Genomic Applications to Promote Public Health in the Context of Health Disparities

Dear Colleagues,

We are organizing a Special Issue for the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health on “Genomic Applications to Promote Public Health in the Context of Health Disparities”. For detailed information on the journal, I refer you to https://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijerph.

The field of public health genomics focuses on the effective translation of emerging genomic knowledge for health promotion and disease prevention. Evidence-based guidelines now support family history-based screening for some inherited conditions (e.g., hereditary breast cancer). However, early translation efforts have had limited reach outside of specialty clinical settings in metropolitan areas and to underrepresented minorities. The concern is that this limited reach will exacerbate existing disparities. To avert this, there are a number of important areas to address:

• Intervention research to evaluate approaches to expand the reach of genomic screening programs to minority populations and those living in rural settings.
• Communication research to evaluate strategies for conveying genomic risk in a broad array of settings.
• Community engagement research to evaluate partnerships to extend access to and uptake of genomic applications
• Dissemination and Implementation research to understand the adoption and sustainability of guideline implementation and other genomic applications for public health.

The keywords we have listed below are meant to suggest a few of the many possibilities. Inquiries regarding potential topics are welcome.

Dr. Colleen M. McBride
Dr. Yue Guan
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.