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{"title":"An extension of the extended parallel process model to promote heart-healthy exercise behavior: An experimental study.","authors":"Rashmi Thapaliya,&nbsp;Glenn Leshner,&nbsp;Pragya Sharma Ghimire,&nbsp;Amir Bhochhibhoya","doi":"10.34172/hpp.2022.47","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.34172/hpp.2022.47","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><b>Background:</b> The prevalence of heart disease has increased and is a leading cause of death in the U.S. Despite the importance of physical activity, only one-third of adults in the United States meet the amount of physical activity recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The purpose of this study was to extend the extended parallel process model (EPPM) by adding a 'barrier' (a construct from Health Belief Model) and exploring the roles of threat, efficacy, and barrier on participants' self-efficacy, attitudes, and intentions toward exercise. <b>Methods:</b> A between-subject experimental design was conducted online in 2018 in the U.S. A total of 446 participants were recruited from the Amazon Mechanical Turk age 18 or above. The participants were first provided with stimuli messages about physical activity behaviors. Then participants' responses to self-efficacy, intention, and attitudes toward exercise were assessed. <b>Results:</b> The results found an interaction between efficacy and barrier to participants' attitudes toward exercise [F(1,435)=4.35, <i>P</i>=0.038, η² _part=0.01]. The results also showed that there was a statistically significant effect of barriers on participants' self-efficacy regarding exercise behavior [F(1,442)=4.21, <i>P</i>=0.04, η² _part=0.009]. However, three-way interactions of threat, efficacy, and barrier were not found in attitudes or intentions to exercise. <b>Conclusion:</b> The findings suggested that addressing an individual's perceived barrier regarding a health behavior may lead to an increase in self-confidence ensuing in higher physical activity. Future studies should further explore how addressing barriers may influence other health behaviors to design unique and effective health messages.</p>","PeriodicalId":46588,"journal":{"name":"Health Promotion Perspectives","volume":"12 4","pages":"358-366"},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9958240/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10806460","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Strengthening Africa's capacity for vaccine research: Needs and challenges.","authors":"Adedoyin John-Joy Owolade,&nbsp;Taiwo Oluwaseun Sokunbi,&nbsp;Favour Oluwatobi Aremu,&nbsp;Esther Oluwatosin Omotosho,&nbsp;Blessing Abai Sunday,&nbsp;Yusuff Adebayo Adebisi,&nbsp;Aniekan Ekpenyong,&nbsp;Abdulhammed Opeyemi Babatunde","doi":"10.34172/hpp.2022.36","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.34172/hpp.2022.36","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Vaccine development and production harbinger the control and eradication of infectious diseases. Vaccination played a huge role in the curtailment of disease outbreaks like smallpox and polio, especially in Africa. Despite the high demand for several vaccines in Africa due to the highly infectious disease burden, the continent still lacks adequate capacity for vaccine research and development. This paper aims to discuss the need and challenges of Africa to strengthen its capacity for vaccine research and development and also highlight practical recommendations. Some of the needs for Africa to prioritize vaccine research and development include; improving quality of life and well-being, cost-effectiveness, independent preparedness and response to local outbreaks, and increased access to funding. Challenges associated with vaccine research and development include the cost of the investment, risk of failure; poor ethical framework and legislation; lack of adequate funding; lack of political will & support; and poor surveillance system. Strategies to create sufficient research funds, an efficient surveillance system, and a legislative framework are clearly described. In conclusion, strengthening vaccine research capacity in Africa requires the political goodwill of African governments and strategic partnerships with international organizations and institutes. The challenges facing this development and possible solutions have been highlighted in this article.</p>","PeriodicalId":46588,"journal":{"name":"Health Promotion Perspectives","volume":"12 3","pages":"282-285"},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9808913/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10581831","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"World Health Organization is losing online credibility towards health-sensitive topics: Infodemiological analysis of Facebook users' reactions.","authors":"Alessandro Rovetta","doi":"10.34172/hpp.2022.48","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.34172/hpp.2022.48","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><b>Background:</b> The scientific infodemic constitutes one of the greatest threats to public health and safety today. The credibility of the main dissemination agencies is an essential tool for adhering to measures to preserve public health. <b>Methods:</b> The study is a longitudinal retrospective conducted on a web platform to investigate netizens' infodemic attitude towards World Health Organization. Reactions such as \"like,\" \"love,\" \"affection,\" \"surprise,\" \"sadness,\" \"anger,\" and \"derision\" were collected under World Health Organization (WHO) Facebook posts on climate change (from 2019 to 2022) and vaccines (from 2021 to 2022). Descriptive statistics, linear regression, and correlation methods were implemented to identify possible trends and relationships with the COVID-19 vaccination campaign. <b>Results:</b> These findings showed a worrying increase in derision reactions about climate change-related posts (up to 22% in November 2022, with a quadratically growing trend over time since December 2020). Furthermore, infodemic reactions such as anger and especially derision made up the majority of emotional reactions to vaccine-related posts since 2021 and up to 44% of total reactions in November 2022 (median since July 2021=9%, IQR: 4%-14%). Finally, there is evidence of a correlation between the start of the COVID-19 vaccination campaign and public distrust towards the WHO, even for issues unrelated to vaccines such as climate change. <b>Conclusion:</b> Based on what is known in the literature, these preliminary findings signal that the WHO is losing online public credibility towards extremely relevant issues for global health. Infodemiological interventions in accordance with the recent literature are urgently required.