Time: 15.00 – 16.00 CEST (Paris)
Language: This webinar will be held in French
Registration: https://y.uca.fr/sante.communautaire
Description
At a time when health is emerging as a major social, political and cultural issue, health promotion calls for a fundamental rethinking of how we act, generate knowledge and transform our living environments. It operates at the intersection of multiple practices, driven by a diverse range of actors, and draws on various forms of knowledge – scientific, professional and experiential.
Bringing together contributions from 24 authors from 7 countries and 3 continents, the book Health Promotion Today: Social Practices and Knowledge Sharing offers a collective exploration of these dynamics. Combining critical analyses, field experiences and interdisciplinary perspectives, it highlights the richness of social practices, whilst examining inequalities, power relations and the conditions under which knowledge circulates and is legitimised. Spanning social justice, the ecology of knowledge and systems transformation, it opens up new perspectives for envisioning health for all.
This webinar will provide an opportunity for the book’s contributors to exchange views and discuss the defining features of contemporary health promotion practices, as well as the ways in which knowledge is generated and shared. As a keynote speaker at the webinar, Louise Potvin will put these discussions into perspective in light of the epistemological and ethical issues shaping the field.
Our guest
Hélène Kamdem Kamgno is a statistical engineer with a PhD in demography and a specialist in gender, population and development issues. She is a Senior Lecturer and Director of the ‘Gender and Development’ Research Laboratory (LRGD) at the University of Yaoundé II (Cameroon).
Chantal Vandoorne is a researcher at the University of Liège (Belgium), at the ESPRIst Interfaculty Platform – Social Emancipation, Population Health, and the Reduction of Inequalities in Societies in Transition.
Eric Breton is Professor of Health Promotion at EHESP (France) and a researcher at Arènes (UMR CNRS 6051: RSMS INSERM U1309 team). He is an affiliated researcher of the UNESCO Chair Global Health & Education. He is also Chair of the Health Promotion section of the European Public Health Association (EUPHA).
Philippe Cury is a Senior Lecturer in Education and Training Sciences at the ACTé Laboratory (UR4281), University of Clermont Auvergne (France).
Antonio Iannaccone is a Full Professor of Educational Psychology at the Universitas Mercatorum in Rome. At the university, he heads the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences. He is also Professor Emeritus at the University of Neuchâtel (Switzerland).
Obrillant Damus is a professor at the State University of Haiti and an associate professor at the University of Sherbrooke (Quebec, Canada).
Rosalie Aduayi-Diop is a Lecturer and Researcher at the Laboratory for Research on Population, Society, Law and Ethics (LPSDE) (ETHOS), Institute of Population, Development and Reproductive Health, Cheikh Anta Diop University, Dakar, Senegal
Fatou Diagne is a lecturer and researcher at the École Normale Supérieure d’Enseignement Technique et Professionnel (ENSETP), Cheikh Anta Diop University, Dakar, Senegal
Keynote speaker
Louise Potvin is Director of the Centre for Public Health Research (CReSP) at the University of Montreal’s School of Public Health (ESPUM) and holds the Canada Research Chair in Community-Based Approaches and Health Inequalities. She is President of the International Union for Health Promotion and Education (UIPES-IUHPE).
Facilitators
Carole Faucher is a socio-anthropologist affiliated with the Acté laboratory at the University of Clermont Auvergne. She is also an affiliated researcher of the UNESCO Chair Global Health & Education, a member of the coordination team for the ‘Health and Well-being Education’ network of the European Educational Research Association (EERA), and deputy editor of the journal Health Education, published by Emerald Publishing.
Didier Jourdan is full Professor at the University of Clermont Auvergne (France). He is the Chair Holder of the UNESCO Chair Global Health & Education and Head of the WHO Collaborating Centre for Research in Education and Health. He drives international research and knowledge exchange to shape policy and practice in health and education worldwide. His research examines how health promotion interventions make a real difference—tackling health inequalities, unpacking implementation dynamics, enhancing professional practice, and confronting ethical dilemmas. He has formerly held positions as Director of the National Higher Institute for Teaching and Education Clermont-Auvergne (Inspé), Head of the Centre for Lifelong Learning and Vice-President of Blaise Pascal University. He is the former Director of the Prevention and Health Promotion Division of Public Health France and served as President of the “Prevention, Education and Health Promotion” Commission of the French High Council for Public Health. Involved in the main international networks in the field of health promotion, health education and public health, he plays an active role in international collaborations centred on research in health promotion and health education. He is Vice-President of the International Union of Health Promotion and Education (IUHPE).
Further information about the book: L’Harmattan’s website
