The municipal health plan requires that the major part of health promoting activities are carried out by this Office. The main spheres of activities involve lifestyle issues, in particular physical excercise, nutrition, and substances abuse. The Office offers service directly to the populations in the form of health promotion material, health education events, and personal counseling. Another important tool is the populace of Turku. This tool is serviced by NGO's arranging activities in the neighbourhoods on the initiative of the Healthy Cities Project in Turku.
All decisions are health decisions.
The Healthy Cities Project has assumed the role of promoting health issues in the decision-making system. The project creates opportunities of joint discussions and shared work. The aim is to get health on the agenda as a guiding principle and primary value. The Healthy Cities Steering Committee is comprised of representatives of all significant stakeholders in the city. The Multi City Action Plan of Baltic Cities, Environment and Health is a network operationg in the Baltic Sea region.