In Focus

Global Health Promotion: Call for papers on vulnerability and equity in health in Africa

In December 2012, the IUHPE will publish a special issue which aims to promote reflection on the mechanisms by which vulnerability in health emerges and is maintained, and to better understand the policies and interventions for countering them. The issue will consist of a dozen original scientific articles that will contribute to the development of arguments in favour of health promotion for vulnerable individuals, families or communities. These articles can provide general reflections, knowledge syntheses, or results of original research.

Global Health Promotion: Call for papers on Innovative avenues for health promotion research

The IUHPE will release at the August 2013 21st IUHPE World Conference on Health Promotion in Pattaya, Thailand a special issue which aims at creating a body of knowledge on innovative aspects of health promotion research. Papers using a broad range of approaches to explore innovative theories, themes, questions, methods and knowledge transfer practice that can contribute to capacity building for health promotion research at the global level are welcome.

Highlights

New publication: Reducing social inequalities in Health

Since 2008, the IUHPE has been collaborating towards the development of a publication of the French Institute for Prevention and Health Education – Inpes. This publication, which was drafted with the contribution of around 50 renowned experts, is a guide for action collecting national and international experiences aimed at reducing social inequalities in health. Its objective is to provide readers with scientifically valid knowledge and evaluated best practices which project managers can draw from. The publication is part of a larger project aimed at the development of health promotion strategies to reduce social inequalities in health in France. The first step of this initiative consisted in the organization of an international session dedicated to this topic at the French Annual Conference on Prevention in 2008. The results of this research will be widely disseminated at the 4th International Symposium of Local and Regional Health Programs (PLRS – Ottawa, 27–30 June 2011) and at the French Annual Conference on Prevention organized by Inpes (Journées de la Prevention – Paris 19–20 May 2011).

News

Read a message from Trevor Shilton, IUHPE Vice-President for Advocacy to follow up with the UN High-Level Meeting on NCD Prevention and Control (Sept 19-20, NYC)

UN High-Level Meeting on NCD Prevention and Control (Sept 19-20, NYC): click here for further information on advocacy for NCD prevention

Call for tender: IUHPE communication tools - click here

Events.

Upcoming IUHPE events

For further information on upcoming events in the health promotion field click here