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Patient Safety and Psychosocial Risk in the Workplace
edited by , Pavlos Sarafis and
submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 131 | Submission Open
Keywords: patient safety; psychosocial risks; burnout; nursing; quality of care; stress; well-being; errors; adverse events; near misses
(This special issue belongs to the Section Healthcare Quality and Patient Safety)
Improving Adolescent Girls’ and Women’s Health and Nutrition submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 92 | Submission Open
Keywords: adolescent girls; women; health; nutrition; malnutrition; health policy; gender equality; reproductive health; public health
(This special issue belongs to the Section Nutrition and Public Health)
Ethical Dilemmas and Moral Distress in Healthcare
edited by
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 11 articles | Viewed by 35992 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Health Policy)
Fall Prevention and Geriatric Nursing submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 15881 | Submission Open
Keywords: accidental falls; aged; nursing; risk; health literacy; healthy ageing; complex interventions; health interventions; fundamental care; patient safety
(This special issue belongs to the Section Preventive Medicine)
Supporting Self-Management in People with Chronic Conditions: Results from the COMPAR-EU Project
edited by
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 15451 | Submission Open
Keywords: self-management support; self-management interventions; chronic conditions; patient empowerment
Midwifery-Led Care and Practice: Promoting Maternal and Child Health
edited by Joachim Graf
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 14047 | 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)
Towards Holistic Healthcare: Advancing Nursing and Medical Education submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 9294 | 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)
Improving the Health and Well-Being of Groups of Workers Experiencing Work Disparities
edited by Lynn Shaw
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 8914 | 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)
Pain Management in Healthcare Practice
edited by
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 8379 | 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)
Research on Health Disparities in the Global Population
edited by and Tse-Chuan Yang
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 8209 | 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)
Young Carers: Prevention, Intervention, Services and Outcomes—What Works?
edited by Saul Becker
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7498 | 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 submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 7361 | Submission Open
Keywords: chemsex; drugs; mental health; substance use
(This special issue belongs to the Section Nursing)
Implications for Healthcare Policy and Management
edited by Maria Kapritsou and
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5954 | Submission Open
Keywords: policy; management; healthcare; nursing; skills; healthcare workforce
(This special issue belongs to the Section Health Policy)
Innovative Strategies in Rheumatology Care submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4902 | 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)
Machine Learning in Medicine and Health: Data, Methods and Applications
edited by Grażyna Suchacka, and
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3040 | 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 submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2575 | 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)
Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing: A Key Player in Cardiovascular Disease Management
edited by Pietro Pugliatti
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1941 | 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)
Physical Rehabilitation in Psychiatry
edited by and Rick Kwan
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1858 | 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)
New Insights into Understudied Phenomena in Healthcare: Second Edition submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1654 | 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
Gender, Sexuality and Mental Health
edited by and Felipe Alckmin-Carvalho
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1571 | Submission Open
Keywords: gender; sexualities; mental health; well-being; sexual stigma; health behavior; risk factors; protective factors; LGBTQIA+
The Role of Healthcare in Public Health Risk and Disaster Management: Strategies for Mitigation and Response submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 1567 | 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)
Surgical Pediatric Otolaryngology for Congenital Disease: Sharing for Implementation
edited by and Maria Baldovin
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 1355 | Submission Open
Keywords: pediatric otolaryngology; pediatric surgery; endoscopic approaches; congenital pediatric diseases; pediatric rhinology
(This special issue belongs to the Section Perioperative Care)
Advances in Health Technology Assessment in the Era of AI and Data Science
edited by and
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 787 | 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
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 747 | 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)
Physical Activity Intervention for Non-Communicable Diseases
edited by Karah Dring
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 647 | Submission Open
Keywords: physical activity; exercise; children; older adults; health
(This special issue belongs to the Section Chronic Care)
