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

Danielle J. Price, MA
Managing Editor

Debby Mosher
Assistant Managing Editor

Dianne Gardner, Fulfillment Coodinator

Editorial Board

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

Associate Editors in Chief
Jennifer Di Noa, PhD, William Paterson University
Jennie Kronenfeld, PhD, Arizona State
Kerry J. Redican, PhD, MPH, Virginia Tech
Margaret Schneider, PhD, University of California, Irvine

Section Editors
Interventions
Fitness: Barry A. Franklin, PhD, Beaumont Hospital Rehabilitation Health Center
Medical Self-Care: Lucy Marion, PhD, RN, Medical College of Georgia
Mind-Body Health:  Kenneth R. Pelletier, PhD, MD(hc), University of Maryland, School of Medicine
Nutrition: Karen Glanz, PhD, MPH, Emory University
Social Health: Kenneth R. McLeroy, PhD, Texas A & M System Health Science Center
Spiritual Health: Larry S. Chapman, MPH, Chapman Institute
Stress Management: Cary L. Cooper, CBE, Lancaster University
Tobacco Control: Michael P. Eriksen, ScD, Georgia State 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
Population Health: David R. Anderson, PhD, StayWell Health Management

Applications
Health Promotion Community Design: Bradley J. Cardinal, PhD, Oregon State University
The Art of Health Promotion: Larry Chapman, MPH, Chapman Institute
Underserved Populations: Antronette K. (Toni) Yancey, MD, MPH, UCLA School of Public Health

Research Methods
DataBase: Troy Adams, PhD, Arizona State University East
Financial Analysis: Ron Z. Goetzel, PhD, Emory University, Institute for Health and Productivity Studies
Measurement Issues: Shawna, L. Mercer MSc, PhD, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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, University of South Carolina
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
Robert Gorsky, PhD, HPN Worldwide
Nell H. Gottlieb, PhD, University of Texas at Austin
Richard E. Killingsworth, MPH, CHES, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Steven E. Locke, MD, Wayland, Massachusetts
Leslie Lytle, PhD, RN, University of Minnessota
J. Henry Montes, MPH, Potomac, Maryland
Robin Moore, MCP, North Carolina State University
Mario A. Orlandi, PhD, MPH, Johnson & Johnson Consumer Products Worldwide
Kim Raine, PhD, RD, University of Alberta
Barbara K. Rimer, DrPH, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Seth Serxner, PhD, MPH, Mercer Human Resource Consulting
Jean Shoveller, PhD, University of British Columbia
Stephen M. Weiss, PhD, MPH, University of Miami

Contributing Editors
DataBase
Jeffrey L. Alexander, PhD, A.T. Still University
Semra A Aytur, PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Melissa J. Benton, PhD, Valdosta State University
Laurie Di Rosa, EdD, Rowan University
Lisa Lewis MS, Maricopa Community College System, Maricopa County, AZ,
Jill Nustadt, DSc, University of Mary, ND

We wish to recognize and thank the individuals below that reviewed for the American Journal of Health Promotion during the past year and for their extraordinary contributions.
 
Gina Baral Abrams, MPH, LSW, CHES, Princeton University
Tom Adler, PhD, Resource Systems Group
Jeffrey L. Alexander, PhD, A. T. Still University
Benjamin T. Allaire, MS, RtI International
Judd Allen, PhD, Human Resources Institute, LLC
Steven C. Ames, PhD, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville
David R. Anderson, PhD, Staywell Health Management
Todd A. Astorino, PhD, CSU-San Marcos
Marta Lynne Axelson, PhD, Blacksburg, VA
Semra A. Aytur, PhD, University of New Hampshire
 
