Understanding and Addressing Factors Related to Health Inequalities
A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Global Health".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 April 2025 | Viewed by 828
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Our healthcare systems are faced with unprecedented challenges in providing health for all. The demand for healthcare services continues to rise, exacerbated by aging populations, chronic diseases, and evolving healthcare needs. Additionally, our reality is one of continues upheaval, with many countries facing political and social unrest in addition to global challenges, like the COVID-19 pandemic and climate change, arising one after the other.
According to the WHO constitution, "Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being", and this state is "one of the fundamental rights of every human being without distinction of race, religion, political belief, economic or social condition". To achieve this goal and reduce health inequalities, all different determinants of health must be considered, most of which are not under the jurisdiction of healthcare systems. The Health in All Policies approach aims to cope with this tension by integrating health considerations into policymaking across sectors and promoting collaborations between different sectors and stakeholders, and is central to this endeavor; however, after decades of research and implementation aiming to reduce health inequalities by using this approach, there are still many barriers to achieving health for all. Therefore, there is a need for systematic structural change and committed leadership in order to promote the reduction in health inequalities.
The aim of this Special Issue is to deepen understanding concerning factors related to health inequalities in the context of the current challenges facing our healthcare systems, and to elaborate on different ways to address them. Papers addressing these, or related, issues will be gladly considered.
Prof. Dr. Nadav Davidovitch
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- health inequalities on the local, regional, and global levels
- healthcare in peripheral, rural, and remote areas
- social determinants of health
- Health in All Policies
- vulnerable populations
- climate change and health
- health justice
- climate justice
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