research project spanning four years (2012-2016). The project involved collaboration among the municipalities of Steinkjer, Vikna, and Malvik, County Municipalities in Trøndelag, County Governors in Trøndelag, the Norwegian Association of Local and Regional Authorities (KS), HUNT Research Centre NTNU (HUNT), and the Centre for Health Promotion Research HiST/NTNU (SHF).

The development of the Trøndelag Model for Public Health Work was encouraged, in part, by the demand of the Norwegian Public Health Act, requiring public health initiatives to be knowledge-based, multi-sectoral, and characterized by broad stakeholder and public involvement. This necessitates acquiring new skills, restructuring activity coordination, fostering trust, and establishing shared ethics and goals among all involved parties. Furthermore, the model's development was guided by three main theoretical and strategic approaches: salutogenesis, participatory research, and a setting approach.

• Lillefjell, Monica; Magnus, Eva; Knudtsen, Margunn Skej; Wist, Guri; Horghagen, Sissel; Espnes, Geir Arild (2018) Governance for public health and health equity: The Tröndelag model for public health work.. Scandinavian Journal of Public Health
• Lillefjell, Monica; Maass, Ruca Elisa Katrin (2021) Involvement and Multi-Sectoral Collaboration: Applying Principles of Health Promotion during the Implementation of Local Policies and Measures—A Case Study.. Societies
• Lillefjell, Monica; Anthun, Kirsti Sarheim ; Maass, Ruca Elisa Katrin; Innstrand, Siw Tone; Espnes, Geir Arild (2022) A Salutogenic, Participatory and Settings-Based Model of Research for the Development and Evaluation of Complex Interventions: The Trøndelag Model for Public Health Work.. Springer Nature

• Lillefjell, Monica; Hope, Siren; Anthun, Kirsti Sarheim ; Hermansen, Eirin; Vik, John Tore; Sund, Erik Reidar (2023) Planning for Health Equity: How Municipal Strategic Documents and Project Plans Reflect Intentions Instructed by the Norwegian Public Health Act. .. Societies

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