Sports clubs have a long and traditional history in many countries, yet they remain
underdeveloped and underutilized settings for health promotion. Leisure time settings, in …

Introduction. Competency-based approaches have been developed in health promotion
over the past four decades but, to date, there has been limited focus on the evaluation of …

This paper reports on a study undertaken to determine what progress has been made in the
uptake and impact of the CompHP Core Competencies on Health Promotion practice …

Background: Considering the lack of accreditation models for health education and
promotion (HEP) activities in the Iranian primary health care (PHC) system we conducted the …

This paper reports on a case study that explored the broader contextual factors influencing
the implementation of the CompHP Core Competencies at a country level in Ireland and Italy …

Objective: This scoping review investigates current developments in the professional
characteristics of health promotion (HP) with a focus on the German speaking part of …

The International Union for Health Promotion and Education (IUHPE) European
Accreditation System for Health Promotion aims to promote quality assurance in health …

According to the Nairobi Call to Action, the growth of practitioners' skills can be favoured by
setting accreditation standards and by reorienting professional competencies of current and …

Moreover, with the recent economic downturn across the global economy and its
recessionary impact on government funding for public health policy, infrastructure, and …

This commentary reports on the development and implementation of the competency-based
IUHPE Health Promotion Accreditation System in the context of workforce capacity as a key …