Innovative Interventions to Improve Access to Care for Vulnerable Populations and Reduce Health Disparities
A special issue of Healthcare (ISSN 2227-9032).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 December 2025 | Viewed by 96
Special Issue Editors
Interests: social welfare policies; health disparities; multicultural social work; interdisciplinary research
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to invite you to make a submission to this Special Issue, entitled “Innovative Interventions to Improve Access to Care for Vulnerable Populations and Reduce Health Disparities”.
Ensuring equitable healthcare access remains a critical global challenge, particularly for vulnerable populations facing persistent disparities. Socioeconomic status, geography, racial inequities, and systemic barriers contribute to poor health outcomes, including higher rates of chronic illness, lower life expectancy, and limited preventive care. Addressing these challenges requires innovative interventions, inclusive care models, and policy and program reforms.
This Special Issue invites the submission of research that explores ways to enhance healthcare access and reduce disparities. Our goal is to highlight evidence-based solutions that advance the accessibility and improve the quality of healthcare for underserved populations.
We welcome submissions from international themes and interdisciplinary fields, including, but not limited to, social work, medicine, nursing, public health, health economics, and public policy. We seek submissions focused on novel interventions and empirical studies that address healthcare barriers and promote health equity.
Studies may focus on, but are not limited to, healthcare access and equity, social determinants of health, innovative care models, health and disease management, culturally competent care, health communication, emerging technologies, and health informatics.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Prof. Dr. Meirong Liu
Dr. Kendall Moody
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- healthcare access
- health disparities
- social determinants of health
- interdisciplinary research
- innovative care models
- culturally competent care
- health communication
- emerging technologies
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