Healthcare for Migrants and Minorities
A special issue of Healthcare (ISSN 2227-9032).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 7 April 2026 | Viewed by 945
Special Issue Editors
Interests: internal medicine; clinical medicine; renal medicine; divine internal medicine
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The health of immigrants and underrepresented populations has increasingly garnered attention across various dimensions. The COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately impacted racial and ethnic minority groups in terms of infection, hospitalization, and mortality rates, highlighting the critical importance of understanding and addressing the social determinants of health that drive these disparities, including poverty and limited access to quality healthcare. Migrants and underrepresented ethnic groups often face a multitude of unique health challenges, such as restricted healthcare access, linguistic barriers, cultural differences, and discrimination.
This Special Issue aims to examine the current landscape of healthcare provision for migrants and underrepresented populations, explore the specific health challenges these groups encounter, and identify innovative solutions and best practices to address these issues. The collection of papers will cover a broad range of topics, including healthcare accessibility, cultural competency, language barriers, mental health, and racial and ethnic disparities in the management of chronic diseases. Additionally, this Special Issue will investigate the impact of social determinants of health and their influence on healthcare outcomes within these populations.
Dr. Hideomi Yamada
Guest Editors
Dr. Soichiro Saeki
Guest Editor Assistant
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Keywords
- language barriers
- emigrants and immigrants
- migrant health
- minority health
- global health
- non-national patients
- foreigners
- social determinants of health
- health equity
- racial disparities
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