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Midwifery-Led Care and Practice: Promoting Maternal and Child Health

edited by Joachim Graf

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 11 articles | Viewed by 17608 | Submission Open

Keywords: midwifery; women’ s health; vulnerability in pregnancy; midwife-led care; fetal programming; pregnancy outcomes in the context of social inequality; improvement of child health; improvement of women’ s health; gender-sensitive care

(This special issue belongs to the Section Women's Health Care)

Supporting Self-Management in People with Chronic Conditions: Results from the COMPAR-EU Project

edited by

Ioannis Ilias

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 16204 | Submission Open

Keywords: self-management support; self-management interventions; chronic conditions; patient empowerment

Pain Management in Healthcare Practice

edited by

Mimi M.Y. Tse

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 12649 | Submission Open

Keywords: pain; acute pain; chronic pain; older adults; depression; non-pharmacological; exercise; healthcare; home care; dyadic pain management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Pain Management)

Improving the Health and Well-Being of Groups of Workers Experiencing Work Disparities

edited by Lynn Shaw

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 11443 | Submission Open

Keywords: occupational health outcomes; services and education; work rehabilitation outcomes; services and education; access to health services; social determinants of health; worker health and wellbeing; health system policies; decent work in healthcare; equitable access to health care work; health and wellbeing at work; workplace organizational health; occupational science

(This special issue belongs to the Section Community Care)

Towards Holistic Healthcare: Advancing Nursing and Medical Education

edited by

Polyxeni Mangoulia

and

Pavlos M. Myrianthefs

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 10710 | Submission Open

Keywords: holistic care; nurses; doctors; consultation liaison psychiatry; hospitals; chronic disease; biopsychosocial model; comorbidity; drug interactions; depression; anxiety; dementia; delirium

(This special issue belongs to the Section Nursing)

Research on Health Disparities in the Global Population

edited by

Wei-Chen Lee

and Tse-Chuan Yang

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 9580 | Submission Open

Keywords: disparity; equity; social determinants of health; segregation; social inclusion; non-discrimination policy; underserved; underrepresented; discrimination; implicit bias; health services; health outcomes; global health; international health

(This special issue belongs to the Section Health Policy)

Implications for Healthcare Policy and Management

edited by Maria Kapritsou and

Theodoros N. Sergentanis

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 8433 | Submission Open

Keywords: policy; management; healthcare; nursing; skills; healthcare workforce

(This special issue belongs to the Section Health Policy)

Promoting Mental Health in School and Community Settings

edited by

Alex Chi-Keung Chan

, Raymond Chi-fai Chui, Winnie Wing-yan Yuen, P. F. Jonah Li and Anson Chui Yan Tang

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 8339 | Submission Open

Keywords: mental health; school; community; research; intervention; practice; stigma-free; stakeholders; culturally sensitive; developmentally appropriate

(This special issue belongs to the Section School Health)

Young Carers: Prevention, Intervention, Services and Outcomes—What Works?

edited by Saul Becker

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 8249 | Submission Open

Keywords: young carers; young adult carers; young caregivers; vulnerable children; children and adolescents; child outcomes; caregiving responsibilities; family support; prevention strategies; psychosocial interventions; evaluation; prevention; intervention studies; theory of change; social policy; children’ s services; family support

Chemsex, LGBTIQ+ and Mental Disorders

edited by

Raúl Juárez Vela

Antonio Martinez-Sabater

and

Vicente Gea-Caballero

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 8061 | Submission Open

Keywords: chemsex; drugs; mental health; substance use

(This special issue belongs to the Section Nursing)

Innovative Strategies in Rheumatology Care

edited by

Gabriel Gijón-Noguerón

and

Laura Ramos-Petersen

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5831 | Submission Open

Keywords: rheumatology; pharmacological therapies; treatments; personalized medicine; pain management; rehabilitation; quality of life; conservative treatment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Chronic Care)

Health Risk Behaviours: Self-Injury and Suicide in Young People

edited by Jo Bell and

Cathy Brennan

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4359 | Submission Open

Keywords: self-injury; suicide; young people; public health; lived experience; interventions; mental health services

Machine Learning in Medicine and Health: Data, Methods and Applications

edited by Grażyna Suchacka,

Ioana Boeraş

and

Ionela Maniu

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3710 | Submission Open

Keywords: machine learning; laboratory (bio)markers; risk factors/risk scores; classification; prediction; (disease) profiling; diagnosis; prognosis; artificial intelligence; medicine; bioinformatics; bibliometric

