Established in 1986, the American Journal of Health Promotion was the first peer-reviewed publication devoted exclusively to health promotion. More than 20 years later it remains true to its original goals.

• Provide a Forum for the many diverse disciplines that contribute to health promotion
   
• Reduce the gap between health promotion research and practice by delivering the most current and relevant research in the field while addressing its practical application.

Almost half of all premature deaths in the United States and other developed countries are caused by lifestyle related problems.  We can prevent many of these deaths and enhance quality of life for millions of people if we can help them exercise regularly, eat nutritious foods, avoid tobacco and excess alcohol, learn to manage stress, enhance social networks and economic conditions, clarify lifestyle values, and achieve a sense of fulfillment in their intellectual pursuits.

The goal of our organization is to raise the standard of health promotion research and practice through publications, meetings and public service. 

The American Journal of Health Promotion, was launched in 1986 as the first peer reviewed journal devoted to health promotion and it remains the largest, with subscribers in all 50 United States and about 40 other countries.  Our editorial goal is to provide a forum for the many diverse disciplines that contribute to health promotion and to reduce the gap between health promotion research and practice.

Our public service efforts include the formation of the Health Promotion Research Foundation, creation of the Robert F. Allen Symbol of H.O.P.E. Award, the American Journal of Health Award at Seoul Foreign School, providing advice to national health promotion organizations, creating a grassroots effort to build health promotion into the national agenda and participating in international health promotion efforts.

Staff

Michael P. O'Donnell, PhD, MBA, MPH
Editor in Chief and President

Valerie James
Office Manager

Belinda Berk
Customer Service Coordinator

Patti Weber
Advertising and Conference Marketing Manager

Joy Richmond
Managing Editor

Debby Mosher
Assistant Managing Editor

Talina Corona
Subscription Fulfillment Coordinator

Editorial Board

Editor in Chief
Michael P. O’Donnell, PhD, MBA, MPH

Associate Editors in Chief
Jay Maddock, PhD, University of Hawaii
Diane H. Morris, PhD, RD, Toronto, Ontario Canada
Judy D. Sheeshka, PhD, RD, University of Guelph
Mark G. Wilson, HSD, University of Georgia

Section Editors
Interventions
Fitness: Barry A. Franklin, PhD, Beaumont Hospital Rehabilitation Health Center
Medical Self-Care: Donald M. Vickery, MD, Health Decisions, Inc.
Mind-Body Health:  Kenneth R. Pelletier, PhD, MD(hc), University of Maryland, School of Medicine
Nutrition: Karen Glanz, PhD, MPH, Emory University
Smoking Control: Michael P. Eriksen, ScD, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
Social Health: Kenneth R. McLeroy, PhD, Texas A & M System Health Science Center
Spiritual Health: Larry S. Chapman, MPH, Summex Corporation
Stress Management: Cary L. Cooper, CBE, Lancaster University
Weight Control: Kelly D. Brownell, PhD, Yale University

Strategies
Behavior Change: James O. Prochaska, PhD, University of Rhode Island Cancer Prevention Research Center
Culture Change: Daniel Stokols, PhD, University of California at Irvine
Health Policy: Kenneth E. Warner, PhD, University of Michigan
Population Health: David R. Anderson, PhD, StayWell Health Management

Applications
Health Promotion Community Design: Jo Anne Earp, ScD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
The Art of Health Promotion: Larry Chapman, MPH, Summex Corporation
Underserved Populations: Ronald L. Braithwaite, PhD, Emory University
 

Research Methods
DataBase: Troy Adams, PhD, Arizona State University East
Financial Analysis: Ron Z. Goetzel, PhD, Cornell University Institute for Health and Productivity Studies
Method, Issues and Results in Evaluation and Research: Lawrence W. Green, DrPH, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
Qualitative Research:  Marjorie MacDonald, RN, PhD, University of Victoria

