Prof. Gavin McCormack, a partner from the University of Calgary, together with Dr. Stephanie Prince Ware (PHAC) are guest editors on a call for papers (see below) in the journal Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention in Canada: Research, Policy and Practice. They are reaching out to researchers, trainees, and partners involved in the “Quality in the Built Environment” SSHRC Partnership project who would be interested to submit a paper for this special issue.
They are seeking relevant topical research articles that present new findings or synthesize/review existing evidence on natural experiments of the built environment (or related policies) that influence health behaviours with implications for chronic disease prevention in Canada.
Relevant topic areas include, but are not limited to:
- Built environments, including community or neighbourhoods, workplaces, schools, transportation infrastructure, home environments, recreation environments, parks, playgrounds, green spaces, public open spaces, natural environments, and seniors’ residences.
- All health-related behaviours, including physical activity, sedentary behaviour, sleep, food consumption, smoking and substance use.
- Chronic diseases and health-related outcomes, including body mass index, fitness, blood pressure, blood lipids, blood sugar, injuries, falls, mental health, stress, depression, anxiety, Alzheimer’s disease, dementia, obesity, metabolic syndrome, cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes and lung disease.
International submissions will be considered if they include Canadian data, results (e.g. as part of multi-country studies or global comparisons) and/or evidence-based discussion of implications for community or population health in Canada. Of note, the journal provides diamond Open Access publication for no charge and publishes papers in both official languages (i.e., English and French). The deadline has been extended to August 1, 2025.
