Health Promotion to Improve Health Outcomes and Health Quality
A special issue of Healthcare (ISSN 2227-9032). This special issue belongs to the section "Health Assessments".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 April 2026 | Viewed by 645
Special Issue Editors
Interests: nursing care; childcare; hope; clinical practice; literature review; appreciative inquiry; mutual help groups; chronic disease
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Health promotion is a process that aims to empower individuals and communities to adopt healthy lifestyles. It involves various aspects not only physical, social, or environmental but also conceptions and experiences about health, life projects, and beliefs to improve overall well-being. Well-being is related to different dimensions, contexts, and phenomena and is a primary outcome of health promotion interventions. These interventions focus on the person as a unitary human being who lives their experiences uniquely and singularly. This individualization of care allows society to invest in care approaches that are sensitive to the integral health and life projects of the person, respecting their values and beliefs—fundamental elements of hope—as a resource for promoting well-being in all domains of the person.
In this context, hope is the belief in social change or in the possibility of a healthier and longer life for those suffering from illness, social exclusion, living with uncertainty, or facing death. Hope fosters resilience and motivation, which can positively influence health behaviors and recovery. It plays a significant role in mental health and overall well-being.
Throughout the life cycle, hope is realized in the confrontation with uncertainty due to the challenges imposed on the integral development of the human being. The evolution of health promotion as a paradigm has demonstrated the orientation of health practices towards salutogenic approaches based on the population's resources of hope and individual strengths as a resource for promoting global well-being.
In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following:
- Systematic reviews and meta-analyses of existing assessment tools and health promotion interventions.
- Validation studies measuring the role of health promotion in different contexts and scenarios.
- Comparative studies used to measure hope factors to promote health and well-being.
- Cross-sectional studies in health promotion contexts.
- Studies about new perspectives and health promotion approaches.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Zaida Charepe
Dr. Fernanda Loureiro
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- hope
- health vulnerability
- uncertainty
- health promotion
- healthy people programs
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