ReviewGlobal health promotion2024
Status of the Health Promoting University (HPU) globally and its relevance for emerging African HPUs: an integrative review and bibliometric analysis.
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- Healthy lifestyle culture in universities as institutional normativity: a sociological systematic review.Frontiers in sociology · 2026Pooled it
- Establishment, Implementation, and Impacts of the Observatory on Student Mental Health in Higher Education in Quebec, Canada: Protocol for a Mixed Methods Research Program.JMIR research protocols · 2026Article
- A decade on: exploring the Okanagan Charter's continued international relevance for health promotion in higher education.Health promotion international · 2026Article
- Integrating health promotion into the educational mission: a 25-year bottom-up institutional trajectory in a Chilean university.Health promotion international · 2026Article
- Health Benefits of Cycling as a Form of Active Travel: A Pilot Empirical Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2026Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe Health Promoting Universities (HPU) concept is undertheorized, with no African university belonging to the International Network of Health Promoting Universities (IHPU).
aimThe study aimed to investigate the status of the HPU concept globally to inform emerging HPUs, more specifically in Africa, regarding its implementation.
methodsAn integrative literature review of studies conducted between 1 January 2013 and 5 November 2023 was conducted from online databases (PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, Lilacs, CINAHL and Medline). A VOS bibliometric analysis viewer was used to extract and analyze further relevant information that could have been missed in the review.
resultsFrom 1128 records, 22 (
conclusionDespite the challenges, the HPU concept is gaining momentum globally, as evidenced by the growing list of universities (HPU network) involved and the proliferation of interventions/initiatives targeting university students.
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