</p>","PeriodicalId":46588,"journal":{"name":"Health Promotion Perspectives","volume":"12 4","pages":"367-371"},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9958229/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10806461","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Exploring the health of child protection workers: A call to action.","authors":"Javier F Boyas,&nbsp;Debra Moore,&nbsp;Maritza Y Duran,&nbsp;Jacqueline Fuentes,&nbsp;Jana Woodiwiss,&nbsp;Leah McCoy,&nbsp;Antonella Cirino","doi":"10.34172/hpp.2022.50","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.34172/hpp.2022.50","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><b>Background:</b> This exploratory study determined if a relationship exists between secondary traumatic stress (STS) related to health status, health outcomes, and health practices among child protection workers in a Southern state. <b>Methods:</b> This study used a cross-sectional survey research design that included a non-probability sample of child protection workers (N=196). Data were collected face-to-face and online between April 2018 and November 2019 from multiple county agencies. A self-administered questionnaire was completed focused on various health behaviors, outcomes, and workplace perceptions. <b>Results:</b> Results of the zero-order correlations suggest that higher levels of STS were significantly associated with not having visited a doctor for a routine checkup (<i>r</i>=-0.17, <i>P</i>=0.04), more trips to see a doctor (<i>r</i>=0.16, <i>P</i>=0.01), and increased number of visits to emergency room (ER) (<i>r</i>=0.20, <i>P</i>=0.01). Lower levels of STS were associated with better self-rated health (SRH) (<i>r</i>=-0.32, <i>P</i>≤0.001), higher perceptions of health promotion at work (<i>r</i>=-0.29, <i>P</i>≤0.001), frequent exercise (<i>r</i>=-0.21, <i>P</i>=0.01), and by avoiding salt (<i>r</i>=-0.20, <i>P</i>≤0.031). T-test results suggest that workers who did not have children (µ=45.85, SD=14.02, <i>P</i>=0.01) and non-Hispanic white workers (µ=51.79, SD=11.62, <i>P</i>≤0.001) reported significantly higher STS levels than workers who had children (µ=39.73, SD=14.58) and self-identified as Black (µ=39.01, SD=14.38). <b>Conclusion:</b> Findings show that increased interpersonal trauma was linked to unhealthy eating, general physical health problems, and health care utilization. If not addressed, both STS and poor health and health outcomes can have unfavorable employee outcomes, such as poor service delivery.</p>","PeriodicalId":46588,"journal":{"name":"Health Promotion Perspectives","volume":"12 4","pages":"381-390"},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9958233/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10806463","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Utilization of dental care services among adult Indian population: A meta-analysis of evidence from 2011-2022.","authors":"Rounik Talukdar,&nbsp;Diplina Barman,&nbsp;Vallabh Thakkar,&nbsp;Suman Kanungo","doi":"10.34172/hpp.2022.42","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.34172/hpp.2022.42","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><b>Background:</b> This study aimed to generate a pooled national estimate on dental health care services utilization by the adult population in India from any public or private facility in an effort to highlight the demand and usage for oral health care. <b>Methods:</b> In this meta-analysis, PubMed, ScienceDirect, DOAJ, and Google Scholar were searched using a search strategy that combined MeSH headings and keywords (e.g., \"Oral Health\", \"Dental Health Services\", utilization, India, etc.) for articles on dental utilization among Indian adults, published between January 2011 and June 2022. Study quality was assessed using the NIH Quality assessment tool, and a random-effects inverse-variance method was used for pulling utilization proportions. Meta-regression and sub-group analyses were conducted to identify the sources of heterogeneity. Heterogeneity is reported as I². To examine publication bias, the funnel plot, egger's test, and trim-and-fill analysis were performed. <b>Results:</b> From 4012 identified articles, 21 were eligible for inclusion. The pooled dental care utilization amongst Indian adults were found to be 23.96% (confidence interval [CI]: 16.81%- 31.11%, <i>P</i><0.001, I²=98.93%), and the highest estimate was in South Zone (30.02%, CI: 19.14-40.90, <i>P</i><0.01, I²=98.63%). Visual inspection of the funnel plot revealed the presence of publication bias (egger's <i>P</i> value 0.02). A mild decrease in utilization estimate was noted through trim and fill analysis (adjusted estimate 17.65%, CI: 8.97-26.33, <i>P</i>=0.03). No significant subgroup effect was found for the variables study zone and conduction years (<i>P</i> value: 0.09 & 0.34 respectively). <b>Conclusion:</b> Future studies should be undertaken to focus on the demand and supply of oral health care services since an evidential gap has been identified due to the uneven distribution of studies available from various regions of India. The heterogeneity can be attributed to the diverse socioeconomic, literacy, and inherent health system performance status.