Health Care Sciences & Services
A section of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601).
Section Information
The International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (IJERPH) is a peer-reviewed scientific journal that publishes articles and communications in the interdisciplinary area of environmental health sciences and public health. The Section “Health Care Sciences & Services” will focus on topics that addressing health promotion, disease prevention and healthcare provided at any level of care to all sub-populations with no respect to insurance status. It aims to provide space for research for health, looking at the integration possibilities of different elements of the healthcare system at any level, e.g., the integration of primary care and public health services within health care systems. The section also welcomes manuscripts addressing key health determinants influencing health-care-seeking behavior of different populations all around the world.
Health systems research seeks to respond to the problems and challenges to the health of individuals and communities. It includes the evaluation, adaptation and improvement of health systems through scientific research in many different disciplines, including anthropological, social, legal, epidemiological and clinical studies and reaches the identification of health problems that require new responses; the analysis of the health beliefs of the population; identifying key elements for the effectiveness of health systems; efficiency and acceptability of the structures; strategies of health systems; the analysis of health policies and their results; the legal framework in which the provision of health services takes place; the socio-economic, cultural, anthropological, political and physical context in which healthcare provision takes place; the impact of educational or medio-Ambiental policies; elements for the evaluation and improvement of healthcare quality; guarantees for patient safety or risk management; disease prevention; health promotion (including the study of health determinants); strategies to involve patients (including health literacy, improvement of patient experience or the study of health behaviors); and the study of new challenges for public health, among others. It focuses on the institutional means to respond to the health needs of populations; of individuals, families, communities and society; of health systems themselves; and of related sectors with a direct impact on people's health (environment, agriculture, education, industry and others). Overall, this section aims to address issues on all aspects of healthcare and services research.
Keywords
- healthcare
- health systems
- disease prevention
- health promotion
- public health
- primary care
- specialized care
- screening
- diagnosis
- treatment
- coordination
- integrated care
- health insurance
- universal health coverage
- determinants of health
- research for health
Editorial Board
Topical Advisory Panel
Special Issues
Following special issues within this section are currently open for submissions:
- Advances in Integrated Care Models (Deadline: 31 July 2022)
- Challenges and Future Trends in Intensive Health Care (Deadline: 31 July 2022)
- Community Care and Chronic Care (Deadline: 31 July 2022)
- Machine Learning and Public Health (Deadline: 31 July 2022)
- Nursing Research (Deadline: 31 July 2022)
- Equity, Access and Use of Health Care Services (Deadline: 31 July 2022)
- Musculoskeletal Disorders, Physical Rehabilitation and Health (Deadline: 31 July 2022)
- Palliative Care and Cancer at the End of Life (Deadline: 31 July 2022)
- COVID-19 and the Future of Health (Deadline: 30 August 2022)
- Evidence-Based Evaluation of Opioid Prescribing Practices (Deadline: 31 August 2022)
- Recent Advances in Palliative and End-of-Life Care (Deadline: 31 August 2022)
- Cancer Care: Challenges and Opportunities (Deadline: 31 August 2022)
- Health Literacy and Social Contexts (Deadline: 31 August 2022)
- Patient and Family Experience in Health Care (Deadline: 31 August 2022)
- New Technologies in the Evaluation and Treatment of Patients with Neurological Pathologies (Deadline: 1 September 2022)
- Patient Experience (during COVID-19 Pandemic/in the COVID-19 Era) (Deadline: 30 September 2022)
- Strengthening Healthcare Systems and Services through Intersectoral and Interprofessional Partnerships (Deadline: 30 September 2022)
- Dementia Care in Times of COVID-19 (Deadline: 30 September 2022)
- HIV/AIDS Testing and Prevention in Africa (Deadline: 30 September 2022)
- Comprehensive Back Health Education: Teaching and Learning (Deadline: 30 September 2022)
- Protective and Risk Factors Associated with Health and Quality of Life Impairment during the COVID-19 Pandemic (Deadline: 30 September 2022)
