Global Handbook of Health Promotion Research, Vol. 1: Mapping Health Promotion Research

The Global Handbook of Health Promotion Research, Vol. 1: Mapping Health Promotion Research is a state-of-the-art handbook that contributes to the structuring of health promotion research. It explores the major epistemological, methodological, and ethical challenges facing health promotion research and brings together experts from different research traditions. The handbook covers the existing knowledge production and sharing practices to delineate the discipline and its agenda for future research. It is a highly relevant reference tool for researchers, graduate students, practitioners, policy-makers, and health research administrators.

Format: Hardback
Length: 841 pages
Publication date: 14 May 2022
Publisher: Springer Nature Switzerland AG

While research teams diligently produce valuable and rigorous knowledge to promote health, a comprehensive and specialized field of health promotion research has yet to emerge. This timely state-of-the-art handbook plays a crucial role in shaping such a field. This comprehensive collection of original contributions delves into the fundamental epistemological, methodological, and ethical challenges confronting health promotion research. It brings together esteemed experts from diverse research backgrounds, coexisting within the field. The handbook encompasses the existing practices of knowledge production and dissemination, delineating the discipline and its future research agenda. Ultimately, it fosters the formation of a global community of health promotion researchers.

The handbook is meticulously organized into four distinct categories, each representing the practices studied in health promotion. These practices include:

Individuals and populations in their relationship with their health and the factors that influence it.
Professionals who intervene to enhance population health.
Policy-makers and institutions involved in advocating, designing, and implementing policies and programs.
Researchers and innovators, including academic scholars and global agencies, responsible for investing in research and producing evidence-based guidelines.

Global Handbook of Health Promotion Research, Vol. 1: Mapping Health Promotion Research serves as an indispensable reference tool for scholars and graduate students pursuing research in health promotion, public health, education, and socio-health sciences. It is also valuable for practitioners working in the health, medical, and social sectors, as well as policy-makers and health research administrators.

Weight: 1476g
Dimension: 164 x 241 x 57 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9783030972110
Edition number: 1st ed. 2022