Health Risks and Health Promotion among Unemployed People

Dear Colleagues,

The COVID-19 pandemic is a global health crisis, and it unleashed economic and jobs crises in many countries around the world. As a result, there is a risk of the rates of long-term unemployment increasing worldwide. This Special Issue, published in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, aims to analyze the relationship between mass unemployment and health, from the perspective of public health.

Firstly, this Special Issue intends to recruit articles pertaining to the differences in health status, morbidity and premature mortality between unemployed and employed people, arising from their social conditions. An additional topic of interest could concern the relationship between unemployment and suicide.

Secondly, it is well known that unemployment impairs health. However, less is known about healthy coping strategies to deal with unemployment. As a result of this gap in knowledge, in this Special Issue, we look forward to receiving intervention studies on health promotion, prevention measures, counselling, stress reduction, training or group services among unemployed people.

Thirdly, the relationship between unemployment and health behaviour could be examined.

Of particular interest are articles that focus on socially vulnerable groups, e.g., unemployed individuals with disabilities, migrants, youth, single parents or family caregivers. There will be a focus on empirical studies and theoretical articles. Moreover, international reviews and meta-analyses or policy analyses will also be considered.

Prof. Dr. Alfons Hollederer
Guest Editor

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