Homeless people are susceptible to a range of health problems, yet in terms of health promotion, tend to be a hard-to-reach, marginalized group. Robust evidence regarding the ability to engage with this population via effective health promotion programmes is essential if policy and practice are to be informed to improve the health of homeless people. A structured review was conducted with the a...

At the time of the formation of the World Health Organization in 1946, one of its first achievements was to create a brilliant new definition of health: “Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.”1 This definition has lasted 7 decades without modification as it reflects the multidimensional nature of health. If it ha...

This investigative study summarizes the five most prevalent healthcare models and seven instruments to help the reader determine which model is the most effective in measuring health-related ideas and behaviors in subjects of varying populations. Their significance to the science and art of health promotion and analytical techniques are also reviewed. The purpose of the study is to consider var...

ISSUE ADDRESSED The persistence of health inequities provides an ongoing challenge for health promotion. The dictum 'think globally, act locally' fails to recognise the significance of infrastructure and policy in linking global issues and local practices as a means of addressing health inequities. METHODS Commentary and opinion. RESULTS Through analytic tools and methods, health promotion ...

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Research poetics, a form of arts-based research methods, has been under-utilized in the field of health promotion. Poetic methods have most commonly been used as a form of re/presentation of the lived experience in qualitative research. For the community-engaged researcher, re/presenting findings through poetry offers unique opportunities for engaging the reader and reaching diverse communities...

By the time a faculty member is being considered for promotion to full professor, he/she will be about 10 years out of residency training and will almost certainly have prior experience with the academic promotion process. The preparation for promotion to full professor should begin soon after the promotion to associate professor. This is a time to reassess opportunities, resources, skills, and...