Advancing Health Services and Systems for Vulnerable Populations Including People in Rural, Regional and Remote Areas
A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Health Care Sciences".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 October 2026 | Viewed by 1637
Editors
Interests: cardiac; clinical research; diabetes; self-efficacy; self-management; telehealth; synthesis of literature review
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Interests: social epidemiology; behavioral epidemiology; health system research; health program evaluation; Indigenous health; emergency medicine; paramedicine; mental health
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Interests: social epidemiology; health policy; health economics; chronic diseases management; chronic diseases epidemiology; health programs/policy evaluation; healthcare services and management; healthcare for vulnerable populations; healthy aging research
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
People living in rural, regional and remote areas often face greater barriers to access healthcare, particularly those with chronic conditions. To address this major challenge for healthcare systems, this Special Issue of IJERPH is dedicated to celebrating the achievements and progress in this significant area by sharing international research findings, including (but not limited to) findings in the fields of risk factors, self-management and support, adherence to medications/treatment, family/carer and community support, participation in prevention services, access to primary/secondary/tertiary care, clinical information systems, case management, life expectancy and deaths, models of care, coordination of care, patient-centred care, transitional care, cultural safety/competency for vulnerable populations, health system design/re-design, rehabilitation services, surveillance system, telehealth, and policy in the health system.
It is our intention that this Special Issue will provide the most up-to-date and high-quality evidence to guide practice worldwide to benefit rural people, particularly including those with chronic conditions, their families, communities, and society in general.
Dr. Chiung-Jung (Jo) Wu
Dr. Xiang-Yu Hou
Dr. Lijun Fan
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- health system
- health policy
- health services
- health programmes
- rural, regional and remote health
- patient-centred care
- primary healthcare
- hospital care
- tertiary healthcare
- transitional healthcare
- chronic diseases
- cancer
- cardiovascular diseases
- mental health
- diabetes
- dementia
- overweight and obesity
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