Global Handbook of Health Promotion Research, Vol. 3: Doing Health Promotion Research

This handbook provides methodological solutions to epistemological, methodological, and ethical challenges in health promotion research, bringing together experts from different traditions to structure the field and create a global community of researchers.

Format: Hardback
Length: 352 pages
Publication date: 01 March 2023
Publisher: Springer International Publishing AG

While research teams diligently contribute to generating valuable and reliable knowledge for health promotion, a comprehensive and specialized field of health promotion research has yet to fully emerge. This timely state-of-the-art handbook takes a significant step towards structuring this field. This comprehensive collection offers introductory-level methodological solutions to the major epistemological, methodological, and ethical challenges encountered in health promotion research. It brings together esteemed experts from diverse research traditions, coexisting within the field. The handbook comprehensively covers existing knowledge production and sharing practices, delineating the discipline and its future research agenda. Ultimately, it strives to foster a global community of health promotion researchers.

This volume focuses on research practices pertinent to the creation and dissemination of knowledge about health promotion practices. It is structured as follows:

Part I presents various paradigms and approaches to knowledge production that are particularly relevant to health promotion research.

Parts II to V delve into specific research designs and methods tailored to address the unique challenges of health promotion research.

Part VI provides an overview of the formidable challenges faced by health promotion research and offers insightful suggestions for overcoming them.

Global Handbook of Health Promotion Research, Vol. 3: Doing Health Promotion Research serves as an indispensable reference tool for researchers, graduate students, practitioners, policymakers, and health research administrators engaged in health promotion, public health, education, and socio-health sciences.

Weight: 746g
Dimension: 235 x 155 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9783031204005
Edition number: 1st ed. 2023