About the Journal
The Healthy Populations Journal (HPJ) is a multi-faculty, student-led, open-access, peer-reviewed journal housed at the Healthy Populations Institute (HPI) at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Our mission is to identify and disseminate research which mobilizes evidence to improve population health and global health equity.
Population health is thinking beyond the health of an individual and looking at the health outcomes of a whole community. It considers all the factors that influence the overall health of a specific population including the social and structural conditions in which people are born, work, live, and age.
Differences in the social determinants of health result in health inequities – the unnecessary or unjust conditions that result in differences in people‘s health status or health outcomes. We can achieve our population health goals by focusing on reducing health inequities, drawing attention to the variety of factors that are known to have impact on individual and community health. The HPJ champions building health equity by disseminating research which addresses the fundamental causes and structural barriers of unhealthy lives and communities around the world. It is imperative that we research the wider determinants of health and create solutions that allow all members of a population to be well.
Latest Publications:
Fall: Please take a look at our current issue volume 4, issue 3, our Fall 2024 regular issue for new engaging student-led scholarship.
A full list of our archived issues are open-access online.
News:
Look for the HPJ special issue on Interprofessional Health Education in Winter 2025.
We are open to receiving rolling submissions for our regular issues with a cut off date of January 31, 2025 for the Spring 2025 issue. Submission details are outlined here.
Current Issue
