Research on Health Literacy and Health Promotion in Healthcare

Dear Colleagues,

Health promotion activities and activities for the improvement of health literacy are of growing interest in today’s world. Health promotion activities are directed to health policies, healthcare regulations, and health education, and provide communities as well as healthcare systems with individuals able to understand, control, and improve their own health. With increasing levels of health literacy, the capabilities of individuals to make their own educated decisions increase. However, although there have been numerous studies on both health promotion and health literacy, numerous gaps in our knowledge on the factors associated with them remain. 

We are pleased to invite you to contribute to this Special Issue, ‘Research on Health Literacy and Health Promotion in Healthcare’, which aims to present the current scientific efforts associated with the topics of health literacy and health promotion, factors associated with levels of health literacy, the successes and effectiveness of health promotion activities, and differences in varied population groups, as well as the roles of different actors in healthcare systems and their contributions to the outcomes of these activities.

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

1. Health literacy and factors associated with it.
2. Health promotion activities.
3. Health promotion in vulnerable population groups.
4. Health literacy in vulnerable population groups.
5. Health promotion and non-communicable diseases.
6. Health promotion and mental health.
7. Health literacy and health outcomes.

We look forward to receiving your contributions.

Dr. Jovana Todorović
Guest Editor

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 250 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for assessment.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Healthcare is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2700 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.