Research Article

Health Brokers: How Can They Help Deal with the Wickedness of Public Health Problems?

Table 1

Behavioural components of the “Health Broker Wheel.”

BehavioursComponents

Recognising opportunities(i) Identifying the most important health problems and being aware that citizens can perceive other problems than the statistics indicate
(ii) Seeing where opportunities and chances are
(iii) Pioneering

Agenda setting(i) Lobbying
(ii) Showing the benefits for nonhealth sectors
(iii) Get others to contribute to health
(iv) Putting health on the political decision-making agenda

Implementing(i) Initiating and completing projects

Network formation(i) Binding parties
(ii) Creating support

Intersectoral collaboration(i) Collaborating
(ii) Teamwork
(iii) Mediating
(iv) Empowering
(v) Discussing

Adaptive management(i) Adjusting to the local context
(ii) Speaking the language of different stakeholders
(iii) Empathising with others

Leadership(i) Having a vision for the future
(ii) Focusing on sustainable cooperation