Developing and implementing a robust asset-based approach to public health

Public health funding on asset-based approaches will have little effect in the wake of rising income inequality and reductions in welfare benefits for the population's most vulnerable, and both policy and practice must be developed in a holistic and wellrounded manner as part of a larger Capabilities' Approach.4 IMPLEMENTATION OF AN ASSET- BASED APPROACH Attempting to undertake asset mapping on a city-wide basis highlighted a number of limitations.