A pending issue: an analysis of health promotion research in Latin America

摘要

For over 20 years now, progress has been made in health promotion research in the creation of theoretical frameworks and more specific analytical tools, and in the rigorous definition of its research topics. In 2013, in its second issue, Global Health Promotion published several articles in this area. Among them were the four papers selected as finalists in a global call inviting researchers to report on the theoretical, methodological and empirical innovations deriving from health promotion studies (1). These articles make stimulating reading, and encourage the reader to review - from many different viewpoints - the advances that have been achieved and the main characteristics of the research in specific contexts and regions.