Health Promotion and Intervention at the Group level – HPIG
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.
This study section reviews intervention studies where the unit of consideration is a small group, and the focus is on understanding how health behavior change or health outcomes/disease states are mediated by the relationships and interpersonal processes prompted and maintained by members of that group (e,g. within a family/household, parent-child dyad, couple dyad, family caregivers, extended family, and peer networks). Intervention components should include the promotion of healthy behaviors, while considering how interpersonal relationships, group dynamics, group interdependencies, and group members influence each other in health behaviors. Health promotion applications ranging from those aimed at preventing the onset of behaviors and harm reduction are included with the goal to improve or maintain the health of small units and their members. Applications with a physiological and biological basis, basic science, or animal model focus are reviewed in other study sections. Individual-level interventions, population- based studies, community-level interventions, local area/place-based interventions, system-level interventions, and studies with an implementation focus, or policy/public health focus are reviewed in other study sections.
Review Dates
A roster for the panel will be posted here, at least 30 days prior to the review meeting
Membership Panel
When the panel is chartered as a standing panel, members will be listed here. Expected in 2026.
Topics
- Small group health interventions targeting psychological well-being (social and emotional well-being, intellectual functioning, social isolation, depression).
- Parent-child dyads/relationships within a household promoting the uptake of healthy behaviors to delay disease onset (e.g. obesogenic behavior- unhealthy eating, physical inactivity).
- Small group interventions targeting healthy cognitive aging.
- Small group interventions at the household level related to violence, intimate partner violence, child abuse and maltreatment, aggression, suicidal behavior.
- Small group interventions examining dyads within the family and the role/involvement of family caregivers, and their influence on the adoption of healthy behaviors.
- Household level interventions geared towards harm reduction (e.g., substance misuse, gaming, social media engagement, dysregulated eating) and prevention/mitigation of risks or barriers.
- Family/household interventions considering family relationships, parenting skills, parent-child interactions, peer relationships, and health disease state outcomes.
- Interventions involving peer networks, social support, and implications for direct and indirect health behaviors.
- Digital and social media messaging proposing group adoption/uptake of healthy behaviors that inform health-related attitudes, beliefs, and health outcomes (e.g. vaccine messaging, misinformation).
