Aims and Scopes
Health Promotion Perspectives (HPP) accepts original articles, reviews, short communications, perspectives, case reports, and letters to the editor on major themes and innovations in health promotion, preventive medicine, and public health. The scope includes:
Health Promotion and Education
- Health education and promotion program effectiveness
- Behavior change interventions and health communication
- Health literacy and digital health promotion
- Settings-based health promotion (schools, workplaces, communities, hospitals)
Preventive Medicine and Clinical Prevention
- Primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention
- Screening, early detection, and risk stratification
- Vaccination, chemoprevention, and lifestyle medicine
- Prevention and management of non-communicable diseases (NCDs)
- Preventive cardiology, oncology, endocrinology, and metabolic health
Public Health and Population Medicine
- Capacity building in public health systems
- Public health practices and their impacts
- Health promotion and disease prevention
- Evaluation of public health programs and policies
- Outbreak preparedness, health security, and emergency response
- Global health, migrant health, and health equity
Social, Behavioral, and Psychological Determinants
- Health psychology and social determinants of health
- Health disparities and vulnerable populations
- Community engagement and participatory approaches
- Mental health promotion and stigma reduction
Nutrition, Lifestyle, and Environmental Health
- Healthy nutrition at the community level
- Food policy, food security, and dietary interventions
- Physical activity, sedentary behavior, and sleep health
- Environmental health management and climate–health interactions
- Safety promotion, injury prevention, and disaster resilience
Occupational and Organizational Health
- Ergonomics and occupational health promotion
- Workplace health protection and well-being
- Organizational and systems-level interventions
Health Systems, Governance, and Ethics
- Public health governance, law, and ethics
- Health services research and implementation science
- Digital health, AI, and precision public health
- Health economics and cost-effectiveness of prevention
- Quality improvement and patient–population health integration
Physiology in Health Promotion and Prevention
- Applied and translational human physiology in preventive medicine
- Physiological mechanisms linking lifestyle, behavior, and disease risk
- Exercise physiology, physical activity, and cardiorespiratory fitness
- Nutritional physiology, metabolism, and body composition
- Environmental and occupational physiology (heat, altitude, pollution, shift work)
- Stress physiology, neuroendocrine regulation, and psychophysiology
- Aging physiology, sarcopenia, and functional decline
- Physiological biomarkers, monitoring, and outcome measures in health promotion
- Circadian rhythms, sleep physiology, and metabolic health
Methodology and Evidence
- Epidemiological and biostatistical methods in prevention
- Mixed-methods and community-based participatory research
- Systematic reviews, meta-analyses, and guideline development
- Program evaluation and real-world evidence
The common audience of HPP includes:
- Health professionals
- Health practitioners
- Students in the field of health sciences
- Nurses and midwives
- Health policy makers
- Health psychologists and sociologists
The common audience of HPP includes:
- Health professionals
- Health practitioners
- Students in the field of health sciences
- Nurses and midwives
- Health policy makers
- Health psychologists and sociologists
HPP is a free-of-charge and open access journal.
Iranian Health Education & Promotion Association currently supports the publications of HPP.
HPP is a member of COPE and follows the recommendations of ICMJE.
Additionally, HPP endorses and believes in the Sarajevo Declaration on Integrity and Visibility of Scholarly Publications.
Health Promotion Perspectives is abstracted/indexed in:
Editorial and Publication Process Statistics
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Metric
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Value
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Submission to first decision (median)
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6 days
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Mean duration of peer review
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3 months
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Acceptance to publication interval
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2 months
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Rejection rate
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88.31%
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The journal issues an initial editorial decision within 6 days of submission, reflecting a rapid first-pass screening process. Manuscripts that proceed to full review undergo a mean peer review period of 3 months, after which accepted papers are published within approximately 2 months. With a rejection rate of 88.31%, the journal maintains a moderate level of selectivity while still prioritizing efficient turnaround times for authors.