Front Matter
Title Page
Foreword
Raúl Mercer, Argentina
Preface
Didier Jourdan and Louise Potvin
Table of Contents
About the Editors
Contributors
Body Matter
Chapter 1
A Global Participatory Process to Structuring the Field of Health Promotion Research: An Introduction
Louise Potvin
Didier Jourdan
Chapter 2
Mapping Health Promotion Research: Organising the Diversity of Research Practices
Louise Potvin
Didier Jourdan
Part I- Researching the Practices of Individuals and Populations
Chapter 3
Design-Based Research on Active Family Involvement: Developing a Family Toolbox to Support Health Care Professionals Working with Diabetes Management
Dan Grabowski, Jens Aagaard-Hansen, Bjarne Bruun Jensen
Denmark
Chapter 4
Action Research with People Being Treated for Cancer or a Rare Disease. Health Mediation Central to Their Experiences and Their Inclusion
Éric Dugas, Zoé Rollin, Lucas Sivilotti, Karyn Dugas
France
Chapter 5
Critical Health Promotion and Participatory Research: Knowledge Production for and with Young People Experiencing Homelessness in Scotland
Andrea Rodriguez, Sabrina Galella, Shea Moran, Ruth Freeman
United Kingdom
Chapter 6
Acting-In-Context: A Methodological and Theoretical Approach to Understanding the Actions of People Living in Poverty [1]
Caroline Adam, Sylvie Gendron, Louise Potvin
Canada
Chapter 7
Participatory Health Promotion Research with Children
Colin MacDougall, Lisa Gibbs
Australia
Chapter 8
Knowledge Transfer: A Snapshot on Translation Processes from Research to Practices
Valérie Ivassenko, Andrew J. Macnab, Danilo Di Emidio, Alfons Hollederer, Efrelyn A. Iellamo, Jimryan Ignatius B. Cabuslay, Ivan Rene G. Lim, Shannen G. Felipe, Bridget Ira C. Arante, Andy Sharma
School-based programs as a research platform for improving oral health and reducing malaria morbidity
Andrew J. Macnab
South Africa
Doing Participatory Action Research (PAR) in a Primary School: The Key Role Played by (Unexpected) Social-Actors for the Successful Completion of a School-Based Research
Danilo Di Emidio
United Kingdom
Evidence-Based Health Promotion among the Unemployed: The Example of the JOBS Program Germany
Alfons Hollederer
Germany
Employing Survey as Research Method in Breastfeeding Health Promotion Research: Philippine Perspective
Efrelyn A. Iellamo, Jimryan Ignatius B. Cabuslay, Ivan Rene G. Lim, Shannen G. Felipe, Bridget Ira C. Arante
Philippines
Researching Practices that Promote the Population Health of Older Adults: Utilizing a Spatial Approach to Guide Diabetes Care
Andy Sharma
United States of America
Part II- Researching the Practices of Professionals
Chapter 9
Fostering Cultural Safety in Health Care through a Decolonizing Approach to Research with, for and by Indigenous Communities
Louise Potvin is currently professor at the Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health (ESPUM), Université de Montréal, Canada. She is the scientific director of the Centre de recherche en santé publique, the largest grouping of researchers dedicated to public health in Québec. She holds the Canada Research Chair in Community Approaches and Health Inequalities. She is a founder of Population Health Intervention Research, a domain of scientific endeavour that seeks to develop a cumulative body of knowledge on public health interventions, their planning, implementation, scaling up and sustainability. She is also a leading figure in health promotion research, more specifically through her work on the role of local environments in health inequality and local intersectoral action.
Didier Jourdan is the chair holder of the UNESCO chair "Global Health & Education" and head of the WHO Collaborating Centre for “Research in Education & Health”. He is full professor, former dean of the Faculty of Education and vice president of University of Clermont Auvergne in Clermont-Ferrand France. He used to be president of the “prevention, education and health promotion” commission of the French High Council for Public Health and director of the Health Promotion Division of the French National Public Health Agency. His research activities focus on the impact of health promotion interventions, particularly with regard to health inequalities, implementation mechanisms, professional activity and ethical issues.