Health Care Sciences & Services

Special Issues

Following special issues within this section are currently open for submissions:

• Health and Wellbeing in Public Sector Employees (Deadline: 30 July 2020)
• Food Insecurity, Social Determinants of Health and Quality of Life in Rural and Remote Areas (Deadline: 31 July 2020)
• Population Health and Health Services (Deadline: 31 July 2020)
• Social Determinants of Health and Population Ageing (Deadline: 31 July 2020)
• Process-Oriented Data Science for Healthcare 2019 (PODS4H19) (Deadline: 9 August 2020)
• Health Innovations and Technology (Deadline: 21 August 2020)
• Mental Health in Agriculture (Deadline: 31 August 2020)
• Dementia Care in the 21st Century (Deadline: 31 August 2020)
• Immersing in an Enriched Environment: Aquatic Therapy in a Modern Perspective (Deadline: 31 August 2020)
• Deployment of Industrial Management Methods for Healthcare Services (Deadline: 30 September 2020)
• Smoking Cessation in Pregnancy and Postpartum (Deadline: 30 September 2020)
• Point-of-Care (PoC) Technologies for Health Care (Deadline: 30 October 2020)
• Home Care Services for Older Adults (Deadline: 31 October 2020)
• Feature Papers "Age-Friendly Cities & Communities: State of the Art and Future Perspectives" (Deadline: 31 October 2020)
• In the Hands of Technology: Care in the XXI Century (Deadline: 31 October 2020)
• Child and Adolescent Health Care (Deadline: 31 October 2020)
• Enhancing the Quality of Care in Long-Term Care Settings (Deadline: 1 November 2020)
• Examining Care-gaps in Obstructive Airway Diseases (OADs) (Deadline: 30 November 2020)
• Non-Emergent Care in Emergency Departments (Deadline: 30 November 2020)
• Podiatry and Health (Deadline: 20 December 2020)
• Inequalities in Health Care (Deadline: 20 December 2020)
• Innovating Public Health in Smart Society: Technical, Behavioral and Management Perspectives (Deadline: 25 December 2020)
• Disease Prediction, Machine Learning, and Healthcare (Deadline: 30 December 2020)
• Drug Utilisation Studies in Paediatrics (Deadline: 31 December 2020)
• Environmental Exposure and Social Inequalities in Health (Deadline: 31 December 2020)
• Emergency Medical Services Research (Deadline: 31 December 2020)
• Ageing in Place for People with Disabilities (Deadline: 31 December 2020)
• Accessible and Inclusive Health Services for People with Disabilities (Deadline: 31 December 2020)
• Health in EIA/SEA (Deadline: 31 December 2020)
• Qualitative Research and Mixed Methods, Application in Health Care Science (Deadline: 31 December 2020)
• Disability and Healthcare Disparities (Deadline: 31 December 2020)
• Smart Healthcare Services in Internet of Healthcare Things (Deadline: 31 December 2020)
• How Can Comprehensive Care Improve the Quality of Care in Post-SARS-nCoV-2 Period? (Deadline: 31 January 2021)
• Selected papers from IEEE Eurasia Conference on Biomedical Engineering, Healthcare and Sustainability 2020 (IEEE ECBIOS 2020) (Deadline: 31 January 2021)
• Care Environments for People with Dementia (Deadline: 31 January 2021)
• Advances in Foot Posture Assessment and Health Implications (Deadline: 31 January 2021)
• Cancer Surveillance and Intelligence: Use in Health Services Research and Policy (Deadline: 1 February 2021)
• Psychosocial Determinants of Health (Deadline: 16 February 2021)
• Assistive Technology and Support Services for People with Disabilities in Low Resource Settings (Deadline: 26 February 2021)
• Community Empowerment: The Potential for Community Health Nursing Development (Deadline: 28 February 2021)
• The Economics of Caring (Deadline: 28 February 2021)
• Health and Wellbeing on Aging (Deadline: 28 February 2021)
• Nursing and Society (Deadline: 1 March 2021)
• Health Inequalities in Socially Disadvantaged Communities (Deadline: 1 March 2021)
• Ageing and Health: A Functional and Psychological Perspective (Deadline: 31 March 2021)
• Health Care Needs of Migrants: Guarding the Most Vulnerable—Refugees, Women and Children (Deadline: 31 March 2021)
• Resilience and Improvisation at the Frontlines of Healthcare (Deadline: 31 March 2021)
• Advanced Research on Growth Factor Signaling by Receptor Tyrosine Kinases in Health, Disease, and Malignancy (Deadline: 31 March 2021)
• Advance Care Planning for People Living with Dementia: Theory, Policy and Practice (Deadline: 31 March 2021)
• Empowering Patients and Supporting Health Care Providers—New Avenues for High Quality Care and Safety (Deadline: 10 April 2021)
• Competitive Advantage Strategies for Healthcare Industry (Deadline: 30 April 2021)
• Instruments for Measuring Health (Deadline: 30 April 2021)
• Social Support and Social Networks in Long-Term Conditions (Deadline: 30 April 2021)
• Restraint Minimalization in Aged Care and in the Community (Deadline: 30 April 2021)
• Nursing and Palliative Care (Deadline: 30 April 2021)
• Health Care Access among Underserved Groups (Deadline: 31 May 2021)
• Mental Health, Aging and Gender (Deadline: 15 June 2021)
• Health Care and Health Services Digital Revolution (Deadline: 30 June 2021)
• Social Epidemiology to Eliminate Disparities (Deadline: 30 June 2021)
• Addressing Public Health and Health Inequities in Marginalized and Hidden Populations (Deadline: 30 June 2021)
• Food Literacy and Public Health (Deadline: 30 June 2021)
• Artificial Intelligence in Public Health (Deadline: 30 July 2021)
• Nursing Research (Deadline: 31 July 2021)
• Measuring Health Inequities among Vulnerable Populations (Deadline: 31 August 2021)
• The Use of Physical Restraints in Clinical Practice (Deadline: 30 September 2021)
• Implicit Bias Mitigation in Healthcare Professional Education: Implications for Life-Long Learning (Deadline: 30 September 2021)
• Comprehensive Back Health Education: Teaching and Learning (Deadline: 30 November 2021)
• Effects of COVID-19 on Public Health, Social Science, and Human Behaviors (Deadline: 31 January 2022)

Topical Collection

Following topical collection within this section is currently open for submissions:

• Health Care and Diabetes