IIHP Publications

This section includes articles, white papers, policy papers, documents, and links on the subject of International Health Promotion. The submissions have been submitted or recommended by the members of the IIHP.

IIHP Policy Statements

 

Country Profiles - written by IIHP members

  • Brazil - "Facts, Assocação Brasileira de Qualidade de Vida (ABQV)" by Dr. Flávio Próspero
  • Botswana - "Health care and promotion in Botswana" by Dr. Emmanuel O. Owolabi, Department of Physical Education and Dr. S. Shaibu, Department of Nursing Education, both University of Botswana, Gaborone
  • China - "The Status of Chinese People's Physical Fitness and Health and Future Prospectives" by Professor Yu DaoZhong, Director of Mass Physical Education at China's National Research Institute of Sports Sciences.
  • Finland - "Reforms in publicly funded health care are inevitable" by Antero Heloma, MD, Finnish Institute of Occupational Health
  • India - "Health and Fitness Aspects of Indian Population" by Dr. G. L. Khanna, Scientific Officer, Head Department of Physiology, Sports Authority of India, Bangalore, India
  • Israel - "Nutrition Promotion and Education in Israel" by Dr. Yitzhak Weinstein, Sports Medicine and Research, Wingate Institute, Israel and Dr. Dorit Nitzan-Kaluski, Department of Nutrition, Ministry of Health, Jerusalem, Israel
    "A Survey of Physical Activity Trend in Israel" by Itzik Weinstein, Ph.D.
  • Italy - "The National Health System" in Italy by Laura Dai Pra
  • Kenya - "Health Promotion Developments in Kenya" by Francis Namisi
  • Lebanon - "Health Promotion in Lebanon's National Health System" by Sahar Tabarra, M.S.
  • Malaysia - Healthy Lifestyle: Vision of a Developing Nation - Malaysia by Dr. Rabindarjeet Singh
  • Mauritius - "Health Promotion in Schools:Promoting a healthy lifestyle" by Hon. Dr. Dhaneshwar Beeharry
  • Mexico - "Health Promotion in Mexico" by Dr. Carlo Castillo-Salgado
  • Romania - "Health Promotion: A Matter of Time" by George Dumitru and Wolf Kirsten
  • South Korea - "The Genesis of Health Promotion in South Korea" by Dr. Kim Il Soon and Dr. Michael P. O'Donnell, PhD, MBA, MPH
  • Tunisia - "Health Promotion in Tunisia" by Lassoued Belhassen

 

 

Archives of the Annual IIHP Meetings

  • 6th Annual - will take place at Palacky University in Olomouc, Czech Republic from September 18-21, 2001
  • 5th Annual - 5th Annual IIHP Meeting 2000 October 12-15, 2000 - Washington, DC
  • 4th Annual - 4th Annual IIHP Meeting 1999 October 10-13, 1999 - Curitiba, Brazil
  • 3rd Annual - 3rd Annual IIHP Meeting 1998 October 11-14 - Washington, DC
  • 2nd Annual - Second Annual Meeting, October 12-15, 1997 in Mauritius
  • 1st Annual - Proceedings of the IIHP Inaugural Meeting - June 3-5, 1996 in Washington, DC at American University

 

Other articles, documents, and linke that are related to International Health Promotion

The American Journal of Health Promotion. Global Perspective newsletter covered the following topics have been covered:

Volume 1

  • Number 1 - Inaugural issue - introduction to the newsletter
  • Number 2 - Health communications / country profile:India
  • Number 3 - Training health promotion professionals / country profile:Italy
  • Number 4 - Health Promotion Policy / country profile:Kenya
  • Number 5 - Health Promotion Economics / country profile: Lebanon
  • Number 6 - Effective Health Promotion Networks /country profile:Mexico

Volume 2

Volume 3

Volume 4

 
 
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