- Evidence-Based Physiotherapy Practice in Public Healthcare (Deadline: 1 October 2022)
- Recovering from the COVID-19 Pandemic: What Inheritance? (Deadline: 31 October 2022)
- Inequalities in Health and Healthcare (Deadline: 31 October 2022)
- The Interface Research of Health Services and Vulnerable Populations in Europe (Deadline: 31 October 2022)
- Health and Well-Being of Health Care Workers and Students in the Time of COVID-19 (Deadline: 31 October 2022)
- Access to Healthcare for Vulnerable and Minority Populations: A Global Perspective (Deadline: 31 October 2022)
- Disparities in Primary Health Care in Rural versus Urban Areas (Deadline: 31 October 2022)
- Patient Safety Culture in Hospitals (Deadline: 31 October 2022)
- E-health: Comprehensive Care Models Using ICT (Deadline: 22 November 2022)
- Health Service Utilization among Vulnerable Populations (Deadline: 30 November 2022)
- Gerontechnology: Revealing Where Technology in a Digital Age Is Changing the Health and Well-Being of Older People (Deadline: 30 November 2022)
- Health Care for Youth and Women Living with and Affected by HIV (Deadline: 30 November 2022)
- Evidence-Based Practice in Nursing (Deadline: 30 November 2022)
- Challenges in Caring for Patients in the Time of COVID-19 (Deadline: 30 November 2022)
- New Sight of Palliative Medicine: Updates and Future Directions (Deadline: 30 November 2022)
- Public Health Research on Rare Diseases (Deadline: 30 November 2022)
- Healthy Cities: Bridging Urban Planning and Health (Deadline: 30 November 2022)
- Pain Rehabilitation in Primary Care (Deadline: 30 November 2022)
- New Technologies, Rehabilitation and Health (Deadline: 1 December 2022)
- Promoting Innovation in Health Systems (Deadline: 30 December 2022)
- Medical and Health Professions Education at the Time of COVID-19: Current Perspectives and New Trends (Deadline: 31 December 2022)
- Advances in Public Health: Management of Technology and Innovation for Challenges and Opportunities of Pharmaceutical Industry (Deadline: 31 December 2022)
- The Advances and Challenges in Universal Health Coverage (Deadline: 31 December 2022)
- Healthcare and Health: Measures and Evaluation (Deadline: 31 December 2022)
- Health Workforce and the Challenges of Health Care Systems (Deadline: 31 December 2022)
- Health and Spatial Relations for the Population with Special Needs (Deadline: 31 December 2022)
- Nursing, Clinical Nutrition, Diagnosis and Treatment of Sepsis in Intensive Care (Deadline: 31 December 2022)
- Young Carers: Research, Policy and Practice (Deadline: 31 December 2022)
- Research on the Primary Care Services, Patients Safety and Training for Healthcare Professional (Deadline: 31 December 2022)
- Service Preferences and Quality of Life for Older Adults and Adults with Disabilities (Deadline: 31 December 2022)
- Patient Counselling in the Secondary Care or Safer Medication Handling by Health Care Workers (Deadline: 31 December 2022)
- Healthcare and Quality of Life of Patients with Cancer (Deadline: 4 January 2023)
- Multidisciplinary Approach to Chronic Pain and Quality of Life in Patients with Haemophilic Arthropathy (Deadline: 10 January 2023)
- Worker Burnout: Evidence and Potential Solutions (Deadline: 15 January 2023)
- Challenges and Future Trends in Emergency Medicine (Deadline: 15 January 2023)
- Health Behaivour and Health Care for Old Adults (Deadline: 15 January 2023)
- The Organization of Primary Healthcare during the COVID-19 Pandemic (Deadline: 15 January 2023)
- Who Cares? Strengthening and Supporting the Long-Term Care Workforce Caring for Older Adults (Deadline: 31 January 2023)
- Ethnic Minority Health and Primary Care (Deadline: 31 January 2023)
- Orthosis and Prothesis from Bench to Real Life (Deadline: 31 January 2023)
- Demographic, Clinical and Psychological Factors Influencing Musculoskeletal Disorders (Deadline: 31 January 2023)
- Simulations and Machine Learning via Big Data for Prediction, Detection, Treatment or Rehabilitation in the Healthcare Process (Deadline: 31 January 2023)
- Improving the Quality of Life of Breast Cancer Survivors (Deadline: 31 January 2023)
- Addressing Health Disparities in Disadvantaged and Vulnerable Groups (Deadline: 31 January 2023)
- Medication Related Osteonecrosis of the Jaw: What We Know (Deadline: 31 January 2023)
- Advances of Healthcare Education and Management: Online Learning Outcomes for Healthcare Professionals (Deadline: 31 January 2023)
- Bayesian Methods in Health (Deadline: 31 January 2023)
- Emergency Preparedness for Healthcare in Pandemic (Deadline: 20 February 2023)
- Building Integrated and Coordinated Health Systems: Addressing the Social Determinants of Health (Deadline: 28 February 2023)
