Health Services for Migrants, Socioeconomically Disadvantaged Groups and Other Vulnerable Populations
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 & Services".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 April 2023) | Viewed by 5209
Special Issue Editors
Interests: epidemiology of social inequalities in health and healthcare; health of migrants; maternal and child health
Interests: social and environmental epidemiology
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
It is well known that access and quality of prevention and treatment may vary according to the socio-economic position of individuals, even in countries where there is a universal public health service, as in most European countries. This phenomenon appears to have been further exacerbated with the recent covid-19 pandemic. However, in some countries evidence on the existence of health inequalities have only recently begun to be collected. This monograph therefore, following the WHO-Europe recommendation calling on countries to “Do something, do more, do better” in tackling health inequalities, aims to gather more evidence on this topic in all European countries.
We welcome contributions on the extent, nature and determinants of socio-economic inequalities in access, quality and outcomes of health care. Space will also be given to studies concerning subgroups of the population in situations of greater vulnerability, such as immigrants, refugees, the elderly and disabled, using also a gender perspective. The second objective is to collect evidence on good practices, interventions or strategies that have been shown to have a significant impact on reducing inequalities in the access and quality of health services.
In line with the "Leaving no one behind" goal of the Joint Action on Health Equity Europe, this special issue will therefore attempt to promote awareness and knowledge on inequalities in health care and on the best strategies to reduce them.
Dr. Teresa Spadea
Dr. Giulia Cesaroni
Dr. Nicolás Zengarini
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- access to healthcare
- healthcare quality and outcomes
- prevention
- inequalities
- socioeconomic factors
- vulnerable populations
- immigrants
- interventions and policies
- health impact assessment
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