Catherine Baase, MD, The Dow Chemical Company
Katherine Baicker, PhD, Harvard School of Public Health
Tom Baranowski, PhD, Children’s Nutrition Research Center
Bettina M. Beech, DrPH, MPH, University of Memphis
Allan Best, PhD, InSource
Daniel L. Bibeau, PhD, University of North Carolina, Greensboro
Kenneth M. Bielak, MD, University of Tennessee Medical Center
Bryan J. Blissmer, PhD, University of Rhode Island
Deborah J. Bowen, PhD, Boston University
Derek S. Brown, PhD, RTI International
James Scott Brown, PhD, Miami University
Johannes Brug, PhD, VU University Medical Center in Amstredam
 
Roy Cameron, PhD, University of Waterloo
Bradley J. Cardinal, PhD, Oregon State University
Margaret Cargo, PhD, University of South Australia
Noel Chávez, PhD, RD, LDN, University of Illinois at Chicago
Yosuke Chikamoto, PhD, California Institute of Integral Stufies
Won S Choi, PhD, MPH, University of Kansas School of Medicine
Mark R Cobain, PhD, Unilever Corporate Research
Cynthia M. Cole, PhD, Durham, KY
Brian Colwell, PhD, CHES, Taxas A&M University System Health Science Center
Royer F Cook, PhD, ISA Associates
Karen W. Cullen, DrPH, Children’s Nutrition Research Center
Ana-Paula Cupertino, PhD, University of Kansas Medical Center
 
Gregg Davis, PhD, The University of Montana
Brian T. Day, EdD, Highmark, Inc.
Emely De Vet, PhD, Utrecht University
David M DeJoy, PhD, University of Georgia
Lindsay J Della, PhD, University of Louisville
Philip J. Dewe, MCA, MSc, PhD, Birkbeck, University of London
Laurie DiRosa, EdD, Rowan University
Mary Drabbs, EdD, Eastern New Mexico University
 
Elizabeth Eakin, PhD, University of Queensland
Alyssa N. Easton, PhD, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
Dee W. Edington, PhD, University of Michigan, Health Management Resource Center
Merrill Eisenberg, PhD, The University of Arizona
Amy Eyler, PhD, Washington University in St. Louis
 
Pouran D. Faghri, MD, MS, FACSM, University of Connecticut
Michael C. Farmer, PhD, Texas Tech University
Claude Ferrand, PhD, Centre de Recherche et d'Innovation sur le Sport
John T Foley, PhD, SUNY Cortland
John P. Foreyt, PhD, Baylor College of Medicine
Jean L. Forster, PhD, University of Minnesota
Barry A. Franklin, PhD, Beaumont Hospital Rehabilitation Health Center
Fred W Fridinger, DrPH, CHES, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
Steven S Fu, MD, MSCE, Minneapolis VA Medical Center
 
Karen K. Gerlach, PhD, MPH, Pinney Associates
Diane L. Gill, PhD, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Joel Gittelsohn, MS, PhD, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Karen Glanz, PhD, MPH, University of Pennsylvania
Thomas J. Glynn, PhD, American Cancer Society
Gaston Godin, PhD, Laval University
Ron Z. Goetzel, PhD, Emory University
Thomas Golaszewski, EdD, SUNY Brockport
Daniel B. Gold, PhD, Mercer Health & Benefits Services
Kate Goldade, PhD, University of Minnesota
David N. Goldberg, MD, John Stronger Hospital of Cook County
Patricia Goodson, PhD, Texas A&M University
Nancy P. Gordon, ScD, Kaiser Permanente
Robert A. Gorsky, PhD, HPN WorldWide
Kyle Grazier, PhD, University of Michigan
Geoffrey W. Greene, PhD, RD, University of Rhode Island
 
C. Keith Haddock, PhD, University of Missouri-Kansas City
Ellen J. Hahn, PhD, University of Kentucky
Jeffrey S. Hallam, PhD, The University of Mississippi
Susan L. Handy, PhD, University of California at Davis
Peggy A Hannon, PhD, MPH, University of Washington
Jeffrey S. Harris, MD, MPH, MBA, Mill Valley, CA
Alton Hart Jr., MD, MPH, Virginia commonwealth University
Kevin Hawkins, PhD, Ingenix
Katie M Heinrich, PhD, Kansas State University
Norval Hickman, PhD, MPH, University of California
Christine M. Hoehner, PhD, MSPH, Washington University School of Medicine
Cheryl L. Holt, PhD, University of Maryland
Caroline C. Horwath, PhD, University of Otago
 
