Barriers and Facilitators of Healthy Diet, Physical Activity, and Health Promotion Among Indigenous Peoples and Communities
A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Global Health".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 1 July 2027 | Viewed by 1741
Editor
2. Discipline of Nutrition and Dietetics, Susan Wakil School of Nursing and Midwifery, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Charles Perkins Centre, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW 2006, Australia
Interests: nutrition; dietetics; sports nutrition; physical activity; Indigenous populations
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Indigenous peoples and communities around the world maintain diverse cultural and social practices that support healthy eating, physical activity, and holistic well-being. These practices provide a foundation for culturally relevant, community-driven health promotion initiatives. At the same time, there are challenges that shape how these practices are supported and sustained across diverse contexts.
This Special Issue focuses on understanding the facilitators that enable healthy behaviours, as well as the associated barriers, with the goal of generating evidence to inform culturally relevant interventions, health promotion strategies, and policy development in Indigenous contexts globally. We particularly welcome research that applies or develops frameworks, models, or conceptual approaches to guide and evaluate health promotion and behaviour change in Indigenous communities.
We invite high-quality contributions that explore these themes among Indigenous populations globally. Submissions may include original research, systematic or scoping reviews, qualitative and mixed-methods studies, and implementation science research that draw on Indigenous perspectives and knowledges. Manuscripts examining behaviour change strategies, health promotion frameworks, and contextual factors shaping health practices are particularly encouraged.
Dr. Alyse J. Davies
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Indigenous peoples
- Indigenous communities
- healthy diet
- physical activity
- health promotion
- behaviour change
- social determinants of health
- implementation science
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