Design for Health is an international refereed journal covering all aspects of design in the context of health and wellbeing. The journal is published twice a year and provides a forum for design and health scholars, design professionals, health-care practitioners, educators and managers worldwide.

Design for Health is affiliated with the Design4Health conference, established in 2011.

The journal aims to publish thought provoking work based on rigorous research. It invites high quality, original submissions that make a contribution to knowledge and practice in the context of the design of health products, services and interventions that promote dignity and enhance quality of life. It adopts the World Health Organisation’s definition of health as the ‘state of complete physical and mental wellbeing and not only the absence of disease’ (1948).

The journal publishes work which utilizes design and creative practices as methods and tools within research to engage people to understand problems, and visualize new possibilities and future scenarios.

Papers are accepted on the understanding that they have not been published elsewhere and are not currently being considered by other journals for publication. Submission of a paper will imply that, if accepted for publication, the paper will not be published in the same form in any language without the consent of the publisher.