Family Caregiving, Nursing and Health Promotion
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 December 2025 | Viewed by 546
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Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to invite you to contribute to this Special Issue, “Family Caregiver, Nursing and Health Promotion”. As the demand for healthcare continues to rise, family caregivers play an essential yet often underrecognized role in supporting the health and well-being of individuals across the lifespan. Their contributions intersect with nursing and health promotion, shaping care delivery, health outcomes, and broader social determinants of health.
The Importance of This Research Area
Family caregivers provide a substantial proportion of care for individuals with chronic conditions, disabilities, and age-related health challenges. Their roles range from assisting with daily activities to managing complex medical tasks, often without formal training or adequate support. Nurses are key partners in empowering, educating, and supporting caregivers, ensuring they have the knowledge and resources needed to sustain their own health while caring for others. Addressing caregiver burden, resilience, and effective, practical nursing interventions is critical to advancing health promotion and improving both patient and caregiver outcomes.
Aim and Scope of the Special Issue
This Special Issue aims to explore the dynamic relationships between family caregiving, nursing practice, and health promotion, with a focus on research that enhances the well-being of both caregivers and care recipients. We welcome studies that examine innovative nursing interventions, health promotion strategies, and policies that recognize and integrate family caregivers as essential members of the healthcare system.
We encourage submissions that align with the journal’s focus on nursing, healthcare systems, and health promotion, particularly those that address interdisciplinary, evidence-based, and applied approaches to caregiver support.
Suggested Themes for Submissions
We welcome original research, reviews, theoretical papers, and practice-based studies on topics including, but not limited to, the following:
- Nursing interventions for family caregivers;
- Caregiver-centered care and health promotion strategies;
- Impact of family caregiving on physical and mental health;
- Equity, diversity, and inclusion in caregiving and nursing;
- Technological innovations and digital health for caregiver support;
- Workforce and policy approaches to supporting caregivers;
- Resilience, burnout prevention, and self-care among caregivers;
- Cross-cultural perspectives on family caregiving;
- Palliative and end-of-life care: the role of family caregivers and nurses.
We look forward to receiving your contributions and to advancing knowledge on this critical and timely topic.
Dr. Sharon Anderson
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- nursing interventions for family caregivers
- caregiver-centered care and health promotion strategies
- impact of family caregiving on physical and mental health
- equity, diversity, and inclusion in caregiving and nursing
- technological innovations and digital health for caregiver support
- workforce and policy approaches to supporting caregivers
- resilience, burnout prevention, and self-care among caregivers
- cross-cultural perspectives on family caregiving
- palliative and end-of-life care: the role of family caregivers and nurses
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