Associate Editors
Judd Allen, PhD, Human Resources Institute, Inc.
Charles E. Basch, PhD, Columbia University
William B. Baun, EDP, FAWHP, University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center
Richard L. Bellingham, EdD, iobility
J. Allan Best, PhD, Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute
Steven N. Blair, PED, Cooper Institute
Phillip J, Dewe, MCA, MSc, PhD, Birkbeck, University of London
Dee W. Edington, PhD, University of Michigan, Health Management Resource Center
Daniel Eisenberg, PhD, University of Michigan
Eugenia Eng, DrPH, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Kerry E. Evers, PhD, Pro-Change Behavior Systems, Inc.
John P. Foreyt, PhD, Baylor College of Medicine
James F. Fries, MD, Stanford University Medical Center
Nell H. Gottlieb, PhD, University of Texas at Austin
Richard E. Killingsworth, MPH, CHES, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Lloyd J. Kolbe, PhD, Indiana University
Steven E. Locke, MD, Wayland, Massachusetts
Leslie Lytle, PhD, RN, University of Minnessota
Lucy N. Marion, PhD, RN, University of Illinois - Chicago
Tre’ McCalister, EdD, Dell, Global Benefits
J. Henry Montes, MPH, Potomac, Maryland
Robin Moore, MCP, North Carolina State University
Mario A. Orlandi, PhD, MPH, Johnson & Johnson Consumer Products Worldwide
C. Tracy Orleans, PhD, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Kim Raine, PhD, RD, University of Alberta
Barbara K. Rimer, DrPH, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
William A. Satariano, PhD, MPH, University of Carolina, Berkeley
Seth Serxner, PhD, MPH, Mercer Human Resource Consulting
Jean Shoveller, PhD, University of British Columbia
Stephen M. Weiss, PhD, MPH, University of Miami
Donald A. Williamson, PhD, Pennington Biomedical Research Center

Contributing Editors
DataBase
Associate Editor: Leslie Spencer, PhD, CHES, Rowan University
Jennifer R. Boyle, PhD, MS, State University of New York, College at Brockport
Stefan Keller, PhD, University of Hawaii at Manoa
Sarah M. Lee, PhD, Center for Disease Control and Prevention
Christopher Warton, MS, Arizona State University East

