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Public Health Consequences of Social Isolation and Loneliness

edited by

Ami Rokach

and

David Berman

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 14 articles | Viewed by 72596 | Submission Open

Keywords: loneliness; isolation; alienation; public health; illness; intervention strategies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Behavioral and Mental Health)

Mental Health and Wellbeing of Children and Adolescents

edited by

Diana Arabiat

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 11 articles | Viewed by 27183 | Submission Open

Keywords: mental health; social health; physical health; wellbeing indicators; coping; children and adolescents

(This special issue belongs to the Section Behavioral and Mental Health)

Oral Diseases: Prevention, Diagnosis and Treatment

edited by

Razia Abdool Gafaar G. Khammissa

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 10 articles | Viewed by 26605 | Submission Open

Keywords: oral medicine; oral lesions; oral health; multidisciplinary approach; soft tissue lesions

Innovative Strategies and Global Perspectives in Nursing Education

edited by

Jennie C. De Gagne

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 25955 | Submission Open

Keywords: innovative teaching strategies; competency development; impact of technology; clinical education strategies; assessment and evaluation; curriculum design and development; evidence-based approaches; interprofessional education; cultural competence; social determinants of learning

(This special issue belongs to the Section Health Care Sciences)

Health Promotion and Interventions for Marginalized Mothers and Children

edited by

Shela Hirani

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 17111 | Submission Open

Keywords: marginalized; vulnerable; women; mother; children; health promotion; interventions

(This special issue belongs to the Section Global Health)

Health Intervention for Young Children with or at Risk for Disabilities

edited by Michelle Heys

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 16413 | Submission Open

Keywords: children and young people; disability; health systems; intervention development; implementation science; equity

(This special issue belongs to the Section Health Care Sciences)

Family Caregiving of Older Adults

edited by Hanne Konradsen and Zarina Kabir

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 14945 | Submission Open

Keywords: family caregiving; family health; older adults; care partner

(This special issue belongs to the Section Health Care Sciences)

Analysis Approaches for Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

edited by

Lihua Li

Bian Liu

and

Liangyuan Hu

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 12888 | Submission Open

Keywords: disease prevention; health promotion; health intervention; analysis approach; statistical modeling; impact analysis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Infectious Diseases, Chronic Diseases, and Disease Prevention)

Physical Activity and Health: Strategies and Action Plans to Prevent Public Health Risks

edited by

C. Eduardo Siqueira

and

Rodrigo Daminello Raimundo

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 11938 | Submission Open

Keywords: physical activity; exercise; healthy lifestyles; prevention health risks; physical therapy; metabolic diseases

(This special issue belongs to the Section Exercise and Health-Related Quality of Life)

Global Migrants and Refugees: Recent Trends, Health Inequities and Aging

edited by

Lillian Mwanri

, Nnaemeka Meribe and

William Mude

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 11560 | Submission Open

Keywords: global migrant trends; migrant health and health equities; mental health; population aging; human rights and international law

(This special issue belongs to the Section Global Health)

Workplace Health and Wellbeing Research and Evaluation

edited by

Iffath Syed

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 11177 | Submission Open

Keywords: diversity; inclusion; health equity; long COVID; critical disability; workplace disability; work and health; occupational health and safety; public health

(This special issue belongs to the Section Global Health)

Health Impact of Physical Activity on Injury Rehabilitation and in Treatment of Chronic Diseases

edited by

Anna Lipert

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 10006 | Submission Open

Keywords: physical activity; injury; rehabilitation; sport; treatment; training; intervention; approach; health promotion; chronic disease

(This special issue belongs to the Section Exercise and Health-Related Quality of Life)

Holistic Approach to Pregnancy, Childbirth and Postpartum Period

edited by

Zaneta Kimber-Trojnar

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 8832 | Submission Open

Keywords: pregnancy; childbirth; puerperium; breastfeeding; maternal health; maternity care; postpartum depression; maternal programming; lactation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Global Health)

Clinical Communication in Rehabilitation

edited by

Irene P. Carvalho

and

Artemisa R Dores

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 7875 | Submission Open

Keywords: patient– provider communication; empathy; emotions; difficult communications; interprofessional communication; neucognitive rehabilitation; bad news; health professionals

