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New Directions in Community-Based Health Promotion: Reimagining Place, Participation, and Practice Through Community-Engaged Research

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: Contemporary community-based health promotion is within a complex and transforming social landscape. Traditional place-based understandings of “community” now contend with fluid, transnational, and virtual social networks, shifting definitions of belonging, and developing political, economic, and technological conditions. Community-engaged research (CEnR)—including community-based participatory research (CBPR)—provides a critical framework for addressing these changes. CEnR's focus on partnership, co-learning, and equitable power-sharing places it as a valuable approach to uncovering emerging health priorities, devising contextually relevant interventions, and advancing health equity. This article outlines new directions in community-based health promotion that embrace social complexity, intersectionality, and narrative approaches. This discussion outlines a blueprint for scholars, practitioners, and community members to envision responsive, justice-oriented, and sustainable health promotion strategies that align with communities’ evolving social environments.

Source: Illness Crisis & Loss

DOI: 10.1177/10541373251333060

Author: Steven L. Arxer

Institution: The University of Texas at Arlington

Language: English

Topic: Community Health and Development

Subfield: General Health Professions

Field: Health Professions

Domain: Health Sciences

SDGs: Good health and well-being, Reduced inequalities

Open Access status: hybrid

Estimated APC paid: $3,400