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Family Care and Mental Health Delivery to Improve Welfare of Children and Parents
edited by Leonor Rivera-Rivera
submission deadline 15 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 20485 | Submission Open
Keywords: family care; integrated care; parental support; mental health; telehealth and digital support; crisis intervention; trauma-informed care
Innovations in Chronic Patient Management: Monitoring, Evaluation and Rehabilitation
edited by , Alejandro Heredia-Ciuro and Andrés Calvache-Mateo
submission deadline 15 Dec 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 12642 | Submission Open
Keywords: chronic disease; chronic patient management; rehabilitation; monitoring; evaluation; healthcare
(This special issue belongs to the Section Chronic Care)
The Role of Physical Fitness in Effective Health Management
edited by Tiago Rodrigues De Lima
submission deadline 15 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 333 | Submission Open
Keywords: fitness; health; adiposity; cardiovascular disease risk factors; bone; epidemiology; mortality; exercise
(This special issue belongs to the Section Public Health and Preventive Medicine)
Neuromodulation and Neuroplasticity in Chronic Pain: New Therapeutic Tools submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 9181 | Submission Open
Keywords: neuromodulation; physical therapy; chronic pain; neuromodulation; neuroplastic; transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS); transcranial direct current stimulation (TDCS); evoked potentials; central nervous system sensitization
(This special issue belongs to the Section Chronic Care)
Positive Psychology in Healthcare: Interdisciplinary and Intercultural Perspectives
edited by and Claude-Hélène Mayer
submission deadline 25 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3587 | Submission Open
Keywords: quality of life; positive emotions; life satisfaction; virtues; meaning; spirituality; healthy behaviors; character strengths; healthy lifestyles; flourishing/thriving; existential positive psychology; positive autoethnography
Strategies and Interventions for Supporting the Holistic Well-Being of Clinicians and Nurses
edited by , Sonia Martins and
submission deadline 25 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2659 | Submission Open
Keywords: well-being; healthcare workers; occupational stress; mental health; quality of life; mindfulness-based and psychological interventions; workplace-based organizational interventions; mobbing
(This special issue belongs to the Section Healthcare Organizations, Systems, and Providers)
Applications of Assistive Technologies in Health Care Practices
edited by
submission deadline 25 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 700 | Submission Open
Keywords: assistive technologies; healthcare innovation; patient accessibility; rehabilitation devices; telemedicine solutions
Prevention and Management of Chronic Diseases
edited by Jolanta Magdalena Walusiak-Skorupa and Dominik Olejniczak
submission deadline 26 Dec 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 53075 | Submission Open
Keywords: chronic diseases; civilization diseases; health promotion; public health; prophylaxis; health management; quality of life
Advances in Generating Real-World Evidence from Real-World Data Using Artificial Intelligence
edited by
submission deadline 28 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 9006 | Submission Open
Keywords: real-world evidence; artificial intelligence; healthcare
Evaluation and Potential of Effective Decision-Making in Healthcare
edited by Marion Sabine Rauner and
submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 11282 | Submission Open
Keywords: healthcare; system analysis; decision-making; policy modelling; decision-support systems; cost-effectiveness analysis; simulation
Patient Safety and Psychosocial Risk in the Workplace
edited by , Pavlos Sarafis and
submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2161 | Submission Open
Keywords: patient safety; psychosocial risks; burnout; nursing; quality of care; stress; well-being; errors; adverse events; near misses
Innovative Technologies in Pain Management submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1181 | Submission Open
Keywords: pain management; extended reality (XR) technologies; gamification for pain relief; psychosocial variables; interdisciplinary approaches
Improving Adolescent Girls’ and Women’s Health and Nutrition submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1054 | Submission Open
Keywords: adolescent girls; women; health; nutrition; malnutrition; health policy; gender equality; reproductive health; public health
Periodontal Diseases and Oral Health: 2nd Edition submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 332 | Submission Open
Keywords: oral health; periodontitis; periodontal diseases
Ethical Dilemmas and Moral Distress in Healthcare
edited by
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 14 articles | Viewed by 53943 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Healthcare Organizations, Systems, and Providers)
Midwifery-Led Care and Practice: Promoting Maternal and Child Health
edited by Joachim Graf
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 12 articles | Viewed by 33755 | Submission Open
Keywords: midwifery; women’ s health; vulnerability in pregnancy; midwife-led care; fetal programming; pregnancy outcomes in the context of social inequality; improvement of child health; improvement of women’ s health; gender-sensitive care
Fall Prevention and Geriatric Nursing submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 32045 | Submission Open
Keywords: accidental falls; aged; nursing; risk; health literacy; healthy ageing; complex interventions; health interventions; fundamental care; patient safety
(This special issue belongs to the Section Public Health and Preventive Medicine)
