Global Perspectives on Health Promotion Effectiveness

As health improvement initiatives take center stage worldwide, public health professionals face an ongoing challenge to prove that the programs are worthwhile and that interventions make an impact. The Global Programme on Health Promotion Effectiveness (GPHPE) of the International Union for Health Promotion and Education takes on this challenge in Global Perspectives on Health Promotion Effectiveness. Fifty-five contributors representing six continents come together to analyze major programs around the world and evaluate their effectiveness. The result is a symposium in a book, the first in a series, representing the best critical thinking on crucial issues such as these:

• Assessment of evidence and evaluation of effectiveness in an international context.



• Synthesis of progress on the various GPHPE regional projects, with candid evaluations of strengths and limitations, and factors unique to each region.



• Advocacy to strengthen the evidence base for mental health promotion, physical activity promotion and a wide range of settings-based health promotion interventions.



• Challenges to health promotion and its assessment, including peace-building, urbanization, globalization, and social determinants.



• Global debates on emerging health promotion arenas-equity, methodology, partnership, development in adverse political climates, and others-as to whether or not traditional concepts of evidence, impact, and outcomes can be applied.

Global Perspectives on Health Promotion Effectiveness is a significant document with profound implications for practitioners involved in implementing health promotion programs. It will serve as a vital source of frontline knowledge for researchers and students of public health.

List of contents

The Global Programme on Health Promotion Effectiveness.- Global Perspectives on Health Promotion Effectiveness.- The Global Programme on Health Promotion Effectiveness (GPHPE).- The IUHPE Blueprint for Direct and Sustained Dialogue in Partnership Initiatives.- The Global Programme on Health Promotion Effectiveness.- Reports from the Field.- Policies for Health.- Strengthening the Evidence Base for Mental Health Promotion.- Effectiveness and Challenges for Promoting Physical Activity Globally.- School Health Promotion.- Health Promotion to Prevent Obesity.- Effective Health Promotion Against Tobacco Use.- Effectiveness of Health Promotion in Preventing Alcohol Related Harm.- Global Areas of Interest that Challenge the Assessment of Health Promotion Effectiveness.- Globalization and Health Promotion.- Urbanization and Health Promotion.- Community Interventions on Social Determinants of Health.- Strengthening Peace-Building Through Health Promotion.- The Role of Governance in Health Promotion Effectiveness.- Global Debates about Effectiveness of Health Promotion.- Evidence and Theory.- Measurement and Effectiveness.- Healthy Settings.- Feasibility for Health Promotion Under Various Decision-Making Contexts.- Evaluating Equity in Health Promotion.- Evaluation of Empowerment and Effectiveness.- Enhancing the Effectiveness and Quality of Health Promotion.

About the author

David V. McQueen is the Associate Director for Global Health Promotion at the CDC, and the Program Leader for the IUHPE-WHO Global Programme on Health Promotion Effectiveness. He is on the editorial board of the Birkhauser journal Social and Preventive Medicine, and he has co-edited the book Global Behavioural Risk Surveillance for Springer. He is also co-editing Global Perspectives on Health Promotion Effectiveness (to be published in June 2007). His current research interests include: the theoretical foundations of health promotion, nature of evidence and evaluation in health promotion, analytical methods for risk factor surveillance data, new applications of surveillance, and the health implications of urbanization and urban sprawl.

Summary

As health improvement initiatives take center stage worldwide, public health professionals face an ongoing challenge to prove that the programs are worthwhile and that interventions make an impact. The Global Programme on Health Promotion Effectiveness (GPHPE) of the International Union for Health Promotion and Education takes on this challenge in Global Perspectives on Health Promotion Effectiveness. Fifty-five contributors representing six continents come together to analyze major programs around the world and evaluate their effectiveness. The result is a symposium in a book, the first in a series, representing the best critical thinking on crucial issues such as these:

• Assessment of evidence and evaluation of effectiveness in an international context.



• Synthesis of progress on the various GPHPE regional projects, with candid evaluations of strengths and limitations, and factors unique to each region.



• Advocacy to strengthen the evidence base for mental health promotion, physical activity promotion and a wide range of settings-based health promotion interventions.



• Challenges to health promotion and its assessment, including peace-building, urbanization, globalization, and social determinants.



• Global debates on emerging health promotion arenas—equity, methodology, partnership, development in adverse political climates, and others—as to whether or not traditional concepts of evidence, impact, and outcomes can be applied.

Global Perspectives on Health Promotion Effectiveness is a significant document with profound implications for practitioners involved in implementing health promotion programs. It will serve as a vital source of frontline knowledge for researchers and students of public health.

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From the reviews:

"This edited volume ... raises important questions about 'what counts as evidence and who gets to decide.' It presents important challenges to dominant biomedical approaches assessing evidence and effectiveness within health promotion ... offers an introduction to the key debates and challenges involved in the evaluation of health promotion programs, as well as some useful strategies for measuring their impact ... the authors acknowledge the value and legitimacy of a wide range of epistemological  positions and scientific approaches and present their arguments using language and logic likely to be accessible and acceptable to researchers using different paradigms." -Amy E. Patterson, MHS, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia

"A remarkable new book ... an updated and expanded edition of their earlier book (Klingemann et al., 2001), which was a landmark in the field of addiction research." -Hal Arkowitz, PsycCRITIQUES, July 2008

"This monograph ... summarizes the challenges and approaches to answering the questions of health promotion effectiveness as they are being dealt with by the Global Program on Health Promotion Effectiveness. ... Recommended Readership: Individuals who have a strong interest ... in public health and health promotion. ... the book should be considered for libraries serving professionals in health promotion and related fields." (Robin G. Molella, Mayo Clinic Proceedings, Vol. 82 (11), November, 2007)

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From the reviews:
"This edited volume ... raises important questions about 'what counts as evidence and who gets to decide.' It presents important challenges to dominant biomedical approaches assessing evidence and effectiveness within health promotion ... offers an introduction to the key debates and challenges involved in the evaluation of health promotion programs, as well as some useful strategies for measuring their impact ... the authors acknowledge the value and legitimacy of a wide range of epistemological  positions and scientific approaches and present their arguments using language and logic likely to be accessible and acceptable to researchers using different paradigms." -Amy E. Patterson, MHS, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia
"A remarkable new book ... an updated and expanded edition of their earlier book (Klingemann et al., 2001), which was a landmark in the field of addiction research." -Hal Arkowitz, PsycCRITIQUES, July 2008
"This monograph ... summarizes the challenges and approaches to answering the questions of health promotion effectiveness as they are being dealt with by the Global Program on Health Promotion Effectiveness. ... Recommended Readership: Individuals who have a strong interest ... in public health and health promotion. ... the book should be considered for libraries serving professionals in health promotion and related fields." (Robin G. Molella, Mayo Clinic Proceedings, Vol. 82 (11), November, 2007)

Product details

• Assisted by: Jones (Editor), Jones (Editor), Catherine Jones (Editor), David McQueen (Editor), David V. McQueen (Editor), Davi V McQueen (Editor), David V McQueen (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 26.06.2009
• EAN: 9780387709734
• ISBN: 978-0-387-70973-4
• No. of pages: 426
• Dimensions: 162 mm x 28 mm x 243 mm
• Weight: 803 g
• Illustrations: XXII, 426 p.
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; C, Medizin und Gesundheit: Ratgeber, Sachbuch, Medicine, Public Health und Präventivmedizin, MEDICAL / Public Health, INTERNAL MEDICINE, Infektiologie, Gesundheit (allgemein), health promotion, Infectious & contagious diseases, infectious diseases, Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, IUHPE;Public Health;assessment;health;health promotion