Diana Ingram, PhD, MPH, BSP, Rush University
Jennifer Irvin Vidrine, PhD, University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
 
Robert W. Jarski, PhD, PA-C, Oakland University
Robert John, PhD, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
Carolyn C. Johnson, PhD, Tulane University School of Public Health 
 
Jennifer Kahende, PhD, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
Kimberly A. Kaphingst, ScD, Washington University School of Medicine
Celia Kaplan, DrPH, University of California, San Francisco
Jacqueline Kerr, PhD, University of California, San Diego
Richard E. Killingsworth, MPH, Office of Strategic Planning & Operations Nemours
Gerjo Kok, PhD, Maastricht University
M. Katherine Kraft, PhD, Princeton, CA
 
Rob Lawson, PhD, University of Otago
James D. LeCheminant, PhD, Brigham Young University
Rebecca E. Lee, PhD, University of Houston
Susan S. Levy, PhD, San Diego State University
Elizabeth A. Lindsay, PhD, Hudson, Quebec, Canada
Laura A. Linnan, ScD, CHES, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Daniel A. Long, PhD, Gordian Health Solutions, Inc.
Sean C. Lucan, MD, MPH, MS, Montefiore Medical Center
Sue Gena Lurie, PhD, University of North Texas Health Science Center
Katherine Lust, PhD, RD, MPH, University of Minnesota       
Leslie A. Lytle, PhD, University of Minnesota
 
Laura MacPherson, PhD
Lea Maes, PhD, Ghent University
Lucy N. Marion, PhD, RN, Medical College of Georgia
Brian C. Martinson, PhD, HealthPartners Research Foundation
Dyann Matson-Koffman, PhD, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
Matthew P Mauer, DO, MPH, NYSDOD
William J. McCarthy, PhD, UCLA Division of Cancer Prevention
Scott McIntosh, PhD, University of Rochester
Kenneth R. McLeroy, PhD, Texas A & M University
Shari G. McMahan, PhD, California State University-Fullerton
Tracy L. McPherson, PhD, George Washington University Medical Center
Hongdao Meng, PhD, MPH, University of South Florida
Usha Menon, PhD, RN, Arizona State University
Arlene Michaels Miller, PhD, Rush University
Diane B. Mitschke, PhD, University of Texas at Arlington
J. Henry Montes, MPH, Potomac, MD
 
Linda C Nebeling, PhD, MPH, National Cancer Institute
Edward R. Newton, MD, East Carolina University Brody School of Medicine
Robert L. Newton, PhD, Pennington Biomedical Research Center
Nam Nguyen, MD, MPH, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health
Theresa Ann Nicklas, PhD, RD, Baylor College of Medicine
Susan Nitzke, PhD, University of Wiconsin-Madison
Jesse Nodora, DrPH, Arizona Cancer Center
Faryle K. Nothwehr, MPH, PhD, University of Iowa, College of Public Health
 
Jennifer L. O'Loughlin, PhD, CRC, FCAHS, University of Montreal School of Public Health
Mario A. Orlandi, PhD, MPH, Johnson & Johnson Consumer Products Worldwide
C. Tracy Orleans, PhD, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Neville Owen, PhD, Baker IDI Heart & Diabetes Institute
Kwame Owusu-Edusei Jr, PhD, MS, PMP, CDC/NCHHSTP/DSTDP/HSREB
 
