Scoping review protocol to understand the conceptualisation, implementation and practices of health promotion within the context of primary healthcare in Africa.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the importance of health promotion in empowering and sustaining communities, as well as the need to build resilient health systems and work collectively with other sectors to protect and promote health. The WHO has mainstreamed health promotion in the Global health agenda. However, the definition and practices of health promotion in Africa are not well understood and documented, with often, an interchangeable use of the concept of health promotion and health prevention. This scoping review is to explore how health promotion is defined and practised in Africa and identify gaps in its implementation within the framework of the Ottawa Charter.

Methods and analysis

The scoping review will employ the approach described by

SUBMITTER: Nkangu M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8640629 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature