Health Communication and Informatics
A section of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601).
Section Information
The Health Communication and Informatics section of the journal addresses the use of communication as a strategy to promote health and prevent disease. Health communication is an interdisciplinary field that draws from disciplines and frameworks such as psychology, economics, sociology, business, public policy, media studies, and social marketing. Health communication focuses on the application of these disciplines to changing health-promoting and disease-preventing behaviours. Health informatics is the science of information engineering applied to health care and public health. This includes the management and use of patient health care information and health information technology applied to behaviour change. This section publishes works that help to shape theory and practice and build the body of evidence relating to health communication and informatics. It focuses on communication at all levels of social ecology—interpersonal, digital, and mass media –and all channels to deliver messages that promote health behaviour change. The section takes a broad view of the environment within which human behaviour occurs, including both social and physical dimensions, and how it can be modified through communication to promote health. Overall, this section aims to advance the state of knowledge of health communication methodologies. It seeks to foster research that addresses health behaviours at all stages of change, from upstream policy and environmental influences to proximal individual influences. The section is interested in research on multiple co-occurring behaviours and lifestyle factors and seeks to address diverse demographic groups worldwide to improve health and health care for all.
Keywords
- Mass media
- Interpersonal communication
- Campaigns
- Health informatics
- Social media
- Mobile Health
- Social and behavior change communication
- Social marketing
Editorial Board
Topical Advisory Panel
Special Issues
Following special issues within this section are currently open for submissions:
- Telehealth Innovations in Global Health (Deadline: 15 February 2023)
- Healthy Ageing Commuities (Deadline: 28 February 2023)
- Applied Digital Health Approaches for the Management of Chronic Conditions (Deadline: 28 February 2023)
- Communication: A Powerful Tool for Public Health (Deadline: 10 March 2023)
- Clinical Communication in Rehabilitation (Deadline: 31 March 2023)
- Health Literacy: Measurements, Interventions and Evaluation (Deadline: 31 March 2023)
- The Role of New Technology in Promoting Public Health during Crises (Deadline: 31 March 2023)
- Applications of Artificial Intelligence to Health (Deadline: 31 March 2023)
- Health Literacy and Health Equity (Deadline: 30 April 2023)
- Media Psychology and Health Communication (Deadline: 30 April 2023)
- Shared Decision Making and Patient Autonomy in Healthcare (Deadline: 30 April 2023)
- Digital Health and Big Data Analytics: Implications of Real-World Evidence for Clinicians and Policymakers (Deadline: 18 May 2023)
- Decision Making in Health and Environment Sustainability (Deadline: 30 May 2023)
- Machine Learning and Modeling in Epidemiology and Health Policy (Deadline: 31 May 2023)
- Tobacco Use and Mental Health (Deadline: 31 May 2023)
- Inter-organ Cross-Talk in Critical Illness and Perioperative Medicine (Deadline: 31 May 2023)
- The Social Media Impact on Youth Health (Deadline: 20 June 2023)
- Brain Tumors, New Technologies and Augmented Reality (Deadline: 30 June 2023)
- Human and AI Collaborative Decision Making in Healthcare (Deadline: 30 June 2023)
- The Revolution of Health Data Warehouses in Hospitals: From Theory to Practice (Deadline: 30 June 2023)
- The Effectiveness of mHealth on Hearing Healthcare (Deadline: 1 July 2023)
- Understanding the Cure of Cancer via Biostatistics Method (Deadline: 20 July 2023)
- 2nd Edition of Social Media and Public Health: Opportunities and Challenges (Deadline: 31 July 2023)
- Advances in Communication and Public Health (Deadline: 31 July 2023)
- Communication and Information Technology in Healthcare Management (Deadline: 15 September 2023)
- Promoting Underrepresented Minority Faculty Success in the Academic Health Professions in the United States (Deadline: 30 September 2023)
- Editorial Board Members’ Collection Series: Public Health Informatics-Promoting Health with Technology (Deadline: 30 September 2023)
- Information Technology in Medicine: Advances in Methods Technologies and Applications (Deadline: 30 September 2023)
- Machine Learning for Healthcare Applications (Deadline: 30 September 2023)
- Integrated Primary Care and Behavioral Health (Deadline: 30 September 2023)
- Social Support in Online Health Communities: Big Data Analysis and Outcomes (Deadline: 24 October 2023)
- Health Communication and Mental Health in the “Post-pandemic” Era (Deadline: 31 October 2023)
- Recent Advances in Health Care and Medical Services (Deadline: 31 October 2023)
- Big Data Analytics and Its Application in Healthcare (Deadline: 31 October 2023)
- Data Science in Health Outcomes Research: Analysis, Benefits, and Further Prospects (Deadline: 15 November 2023)
- Data Management for a Better Understanding of Health Fields (Deadline: 30 November 2023)
- Tourism Consumer Behavior and Environmental Sustainability (Deadline: 30 November 2023)
- Application, Analysis and Processing of Human Medical Informatics (Deadline: 30 November 2023)
- Smart Internet of Things (IoT) Models for Health Promotion (Deadline: 30 November 2023)
- Mental Health and Community Engagement in the Context of Aging (Deadline: 30 December 2023)
- Second Edition of the Intersections of Public Health, Sexuality, and Communication (Deadline: 31 December 2023)
- Mass Media and Health Communication (Deadline: 31 December 2023)
- Tobacco Control and Smoking Cessation (Deadline: 31 December 2023)
- Exclusive Papers Collection of Editorial Board Members in Section Health Communication and Informatics (Deadline: 31 December 2023)
- Healthcare Organization Models (Deadline: 31 December 2023)
- Why Health Communication Is Important in Public Health (Deadline: 10 January 2024)
Topical Collections
Following topical collections within this section are currently open for submissions: