Informatics, People, and Planetary Health
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: closed (31 May 2020) | Viewed by 352
Special Issue Editor
Interests: population health informatics, health care quality, maternal-child health, intervention effectiveness research, environmental health, outcomes evaluation
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (IJERPH) is currently organizing a Special Issue on People and the Planet: Using Informatics to Understand the Health of Individuals, Communities, and the Environment. For detailed information on the journal, I refer you to https://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijerph.
According to the World Health Organization (WHO, 2009), understanding the relationships between planetary and human health is a priority for scientists and clinicians. Gutpa et al. (2019) urge scientists and clinicians alike to communicate the unprecedented environmental degradation that now threatens both human health and our global life-support system. Data science/informatics is both an exploratory method and explanatory science that can contribute to critical conversations through the provision of data-driven solutions. Cross-cutting methods are needed to link individuals, communities, their local environments, and planetary health. Developing informatics strategies for understanding human health within the context of community and environment, as well as understanding the cost of human health optimization in the context of planetary health is crucial in transforming the conversation toward establishing a win–win approach for optimizing both human and planetary health. Furthermore, the value proposition for optimizing both human and planetary health must be addressed if health systems are to be engaged in the conversations.
This Special Issue will explore the use of informatics approaches toward addressing and resolving the gap between human, community, environmental, and planetary health outcomes. The keywords listed below provide an overview of some of the possible areas of interest.
Dr. Karen A. Monsen
Guest Editor
Reference
- World Health Organization (WHO; Healthy Hospitals, Healthy Planet, Healthy People: Addressing Climate Change in Healthcare Settings: Discussion Draft. In Healthy Hospitals, Healthy Planet, Healthy People: Addressing Climate Change in Healthcare Settings: Discussion Draft 2010. World Health Organization (WHO): Healthcare Without Harm.
- Gupta J, Hurley F, Grobicki A, Keating T, Stoett P, Baker E, Guhl A, Davies J, Ekins P. Communicating the Health of the Planet and Its Links to Human Health. The Lancet Planetary Health. 2019 May 1; 3(5): e204–6.
Prof. Karen A. Monsen
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- recent advances in planetary health metrics
- prevention
- informatics
- community
- environment
- terminology
- outcome measures
- multimorbidity
- intervention
- ecological framework
- human cost
- environmental factors
- population health
- healthcare settings
- experience and perception (patients, carers, and practitioners)
- planetary health
- healthcare value
