Global Handbook of Health Promotion Research, Vol. 1
Mapping Health Promotion Research
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Beschreibung
While research teams are producing relevant and valid knowledge for health promotion, there is not yet a structured manual and distinct field of health promotion research. This timely "state-of-the-art" handbook contributes to the structuring of such a field of research.
This collection of original contributions explores the major epistemological, methodological, and ethical challenges facing health promotion research. It brings together experts from different "research traditions" that coexist in the field. The handbook covers the existing knowledge production and sharing practices to delineate the "discipline" and its agenda for future research. Ultimately, it contributes to the creation of a global community of health promotion researchers.
The handbook is organized by four types of practices (what people actually do) studied in health promotion; the practices of:
- Individuals and populations in relation to their health and its determinants
- Professionals who intervene to improve population health
- Policy-makers and institutions involved in the advocacy, design, and implementation of policies and programs
- Researchers and innovators (academic scholars and global agencies) through which investment in research and production of evidence-based guidelines are made.
Global Handbook of Health Promotion Research, Vol. 1: Mapping Health Promotion Research is a highly relevant reference tool for researchers and graduate students in health promotion, public health, education and socio-health sciences; practitioners in health, medical, and social sectors; policy-makers; and health research administrators.
“The field of health promotion has long needed a critical yet reassuring look at its research in an age of skepticism about science and its pursuit in public health. Potvin and Jourdan have, through a meticulous process of obtaining a diverse collection of international contributions, created an excellent resource for contemporary health promotion researchers and practitioners.”
–David V. McQueen, researcher, administrator and executive in global health promotion
While research teams are producing relevant and valid knowledge for health promotion, there is not yet a structured manual and distinct field of health promotion research. This timely "state-of-the-art" handbook contributes to the structuring of such a field of research.
This collection of original contributions explores the major epistemological, methodological, and ethical challenges facing health promotion research. It brings together experts from different "research traditions" that coexist in the field. The handbook covers the existing knowledge production and sharing practices to delineate the "discipline" and its agenda for future research. Ultimately, it contributes to the creation of a global community of health promotion researchers.
The handbook is organized by four types of practices (what people actually do) studied in health promotion; the practices of:
- Individuals and populations in relation to their health and itsdeterminants
- Professionals who intervene to improve population health
- Policy-makers and institutions involved in the advocacy, design, and implementation of policies and programs
- Researchers and innovators (academic scholars and global agencies) through which investment in research and production of evidence-based guidelines are made.
Global Handbook of Health Promotion Research, Vol. 1: Mapping Health Promotion Research is a highly relevant reference tool for researchers and graduate students in health promotion, public health, education and socio-health sciences; practitioners in health, medical, and social sectors; policy-makers; and health research administrators.
Anchors health promotion within a defined scientific discipline Maps the research practices in the field of health promotion globally Explores the ethical and epistemological dimensions of health promotion research
Autor*in
Louise Potvin
Themen in »Global Handbook of Health Promotion Research, Vol. 1«
global health promotion research health promotion interventions Effectiveness of prevention interventions and programs Evaluation of prevention interventions and programs Knowledge production and sharing in health promotion Methods of health promotion research Ecology of knowledge Paradigms of health promotion research determinants of health health policy and governance population health-related practices Epistemological issues in health promotion research ethical framework for health promotion research health promotion and intersectoral actions health education