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What makes health promotion research distinct?
James Woodall1, Louise Warwick-Booth1, Jane South1
1Centre for Health Promotion Research, Leeds Beckett University, Leeds, UK.
Scandinavian Journal of Public Health
|March 20, 2018
Summary
This study identifies four distinctive features of health promotion research to address concerns about its decline. It aims to encourage researchers to articulate their distinct practice and develop agreed research principles.
Area of Science:
- Health Promotion
- Public Health Research
Background:
- Concerns exist regarding the decline of health promotion as a practice and discipline.
- There is a need for clearer articulation of health promotion research and its distinctiveness.
Purpose of the Study:
- To identify and articulate the distinctive features of health promotion research.
- To serve as a catalyst for health promotion researchers to be explicit in their practice.
Main Methods:
- Literature review.
- Authors' experiences in the field.
- Workshop at the 8th Nordic Health Promotion Conference.
Main Results:
- Identified four distinctive features of health promotion research (details not exhaustive).
Conclusions:
- Health promotion research possesses distinctive characteristics.
- Encourages development of agreed research principles for the field.
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