Yi Pan, PhD, Emory University
Deborah Parra-Medina, PhD, MPH, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Linda L Pederson, PhD, Evaluation Consultant
Kenneth R. Pelletier, PhD, MD(hc), University of Arizona School of Medicine
Linda S. Pescatello, PhD, University of Connecticut
Christopher Peterson, PhD, University of Michigan
Jana J. Peterson, MPH, PhD, University of Missouri-Kansas City
Travis R. Peterson, PhD, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs
Kimari J. Phillips, MA, County of Orange Health Care Agency
Delores Pluto, PhD, SC Department of Education 
Harold Pollack, PhD, University of Chicago
Kathryn I. Pollak, PhD, Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center
Charlotte A. Pratt, PhD, National Heart, Lung & Blood Institute
Brian Primack, MD, EdM, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Judith J. Prochaska, PhD, MPH, University of California, San Francisco
Karin I. Proper, PhD, National Institute for Public Health & the Environment
 
Kim Raine, PhD, RD, University of Alberta
Mary Kay Rayens, PhD, University of Kentucky
Gail R Regan, PhD, PT, Castleton State College
Deborah Riebe, PhD, University of Rhode Island
Amy V. Ries, MHS, PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Bonnie Rogers, DrPH, RN, COHN-S, LNCC, FAAN, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Joseph S. Rossi, PhD, University of Rhode Island
Stergios T. Roussos, PhD, MPH, San Diego State University
Brad A. Roy, PhD, Summit Medical Fitness Center; Kalispell Regional Medical Center
 
James F. Sallis, PhD, San Diego State University
Jo Salmon, PhD, Deakin University
Carmen Samuel-Hodge, PhD, RD, University of North Carolina
Kristy Sanderson, PhD, University of Tasmania
Isabel C. Scarinci, PhD, MPH, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Thomas L. Schmid, PhD, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
Joanne Kraenzle Schneider, PhD, RN, Saint Louis University
Julie A. Schoenman, PhD, NIHCM Foundation
Michael W. Schooley, MPH, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
Rita Schreiber, MS, DNS, RN, University of Victoria
Seth Serxner, PhD, Mercer
Meena Shah, PhD, Texas Christian University
Judy D. Sheeshka, PhD, RD, University of Guelph
Donna Shelley, MD, MPH, New York University
Diana R. Silver, PhD, MPH, New York University
Chery Smith, PhD, MPH, RD, University of Minnesota
Vicki Smye, RN, PhD, University of British Columbia
Anastasia M. Snelling, PhD, RD, American University
Neal S. Sofian, MSPH, Resolution Health
John C. Spence, PhD, University of Alberta
Leslie Spencer, PhD, Rowan University
John O. Spengler, PhD, JD, University of Florida
Susan K Steele-Moses, DNS, Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center
Daniel Stokols, PhD, University of California, Irvine
 
Marie L. Talashek, EdD, RNCS, FAAN, UIC College of Nursing
Paul E. Terry, PhD, StayWell Health Management
Janet L. Thomas, PhD, University of Minnesota
Deborah Thompson, PhD, Baylor College of Medicine
Martha S. Tingen, PhD, Medical College of Georgia
Eleni L. Tolma, PhD, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
Ed Trapido, ScD, Louisiana Stat University Health Sciences Center
Justin G. Trogdon, PhD, RTI International
 
Michelle Renée Umstattd, PhD, CHES, Baylor University
Ximena Urrutia-Rojas, DrPH, MPH, University of North Texas
Stuart L. Usdan, PhD, CHES, University of Alabama
 
Carolyn C. Voorhees, PhD, University of Maryland
 
Todd Wagner, PhD, Stanford University School of Medicine
Kenneth A. Wallston, PhD, Vanderbuilt University School of Nursing
Guy-Lucien S. Whembolua, PhD, University of Minnesota Medical School
Rachel Widome, PhD, MHS, Minneapolis VA Medical Center
JoEllen Wilbur, PhD, Rush University College of Nursing
Mark G. Wilson, HSD, University of Georgia
Janet R. Wojcik, PhD, Winthrop University
Kathleen Y. Wolin, ScD, Washington University School of Medicine
 
Lei Zhang, PhD, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
Xinzhi Zhang, MD, PhD, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention