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Health Education is a leading journal which reflects the best of modern thinking about health education. It offers stimulating and incisive coverage of current debates, concerns, interventions, and initiatives, and provides a wealth of evidence, research, information, and ideas to inform and inspire those in both the theory and practice of health education. Health Education plays a crucial role in the development of a healthy, inclusive, and equitable social, psychological, and physical environment.

ISSN: 0965-4283
eISSN: 0965-4283

Aims and scope

Health Education is a leading journal which reflects the best of modern thinking about health education.

The journal aims to publish high-quality research and critical debate, encompassing the broad range of health education approaches operating at individual, community, organisational and societal levels.  We encourage international contributions and papers written from academic researchers and practitioners.   The journal seeks to foster contributions from a range of methodological perspectives, we encourage qualitative and quantitative studies; mixed method research; and evidence reviews and synthesis.  Theoretical and discursive papers are also welcomed, but contact with the Editor-in-Chief should be sought in advance.

Health Education offers stimulating and incisive coverage of current debates, concerns, interventions, and initiatives, and provides a wealth of evidence, research, information, and ideas to inform and inspire those in both the theory and practice of health education. Health Education plays a crucial role in the development of a healthy, inclusive, and equitable social, psychological, and physical environment.

Typical areas of interest include: 

  • Health education in the digital age
  • Health education in settings – schools, universities, workplaces, prisons
  • Social marketing approaches
  • Critical health literacy
  • Health professionals as educators
  • Health communication

This journal is aligned with our quality education for all goal

We believe in quality education for everyone, everywhere and by highlighting the issue and working with experts in the field, we can start to find ways we can all be part of the solution.

SDG 4 Quality education
SDG 10 Reduced inequalities
SDG 16 Peace, justice & strong institutions
Find out about our quality education for all goal