Academic publisher SAGE has announced that commencing this month, Promotion & Education, the official journal of the International Union for Health Promotion and Education (IUHPE), will change its name to Global Health Promotion.
Published quarterly, Global Health Promotion is a multilingual journal publishing authoritative peer-reviewed articles and practical information for health promotion and health education professionals worldwide. The journal is one of three high profile public health titles to move to SAGE last year. The journal now publishes original articles; commentaries showcasing health promotion practices; and a new section, Addresses, which are verbatim transcriptions of outstanding oral presentations at conferences.
The new name recognises the IUHPE's global span, and that the term 'health promotion' identifies the journal's content precisely, encompassing education and healthy public policy, amongst other key concepts that define modern health promotion. The name change is one of a number of developments following the journal's transition to SAGE in 2008.
To mark the publication of the first 2009 issue of the renamed Global Health Promotion, SAGE will be offering 30 days free online access to this issue as well as the March 2009 supplement.
