Addressing Health Inequities in Cardiovascular Care and Prevention
A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Health Care Sciences".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 July 2026 | Viewed by 877
Special Issue Editor
Interests: prevention and epidemiology of cardiovascular disease; understanding social determinants of cardiovascular health disparities and development of community-based interventions to reduce cardiovascular disease risk
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (IJERPH) is pleased to announce an upcoming Special Issue, dedicated to “Addressing Health Inequities in Cardiovascular Care and Prevention”. We are inviting researchers, scholars and practitioners to contribute their original research and review articles on this significant topic. Cardiovascular diseases, including coronary heart disease, heart failure, stroke, and hypertension, are leading causes of death and associated disparities globally. Cardiovascular disease mortality and prevalence vary among world regions and subpopulations, defined by race/ethnicity, sex, socioeconomic status, and educational level. Epidemiological studies have documented the importance of ideal levels of cardiovascular health components, which include behaviors (diet quality, physical activity, smoking) and health factors (blood cholesterol, body mass index, blood pressure, blood glucose), ranging from sleep health to overall cardiovascular health. Efforts to improve cardiovascular health will require sustained collaborations in communities and targeted invention strategies and resources aimed at improving awareness, treatment, and the control of major risk factors for death and disability. We welcome both theoretical and empirical papers that discuss, but are not limited to, the following topics:
Prevalence and secular trends, cardiovascular health, social determinants of health/health equity, risk factors and outcomes including smoking/tobacco use, physical activity and sedentary behavior, diet, overweight and obesity, high blood cholesterol, high blood pressure, diabetes, sleep, metabolic syndrome, kidney disease, stroke, coronary heart disease, heart failure, quality of care, prevention, awareness, treatment and control and economic cost of cardiovascular disease.
Dr. Vincent L. Mendy
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- cardiovascular diseases
- cardiovascular health
- cardiovascular care
- quality of care
- social determinants of health
- risk factors
- health equity
- health inequities
- health disparities
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