New Advancements in the Science of Emotional Health among Vulnerable Youth

Dear Colleagues,

Everybody wants to belong, regardless of environment or identity. The sense of belonging is a basic human need, a fundamental matter for emotional and public health. It is generally defined as a feeling of security and support that results when there is a sense of acceptance, inclusion, and identification for a member of a certain group or place. With the global COVID-19 pandemic, belonging has taken on an heightened importance in certain environments (e.g, poverty, rural, communities of color), as it usually happens  amid threatening public health issues and conditions associated with racial trauma and stress, to name a few.

This Special Issue of Healthcare focuses on research and studies related to emotional health of youth, who are  part of our most vulnerable population. This may include school- and college-age youth who are low-income, people of color, immune-compromised, LGBTQIA, immigrant, justice-involved. To address this critical topic, we invite scholars and researchers in public health, epidemiology, education, health economics, policy, public administration, and other social science fields to submit high-quality, well-written empirical reports, systematic reviews, theoretical essays, and short communications related to the core topics in this research area.

Prof. Dr. Terrell L. Strayhorn
Guest Editor

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