Advancing Population Health for Disease Prevention and Early Intervention
A special issue of Healthcare (ISSN 2227-9032).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 7 September 2026 | Viewed by 31
Special Issue Editor
Interests: research; evaluation; implementation; health; health-related quality of life; nutrition; maternal and child health; substance use; rehabilitation; global health
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Population health policies interventions aim to improve the overall health status of a community by implementing strategies that address the health needs of a population as a whole, often focusing on prevention, early detection, and addressing social determinants of health, through initiatives like vaccination programs, chronic disease management, community-based health promotion, and health equity efforts, ultimately impacting the health of a large group of people rather than just individuals. Though public/population health and healthcare policies approach their goals differently, they share the goal of promoting well-being and improving population health. Further, healthcare policy impacts population health by influencing those who have access to care and how it is delivered. Understanding and ultimately improving a population's health rest not only on understanding this population perspective but also on understanding the ecology of health and the interconnectedness of the biological, behavioral, and psychosocial domains. Therefore, population health is an interdisciplinary approach that allows health sectors to connect practice and policy for a change to occur locally and globally. This approach utilizes non-traditional partnerships among different sectors of the community—public health, industry, academia, healthcare, local government entities, etc.—to achieve positive health outcomes. Population health brings significant health concerns into focus and addresses ways that resources can be allocated to overcome the problems that drive poor health conditions in the population.
This Special Issue aims to strengthen the nation’s health at the global level and must therefore ensure that individuals and all communities are healthy and thriving and that no one is left behind. This can be performed through long-term, sustained investments to prevent disease, promote health, and prepare for and respond to continuous and urgent threats to health. Namely, by addressing specific social determinants of health which would prevent disease and set early interventions. Policymakers can investigate perspectives to improve health, reduce racial disparities, and contribute to global health.
In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but not limited to) the following:
Systematic reviews and meta-analyses of existing policy assessments.
Validation studies of existing assessment policies.
Policy analysis and assessment.
Comparative studies of different policy assessments measuring the same area at the local and global level.
Cross-sectional studies for cultural adaptation of assessments and policies in specific countries.
Commentaries on population health, planning, decision-making, implementation, evaluation, etc.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Asma Tahir Awan
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- population health
- community health
- economic inequality
- health disparities
- health impact assessment
- inequality in disease
- social determinants of health
- data-driven decision-making
- vaccination programs
- chronic disease management
- community-based health promotion initiatives
- maternal and child health
- mental health awareness
- healthcare access
- healthy food initiatives
- tobacco control
- health-related quality of life (hrqol)
- healthcare costs
- health equity promotion
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