The IUHPE has two broad membership categories, Institutional Members and Individual Members, and within each broader category are smaller more specific categories. 

Institutional Members

Individual Members

National Health Promotion and Public Health Agencies

Student

Academic Institutions

Individual

Regional/ Local Institutions

Retired

 

Honorary

 

Institutional Members

Institutional members are organisations of international, national, local scope, one of whose main purpose is to undertake or promote one or more aspects of health promotion and/or health education and/or which focus on specific themes, target groups, or settings. They carry out activities which are consistent with the mission, goals and objectives and purpose of IUHPE.

 

National Health Promotion and Public Health Agency members are national organisations which are responsible for organising and /or supporting health promotion and/or education in their country, state, province, region or equivalent level. They carry out activities which are consistent with the mission, goals and objectives and purpose of IUHPE. In addition to membership benefits listed here, National Health Promotion and Public Health Agency members may:

  • Host the triennual IUHPE World Conference on Health Promotion; and

  • *For information on National Health Promotion and Public Health Agency member fees, please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

 

Academic Institutional members are part of this broad Institutional members category: they include Universities, Training Centres, Schools of Public Health and other institutions who pursue research, and capacity building in health promotion in an academic setting.

In addition to membership benefits listed here, Academic members may:

  • Hold 3 votes at the IUHPE General Assembly;

  • Have opportunities to collaborate between academic organisations;

  • Develop common research grant proposals;

  • Support exchange among trainers and capacity builders;

  • Benefit from increased international student mobility; and

  • Receive 3 free subscriptions of Global Health Promotion, the official publication of the IUHPE (published in collaboration with SAGE Publishing Ltd.).

  • *For more information on Academic member fees, please see the membership fees page

 

Regional/ Local Institutional members include regional and local organizations, one of whose main purposes is to undertake, promote and/or supporting health promotion or health education. 

In addition to membership benefits listed here, Regional/ Local members may:

  • Hold 3 votes at the IUHPE General Assembly; and

  • Have opportunities to collaborate on projects and partnerships with other member institutions.

  • *For more information on Regional/ Local member fees, please see the membership fees page

 
Individual Members

Individual members support the mission, goals and objectives of IUHPE.

In addition to membership benefits listed here, Individual members hold 1 vote at the IUHPE General Assembly.

*For more information on Individual member fees, please see the membership fees page

  

Student members (proof of studentship required) support the mission, goals and objectives of IUHPE.

In addition to membership benefits listed here, Student members hold 1 vote at the IUHPE General Assembly and can join the sub-network: IUHPE Student and Earlier Career Network

*For more information on Student member fees, please see the membership fees page

 

Retired members support the mission, goals and objectives of IUHPE.

In addition to membership benefits listed here, Retired members hold 1 vote at the IUHPE General Assembly. 

*For more information on Retired member fees, please see the membership fees page

 

Honorary members are individuals or organisations who make a special contribution to the mission of the IUHPE, or to the development of its goals and objectives. 

In addition to membership benefits listed here, Honorary members hold 1 vote at the IUHPE General Assembly.

*For more information on Honorary member fees, please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

 

*As previously mentioned, for a FULL LIST of IUHPE membership benefits, please visit the dedicated Membership benefits page.