The Ottawa Charter specifies that health promotion “has to be facilitated in schools, homes, workplaces and community settings” because “health is created and lived by people within the settings of their everyday life; where they learn, work, play and love”. COVID-19 had a profound impact on people’s lives and settings-based approaches have been developed in different shapes and formats. COVID-19 has also highlighted social vulnerabilities and laid bare how structural drivers of health inequity interact with class, race, ethnicity, gender, and education. Evidence is needed to document how these determinants can be addressed using settings-based approaches, and how new settings such as digital media, theories and frameworks can be used to tailor context appropriate strategies. Evidence is also needed to address challenges related to sustainability, resilience, and adaptation of complex systems in view of global health issues such as geopolitical instability, climate change and migration, as well as competencies needed to address them.
This Research Topic will focus on new developments in health promoting settings in view of global challenges, by describing innovative ways of working and thinking in policy, practice and theory (e.g., use of citizen science, design thinking, joined-up governance, learning systems, complexity science), settings-based approaches in new settings (e.g., social media, airports) and how issues of social inequality and inclusion have been addressed, particularly in view of the disproportional impact of COVID-19 on socio-economically disadvantaged and minority population groups (e.g. gender based violence, importance of health literacy, equity, empowerment, risk communication and community engagement). The Research Topic also aims to strengthen the evidence base around which approaches work for whom in which context and welcomes articles with a focus on sustainability, resilience, and adaptation (e.g., climate change, migration, urbanization). Finally, we aim to discuss the competencies needed to plan, implement, and evaluate settings-based health promotion and how this helps to achieve the wider global health agenda, including the Sustainable Development Goals.
This Research Topic aims to address the following questions:
• How are global challenges addressed in settings-based health promotion research, policy, and practice (e.g., social inequalities, urbanization, migration, climate change, COVID-19)?
• How can new advances in understanding complexity of settings as social complex adaptive systems equip us for change management in settings?
• How are structural and socioeconomic drivers of diversity and equity addressed in contemporary settings-based health promotion?
• How is stakeholder participation integrated in settings-based health promotion (e.g., patient & public involvement, community engagement, joined-up approaches, knowledge translation and co-creation)?
• Which competencies are needed for settings-based health promotion in view of these new technologies and global health challenges (e.g., digital health literacy)?
These topics can be addressed through case studies, empirical research, program descriptions, or short commentaries or opinion pieces highlighting emerging trends and innovations in the field.
The Ottawa Charter specifies that health promotion “has to be facilitated in schools, homes, workplaces and community settings” because “health is created and lived by people within the settings of their everyday life; where they learn, work, play and love”. COVID-19 had a profound impact on people’s lives and settings-based approaches have been developed in different shapes and formats. COVID-19 has also highlighted social vulnerabilities and laid bare how structural drivers of health inequity interact with class, race, ethnicity, gender, and education. Evidence is needed to document how these determinants can be addressed using settings-based approaches, and how new settings such as digital media, theories and frameworks can be used to tailor context appropriate strategies. Evidence is also needed to address challenges related to sustainability, resilience, and adaptation of complex systems in view of global health issues such as geopolitical instability, climate change and migration, as well as competencies needed to address them.
This Research Topic will focus on new developments in health promoting settings in view of global challenges, by describing innovative ways of working and thinking in policy, practice and theory (e.g., use of citizen science, design thinking, joined-up governance, learning systems, complexity science), settings-based approaches in new settings (e.g., social media, airports) and how issues of social inequality and inclusion have been addressed, particularly in view of the disproportional impact of COVID-19 on socio-economically disadvantaged and minority population groups (e.g. gender based violence, importance of health literacy, equity, empowerment, risk communication and community engagement). The Research Topic also aims to strengthen the evidence base around which approaches work for whom in which context and welcomes articles with a focus on sustainability, resilience, and adaptation (e.g., climate change, migration, urbanization). Finally, we aim to discuss the competencies needed to plan, implement, and evaluate settings-based health promotion and how this helps to achieve the wider global health agenda, including the Sustainable Development Goals.
This Research Topic aims to address the following questions:
• How are global challenges addressed in settings-based health promotion research, policy, and practice (e.g., social inequalities, urbanization, migration, climate change, COVID-19)?
• How can new advances in understanding complexity of settings as social complex adaptive systems equip us for change management in settings?
• How are structural and socioeconomic drivers of diversity and equity addressed in contemporary settings-based health promotion?
• How is stakeholder participation integrated in settings-based health promotion (e.g., patient & public involvement, community engagement, joined-up approaches, knowledge translation and co-creation)?
• Which competencies are needed for settings-based health promotion in view of these new technologies and global health challenges (e.g., digital health literacy)?
These topics can be addressed through case studies, empirical research, program descriptions, or short commentaries or opinion pieces highlighting emerging trends and innovations in the field.