Issue Addressed Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming public health and health promotion (PHHP) practice, creating a need for graduates who can use AI ethically, critically and effectively. A...

Financial conflicts of interest remain rife in the Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition (SACN), BMJ analysis reveals. Despite a new code of conduct banning links to the food industry, members wi...

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Amédé Gogovor and colleagues explain how scaling studies differ from implementation studies and present 33 recommendations for how to report scaling studies with maximum accuracy and usefulness. Repo...

This paper describes the application of mixed method designs in implementation research in 22 mental health services research studies published in peer-reviewed journals over the last 5 years. Our ana...

Filmmaker Aoife Kelleher introduces her documentary Testimony, a profoundly moving documentary that chronicles the fight for justice by survivors of Ireland's Magdalene Laundries and Mother and Baby H...

Background Public involvement is increasingly mandated in health and medical research in the UK. With a push for its implementation from major funding bodies over the past few decades, we aimed to und...

Background The Implementation Research Logic Model (IRLM) was developed to enhance the rigor, transparency, and reproducibility of implementation research by integrating key elements of implementation...

Using research to inform policy sounds straightforward, but in practice, it remains one of the biggest challenges in public policy. Despite decades of effort, there is still a persistent gap between what we know from research and what gets used in decision-making. Our recent study explores one under‑examined part of this puzzle: the role of research funders.

Health Promotion International is a peer reviewed, fully open access journal that contains refereed original articles, perspectives, opinion pieces, policy piec

Apply to the SPHeRE PhD Programme Scholar applications are now open for a September 2026 start. There are two modes of application for entry to the SPHeRE Structured PhD Programme: The first mode is f...

Process evaluation of implementation strategies is increasingly common, but a review by Bracci et al. showed that room for improvement exists. In this contribution, we complement their recommendations...

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Background The CFIR-ERIC matching tool, developed by Waltz et al. in 2019 to integrate implementation strategies with theoretical frameworks, enables rapid and targeted generation of implementation st...

The Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR) is a determinant framework that includes constructs from many implementation theories, models, and frameworks; it is used to predict or ex...

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There is a growing demand for more focus on developing and testing theories in implementation science (IS). This involves creating and testing theories about th...

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In health care, evidence syntheses bring together the results of research studies to inform clinical practice and policy. Engagement of interest-holders (including patients, public, carers, health pr...

Background Qualitative methods are central to implementation research. Qualitative research provides rich contextual insight into lived experiences of health and illness, healthcare systems and care d...

Background Given the substantial public funding of health-related research, tangible benefits of this support must be demonstrated. Implementation science provides actionable methods to enhance popula...

School lunchboxes contain much more than just food. Maternal and paternal moralities, socioeconomic pressures, and the character of contemporary food systems ca...

Without policy action and a coordinated global response, ultra-processed foods will continue to rise in human diets, harming health, economies. It’s time to act.

Abstract. Given that news media play key roles in shaping public and policy responses to food poverty and insecurity, this study analysed how newspapers fr

Addressing disparities and promoting health for migrants requires policies and practices that are grounded in comprehensive and accurate health data. Health Information Systems (HIS) play a crucial ro...

The solution to imposter syndrome isn’t teaching us to be more masculine. It’s dismantling the structures that make us feel like imposters in the first place.

Background The field of implementation research has recently seen much interest in equity, with a strong emphasis on recognising and responding to disparities in care. Recent studies highlight the rol...

Jurisdictional scans are used to inform policy by systematically comparing how different jurisdictions define problems, design policies, and implement strategies. They provide insights into policy opt...

Background Misleading information about medical products on social media may cause overuse. Objectives Explore interventions targeting the problem of misleading medical information and marketing on s...

Devi Sridhar's new book How Not to Die (Too Soon): The Lies We've Been Sold and the Policies That Can Save Us sets out her hope of living to the age of 100 years in good health “as a collective endeav...