Types and outcomes of health promotion interventions led by public health students: a scoping review
Kiilu, Elizabeth
Kiilu, Elizabeth
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2025-04
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Student-led interventions can be a sustainable and cost-effective approach to delivering health services. While these interventions are widely incorporated in healthcare programs in medicine and nursing, their use is scarcely reported in public health programs. A scoping review was conducted to assess the extent of the literature related to public health student-led health promotion interventions. The review followed the JBI guidelines. MEDLINE, CINAHL, Embase and Google Scholar were consulted. A total of 191 studies were identified, and only five met the inclusion criteria. The five studies were from undergraduate and postgraduate programs in the United States of America. A narrative synthesis of the findings revealed four themes: preventing communicable and non-communicable diseases, targeting (mainly) vulnerable groups, flexible and innovative communication, and impacting through engagement, education, and vaccination. Incorporating public health student-led interventions to promote health can improve access to services and increase health knowledge among underserved groups while enhancing students’ learning. The review contributes to the professionalization of public health and evidences the impact of public health student-led interventions.
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Gonzalez-Aquines A, Bingham D and Kiilu E (2025) Types and outcomes of health promotion interventions led by public health students: a scoping review. International Journal of Health Promotion and Education. Accepted for publication.
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