(This special issue belongs to the Section Health Care Sciences)

Second Edition of the Intersections of Public Health, Sexuality, and Communication

edited by

Yachao Li

Emily Scheinfeld

and

John C. Pollock

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7649 | Submission Open

Keywords: sexuality; sexual communication; sexual risk-taking; health education; sexual interventions; condom use; sexually transmitted infections; COVID-19 and sexuality; LGBTQ+; emerging adulthood; family communication; relational communication

(This special issue belongs to the Section Behavioral and Mental Health)

Promoting Mentation: Assessment and Support for Dementia, Depression and Delirium

edited by Peter Reed and Jennifer Carson

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 7477 | Submission Open

Keywords: dementia; depression; delirium; early detection and diagnosis; comprehensive assessment; community-based supports and services; community-based participatory research; caregiver support; provider education

(This special issue belongs to the Section Health Care Sciences)

Prevention of High-Risk Behaviors in Adolescence

edited by

Robert Andrew Yockey

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4909 | Submission Open

Keywords: adolescent health; prevention; epidemiology; health promotion; adolescence

(This special issue belongs to the Section Behavioral and Mental Health)

Feature Papers in Environmental Exposure and Toxicology

edited by

and

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 4366 | Submission Open

Keywords: environmental and occupational exposure; public health; risk assessment; biomarkers; analytical chemistry; sensoristic application; in vivo and in vitro studies/models; epidemiology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sciences)

Access to Public Health Services and Challenges to Healthcare Management

edited by

Isabella Piassi Dias Godói

and Carlos Podalirio Borges de Almeida

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 4093 | Submission Open

Keywords: access to public health services; quality of public health services; social control; healthcare management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Health Care Sciences)

Addressing Social Determinants of Health to Improve Latino Health Outcomes

edited by Jennifer Salinas

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3480 | Submission Open

Keywords: social determinants of health; Latinos; Hispanics; Latin America; United States; health; mental health; evidence-based interventions; epidemiological

(This special issue belongs to the Section Global Health)

Future Global Vaccination Strategies: Lessons from Early 21st Century Challenges

edited by

Toomas Timpka

, James M. Nyce, Elin A. Gursky and Armin Spreco

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1165 | Submission Open

Keywords: vaccination; global health; epidemiology; immunology; virology; modeling; health systems; health policy; cross-cultural studies; health services research

(This special issue belongs to the Section Infectious Diseases, Chronic Diseases, and Disease Prevention)

The Dark Side and the Light Side of Technology Related Stress and Stress Related to Workplace Innovations: 2nd Edition

edited by

Gabriele Giorgi

Nicola Mucci

and Monica Thiel

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1067 | Submission Open

Keywords: innovation; occupational health; business; government; personal formation; techno-anxiety; techno-addiction; techno-strain; work-related stress; dehumanization

(This special issue belongs to the Section Behavioral and Mental Health)

Bipolar Spectrum Disorders: Longitudinal Factors Associated with Risk and Improvement

edited by

María Andreu Pascual

and

Heather Hower

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 747 | Submission Open

Keywords: bipolar spectrum disorders; major depressive disorder; hypo/mania; longitudinal studies; risk factors; outcomes; suicidality; psychosocial functioning; psychosocial treatment; psychopharmacology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Behavioral and Mental Health)

Means of Promoting Health Benefits Derived from the Forest Environment to the General Public

edited by

Hiroko Ochiai

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 675 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest environment; forest medicine; health promotion; preventive medicine; mental health; physical health

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Health)

Health Nursing Using Technology-Mediated Interventional Approaches

edited by Linda Duffett-Leger

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 637 | Submission Open

Keywords: e-health; e-mental health; virtual care; wearable devices; artificial intelligence; data-centered decision support; personalized digital solutions; intelligent patient-centered care

(This special issue belongs to the Section Health Care Sciences)