Reviewers
Kirsten H. Alcser, PhD, University of Michigan Institute for Social Research
Hortensia Amaro, PhD, Northeastern University
Alice S. Ammerman, DrPH, RD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Lynda A. Anderson, PhD, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
John A. Astin, PhD, California Pacific Medical Center
Marta Lynn Axelson, PhD, Blacksburg, VA
Guadalupe X. Ayala, PhD, MPH, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Catherine Baase, MD, The Dow Chemical Company
Tom Baranowski, PhD, Baylor College of Medicine
Onur Baser, PhD, The Medstat Group
Bettina M. Beech, DrPH, MPH, University of Memphis
Jay M. Bernhardt, PhD, MPH, Emory University
Jay Bhattacharya, MD, PhD, Stanford University School of Medicine
Daniel L. Bibeau, PhD, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Amy Bleakley, MPhil, MPH, Columbia University
Bryan J. Blissmer, PhD, University of Rhode Island
Joan L. Bottorff, PhD, RN, University of British Columbia
Deborah J. Bowen, PhD, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Raymond G. Boyle, PhD, MPH HealthPartners Research Foundation
J. Scott Brown, PhD, Miami University
Seth A. Brown, PhD, University of Northern Iowa
Ross Brownson, PhD St. Louis University
John F. Bunker, ScD, MHS New Futures, Inc.
Valerie Burke, MD Royal Perth Hospital Unit
Marci K. Campbell, PhD, RD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Roy Cameron, PhD, University of Waterloo
Olivia Carter-Pokras, PhD, University of Maryland
John Cawley, PhD, Cornell University
Heather O. Chambliss, PhD, The Cooper Institute
Noel Chavez, PhD, RD, LDN, University of Illinois at Chicago
Yosuke Chikamoto, PhD, American University
Patricia Chiverton, EdD, RN, FNAP, University of Rochester
Carolyn Clancy, MD, Agency for Health Care Policy & Research
Cynthia M. Cole, PhD, University of Kentucky Center for Rural Health
Brian Colwell, PhD, CHES, Texas A & M University
Isobel R. Contento, PhD, Teachers College, Columbia University
Karen W. Cullen, PhD, Baylor College of Medicine
James W, Dearing, PhD, Ohio University
David M. DeJoy, PhD, University of Georgia
Mary K. Dinger, PhD, CHES, FACSM, University of Oklahoma
Mary Drabbs, EdD, Eastern New Mexico University
Alyssa N. Easton, PhD, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
Elizabeth Edmundson, PhD, University of Texas at Austin
Hermann J. Engels, PhD, FACSM Wayne State University
Michael Epstein, PhD, University of Saskatchewan
Paul A. Estabrooks, PhD, Kaiser Permanente-Colorado
Kelly Evenson, PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Michael C. Farmer, PhD, Georgia Institute of Technology
William Michael Felts, PhD, East Carolina University
Jonathan E. Fielding, MD, MBA, MPH, University of California at Los Angeles
Eric A. Finkelstein, PhD, RTI International
Jean L. Forster, PhD, MPH, University of Minnesota
Lesley D. Fox, PhD, University of Florida, Health Science Center
James Frankish, PhD, The University of British Columbia
Fred Fridinger, DrPH, CHES, Matthews Media Group, Inc.
Georita Marie Frierson, PhD, Cooper Institute
Steven S. Fu, MD, MSCE, University of Minnesota, VA Medical Center
Karen K. Gerlach, PhD, MPH, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Diane L. Gill, PhD, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Thomas J. Glynn, PhD, American Cancer Society
Thomas Golaszewski, EdD, MS, State University of New York
Daniel B. Gold, PhD, Mercer Health and Benefits Services
Patricia Goodson, PhD, Texas A & M University
Nancy P. Gordon, ScD, Kaiser Permanente, Division of Research
Amanda L. Graham, PhD, Brown Medical School
Ellen J. Hahn, DSN, MSN, University of Kentucky
Michael T. Halpern, MD, PhD, Exponent, Inc.
Susan Handy, PhD, University of California at Davis
Jeffrey S. Harris, MD, MPH, MBA, Kaiser Permanente
Kevin Hawkins, PhD, The Medstat Group, Inc.
Catherine A. Heaney, PhD, MPH, Stanford University
Daniel P. Heil, PhD, Montana State University
Gabrielle R. Highstein, PhD, RN, Washington University
Christy Hoehner, PhD, MSPH, Saint Louis University
Cheryl L. Holt, PhD, University of Alabama at Birmingham
David Hunnicutt, PhD, Wellness Councils of America
Mary K. Hunt, MPH, RD, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Corinne G. Husten, MD, MPH, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
Russ Jago, PhD, Baylor College of Medicine
Margaret Schneider Jamner, PhD, University of California at Irvine
Robert W. Jarski, PhD, PA-C, Oakland University
Robert W. Jeffery, PhD, University of Minnesota
David Jernigan, PhD, Center on Alcohol Marketing and Youth
Carolyn C. Johnson, PhD, NCC, LPC, Tulane University
Teresa C. Juarbe, RN, PhD, University of California, San Francisco
Jennifer W. Kahende, PhD, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Cary S. Kart, PhD, Scropps Gerontology Center
David Korotkov, PhD, BST, LASA, Guelph, Ontario Canada
M. Katherine Kraft, PhD, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Jennie Jacobs Kronenfeld, PhD, Arizona State University
Paula M. Lantz, PhD, University of Michigan
Thomas M. Lasater, PhD, Brown University
Doohee Lee, PhD, MPH, Cleveland State University
Susan S. Levy, PhD, San Diego State University
Megan A. Lewis, PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Elizabeth A. Lindsay, PhD, University of Ottawa
Frederic W. Luskin, PhD, Stanford University
Leslie D. Lutes, PhD, Northern Arizona University
Wendy D. Lynch, PhD, Lynch Consulting LTD
William Maas, DDS, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
Bob Mackoy, PhD, Butler University
Edward Maibach, PhD, MPH, National Cancer Institute
Douglas Mains, DrPH, The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Forth Worth
