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This review aims to explore and summarize the existing literature on municipal–public health partnerships to understand their models and outcomes.

July 5, 2026BMC Public HealthOpen Access

Bridging systems for health equity: a scoping review of municipal–public health partnerships

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Scoping review maps partnership models and outcomes in municipal and public health systems, highlighting barriers and facilitators.

This review aims to explore and summarize the existing literature on municipal–public health partnerships to understand their models and outcomes.
Conducted a scoping review of 1,392 records, yielding 105 studies on municipal–public health partnerships.
Identified two main partnership models: ad-hoc collaborations and institutionalized collaborations.
Analyzed barriers and facilitators impacting the effectiveness of these partnerships.
Defined barriers include inadequate funding (48 studies), cultural mismatches (33), and data-sharing challenges (32).
Facilitators for success involved community engagement (34 studies) and capacity building (33).
Only 8% of studies evaluated health outcomes, linking partnerships to improvements in smoking cessation and transportation equity.

Mahani et al. (2026) studied this question.

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