Pain Management in Healthcare Practice
edited by
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 24208 | Submission Open
Keywords: pain; acute pain; chronic pain; older adults; depression; non-pharmacological; exercise; healthcare; home care; dyadic pain management
Improving the Health and Well-Being of Groups of Workers Experiencing Work Disparities
edited by Lynn Shaw
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 23095 | Submission Open
Keywords: occupational health outcomes; services and education; work rehabilitation outcomes; services and education; access to health services; social determinants of health; worker health and wellbeing; health system policies; decent work in healthcare; equitable access to health care work; health and wellbeing at work; workplace organizational health; occupational science
Supporting Self-Management in People with Chronic Conditions: Results from the COMPAR-EU Project
edited by
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 19017 | Submission Open
Keywords: self-management support; self-management interventions; chronic conditions; patient empowerment
Towards Holistic Healthcare: Advancing Nursing and Medical Education submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 16796 | Submission Open
Keywords: holistic care; nurses; doctors; consultation liaison psychiatry; hospitals; chronic disease; biopsychosocial model; comorbidity; drug interactions; depression; anxiety; dementia; delirium
Implications for Healthcare Policy and Management
edited by Maria Kapritsou and
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 15111 | Submission Open
Keywords: policy; management; healthcare; nursing; skills; healthcare workforce
Research on Health Disparities in the Global Population
edited by and Tse-Chuan Yang
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 14790 | Submission Open
Keywords: disparity; equity; social determinants of health; segregation; social inclusion; non-discrimination policy; underserved; underrepresented; discrimination; implicit bias; health services; health outcomes; global health; international health
(This special issue belongs to the Section Public Health and Preventive Medicine)
Promoting Mental Health in School and Community Settings
edited by , Raymond Chi-fai Chui, Winnie Wing-yan Yuen, P. F. Jonah Li and Anson Chui Yan Tang
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 12805 | Submission Open
Keywords: mental health; school; community; research; intervention; practice; stigma-free; stakeholders; culturally sensitive; developmentally appropriate
Young Carers: Prevention, Intervention, Services and Outcomes—What Works?
edited by Saul Becker
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 10754 | Submission Open
Keywords: young carers; young adult carers; young caregivers; vulnerable children; children and adolescents; child outcomes; caregiving responsibilities; family support; prevention strategies; psychosocial interventions; evaluation; prevention; intervention studies; theory of change; social policy; children’ s services; family support
Health Risk Behaviours: Self-Injury and Suicide in Young People
edited by Jo Bell and
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 10615 | Submission Open
Keywords: self-injury; suicide; young people; public health; lived experience; interventions; mental health services
Innovative Strategies in Rheumatology Care submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 9578 | Submission Open
Keywords: rheumatology; pharmacological therapies; treatments; personalized medicine; pain management; rehabilitation; quality of life; conservative treatment
Gender, Sexuality and Mental Health
edited by and Felipe Alckmin-Carvalho
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 8774 | Submission Open
Keywords: gender; sexualities; mental health; well-being; sexual stigma; health behavior; risk factors; protective factors; LGBTQIA+
Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing: A Key Player in Cardiovascular Disease Management
edited by Pietro Pugliatti
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 8297 | Submission Open
Keywords: cardiopulmonary exercise test; functional capacity; peak oxygen uptake (VO2); cardiovascular diseases; heart failure
Clinical Psychology and Neuropsychology: Integrating Social Awareness and Early Intervention in Autism Spectrum Using AI Methods submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 6763 | Submission Open
Keywords: clinical psychology; neuropsychology; autism; early intervention; screening tools; cognition; social awareness; machine learning; artificial intelligence
(This special issue belongs to the Section Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare)
Machine Learning in Medicine and Health: Data, Methods and Applications
edited by Grażyna Suchacka, and
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 5867 | Submission Open
Keywords: machine learning; laboratory (bio)markers; risk factors/risk scores; classification; prediction; (disease) profiling; diagnosis; prognosis; artificial intelligence; medicine; bioinformatics; bibliometric
(This special issue belongs to the Section Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare)
New Insights into Understudied Phenomena in Healthcare: Second Edition submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5457 | Submission Open
Keywords: health promotion; aging; emerging diseases; new technologies; innovative healthcare approaches; innovative research methods; social determinants of health; patient rights; demographic challenges; understudied populations; vulnerable populations; gender issues
Health and Healthcare: Prevention of Health Issues, Health Problems and Suicide
edited by and Yasuyuki Fujita
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3486 | Submission Open
