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Health Promotion and Interventions at the Individual Level – HPII
NOTE: Starts with the October 2026 Council round submission dates ( Cycle I due dates). This study section was evaluated as part of CSR’s ENQUIRE process to align study sections with advances in science. Learn more about ENQUIRE .
Dr. Andrea Kelly
Scientific Review Officer
The Health Promotion and Interventions at the Individual Level (HPII) Study Section reviews social and behavioral applications and intervention studies focused on the uptake/adoption of health behaviors to prevent chronic and infectious diseases or health conditions. Applications include a wide range of bio-behavioral, psychological, cultural/social, and clinical interventions and approaches designed to change behavior. Interventions may be delivered in clinical or non-clinical settings and often target prevention, early action or behavior change prior to disease onset. The study section does not review applications using animal models, or studies with a focus on community-level or population-level variables.
Topics
- Interventions to promote cardiovascular health (e.g., prevention and screening for risk factors)
- Interventions to promote healthy sleep (e.g., minimizing sleep problems, healthy sleep habits);
- Quality of life interventions focused on health promotion for the elderly (e.g., fall-prevention, reducing sedentary behavior);
- Interventions to promote maternal health, improve pregnancy outcomes and reproductive health (e.g., prenatal care, breastfeeding);
- Interventions targeting suicide prevention (e.g., identifying individuals at risk, minimizing risk factors);
- Interventions to increase uptake of preventive health services and screenings (e.g., HPV vaccination, cancer screening);
- Digital, media, and communication-based interventions (e.g., social media, messaging campaigns) designed to influence health beliefs, attitudes, and behaviors, such as stigma reduction, or preventive health decision-making;
- Individual-level interventions to reduce harmful environmental exposures (e.g., air quality, allergen avoidance) and improve respiratory and other related health outcomes.