Health Promotion Practice        


Editor-in-Chief: Leonard Jack, Jr., PhD, MSc, CHES
Director for the Center for Minority Health, Health Disparities, Research and Education; Endowed Chair of Minority Health Disparities; and Professor, Division of Clinical and Administrative Services, College of Pharmacy, at Xavier University of Louisiana

Call for Papers: This call for papers focuses on strategies to effectively decrease tobacco use and exposure to secondhand smoke in Asian Americans and Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islanders. Click here.

Health Promotion Practice publishes authoritative, peer-reviewed articles devoted to the practical application of health promotion and education. The journal is unique in its focus on critical and strategic information for professionals engaged in the practice of developing, implementing, and evaluating health promotion and disease prevention programs. HPP serves as a forum to explore the applications of health promotion/public health education interventions, programs, and best practice strategies in various settings, including but not limited to: community, health care, worksite, educational and international settings. It also examines practice-related issues, including program descriptions, teaching methods, needs assessment tools and methodologies, intervention strategies, health promotion, problem-solving issues, and evaluation presentations.

If you would like more information about Health Promotion Practice, including advanced searching of published articles, full-text content of published articles*, subscription information, e-mail alerts, library recommendation forms, and more, visit the official Health Promotion Practice website.

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Manuscript Submission Guidelines

Health Promotion Practice is interested in manuscripts on a variety of topics related to the application of health promotion/health education programs in various settings. Manuscripts addressing innovative linkages between academics/researchers and practitioners; community and/or clinical applications of new or state-of-the-art intervention strategies; policy advocacy and social environmental interventions to promote health; evaluations of community and/or clinical interventions focusing on the utility for practitioners; sustainability/durability of interventions and policy initiatives; and other applied practice topics are encouraged:

Manuscripts should be submitted through the journal's web-based manuscript tracking system, Scholar One. The site contains detailed instructions on how to submit the manuscript and track the progression of the review process. Inquiries regarding the journal should be directed to Laura Mariani.

Journal Self-Study

Each quarterly issue of Health Promotion Practice (HPP) features two self-study articles. Each article is worth up to 2.0 Category I continuing education contact hours for Certified Health Education Specialists (CHES). HPP self-study articles are valid up to one year after the issue date. HPP dates of issues are as follows: Jan, April, July, and October.

HPP self-study tests can be found online.

Online Journal Access

The electronic version of Health Promotion Practice is available free online, exclusively to SOPHE members through SAGE Journals Online.* Click here for instructions on accessing the electronic version of journal.

* Access to the full-text of published articles is free to subscribers of Health Promotion Practice and available on a pay-per-view or timed access basis to all others.

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Special Issues

  • Volume 3, Issue 2, - April 2002 Theme Issue: Eliminating Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities: Mapping a Course for Community Action and Research
  • Volume 4, Issue 2 - April 2003 Focus: Injury
  • Volume 4, Issue 3 - July 2003 Focus: Tobacco
  • Supplement to Volume 5, Issue 3 - July 2004 Theme Issue: The Shifting Landscape: Tobacco Control and Prevention Five Years After the Master Settlement Agreement
  • Volume 6, Issue 4 - October 2005 Focus: Cancer
  • Volume 7, Issue 1 - January 2006 Focus: Health Disparities
  • Supplement to Volume 7, Issue 2 - April 2006 Theme Issue: Community Coalitions and Control of Chronic Disease: The Allies Against Asthma Approach
  • Volume 7, Issue 3 - July 2006 Theme Issue: Eliminating Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities: Practice Implications for a Health Education Research Agenda
  • Supplement to Volume 7, Issue 3 - July 2006 Theme Issue: Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health (REACH) 2010
  • Supplement to Volume 9, Issue 4 – October 2008 Theme Issue: Crisis and Emergency Risk Communication for Pandemic Influenza
  • Supplement to Volume 10, Issue 1 – January 2009 Theme Issue:  Sexual Violence Prevention
  • Supplement to Volume 10, Issue 2 – April 2009  Theme Issue: Fostering Healthy Communities
  • Supplement to Volume 11, Issue 3 - May 2010 Theme Issue:  Reducing Health Disparities Among Youth: Promising Strategies
  • Volume 11, Issue 3 - May 2010 Focus: Environmental Health Promotion