Keywords: health; healthcare; medicine; nursing; suicide prevention; social health items; care
(This special issue belongs to the Section Public Health and Preventive Medicine)
Physical Rehabilitation in Psychiatry
edited by and Rick Kwan
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3185 | Submission Open
Keywords: physical rehabilitation; psychiatry; chronic mental illness; dementia; schizophrenia; malnutrition; sarcopenia; dynapenia; frailty; interdisciplinary intervention; physical activity; exercise therapy; physical exercise
Advances in Artificial Intelligence for Disease Management and Clinical Documentation Improvement submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2973 | Submission Open
Keywords: e-health; digital health; healthcare delivery systems; clinical documentation improvement; disease management; health informatics
Surgical Pediatric Otolaryngology for Congenital Disease: Sharing for Implementation
edited by and Maria Baldovin
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 2330 | Submission Open
Keywords: pediatric otolaryngology; pediatric surgery; endoscopic approaches; congenital pediatric diseases; pediatric rhinology
Osteopathic and Complementary Manual Therapy in Musculoskeletal Pain and Dysfunction
edited by and Anna Gogola
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1916 | Submission Open
Keywords: manual therapy; osteopathy; complementary therapy; musculoskeletal pain; musculoskeletal dysfunction; compensatory changes
Advances in Prediction, Prevention and Precision Medicine for Myocardial Infarction and Stroke
edited by
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1801 | Submission Open
Keywords: myocardial infarction; stroke; machine learning; predictive models; prevention strategies; human population studies; clinical trial data; traditional epidemiology; risk assessment; data integration
Chronic Diseases: Integrating Innovation, Equity and Care Continuity
edited by and Leiyu Shi
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1479 | Submission Open
Keywords: primary care; chronic disease; health risk management; health equity
Consequences of Intimate Partner Violence on Access to and Use of Reproductive Healthcare and Services
edited by Carole Browner and Alison Hamilton
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1395 | Submission Open
Keywords: reproductive health; reproductive healthcare; intimate partner violence; gender politics; families; reproductive rights
The Role of Nutrition in Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease
edited by
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1238 | Submission Open
Keywords: MASLD; liver disease; nutrition; diet; nutrients
(This special issue belongs to the Section Clinical Care)
Injury Prevention and Trauma Management: From Vulnerable Groups to General Populations
edited by
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1027 | Submission Open
Keywords: injury; prevention; accident; child; older adult; pregnant woman; disabled person; trauma care; violent; abuse; homicide; motor vehicle collision; falling; epidemiology; safety
(This special issue belongs to the Section Public Health and Preventive Medicine)
Physical Exercise in Chronic Diseases: Assessment, Implementation and Effectiveness submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 772 | Submission Open
Keywords: physical exercise; chronic diseases; diagnostic; prevention; rehabilitation; effectiveness
(This special issue belongs to the Section Chronic Care)
Applications of Data Mining in Patient Care
edited by
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 622 | Submission Open
Keywords: data mining; machine learning; artificial intelligence; clinical decision support systems; digital biomarkers; predictive analytics; big data analysis; electronic health records; frailty; chronic disease
Health Promotion and Long-Term Care for Older Adults
edited by Raphaelle-Ashley Guerbaai and Kotkowski Kornelia
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 457 | Submission Open
Keywords: older adults; long-term care; quality of life of older adults; aging populations; health services
(This special issue belongs to the Section Chronic Care)
Organizational Approaches That Support Nurses and Healthcare Workers to Thrive: Moving Beyond Burnout
edited by Stephen Phillip Jacobs, Willoughby Moloney and
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 401 | Submission Open
Keywords: burnout; thriving; nurses; workforce; organizational support; turnover
Experimental and Clinical Perspectives on Emotional Expression and Regulation: Implications for Healthcare and Patient-Reported Outcomes submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 268 | Submission Open
Keywords: experimental psychology; clinical psychology; psychotherapy; emotion regulation; communication; education; quality of life; digital health; assessment
Cardiac Surgery and Cardiovascular Imaging: Advancing Precision Through Multidisciplinary Collaboration
edited by and Victor Raicea
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 260 | Submission Open
Keywords: cardiovascular imaging; cardiac surgery; vascular surgery; artificial intelligence
Addressing Behavioral Addictions and Promoting Emotional Well-Being: Insight, Challenges, and Solutions submission deadline 1 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 825 | Submission Open
Keywords: behavioral addictions; emotional well-being; gambling; gaming; social networks; interventions; assessment; prevalence; models
Sports Trauma: From Prevention to Surgery and Return to Sport
edited by
submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | 9 articles | Viewed by 14448 | Submission Open
Keywords: shoulder; hip; knee; ankle; MRI; ligament; tendon; cartilage; arthroscopy; sports medicine
(This special issue belongs to the Section Public Health and Preventive Medicine)
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