</p>","PeriodicalId":46588,"journal":{"name":"Health Promotion Perspectives","volume":"12 4","pages":"325-335"},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9958237/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10806466","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Years of life lost: A call to achieve equitable end-of-life care among children.","authors":"Aysha Jawed","doi":"10.34172/hpp.2022.45","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.34172/hpp.2022.45","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Significant disparities continue to exist in access to inpatient pediatric hospice care among children at the end-of-life. Increasingly more children at this stage are dying in the hospital or at home on hospice which is not always an acceptable option to the children and their families. Two clinical case examples illustrate implementation of these options in practice. A missing link exists in healthcare systems across developed and developing countries in pediatric end-of-life care. Currently, the primary options involve selecting between hospital and home-based hospice care. Proposing to increase access to inpatient pediatric hospice services could potentially increase acceptability of this option to honor the child in line with the family's preferences, goals, wishes, and values. In addition, inpatient pediatric hospice could offset costs from preventable hospitalizations and overall high-cost healthcare utilization. Oftentimes, readmissions impact decision-making among caregivers that include changes in code status from Do Not Resuscitate/Do Not Intubate (DNR/DNI) to full curative care, thereby resulting in medicalization or overmedicalization of the child. It follows that reduced healthcare expenditures will increase cost efficiency across the healthcare system. Achieving health equity in palliative care among adult and pediatric patients at the end-of-life is a longstanding goal of the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF). Proposing to mitigate disparities in palliative care among children through inpatient hospice as another viable option for their families could contribute to the larger overarching goal of achieving health equity in end-of-life care across the world.</p>","PeriodicalId":46588,"journal":{"name":"Health Promotion Perspectives","volume":"12 4","pages":"350-354"},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9958231/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9353131","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Global vaccine inequities and multilateralism amid COVID-19: Reconnaissance of Global Health Diplomacy as a panacea?","authors":"Bawa Singh,&nbsp;Jaspal Kaur,&nbsp;Vijay Kumar Chattu","doi":"10.34172/hpp.2022.41","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.34172/hpp.2022.41","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><b>Background:</b> The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has shown a crystal-clear warning that nobody will be safe until everybody is safe against the pandemic. However, how everyone is safe when the pandemic's fat tail risks have broken every nerve of the global economy and healthcare facilities, including vaccine equity. Vaccine inequity has become one of the critical factors for millions of new infections and deaths during this pandemic. Against the backdrop of exponentially growing infected cases of COVID-19 along with vaccine in-equity, this paper will examine how multilateralism could play its role in mitigating vaccine equity through Global Health Diplomacy (GHD). Second, given the most affected developing countries' lack of participation in multilateralism, could GHD be left as an option in the worst-case scenario?. <b>Methods:</b> In this narrative review, a literature search was conducted in all the popular databases, such as Scopus, Web of Science, PubMed and Google search engines for the keywords in the context of developing countries and the findings are discussed in detail. <b>Results:</b> In this multilateral world, the global governance institutions in health have been monopolized by the global North, leading to COVID-19 vaccine inequities. GHD aids health protection and public health and improves international relations. Besides, GHD facilitates a broad range of stakeholders' commitment to collaborate in improving healthcare, achieving fair outcomes, achieving equity, and reducing poverty. <b>Conclusion:</b> Vaccine inequity is a major challenge of the present scenario, and GHD has been partly successful in being a panacea for many countries in the global south.</p>","PeriodicalId":46588,"journal":{"name":"Health Promotion Perspectives","volume":"12 4","pages":"315-324"},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9958236/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10806465","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Navigating the broken road: A call to strengthen access, equity, and inclusivity in the care of children with developmental disabilities and neurobehavioral disorders.","authors":"Aysha Jawed,&nbsp;Christine Peck","doi":"10.34172/hpp.2022.44","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.34172/hpp.2022.44","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>There is a significant scarcity of resources to achieve behavioral stabilization among children and adolescents with moderate to severe developmental disabilities and neurobehavioral disorders. In total, there are currently 76 inpatient pediatric neurobehavioral programs to support these patients across the United States. Many states do not currently have programs of this nature. Across existing programs, there are substantial waiting lists. In addition, non-public school, intensive day program, in-home and additional outpatient services are not reaching these patients fast enough which further exacerbate the sequalae of suboptimal outcomes and future quality of life implications for these patients. In addition, disparities remain in how the chronicity of developmental disabilities and neurobehavioral disorders are addressed within our healthcare system. It is crucial to categorize this constellation of specialized conditions as chronic illnesses which warrant continued care and treatment, similar in nature to lifelong medical conditions. Further time and priority are warranted in increasing accessibility, equity, and inclusivity in our U.S. healthcare system to optimize a range of health and developmental outcomes for these patients. Future work in this domain could also contribute towards the larger goal of the World Health Organization, Healthy People 2030, and the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations in securing delivery of healthcare services that are inclusive, equitable and accessible for individuals with disabilities.