Open AccessNeed for Innovation in Public Health Research
Author(s) -
Ralph J. DiClemente,
Azure Nowara,
Rachel C. Shelton,
Gina M. Wingood
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2018.304876
Subject(s) - public health , health promotion , causality (physics) , public relations , public health interventions , promotion (chess) , psychological intervention , political science , work (physics) , medicine , engineering ethics , engineering , nursing , politics , mechanical engineering , physics , quantum mechanics , law
The recent conference Turning the Tide: A New Generation of Public Health Interventions highlighted the need to utilize innovative and emergent methodologies to confront increasingly complex public health challenges. In this commentary, we discuss three dominant themes from the conference: addressing multiple levels of causality in reducing health problems; technology-based methodologies to enhance health promotion; and improving translation and sustainment of effective health promotion programs. The subsequent articles, included in this supplement issue of AJPH, provide compelling examples and arguments supporting these progressive approaches to public health promotion. We recommend that public health researchers draw inspiration from these examples and embrace interdisciplinary, innovative methods within their future work.