Health Promotion International


Health Promotion International is a quarterly peer-reviewed public health journal covering health promotion. It was established in 1986 at the John Snow Pub on Broadwick Street in London, England. The journal's founder was Ilona Kickbusch, who is now the chair emerita of its editorial board. Originally named Health Promotion, the journal obtained its current name in 1990. It is published by Oxford University Press and the editor-in-chief is Evelyne de Leeuw. According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2016 impact factor of 1.722, ranking it 36th out of 77 journals in the category "Health Policy & Services" and 71st out of 157 in the category "Public, Environmental & Occupational Health".