</p>","PeriodicalId":46588,"journal":{"name":"Health Promotion Perspectives","volume":"12 4","pages":"345-349"},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9958239/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10862499","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"COVID-19 vaccination hesitancy for children: A pilot assessment of parents in the United States.","authors":"Kavita Batra,&nbsp;Manoj Sharma,&nbsp;Chia-Liang Dai,&nbsp;Ravi Batra,&nbsp;Jagdish Khubchandani","doi":"10.34172/hpp.2022.51","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.34172/hpp.2022.51","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><b>Background:</b> Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine hesitancy has remained a significant concern among adults worldwide. However, not much is known about parental vaccine hesitancy for getting children vaccinated for COVID-19 in the U.S. Thus, the purpose of this study was to conduct a national assessment of parents' preferences for COVID-19 vaccination of children using the evidence-based Multi-Theory Model (MTM) and explore the predictors of vaccine hesitancy. <b>Methods:</b> To participate in this study, a national random sample of parents (n=263) took a valid and reliable online questionnaire based on the MTM. Independent samples <i>t</i> test, chi-square test, multiple logistic regression was utilized to analyze data. <b>Results:</b> More than two-fifths (42%) of the participating parents were not willing to get their children vaccinated for COVID-19. Parental vaccination status, booster dose acceptance, education, and political affiliation were significant predictors of willingness to get children vaccinated for COVID-19. In the multiple logistic regression analyses, behavioral confidence and participatory dialogue (i.e., perceived advantages versus disadvantages) were statistically significant predictors of COVID-19 vaccination hesitancy for children among the participating parents. <b>Conclusion:</b> Given the multiple factors that were found influential in parental hesitancy for COVID-19 vaccination among children, multimodal and evidence-based interventions are needed to increase the uptake of COVID-19 vaccines among children by influencing the parents' perceptions, increasing their confidence, dispelling misinformation, and reducing constraints for vaccination. Such interventions should emphasize communication and messaging that is truthful, interactive, scientifically correct, and to be delivered in a variety of community-based settings.</p>","PeriodicalId":46588,"journal":{"name":"Health Promotion Perspectives","volume":"12 4","pages":"391-398"},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9958230/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10813950","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"\"Digital global health diplomacy\" for climate change and human security in the Anthropocene.","authors":"Vijay Kumar Chattu","doi":"10.34172/hpp.2022.35","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.34172/hpp.2022.35","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The COVID-19 pandemic has now affected everyone, threatening every aspect of our well-being with over 617597680 confirmed cases, including 6532705 deaths globally. The context of the Anthropocene is the backdrop for the novel, interlinked, systemic, and global threats. Anthropocene is a term proposed to designate the era in which human beings have become predominant drivers of planetary change, drastically altering the planet's biosphere. The concept of global health diplomacy (GHD), which connects the domains of health and international relations, has a critical role in advancing human security. Thus, there is a need for new forms of diplomacy, which is critically important in this complex intermestic and interdependent Anthropocene era, where globalization has inevitably linked nations and population health. This paper introduces, analyzes, and attempts to define \"Digital Global Health Diplomacy\" (DGHD), which has gained great momentum during this COVID-19 pandemic with concurrent health and human security threats. The application of digital formats to the existing traditional structures for dialogue has become a more popular tool recently. Furthermore, digital means are being used during the COVID-19 pandemic to share the health diplomacy discourse at subnational, supranational, international, regional, and global platforms. DGHD reminds us again of the criticality of this multidisciplinary concept involving the contributions of diplomats, global health specialists, digital technology experts, economists, trade specialists, international law, political scientists, etc., in the global policymaking process. If used effectively by trained global health diplomats through innovative digital platforms, DGHD has a great scope of delivering results faster and has more reach than the traditional approach.</p>","PeriodicalId":46588,"journal":{"name":"Health Promotion Perspectives","volume":"12 3","pages":"277-281"},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9808910/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10586942","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}