Effects of Exercise on Cognitive Functioning

edited by

Luis Carrasco Páez

Inmaculada C. Martínez-Díaz

and

Rizki Mulyawan

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 440 | Submission Open

Keywords: physical activity; exercise; cognitive functioning; executive functions; muscle– brain crosstalk; myokines; neuroplasticity; academic achievement; cognitive impairment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Exercise and Health-Related Quality of Life)

Developing Strategies to Reduce Stress and Promote Health and Wellbeing in Technology Use in Both Learning and Work Environments

edited by

Maria Lidia Mascia

and Diego Bellini

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 343 | Submission Open

Keywords: new technologies; wellbeing; health; technostress; best practices and strategies; learning and work environments

Alcohol Consumption and Associated Cardiovascular Risk Factors

edited by

Ichiro Wakabayashi

and

Klaus Groschner

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 303 | Submission Open

Keywords: alcohol; atherosclerosis; cardiovascular disease; drinkers; ethanol; ischemic heart disease; risk factors

(This special issue belongs to the Section Infectious Diseases, Chronic Diseases, and Disease Prevention)

Artificial Intelligence and Sustainable Food Systems for Public Health Promotion

edited by

and

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 283 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; sustainable food systems; food security; public health; precision agriculture; food waste reduction; nutritional outcomes; machine learning; supply chain optimization; predictive analytics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Global Health)

Reducing Inequalities in Women’s Reproductive Health

edited by Kafuli Agbemenu

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 207 | Submission Open

Keywords: sexual and reproductive health; contraception access; reproductive rights; reproductive equity; autonomy; and justice; maternal health; family planning; sexual health education; gender-based violence; health disparities; pre- and postnatal care; STI prevention

(This special issue belongs to the Section Global Health)

Media Psychology and Health Communication

edited by

Juan José Igartua Perosanz

submission deadline 1 Jul 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 20237 | Submission Open

Keywords: narrative persuasion; framing; fear appeals; positive emotions; entertainment– education; public service announcements (PSAs); restorative narratives; exergames; smartphone applications; health message tailoring; COVID-19 pandemic; vaccine hesitancy; cancer prevention; smoking prevention; diabetes prevention; organ donation; alcohol consumption prevention; physical activity promotion

(This special issue belongs to the Section Global Health)

Hospitals’ Contribution to the Geographies of Social and Economic Innovation

edited by

Paula Santana

Teresa Sá Marques

Hélder Santos

and Rui Gama

submission deadline 7 Jul 2025 | Viewed by 1905 | Submission Open

Keywords: translational research; geography of innovation; well-being; hospitals; health innovation networks; economic and social development

(This special issue belongs to the Section Health Care Sciences)

Perceptions of Women, Child and Adolescents' Oral Health

edited by

Fernanda Ferreira Lopes

submission deadline 15 Jul 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3785 | Submission Open

Keywords: oral health; women's health; mother– child interactions; child health; adolescent health; oral medicine; periodontal diseases; tooth diseases; mouth diseases

(This special issue belongs to the Section Global Health)

uHealth Interventions and Digital Therapeutics for Better Diseases Prevention and Patient Care

edited by

Silvia Gabrielli

submission deadline 15 Jul 2025 | Viewed by 487 | Submission Open

Keywords: uHealth; evidence-based; digital therapeutics; behavior-change interventions for health; virtual coaching; public health interventions; prevention; healthy lifestyles; ehealth services; virtual reality

(This special issue belongs to the Section Health Care Sciences)

Adolescent Nutrition and Health

edited by

Stefania Ruggeri

and

Laura Censi

submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 25033 | Submission Open

Keywords: adolescent; nutrition; health; dietary pattern; micro macronutrient; malnutrition; overweight/obesity; physical activity; COVID-19 pandemic; effective interventions

(This special issue belongs to the Section Global Health)

Digital Innovations for Health Promotion

edited by

Holly Blake

submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 12494 | Submission Open

Keywords: digital Health; e-health; m-health; health promotion; health education; prevention; public health

(This special issue belongs to the Section Global Health)

Reducing Health Disparities: The Role of Health Literacy and Health Promotion

edited by Hae-Ra Han

submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 11521 | Submission Open

