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