(This special issue belongs to the Section Artificial Intelligence in Medicine)

Chronic Disease Management and Prevention Through Healthy Habits in the Entire Population

edited by

Rossella Sacchetti

and

Alice Masini

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3355 | Submission Open

Keywords: nutrition; dietary habits; lifestyle medicine; public health; health promotion; physical activity and nutrition

(This special issue belongs to the Section Chronic Care)

Gender, Sexuality and Mental Health

edited by

Henrique Pereira

and Felipe Alckmin-Carvalho

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3134 | Submission Open

Keywords: gender; sexualities; mental health; well-being; sexual stigma; health behavior; risk factors; protective factors; LGBTQIA+

Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing: A Key Player in Cardiovascular Disease Management

edited by Pietro Pugliatti

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3010 | Submission Open

Keywords: cardiopulmonary exercise test; functional capacity; peak oxygen uptake (VO2); cardiovascular diseases; heart failure

(This special issue belongs to the Section Chronic Care)

New Insights into Understudied Phenomena in Healthcare: Second Edition

edited by

José Manuel Hernández Padilla

and

Cayetano Fernández-Sola

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2334 | Submission Open

Keywords: health promotion; aging; emerging diseases; new technologies; innovative healthcare approaches; innovative research methods; social determinants of health; patient rights; demographic challenges; understudied populations; vulnerable populations; gender issues

Clinical Psychology and Neuropsychology: Integrating Social Awareness and Early Intervention in Autism Spectrum Using AI Methods

edited by

Evgenia Gkintoni

and

Constantinos Halkiopoulos

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2178 | Submission Open

Keywords: clinical psychology; neuropsychology; autism; early intervention; screening tools; cognition; social awareness; machine learning; artificial intelligence

(This special issue belongs to the Section Artificial Intelligence in Medicine)

Physical Rehabilitation in Psychiatry

edited by

Tetsuya Tanioka

and Rick Kwan

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2094 | Submission Open

Keywords: physical rehabilitation; psychiatry; chronic mental illness; dementia; schizophrenia; malnutrition; sarcopenia; dynapenia; frailty; interdisciplinary intervention; physical activity; exercise therapy; physical exercise

(This special issue belongs to the Section Healthcare Quality and Patient Safety)

Surgical Pediatric Otolaryngology for Congenital Disease: Sharing for Implementation

edited by

Athanasios Saratziotis

and Maria Baldovin

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 1774 | Submission Open

Keywords: pediatric otolaryngology; pediatric surgery; endoscopic approaches; congenital pediatric diseases; pediatric rhinology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Perioperative Care)

The Role of Healthcare in Public Health Risk and Disaster Management: Strategies for Mitigation and Response

edited by

Vladimir Cvetković

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 1695 | Submission Open

Keywords: disaster risk management; public health emergencies; healthcare resilience; emergency medical response; crisis preparedness; risk mitigation strategies; health security; natural and man-made hazards; disaster preparedness and response; health system sustainability

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Factors and Global Health)

Advances in Health Technology Assessment in the Era of AI and Data Science

edited by

Z. Kevin Lu

and

Jing Yuan

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 960 | Submission Open

Keywords: health technology assessment (HTA); artificial intelligence; big data

Advances in Prediction, Prevention and Precision Medicine for Myocardial Infarction and Stroke

edited by

Raha Pazoki

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 945 | Submission Open

Keywords: myocardial infarction; stroke; machine learning; predictive models; prevention strategies; human population studies; clinical trial data; traditional epidemiology; risk assessment; data integration

(This special issue belongs to the Section Artificial Intelligence in Medicine)

Health and Healthcare: Prevention of Health Issues, Health Problems and Suicide

edited by

Ken Inoue

and Yasuyuki Fujita

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 894 | Submission Open

Keywords: health; healthcare; medicine; nursing; suicide prevention; social health items; care

(This special issue belongs to the Section Health Assessments)

Chronic Diseases: Integrating Innovation, Equity and Care Continuity

edited by

Hailun Liang

and Leiyu Shi

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 807 | Submission Open

Keywords: primary care; chronic disease; health risk management; health equity

(This special issue belongs to the Section Chronic Care)

