The “Best of 2021 List” of Health Promotion Researchers

Promotion is to recognize excellence in the health promotion discipline. This we routinely do via our peer review process for vetting research articles and providing substantive and editorial feedback. We also have published many articles honoring top research papers and top leaders in our field. In this issue, we honor exceptional professionals in our field who are under the age of forty. This "Twenty under Forty: Some of Health Promotion's Finest" article follows on other recognitions by this journal such as "Most Influential Women Leaders" 1 and "Top Women Scholars". 2 We solicited nominees for our "Twenty under Forty" recognition for excellence in health promotion by inviting established leaders in the health promotion profession to review the backgrounds of young leaders, or high potential leaders they have worked alongside. We were race and gender conscious as we solicited a diverse slate of nominees inclusive of minorities and women. We looked for researchers, practitioners, educators and subject experts who have achieved one or more of the following criteria:(1) Plays an influential role in an organization focused on personal, organizational and/or community health improvement. Navigates complex environments and drives positive change.(2) Has developed and advocated for programs and/or organizational or public policies that prevent disease and improve health at the organizational, local, state or national level. Shows the ability to inspire others and lead teams and projects successfully. (3) Teaches health promotion theory and practice and has a growing reputation as an exemplary teacher, advisor and academic colleague. Is an innovative thinker who offers creative solutions. (4) Is building a research portfolio, including scientific publications specific to health promotion interventions, policies and practice. Special consideration is given to leaders who have published in the American Journal of Health Promotion. (5) Adheres to ethical standards and evidence-informed health promotion principles.

“…Recipient of the AJHP Michael P. O'Donnell Award, The Best of 2023 List of Health Promotion Researchers. 15…”

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Twenty Under Forty: Some of Health Promotion’s Finest

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Terry

2024

“…Many of the studies we have recognized as papers of the year in this journal are those that mobilized grassroots community leaders. 11,12 Asked about the role of women in the global fight against Covid-19, Michelle Nunn, one of the most influential profiled above, said: "We also need to ensure local women leaders have a seat at the table. Women are the vanguard of community resilience and will be the lynchpin in this fight.…”

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The Most Influential Women Leaders in Health Promotion

Terry

2023

This editorial features 13 of the most accomplished female leaders working in health promotion based on their contributions to health science, their mentorship, and their executive leadership for organizations with far reaching health impact. Meeting and far exceeding these criteria, the American Journal of Health Promotion is pleased to honor: Gail Christopher, Michelle Nunn, Karen Moseley, Kerry Evers, Wendy Lynch, Rachel Mosher Henke, Catherine Baase, Carter Blakey, Kinari Webb, Laurie Whitsel, Jessica Grossmeier, Vicki Shepard, and Michelle McMacken. Other renowned experts in the health promotion profession authored biographies of these amazing leaders and offered thoughts on how their influence will be felt in years to come. I offer reflections on the differential impact women leaders are having on the direction of the health promotion discipline.

“…In our “Best of 2021” research papers, we featured studies focused on individual level pandemic communications campaigns and preferred sources of COVID-19 information among health professionals. 2 As if acknowledging that usual care was not up to the task against this exceedingly pernicious virus, our “best of” researchers in 2022 asked ever more specific questions about why COVID kept winning. A best example came from Sayuri Sekimitsu and colleagues who studied key motivators amongst Black Americans and found that vaccine hesitancy was exacerbated by trust issues.…”

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The “Best of 2022 List” of Health Promotion Researchers

2022

Each year the editorial team of the American Journal of Health Promotion selects our “Best of the Year List” of health promotion studies from the prior year. This editorial features the Editor’s Picks Awards, the Editor in Chief Award, the Michael P. O’Donnell Award and the Dorothy Nyswander Award for the best research and writing published in 2022 in this journal. Our criteria for selection includes: whether the study addresses a topic of timely importance in health promotion, the research question is clearly stated and the study methods used are well executed; whether the paper is often cited and downloaded; if the study findings offer a unique contribution to the literature; and if the paper is well-written and enjoyable to read. Awardees in 2022 offered new insights into combatting disinformation, understanding vaccine hesitancy, and depicting the influences of health systems, neighborhoods and workplaces on stress, self-efficacy and health outcomes. This “best of 2022 list” of studies spans from character to culture as researchers sought to explain what amplifies or hampers well-being.