- Social Support for Healthcare Professionals during COVID-19 (Deadline: 28 February 2023)
- Management of Patients with Chronic Diseases with Virtual Rehabilitation, Telerehabilitation and Remote Monitoring (Deadline: 28 February 2023)
- Research on the Primary Care Services, Patients Safety and Primary Healthcare Workers Training in the Face of Adversity (Deadline: 28 February 2023)
- Adolescent Motherhood and HIV (Deadline: 28 February 2023)
- Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation (Deadline: 28 February 2023)
- Insights into Hygiene, Disinfection Measures and Preventive Actions (Deadline: 28 February 2023)
- 2nd Edition of Primary Healthcare (Deadline: 28 February 2023)
- Using Big Data to Drive Safe and Effective Medication Use in Older Adults Receiving Aged Care Services (Deadline: 1 March 2023)
- 2nd Edition of Community Empowerment: The Potential for Community Health Nursing Development (Deadline: 31 March 2023)
- Managing Actual or Emerging Ethical, Legal, and Social Issues (ELSI) in Rare Diseases (Deadline: 31 March 2023)
- The Second Victim Phenomenon: Implications and Solutions to Support Health Worker Safety (Deadline: 31 March 2023)
- 2nd Edition of Nursing and Palliative Care (Deadline: 31 March 2023)
- Examining Care-Gaps in Obstructive Airway Diseases (OADs) (Deadline: 31 March 2023)
- 2nd Edition of Active and Healthy Confinement Lifestyle (AHCL): Cross-Disciplinary Approach to Be Better Prepared for Future Pandemics (Deadline: 31 March 2023)
- Translating Innovations into Improved Pediatric Emergency Care (Deadline: 31 March 2023)
- Research on Refugee Health (Deadline: 31 March 2023)
- Secondary Health Data for Monitoring Chronic Health Conditions and Assessing Healthcare Performances (Deadline: 31 March 2023)
- Social Support, HIV Prevention and Care, and HIV Outcomes (Deadline: 1 April 2023)
- Advancing Research on Emergency Care (Deadline: 30 April 2023)
- Emerging Technologies in Nursing and Care for People with Dementia and Cognitive Impairment (Deadline: 30 April 2023)
- The State of Mental Health Services: Challenges, Trends and Achievements (Deadline: 30 April 2023)
- Health Management in Person-Centered Care (Deadline: 30 April 2023)
- An Update on Pharmaceutical Care and Drug-Related Issues (Deadline: 30 April 2023)
- The 2nd Edition of Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases: Persistent and Emerging Threats to Human Health (Deadline: 30 April 2023)
- Innovations in Amputation Care (Deadline: 30 April 2023)
- 2nd Edition of Towards a Public Health Wellness: Psychosocial & Physical Health in Community (Deadline: 30 April 2023)
- Information-Giving Support and Training for Key Stakeholders: Ageing, Dementia and Navigating Health and Social Care Systems (Deadline: 30 April 2023)
- Interprofessional Education in Pharmacogenomics, Public Health and Healthcare Delivery (Deadline: 30 April 2023)
- Optimizing Symptom Management for Cancer and Cancer Survivors (Deadline: 30 April 2023)
- Advanced Rehabilitative and Assistive Engineering for the Elderly and People with Disabilities (Deadline: 30 April 2023)
- Public Health: Rural Health Services Research (Deadline: 1 May 2023)
- Audiovisual Content Creation and Clinical Simulation in Health Learning Environments (Deadline: 15 May 2023)
- Primary Health Care – Challenges and Opportunities for Health Services (Deadline: 30 May 2023)
- Challenges and Future Trends of Emergency Medicine Healthcare System (Deadline: 31 May 2023)
- Multidisciplinary Approach to Diagnosing and Treatment of Temporomandibular Disorders – Patient Care Challenges (Deadline: 31 May 2023)
- State-of-the-Art Research into Women’s Health Promotion and Healthcare (Deadline: 31 May 2023)
- Performance Assessment of Primary Healthcare Worldwide: The International Experiences (Deadline: 31 May 2023)
- Microbiology in Clinical and Experimental Medicine (Deadline: 31 May 2023)
- Health and Healthcare for People with Kidney Disease (Deadline: 30 June 2023)
- Fatigue and Burnout in Nursing (Deadline: 30 June 2023)
- New Applications of Big Data and Machine Learning in Health Care (Deadline: 30 June 2023)
- Maternal and Child Health: Prenatal Diagnosis, Pregnancy Complications and Post-partum Care (Deadline: 30 June 2023)
- Interdisciplinarity in Health and Health Care (Part II): Review, Management-Logistic-Risk and Prevention (Deadline: 30 June 2023)
- Pediatric and Primary Health Care Services in the 21st Century (Deadline: 30 June 2023)
- Leadership and Management in the Health Care System (Deadline: 1 July 2023)
- Perioperative Healthcare and Patient Satisfaction (Deadline: 20 May 2025)
Topical Collections
Following topical collections within this section are currently open for submissions: