Primary Care and Health Behavior Change
A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (29 February 2024) | Viewed by 4439
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Interests: micro-econometrics in environmental, health and development economics
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Dear Colleagues,
COVID-19 has been a significant economic shock to the world and no pandemic may be more devastating in the next few decades. Policy makers are now realigning healthcare service delivery and economic policies to improve our health disaster preparedness. More importantly, the promotion of people’s health through timely embracement of health-promoting lifestyle changes is being internationally advocated. As the 2030 deadline for the final evaluation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) draws near, a proper understanding of the primary healthcare service delivery and health-promoting behaviour changes is fundamental. This will also facilitate achievement of the universal health coverage (UHC) in many countries. This Special Issue has been designed to compile some topical researches on “Primary Care and Health Behaviour Change” with a focus on the analysis of initiatives to achieve universal health coverage; healthcare service demand; healthcare quality, pricing, and consumers’ satisfaction; sedentary lifestyles and management of lifestyle diseases; diet and adequate nutrition for health; health-promoting programme design and impacts; stress management; contemporary health issues; and alternative medicine.
Dr. Abayomi Samuel Oyekale
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- universal health coverage
- health care service demand
- healthcare quality, pricing and consumers’ satisfaction
- changes to sedentary lifestyles
- management of lifestyle diseases
- diets and adequate nutrition for health
- health programme design and impacts
- stress management
- contemporary issues in alternative medicine
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