Despair and Desires for Health Promotion After the COVID-19 Pandemic: Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 3
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 November 2025 | Viewed by 1079
Special Issue Editor
2. Associate Researcher, Department of Nursing, University of Limpopo, Polokwane, South Africa
Interests: self-leadership; youth; health service management
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
COVID-19 has contributed to critical setbacks for countries between their development abilities and meeting the expected requirements for sustainable development Goal 3 (SDG 3) by 2030. In developing countries, COVID-19 has had an imbalanced effect on different countries, policies, systems, education, socio-economic communities and groups, careers and service delivery to adapt to changes in internal (human being) and external environments. This Special Issue of the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (IJERPH) focuses on the promotion of health and wellbeing of communities after the COVID-19 pandemic to meet the desired outcomes set for SDG 3.
Numerous evidence-based studies have been conducted around this pandemic and lessons were learned and findings were made on empowering people to promote the effective management of their health. Health promotion and a pandemic entail more than a focus on individual behavior changes to manage diseases. Different levels of change are needed, from putting new systems and actions in place, which have an impact on communities and organizations, to the necessary governmental decision making and policy making that affect all people [1]. In this Special Issue, we encourage you to showcase your subject area and methods of health promotion to achieve Sustainable Development Goal 3 after the COVID-19 pandemic. We will accept manuscripts from different disciplines including health service management, nursing, education, community sciences, microbiology and related sciences, social interventions and human sciences. We encourage you to submit a research paper, methodological paper, review, case study, experiment, meta-analysis related to qualitative, qualitative and mixed method designs, position paper or brief report.
1. Van den Broucke, S. Why health promotion matters to the COVID-19 pandemic, and vice versa. Health Promot. Int. 2020, 35, 181–186. doi:10.1093/heapro/daaa042.
Prof. Dr. Karien Jooste
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- health promotion
- COVID-19
- SDG 3
- empowering behavior
- change management
- educational support
- challenges
- communication
- influences on health
- related diseases
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