Abstract
In June 2007, the International Union for Health Promotion and Education (IUHPE) launched the first global publication of its Global Programme on Health Promotion Effectiveness (GPHPE), Global Perspectives on Health Promotion Effectiveness (1). This book is described as a symposium in a book form as it gathers critical thinking on key issues related to a wide array of challenges associated with collecting, synthesizing, assessing and disseminating evidence of effectiveness of health promotion. Fifty-five contributors representing six continents contributed to the debate and discussed the fundamental methodological challenges and considerations for policy and practice. The publication was a welcome addition to the literature. A book review published in the Journal of the American Medical Association referred to it as ‘refreshing’ and noted that:
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