analyse dilemmas challenges health promotion research generate ideas future developmentthe analysis based authors experiences working field research action health promotion experiences others found literaturethe assumptions underlying scientific research based biomedical design difficult meet communitybased health promotion research dilemmas identified relation possibility defining independent dependent variables beforehand intermingling variables intervention outcome dilemma difficulty quantifying desired outcomes number dilemma problem diffusion programme control group control group dilemmaresearch health promotion specific reasons reconsider approach towards research selection outcome variables research techniques strategies methods make activities outcomes clear discussed criteria judge confidence applicability research findings presented