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ArticleHealth promotion international2025

Putting ethics at the centre of health promotion practice: lessons from Australia.

Krysten Blackford, Sharyn Burns, Jane Taylor, Francene Leaversuch, Tara Gamble, Gemma Crawford

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Article in Health promotion international, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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6 authors.

Krysten BlackfordCollaboration for Evidence, Research and Impact in Public Health (CERIPH), Curtin University, Boorloo, GPO Box U1987, Perth 6845, Western Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-2505-9434
Sharyn BurnsCollaboration for Evidence, Research and Impact in Public Health (CERIPH), Curtin University, Boorloo, GPO Box U1987, Perth 6845, Western Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-1551-2805
Jane TaylorSchool of Health, University of the Sunshine Coast, 90 Sippy Downs Drive, Sippy Downs 4556, Queensland.ORCID 0000-0002-4127-3625
Francene LeaversuchCollaboration for Evidence, Research and Impact in Public Health (CERIPH), Curtin University, Boorloo, GPO Box U1987, Perth 6845, Western Australia.
Tara GambleSchool of Health, University of the Sunshine Coast, 90 Sippy Downs Drive, Sippy Downs 4556, Queensland.
Gemma CrawfordCollaboration for Evidence, Research and Impact in Public Health (CERIPH), Curtin University, Boorloo, GPO Box U1987, Perth 6845, Western Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-4426-2833

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This article examines recent developments to strengthen ethical health promotion practice in Australia and their global relevance. Ethical health promotion practice requires a dual foundation: structured ethical oversight combined with practitioners' ability to implement ethical values and principles in their decision-making processes, leading to evidence-informed health promotion practice. However, health promotion organizations and practitioners report barriers to ethical practice, including limited resources and access to human research ethics committees and formal ethical oversight. Growing global recognition of inadequacies of traditional procedural approaches to ethical practice in health promotion highlights the need for initiatives and frameworks emphasizing decolonizing methodologies, relational and reflexive ethics, participatory and community-led oversight, and social justice embedded as a core principle. In response to barriers faced by health promotion practitioners and organizations in Australia, the Australian Health Promotion Association developed the Health Promotion Ethics Project to support ethical practice of the Australian health promotion workforce. A comprehensive ethics framework was developed comprising: (i) specialized ethics training and tools for health promotion practitioners; (ii) an ethical oversight committee with relevant expertise; (iii) customized submission processes and templates tailored to health promotion practice contexts; and (iv) advice to guide practitioners through ethical challenges. A pilot project to evaluate the framework was undertaken in 2024 with five diverse health promotion organizations across Australia, with findings informing several key recommendations for the global context. Continued investment in workforce development and tailored ethical oversight systems is vital for advancing the health promotion discipline and strengthening the global health promotion workforce.

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Health PromotionAustraliaHumansPilot Projectscapacity buildingcompetenciesethicsevidence-informed practiceworkforce development

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PMCPMC12676006

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