Environmental Factors, Children’s Health and Safety

Dear Colleagues,

We are organizing a Special Issue on “Environmental Factors, Children’s Health and Safety” under the section of Children’s Health in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.

Exposure to environmental and lifestyle factors during the prenatal, or even preconception period, and in the first years of life may have an impact on a children’s development and health across their whole life course. At present, special attention is focused on endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs); however, there is still concern about the health impact of air pollution, climate change, heavy metals, and life-style related factors, including diet and nutrition, physical activity, substance abuse, as well as tobacco smoke. The social context and genetic susceptibility need to also be considered. All of the mentioned factors interact with each other and should be considered as part of the complex exposure that may affect offspring, causing adverse health effects. The following child health outcomes related to environmental exposure are of special interest: birth weight, adiposity, and cardiometabolic, respiratory, and neurodevelopmental health effects. Finally, prevention in public health is not enough when it comes to the protection of children’s environmental health. Health policies on intervention, implementation of best practices to protect children, and measures to avoid unnecessary exposures during the early stages of life should all be more advanced, visible, and strengthened.

This Special Issue of IJERPH, entitled “Environmental Factors, Children’s Health and Safety”, welcomes the submission of manuscripts either describing original research or reviewing the scientific literature. Manuscripts must have a clear focus on investigating the association between exposure to environmental factors during prenatal and postnatal periods and pregnancy outcomes and children’s health and development, respectively. Special emphasis will be given to evaluation, and implementation of interventions aimed at improvement of children’s health.

Dr. Kinga Polanska
Dr. Peter van den Hazel
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 250 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for assessment.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2500 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.