{"id":294212,"date":"2021-10-13T18:59:58","date_gmt":"2021-10-13T22:59:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yfile.news.yorku.ca\/?p=294212"},"modified":"2025-04-02T13:22:36","modified_gmt":"2025-04-02T17:22:36","slug":"york-led-paper-uncovers-gap-in-health-promotion-research","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/yfile\/2021\/10\/13\/york-led-paper-uncovers-gap-in-health-promotion-research\/","title":{"rendered":"York-led paper uncovers gap in health promotion research"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A team of researchers from 快播视频 and Ontario Tech University have published a paper in the journal Health Promotion International<\/em> (HPI) that analyzes how contributors to the journal conceptualize unions, unionization and collective agreements as promoting health.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The paper, published Oct. 7, finds that the health-promoting possibilities of unionization and working under collective agreements are a neglected area among HPI contributors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The research team \u2013 York graduate students Jessica Muller<\/strong>, Faisal A. Mohamed<\/strong>, Mary Catherine Masciangelo<\/strong>, Morris Komakech<\/strong>, Anum Rafiq<\/strong> and Azeezah Jafry<\/strong>, along with York Professor Dennis Raphael<\/strong> and Ontario Tech University Associate Professor Toba Bryant \u2013 explored reasons for this by drawing on an Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The report looks at the importance of collective bargaining and was used to identify areas for health promotion research and action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Researchers considered 2,443 articles published in HPI since its inception and found that only 87 (3.6 per cent) mention unions, unionization, collective agreements or collective bargaining, with most saying little about their role in promoting health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Further, the study shows that 20 articles make cursory references to unions, or refer to them as providing support and engagement opportunities for individuals, while 45 depict unions or union members as involved in a health promotion program or activity carried out by the authors or by government agencies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The study shows that only 33 articles explicitly mention unions, unionization or collective agreements as potentially health promoting, which represents just 1.3 per cent of total HPI content since 1986.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With these findings, the paper suggests the journal can support the promotion of health research and action, and raise awareness, by:<\/p>\n\n\n\n