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 433 | 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)
Clinical Psychology and Neuropsychology: Integrating Social Awareness and Early Intervention in Autism Spectrum Using AI Methods submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 366 | 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)
Chronic Diseases: Integrating Innovation, Equity and Care Continuity
edited by and Leiyu Shi
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 219 | Submission Open
Keywords: primary care; chronic disease; health risk management; health equity
(This special issue belongs to the Section Chronic Care)
Prisoner Health
edited by
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 196 | 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
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forensic Medicine)
AI-Driven Insights from Biomedical Data for Advanced Disease Diagnosis and Prognosis submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 179 | 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
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 152 | Submission Open
Keywords: burnout; thriving; nurses; workforce; organizational support; turnover
(This special issue belongs to the Section Medics)
Osteopathic and Complementary Manual Therapy in Musculoskeletal Pain and Dysfunction
edited by and Anna Gogola
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 137 | Submission Open
Keywords: manual therapy; osteopathy; complementary therapy; musculoskeletal pain; musculoskeletal dysfunction; compensatory changes
Periodontal Diseases and Oral Health: 2nd Edition submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 129 | Submission Open
Keywords: oral health; periodontitis; periodontal diseases
Health and Healthcare: Prevention of Health Issues, Health Problems and Suicide
edited by and Yasuyuki Fujita
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 128 | Submission Open
Keywords: health; healthcare; medicine; nursing; suicide prevention; social health items; care
(This special issue belongs to the Section Health Assessments)
Health Promotion and Long-Term Care for Older Adults
edited by Raphaelle-Ashley Guerbaai and Kotkowski Kornelia
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 121 | 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)
The Role of Nutrition in Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease
edited by
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 120 | Submission Open
Keywords: MASLD; liver disease; nutrition; diet; nutrients
(This special issue belongs to the Section Nutrition and Public Health)
Neurodiagnostics in Public Health: Cognitive Decline, Mental Health, and Emerging Technologies submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 112 | Submission Open
Keywords: neurocognitive disorders; dementia; mild cognitive impairment (MCI); neuropsychiatric diseases; biomarkers; imaging; artificial intelligence; digital diagnosis
Applications of Data Mining in Patient Care
edited by
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 111 | 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)
Injury Prevention and Trauma Management for Vulnerable Populations
edited by
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 109 | 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)
Clinical Updates in Prostate Cancer and Bladder Cancer submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 103 | Submission Open
Keywords: prostate cancer; bladder cancer; molecular therapeutics; biomarkers; liquid biopsy
Novel Tobacco Products and Tobacco Control: Tobacco Use Surveillance and Prevention Policy submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 103 | 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
Advances in Artificial Intelligence for Disease Management and Clinical Documentation Improvement submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 102 | 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)
Physical Exercise in Chronic Diseases: Assessment, Implementation and Effectiveness submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 101 | Submission Open
Keywords: physical exercise; chronic diseases; diagnostic; prevention; rehabilitation; effectiveness
(This special issue belongs to the Section Chronic Care)
Cardiac Surgery and Cardiovascular Imaging: Advancing Precision Through Multidisciplinary Collaboration
edited by and Victor Raicea
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 100 | 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 submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 65 | 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 submission deadline 1 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 166 | Submission Open
Keywords: behavioral addictions; emotional well-being; gambling; gaming; social networks; interventions; assessment; prevalence; models
Healthy and Harmful Habits: Impact on Nursing Practice and Patient Health submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 397 | 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)
Increasing Access to and Quality of Healthcare Services to Promote Community Health Equity
edited by , Melanie Sabado-Liwag and Hannah Thuy Nguyen
submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 182 | 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)
Focus on the Sexual and Reproductive Health of Migrant and Refugee Populations
edited by and Patrícia Marques
submission deadline 19 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 309 | 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 submission deadline 28 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 63 | Submission Open
Keywords: health data; data collection; epidemiological surveillance; data monitoring
(This special issue belongs to the Section Health Informatics and Big Data)
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