Topical Section: Health Behavior, Health Promotion and Society
One of the major public health challenges has been to develop effective strategies with a great public health impact in promoting health and healthy behaviors of individuals, communities and society as a whole. A growing number of studies show that theory- and evidence-based health promotion and behavior change actions and policies have the potential to contribute for improving the health of populations. Further research on health behavior and health promotion in diverse populations and regions is crucial to inform public health policies and strategies.
AIMS public health has included a section dedicated to "Health Behavior, Health Promotion and Society" and encourages submissions of papers related to this topic area. Contributions should be focused on barriers and facilitators for health behavior change and health promotion taking into account the individual, environmental and societal context as defined by gender, age, socio-economic status, sexual orientation, ethnicity, geography, health policies and services. Manuscripts that present qualitative, quantitative and mixed-method research are welcomed, as well as theoretical, implementation and evaluation studies.
Handling Editor(s)
Sónia F. Dias | Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal |
Christopher A Birt | Department of Public Health and Policy, Universityof Liverpool, Whelan Building, The Quadrangle, Brownlow Hill, Liverpool, L69 3GB, UK |
Christy Pu | Institute of Hospital and Healthcare Administration School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, 155 Li-Nong St. Sec, 2, Peitou, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC |
Dustin T. Duncan | Department of Population Health, New York University School of Medicine, New York, USA |
Haslyn E. R. Hunte | School of Public Health, Robert C Byrd Health Sciences Center, West Virginia University, PO Box 9190, Morgantown, WV 26506-9190, USA |
Hilary Karasz | Public Health – Seattle & King County, 401 5th Avenue, Suite 1300, Seattle, WA 98104, USA |
Jacob Heller | Sociology Department, SUNY College at Old Westbury, USA |
Michelle G. Dresser | Bureau of Chronic Disease Prevention & Tobacco Control, NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Gotham Center, CN-18 42-09 28th Street, 9th Floor, Queens, NY 11101, USA |
Niclas Olofsson | LANDSTINGET VÄSTERNORRLAND Forskning & Utveckling, Landstingsstaben 871 85 Härnösand, Sweden |
Stefano Campostrini | Department of Statistics, University Ca Foscari of Venice, Venice, 30121, Italy |
Stuart Biddle | Professor of Physical Activity & Health, Institute for Resilient Regions, University of Southern Queensland, Education City, 37 Sinnathamby Boulevard, Springfield Central, QLD 4300, Australia |
Wenjun Li | Health Statistics and Geography Lab, Division of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, School Building S4-314, 55 Lake Avenue North, Worcester, USA |
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