Emil E. Malizia, PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Julie Marks, PhD, Constella Health Sciences
Alison L. Marshall, PhD, University of Queensland
Brian C. Martinson, PhD, HealthPartners Research Foundation
Charles E. Matthews, PhD, MS, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Wendy Max, PhD University of California at San Francisco
William J. McCarthy, PhD, University of California at Los Angeles
Scott McIntosh, PhD, University of Rochester
Shari G. McMahan, PhD, California State University at Fullerton
David Mendez, PhD, University of Michigan
Thomas W. Miller, PhD, ABPP, University of Connecticut
Arlene Michaels Miller, PhD, RN, University of Illinois at Chicago
Yvonne L. Michael, ScD, Oregon Health and Science University
P. Jane Milliken, RN, PhD, University of Victoria
Donald E. Morisky, ScD, MSPH, University of California at Los Angeles
Linda Nebeling, PhD, MPH, RD, National Cancer Institute
Theresa Ann Nicklas, DrPH, MPH, Baylor College of Medicine
Gregory J. Norman, PhD, University of California San Diego
Felix A. Okah, MD, MS, University of Missouri Kansas City
Guadalupe Olivas, PhD, Santa Clara County Public Health Department
Jennifer O'Loughlin, PhD, McGill University
Roy F. Oman, PhD, MS, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
Gilbert S. Omenn, MD, PhD, University of Michigan
Jennifer Orlet Fisher, PhD, Baylor College of Medicine
Dean Ornish, MD, Preventive Medicine Research Institute
Neville Owen, PhD, The University of Queensland
Kwame Owusu-Edusei, Jr. MSc, PhD, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Ron Ozminkowski, PhD, The Medstat Group
Deborah Parra-Medina, PhD, MPH, University of South Carolina
Linda S. Pescatello, PhD, University of Connecticut
Kimari J. Phillips, MA, University of California at Irvine
Phyllis L. Pirie, PhD, University of Minnesota
Delores Pluto, PhD, University of South Carolina
Harold Pollack, PhD, University of Michigan
Walker S. Carlos Poston II, MPH, PhD, University of Missouri at Kansas City
Claudia K. Probart, PhD, RD, LD, Penn State University
Judith J. Prochaska, PhD, MPH, Langley Porter Psychiatric Institute
Nico Pronk, PhD, HealthPartners
Amelie G. Ramirez, DrPH, Baylor College of Medicine
Jaya K. Rao, MD, MHS, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
Colleen A. Redding, PhD, University of Rhode Island
Kerry J. Redican, PhD, MPH, CHES, Virginia Tech
William E. Reger, EdD, West Virginia University
Robert D. Reid, PhD, University of Ottawa Heart Institute
Ken Resnicow, PhD, Emory University
Kim D. Reynolds, PhD, University of Southern California
Deborah Riebe, PhD, The University of Rhode Island
Bonnie Rogers, DrPH, RN, COHN-S, LNCC, FAAN, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Brad A. Roy, PhD, Kalispell Regional Medical Center
Monica S. Ruiz, PhD, MPH, National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases
Brian Saelens, PhD, Children’s Hospital Medical Center - Cincinnati
James F. Sallis, PhD, San Diego State University
Carmen Samuel-Hodge, PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Bonnie K. Sanderson, PhD, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Robert M. Saywell, PhD, MPH, Indiana Univeristy and Purdue University at Indianapolis
Isabel C. Scarinci, PhD, MPH, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Thomas L. Schmid, PhD, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
Joanne Kraenzle Schneider, PhD, RN, St. Louis University School of Nursing
Michael Schooley, MPH, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
Rita Schreiber, MS, DNS, RN, University of Victoria
Meena Shah, PhD, Texas Christian University
Patricia A. Sharpe, PhD, MPH, University of South Carolina
Ross Shegog, PhD, University of Texas
Bruce Simons-Morton, EdD, MPH, Division of Epidemiology, Statistics, Prevention Research, Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health
Chery Smith, PhD, MPH, University of Minnesota
Vicki Smye, Rn, PhD, University of British Columbia
Anastasia M. Snelling, PhD, American University
Neal S. Sofian, MSPH, NewSof Group
Donna Spruijt-Metz, PhD, University of Southern California
Gabrielle B. Starr, MA, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Allan Steckler, DrPH, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Kenneth J. Steinman, PhD, MPH, Ohio State University
Victor J. Strecher, PhD, MPH, University of Michigan
Amy F. Subar, PhD, MPH, RD, National Cancer Institute
Mark J. Tager, MD, ChangeWell
Marie L. Talashek, EdD, RNCS, FAAN, University of Illinois at Chicago
Paul E. Terry, PhD, Park Nicollett Institute
Walter R. Thompson, PhD, FACSM, FAACVPR, Georgia State University
Hayley Thompson, PhD, Ruttenberg Cancer Center
Liz A. Torres, MSW, Worksite Wellness LA
Ed Trapido, ScD, Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center
Ximena Urrutia-Rojas, DrPH, MPH, University of North Texas
Stuart L. Usdan, PhD, CHES, University of South Carolina
Mary Ann Van Duyn, PhD, MPH, RD, National Cancer Institute
Michelle vanRyn, PhD, MPH University of Minnesota
Jennifer Irvine Vidrine, PhD, The University of Texas
Todd Wagner, PhD, VA Palo Alto
Kenneth A. Wallston, PhD, Vanderbilt University
Ann Ward, PhD, University of Wisconsin
Catherine Warms, PhD, RN, ARNP, CRRN, University of Washington
Celia A. Watt, PhD, State University of New York
Gerdi Weidner, PhD, Preventive Medicine Research Institute
Gregory Welk, PhD, Iowa State University
Evelyn P. Whitlock, MD, MPH ,Kaiser Permanente
Janet R. Wojcik, PhD, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Charles V. Zegeer, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Craig Zimring, PhD, Georgia Institute of Technology