How do commercial forces shape physical activity? This paper introduces a new typology exploring commercial influences across physical activity, from sport sponsorship and screen time to the fitness industry and research.

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Can football reach men who may be missed by conventional health promotion? This study explores how football culture can create familiar, inclusive spaces that support men’s engagement, health, and social connection.

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What does unstable funding mean for the health promotion workforce? This study explores how short-term funding cycles and funding shortages affect practitioners’ wellbeing, job security, and the sustainability of prevention programs.

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What supports meaningful co-creation with young people? This study explores co-creation with adolescents across four countries, highlighting the importance of trust, supportive relationships, resources, and approaches that respond to local contexts.

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How well is lived and living experience integrated into suicide prevention decision-making? This study highlights the need to recognise lived and living experience knowledge as a legitimate and integral form of evidence.

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What do children’s sports clubs really gain from food company sponsorship? This study finds that children are exposed to food advertising through sports sponsorship, while the financial benefits to clubs are often minimal.

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How can public health better respond to industry communication tactics? This paper presents a practical communication playbook to help health promotion move from reactive responses to proactively shaping public narratives.

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How does gambling become normalised for young people? This review explores the role of families, peers, advertising, sport, and digital platforms, as well as what young people say needs to change. Read the latest paper in Health Promotion International.

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How can we rethink education in pain medicine? This paper proposes a new framework that moves beyond symptom management to focus on recovery, participation, resilience, and person-centred care.

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What helps people stick with Couch to 5k?

This study explores participants’ experiences of completing a modified Couch to 5k program and highlights the role of social support, structure, and group-based participation.

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How does suicide bereavement affect men and women? This study highlights the mental health impacts of suicide bereavement and the important role of social support.

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Forty years after the Ottawa Charter, how are Australian health systems putting health equity into practice? This scoping review examines health equity frameworks and proposes a new model to help translate equity commitments into action.

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Who holds power in food policy, and how do we study it? This scoping review examines the methods researchers use to investigate power and highlights opportunities to strengthen future research.

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