As the world becomes more urbanised, the impact of the built environment is becoming of increasing concern to a wide cross-section of people. This Research Front examines this topic and features a number of articles on the impact of the built environment and active transport on physical activity and population health.
This Research Front on advances and challenges for health promotion has important articles by several prominent authors including Lawrence Green, the originator of the PRECEDE Model and co-developer of the PRECEDE-PROCEED Model, which is used throughout the world to guide health program intervention design, implementation, and evaluation. Other authors featured include Billi Giles Corti, Mark Stevenson, Andrew Hills, Steve Allsopp and Mike Daube.