Balikesir city health profile

Conceptually, the healthy city is a concept that covers various disciplines. These cities are defined by the concept of a healthy city, aiming at health and initiating the necessary structural changes and processes in order to become a healthier, peaceful and livable city and carry out their activities in this respect. One of the main indicators for city health is the social, cultural and economic structural characteristics of cities. In this context, the World Health Organization initiated the "Healthy Cities Project" as a long-term development project in line with the concept of "healthy city". Healthy cities are cities that have developed infrastructural aspects and have better education, employment, environment, urbanization, health, social services, and culture and tourism activities. Being a healthy city is the determination and evaluation of the current situation of a city. In this context, the aim of this research is to reveal the health profile of Balıkesir province by analyzing the demographic, health, education, environment and urbanism, social service and socio-economic structure, culture and tourism and urbanization activities of Balıkesir province. As a result, Balıkesir is a province in the category of developed provinces both in the Marmara Region where it is located and in Turkey in terms of both social, economic and cultural aspects. In this context, looking at the criteria of the Healthy Cities Project, it can be seen that Balıkesir is a healthy city. In fact, the fact that Balıkesir Metropolitan Municipality, Bandırma, and Karesi Municipalities are among the healthy cities in Turkey confirms this situation.