Health Promotion, Health Behaviors, and Preventive Care: Multi-Level Educational Approaches

Dear Colleagues,

Health education is a cornerstone in strengthening health systems; it empowers communities and helps to improve population health. Evidence-based health education interventions are critical to achieve advances in population health by promoting “health literacy” (informed decision making), preventive behaviors, and high-quality care across diverse settings. Special attention should be given to the impact of misinformation and fake news on health attitudes, since these issues are becoming increasingly prevalent and affect individuals’ decisions. We are pleased to invite you to participate with your work for this Special Issue on “Health Education”, which seeks to advance scientific evidence and provide original research in this vital area.

This Special Issue seeks to bring together quality research on the development, implementation, evaluation, and impact of health education interventions in clinical, community, and public health settings. The emphasis is consistent with the journal’s scope of interdisciplinary, patient-centered, and system-based perspectives that are intended to impact practice, policy, and training in healthcare.

In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following:

• Health literacy and patient education.
• Digital and e-health education tools.
• Health promotion and disease-prevention programs.
• Educational strategies for healthcare professionals.
• Culturally adapted health education approaches.
• Evaluation of educational interventions and outcomes.
• The impact of misinformation and fake news on health attitudes and health literacy.

We look forward to receiving your contributions.

Dr. Olympia Konstantakopoulou
Guest Editor

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