The Role of Surgical Systems in Promoting Public Health

Dear Colleagues,

Although seemingly procedurally oriented, surgical interventions especially in the context of organized systems of care are critical to the promotion of public health and improvement in public health measures. Surgical treatment of trauma and cancer are critical public health needs, as the lack of adequate surgical systems of care for these conditions has a dramatic impact on morbidity and mortality in society. The effects of surgical systems of care for trauma and cancer on public health are further highlighted in conditions of health disparity in which groups that lack of access to surgical care, have low socioeconomic status, lack social support, and suffer discrimination on the basis of race or ethnicity are subject to poorer outcomes as reflected in lower levels of baseline health and increased mortality.

Thus, in order to address public health, it is imperative that discussions of surgical care, especially as it concerns trauma and cancer care, be a central part of the solutions in programs to improve public health. On behalf of the International Journal of Environmental and Public Health, we are pleased to announce a Special Issue dedicated to exploring the role of surgical systems in promoting public health. We solicit original articles that explore how surgical systems affect public health and how those systems can be implemented in the setting of health disparities to affect those populations most in need. In particular, we aim to focus on how systems of trauma and cancer care with prominent roles for surgical practitioners fit into to public health programs and the effects they have on improving public health in communities in which they are established.

Prof. Dr. Wasim Dar
Guest Editor

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• public health
• surgical oncology
• trauma surgery
• health disparities
• surgical outcomes