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Building a resilient health system for universal health coverage and health security: a systematic review
BackgroundResilient health system (RHS) is crucial to achieving universal health coverage (UHC) and health security. However, little is known about...
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Health promotion, the social determinants of health, and urban health: what does a critical discourse analysis of World Health Organization texts reveal about health equity?
BackgroundThe World Health Organization (WHO) has focused on health equity as part of its mandate and broader agenda—consider for example, the...
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Considering planetary health in health guidelines and health technology assessments: a scoping review protocol
BackgroundThis protocol outlines a scoping review with the objective of identifying and exploring planetary health considerations within existing...
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Women’s Behavioral Health A Public Health Perspective
This book examines women's behavioral health (defined as alcohol, drug use, and mental health) problems from a population or public health...
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Does health literacy influence health-related lifestyle behaviors among specialists of health management? A cross-sectional study
BackgroundNoncommunicable diseases (NCDs), such as health-related lifestyle diseases, are the leading cause of mortality and societal and economic...
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Health-Oriented Environmental Categories, Individual Health Environments, and the Concept of Environment in Public Health
The term ‘environment’ is not uniformly defined in the public health sciences, which causes crucial inconsistencies in research, health policy, and...
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Global LGBTQ Health Research, Policy, Practice, and Pathways
This open access book is a groundbreaking volume that creates a new field within the intersection of “global health” and “LGBTQ health” delineating...
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The value of health service-based research to health service organisations: a qualitative study with senior health service executives
BackgroundResearch evidence has demonstrably improved health care practices and patient outcomes. However, systemic translation of evidence into...
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A health promotion perspective on One Health
The One Health concept has acquired increasing attention due to the COVID-19 pandemic. We argue for a health promotion perspective that frames One...
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Access to health knowledge for health equality: a multi-phase review focused on disability-health
BackgroundThe existing evidence base indicates increased interest in knowledge translation (KT), or, the dissemination of research to ensure uptake...
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Advancing the concept of global oral health to strengthen actions for planetary health and One Health
Advancing the concept of global oral health can help tackle the triple planetary crises of climate change, nature and biodiversity loss, and...
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Redefining Debt-to-Health, a triple-win health financing instrument in global health
BackgroundAs a recognized win–win-win approach to international debt relief, Debt-to-Health(D2H)has successfully translated debt repayments into...
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Health literacy at work – individual and organizational health literacy, health supporting leadership and employee wellbeing
BackgroundAgainst the backdrop of demographic change and the shortage of skilled workers, employees’ psychological wellbeing is of special interest...
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Monitoring a cohort of trainees: changes over time and associations between health literacy, health behaviour and health
BackgroundFor many entrants, the initial stages of professional training are a challenge. Demands at work can lead to new physical and psychological...
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Inclusive and intersectoral: community health improvement planning opportunities to advance the social determinants of health and health equity
BackgroundCommunity health improvement plans (CHIPs) are strategic planning tools that help local communities identify and address their public...
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COVID-19-related global health governance and population health priorities for health equity in G20 countries: a scoping review
Since the declaration of the COVID-19 pandemic, the promotion of health equity including the health of various population sub-groups has been...
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Measuring generic health using the minimum european health module: does it work and is it better than self-rated health?
BackgroundHealth is a fundamental aspect of many scientific disciplines and its definition and measurement is the analytical core of many empirical...
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Variability in public health programming and priorities to address health inequities across public health units in Ontario, Canada
ObjectiveIn 2018, Ontario Public Health Standards were updated to include the foundational Health Equity Standard to guide planning, implementation,...
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Health-related quality of life and self-reported health status in adolescents with chronic health conditions before transfer of care to adult health care: an international cohort study
BackgroundHeath-related quality of life (HRQoL) is lower in adolescents with chronic health conditions compared to healthy peers. While there is...
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Evaluating local primary health care actions to address health inequities: analysis of Australia’s Primary Health Networks
BackgroundMeso-level, regional primary health care organisations such as Australia’s Primary Health Networks (PHNs) are well placed to address health...
