Experts' Opinion in Public Health Education and Promotion

In the current climate, it is as important as ever that the public are efficiently informed to make the best personal health choices and that societies operate to promote good population health. An effective public health system built on evidence-based practices from professionals will ensure that health programs achieve their full potential.

The Public Health Education and Promotion section of Frontiers in Public Health aims to gather innovative research, education, and practice to that will advance the scientific basis of knowledge help inform the public, professionals, and societies to improve the health of the population. This section emphasizes protecting and promoting population health by collating contributions to health education and promotion from researchers, educators, decision-makers, and practitioners.

The Chief Editor of our Public Health Education and Promotion section, Prof. Christiane Stock, is developing this Research Topic with the aim to collate opinion or perspective pieces that advance emerging issues within the field, with a particular interest in the following areas:

• Health promotion in settings, such as schools, universities, workplaces and communities;

• Health literacy with focus on the health literacy environment;

• Digital health education and promotion;

• Co-creation in intervention development and stakeholder engagement;

• Social marketing approaches;

• Health communication and risk communication;

• New ways to evaluate health education and promotion programs;

• Innovative teaching and learning in health education and promotion.