Special Issue "Primary Care and Geriatric Nursing"
A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Nursing".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 January 2024 | Viewed by 10297
Special Issue Editors

Interests: healthy aging; complex interventions; falls; community health interventions; public health interventions; fundamental care; chronic disease

Interests: social prescribing; health literacy; healthy aging; complex interventions; falls

Interests: falls; transitional care; knowledge transfer; home security; musculoskeletal disorders
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The increase in life expectancy, in chronic diseases, the number of older people with disabilities, functional decline, and dementias have changed the morbidity profile and contributed to the emergence of new healthcare needs that promote health literacy and increase autonomy and independence so that the person can age within the community and at home.
This challenges and weaknesses in research and healthcare to this population, especially the most vulnerable and those with lower levels of health literacy, became clear during the COVID-19 pandemic, which contributed to isolation and difficulties in accessing care and aggravated some situations of chronicity, hindering the pooling of efforts to meet the emerging needs of individuals, families, and the community, conditioning support to elderly people and hindering transition to the role of informal caregivers.
In this Special Volume dedicated to “Primary Care and Geriatric Nursing”, we challenge nurses and other professionals to disseminate studies, systematic reviews, and experience reports focused on new models of care delivery to community-dwelling older people and caregivers—interventions that promote active aging in the context of people's lives, ensuring and enhancing community resources, for example, through social prescription, chronic disease management in the community, and accident prevention in the community and safety in this care practice environment.
Prof. Dr. Maria Adriana Henriques
Prof. Dr. Andreia Costa
Prof. Dr. Cristina Lavareda Baixinho
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- social prescribing
- health literacy
- healthy ageing
- complex interventions
- falls
- community health interventions
- public health interventions
- transitional care
- fundamental care
- home security
Planned Papers
The below list represents only planned manuscripts. Some of these manuscripts have not been received by the Editorial Office yet. Papers submitted to MDPI journals are subject to peer-review.
- social prescribing
- health literacy
- healthy ageing
- complex interventions
- falls
- community health interventions
- public health interventions
- transitional care
- fundamental care
- home security