Inequities in Health and Well-Being
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 2026 | Viewed by 19
Special Issue Editors
Interests: evidence synthesis; health equity; social prescribing; self-management; ethnicity
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The historical origins of health equity research can be traced back to the early 1800s and are embedded in the development of public health. Despite this, health inequities continue to pose a significant public health concern, with over two-thirds of the world's population living in countries in which disparities have increased over the last 25 years. The COVID-19 pandemic further exacerbated existing health inequities and created new ones, particularly in access to healthcare, digital exclusion, and the disproportionate impact on certain at-risk groups. Understanding and addressing health inequity is widely acknowledged as a global health research priority.
Research on health equity has been shaped by multiple disciplines and varying methodological approaches, and as such, the scope of this special edition is intentionally broad. In addition to welcoming research aiming to better understand or address inequities in health and well-being, we are also interested in including health equity methodological research (e.g., frameworks or theory development) to support the advancement of research in this field. We will consider all quantitative or qualitative research study designs to include evidence synthesis reviews, intervention studies, observational studies, consensus method studies, qualitative interview studies, or surveys.
Dr. Ffion Curtis
Dr. Jamie Hartmann-Boyce
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- health inequality
- health inequity
- health disparities
- public health
- healthcare
- health policy
- research methods
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