Keywords: health disparities; health literacy; health promotion; community; public health; health systems; social determinants of health; under-resourced communities; community engagement; community action for health; health equity

(This special issue belongs to the Section Global Health)

New Research on Mental Health in Sport

edited by

Lindsey Eberman

submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 10107 | Submission Open

Keywords: mental health; mental wellness; languishing; flourishing; behavioral health; counseling; depression; anxiety; trauma; well-being; mental exhaustion; psychology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Exercise and Health-Related Quality of Life)

Challenges and Advances in Nursing Practice in Latin America

edited by

Rejane C. Marques

, Elaine Maria Leite Rangel, Márcia Teles de Oliveira Gouveia and

José Wicto Pereira Borges

submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 7640 | Submission Open

Keywords: nursing; health system; nursing work environments; nursing practice; nursing education; vulnerabilities; global nursing; sustainable development

(This special issue belongs to the Section Health Care Sciences)

Perspectives in Global Health

edited by

Jimmy T. Efird

and

William Douglas Evans

submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 7426 | Submission Open

Keywords: global health; health promotion; wellbeing; improvement of quality of life; low- and middle-income countries

(This special issue belongs to the Section Global Health)

Risks to Human Health Caused by Exposure to Wastewater Contaminated with Metals and Microplastics

edited by Paulo Henrique Rocha Aride

submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 6839 | Submission Open

Keywords: contamination; water resources; effluents; waterborne diseases; chronic exposure

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Health)

Dental Treatment and Dental Health in Special Care Patients

edited by

M. Joaquín Nova García

submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5496 | Submission Open

Keywords: special dental care; dental care for disabled; dental health; oral health; special needs; disabilities; barriers to dental care; health disparities; health services accesibility; rare diseases; sedation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Health Care Sciences)

Foods and One Health

edited by

César Ozuna

, Elena Franco-Robles and

Esther Pérez-Carrillo

submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4989 | Submission Open

Keywords: nutrition; sustainability; food and nutrition security; healthy foods; food chain

(This special issue belongs to the Section Global Health)

End-of-Life Care and Nursing

edited by Hendrik Heers and Christian Volberg

submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3145 | Submission Open

Keywords: end-of-life care; palliative care; nursing; oncology; quality of life; hospice

(This special issue belongs to the Section Health Care Sciences)

Problematic Internet and Smartphone Use as a Public Health Concern

edited by Wen Li Anthony

submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2905 | Submission Open

Keywords: problematic internet use; problematic smartphone use; problematic social media use; internet addiction; smartphone addiction; digital well-being; problematic technology use; public health

Health Impacts of Resource Insecurity on Vulnerable Populations

edited by Patrick Mbullo Owuor,

Godfred O. Boateng

and

Elizabeth Onyango

submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2580 | Submission Open

Keywords: water insecurity; food insecurity; housing insecurity; energy insecurity; resource insecurity; low- and middle-income countries; sustainable development; gendered inequalities

(This special issue belongs to the Section Global Health)

The Health-Related Quality of Life of Older People with Chronic Disease

edited by César Fonseca and Elisabete Alves

submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1761 | Submission Open

Keywords: aging; chronic diseases; interventions; health-related outcomes; mental health; nursing; patient-centered care; quality of life

(This special issue belongs to the Section Infectious Diseases, Chronic Diseases, and Disease Prevention)

Transportation and Public Health: Pathways, Challenges, and Innovations

edited by Yong Yang

submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1199 | Submission Open

Keywords: transportation; active travel; public transit; autonomous vehicles; built environment; public health; health impact; health equity

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Health)

Digital Health Education in the Health Professions

edited by

Kevin T. Fuji

submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 967 | Submission Open

Keywords: digital health; health informatics; health information technology; health professions education; digital health education; health informatics education

(This special issue belongs to the Section Health Care Sciences)

Oral Health Outcomes from Childhood to Adulthood

edited by

Vandilson Rodrigues

submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 757 | Submission Open

Keywords: oral health; public health; chronic disease; periodontitis; dental caries; dental care; saliva; dental occlusion; apical periodontitis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Global Health)

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