Physical Activity Intervention for Non-Communicable Diseases

edited by Karah Dring

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 787 | Submission Open

Keywords: physical activity; exercise; children; older adults; health

(This special issue belongs to the Section Chronic Care)

Osteopathic and Complementary Manual Therapy in Musculoskeletal Pain and Dysfunction

edited by

Rafał Gnat

and Anna Gogola

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 612 | Submission Open

Keywords: manual therapy; osteopathy; complementary therapy; musculoskeletal pain; musculoskeletal dysfunction; compensatory changes

Prisoner Health

edited by

Giulio Di Mizio

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 493 | Submission Open

Keywords: prison health systems across the world; risk factors for health; prison environment; prison healthcare systems and governance; inmate and mental illness; rehabilitation in mental illness; rehabilitation of prisoners; inmates and infectious diseases; drugs and/in prison; disabled prisoners; prison workers and their protection; prison medicine; COVID-19 and prison; feeding in prison; medical responsibility in penitentiary medicine; clinical risk management in penitentiary medicine; compatibility of the prisoner's health conditions with imprisonment; suicidal risk assessment in prison; CSI in prison; inmate autopsy; innovative methods of expert investigation in prison and of prisoners; torture in prison: medico-legal investigation; medical liability in prison medicine; precision medicine in prison; clinical pathways in prison; artificial intelligence in prison healthcare; telemedicine in prison healthcare

Consequences of Intimate Partner Violence on Access to and Use of Reproductive Healthcare and Services

edited by Carole Browner and Alison Hamilton

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 464 | Submission Open

Keywords: reproductive health; reproductive healthcare; intimate partner violence; gender politics; families; reproductive rights

(This special issue belongs to the Section Women's Health Care)

AI-Driven Insights from Biomedical Data for Advanced Disease Diagnosis and Prognosis

edited by

Antonio Alarcon Paredes

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 210 | Submission Open

Keywords: medical diagnosis; medical prognosis; medical image analysis; large language model interpretation; explainable AI; clinical validity; translational medicine

(This special issue belongs to the Section Artificial Intelligence in Medicine)

Organizational Approaches That Support Nurses and Healthcare Workers to Thrive: Moving Beyond Burnout

edited by Stephen Phillip Jacobs, Willoughby Moloney and

Daniel Terry

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 205 | Submission Open

Keywords: burnout; thriving; nurses; workforce; organizational support; turnover

(This special issue belongs to the Section Medics)

Health Promotion and Long-Term Care for Older Adults

edited by Raphaelle-Ashley Guerbaai and Kotkowski Kornelia

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 199 | Submission Open

Keywords: older adults; long-term care; quality of life of older adults; aging populations; health services

(This special issue belongs to the Section Chronic Care)

Physical Exercise in Chronic Diseases: Assessment, Implementation and Effectiveness

edited by

Rubén Cuesta-Barriuso

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 172 | Submission Open

Keywords: physical exercise; chronic diseases; diagnostic; prevention; rehabilitation; effectiveness

(This special issue belongs to the Section Chronic Care)

Neurodiagnostics in Public Health: Cognitive Decline, Mental Health, and Emerging Technologies

edited by

Evgenia Gkintoni

and

Apostolos Vantarakis

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 169 | Submission Open

Keywords: neurocognitive disorders; dementia; mild cognitive impairment (MCI); neuropsychiatric diseases; biomarkers; imaging; artificial intelligence; digital diagnosis

Periodontal Diseases and Oral Health: 2nd Edition

edited by

Iwona Olszewska-Czyz

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 156 | Submission Open

Keywords: oral health; periodontitis; periodontal diseases

The Role of Nutrition in Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease

edited by

Omar Ramos-Lopez

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 142 | Submission Open

Keywords: MASLD; liver disease; nutrition; diet; nutrients

(This special issue belongs to the Section Nutrition and Public Health)

Injury Prevention and Trauma Management for Vulnerable Populations

edited by

Masahito Hitosugi

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 140 | Submission Open

Keywords: injury; prevention; accident; child; older adult; pregnant woman; disabled person; trauma care; violent; abuse; homicide; motor vehicle collision; falling; epidemiology; safety

(This special issue belongs to the Section Preventive Medicine)

Applications of Data Mining in Patient Care

edited by

Catherine Park

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 139 | Submission Open

Keywords: data mining; machine learning; artificial intelligence; clinical decision support systems; digital biomarkers; predictive analytics; big data analysis; electronic health records; frailty; chronic disease

(This special issue belongs to the Section Health Informatics and Big Data)

Advances in Artificial Intelligence for Disease Management and Clinical Documentation Improvement

edited by

Varadraj Gurupur

and

Thomas T. H. Wan

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 137 | Submission Open

Keywords: e-health; digital health; healthcare delivery systems; clinical documentation improvement; disease management; health informatics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Artificial Intelligence in Medicine)

Novel Tobacco Products and Tobacco Control: Tobacco Use Surveillance and Prevention Policy

edited by

Dorota Kaleta

and

Małgorzata Znyk

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 133 | Submission Open

Keywords: tobacco consumption; tobacco control; novel tobacco products; e-cigarettes use; heated tobacco product use; behavioral addiction; health effects of exposure to tobacco products; tobacco regulations; tobacco policy and control; nicotine therapy; epidemiology

Clinical Updates in Prostate Cancer and Bladder Cancer

edited by

Jonathan Puente-Rivera

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 131 | Submission Open

Keywords: prostate cancer; bladder cancer; molecular therapeutics; biomarkers; liquid biopsy

Cardiac Surgery and Cardiovascular Imaging: Advancing Precision Through Multidisciplinary Collaboration

edited by

Oana Mirea

and Victor Raicea

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 130 | Submission Open

Keywords: cardiovascular imaging; cardiac surgery; vascular surgery; artificial intelligence

Experimental and Clinical Perspectives on Emotional Expression and Regulation: Implications for Healthcare and Patient-Reported Outcomes

edited by

Valentina Colonnello

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 126 | Submission Open

Keywords: experimental psychology; clinical psychology; psychotherapy; emotion regulation; communication; education; quality of life; digital health; assessment

Addressing Behavioral Addictions and Promoting Emotional Well-Being: Insight, Challenges, and Solutions

edited by

Sabina Mandic

and

Dora Dodig Hundric

submission deadline 1 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 204 | Submission Open

Keywords: behavioral addictions; emotional well-being; gambling; gaming; social networks; interventions; assessment; prevalence; models

Sports Trauma: From Prevention to Surgery and Return to Sport

edited by

Michele Mercurio

submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | 8 articles | Viewed by 7613 | Submission Open

Keywords: shoulder; hip; knee; ankle; MRI; ligament; tendon; cartilage; arthroscopy; sports medicine

(This special issue belongs to the Section Preventive Medicine)

Increasing Access to and Quality of Healthcare Services to Promote Community Health Equity

edited by

Arnab Mukherjea

, Melanie Sabado-Liwag and Hannah Thuy Nguyen

submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1180 | Submission Open

Keywords: disparities in health care access and quality; vulnerable populations; determinants of health care utilization; culturally- appropriate interventions for improved health care outcomes

(This special issue belongs to the Section Community Care)

Healthy and Harmful Habits: Impact on Nursing Practice and Patient Health

edited by

Pedro Manuel Rodríguez-Muñoz

José Alberto Laredo-Aguilera

Juan Manuel Carmona-Torres

, Cristina Rivera-Picón and

Juan Luis Sánchez González

submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 443 | Submission Open

Keywords: healthy habits; physical activity; lifestyle modification; alcohol consumption; smoking cessation; substance abuse; behavioral addictions; health promotion; wellness programs; health outcomes

(This special issue belongs to the Section Nursing)

Focus on the Sexual and Reproductive Health of Migrant and Refugee Populations

edited by

Ana Gama

and Patrícia Marques

submission deadline 19 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 892 | Submission Open

Keywords: sexual health; reproductive health; vulnerable populations; migrants; refugees

(This special issue belongs to the Section Women's Health Care)

Health Data as a Global Good: Best Practices, Challenges and Future Perspectives

edited by

Stefano Orlando

and

Stefania Moramarco

submission deadline 28 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 95 | Submission Open

Keywords: health data; data collection; epidemiological surveillance; data monitoring

(This special issue belongs to the Section Health Informatics and Big Data)

Healthcare Management: Improving Patient Outcomes and Service Quality

edited by

Christos Ntais

and Nikolaos Kontodimopoulos

submission deadline 30 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1628 | Submission Open

Keywords: healthcare management; patient outcomes; service quality; healthcare delivery; quality improvement; patient-centered care; health policy; healthcare innovation; health service research

(This special issue belongs to the Section Nursing)

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