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Palliative Care Delivery: Promoting Accessibility, Equity, and Quality of Life

edited by Katie Nelson

submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 434 | Submission Open

Keywords: palliative care; serious illness; supportive care; death and dying; quality of life; psychosocial functioning; health equity; health disparities; ethics

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

Fate, Transport and Remediation of per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances

edited by

Jay N. Meegoda

and

Jitendra Kewalramani

submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | Viewed by 414 | Submission Open

Keywords: emerging contaminant; PFASs; fate and transport; thermal destruction; non-thermal destruction; separation technologies; cost– benefit analysis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sciences)

Health Impact of Heavy Metal and Organic Pollution in Marine and Terrestrial Environments

edited by Ho Man Leung and

Wai Chin Li

submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | Viewed by 386 | Submission Open

Keywords: persistent organic pollutants; heavy metals; ecosystem services; bioaccumulation; biomagnification; ecological risk assessment; ecological footprint

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sciences)

Advancing Health Equity: Challenges and Opportunities

edited by

Victoria Smye

submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 337 | Submission Open

Keywords: health equity; social justice; intersectionality; social and structural determinants of health; sustainable development goals; cultural safety; cultural humility; trauma- and violence-informed care; harm reduction/substance use health; health care; digital health/information science

(This special issue belongs to the Section Global Health)

HIV Care Engagement and Quality of Life Among People Living with HIV

edited by Chadwick K. Campbell

submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | Viewed by 250 | Submission Open

Keywords: quality of life; HIV care engagement; ART adherence; HIV stigma; intersectionality; intersectional stigma; social and structural determinants; HIV clinical outcomes; long-acting injectable ART

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

Occupational Health and Prevention of Work-Related Diseases

edited by

Heather Scott-Marshall

submission deadline 10 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 626 | Submission Open

Keywords: occupational health; workplace safety; psychosocial risks; ergonomics; workplace wellness; occupational stress; injury prevention; health promotion programs; workplace fatigue; health and safety regulations

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Health)

Advancing Health Services and Systems for Vulnerable Populations including People with Chronic Conditions

edited by

Chiung-Jung (Jo) Wu

Xiang-Yu Hou

and

Lijun Fan

submission deadline 15 Aug 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 20959 | Submission Open

Keywords: health system; health policy; health services; health programs; health evaluation; patients; patient-centred care; primary healthcare; hospital care; tertiary healthcare; transitional healthcare; chronic diseases; chronic conditions; treatment; medication; surgery self-management; cancer; cardiovascular diseases; mental health; diabetes; dementia; overweight and obesity

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

Health Promotion and Quality of Life Improvement among Patients with Prostate Cancer

edited by Dalnim Cho

submission deadline 30 Aug 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2947 | Submission Open

Keywords: prostate cancer; quality of life; health and well-being; cancer disparities; social determinants of health; advanced prostate cancer

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

Migrant Health Challenges in Infectious and Non-Communicable Disease Epidemiology

edited by

Christian Wejse

and Tara Ballav Adhikari

submission deadline 30 Aug 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1592 | Submission Open

Keywords: migrant health; infectious disease epidemiology; refugees; screening; prevention and treatment; vulnerable populations; cross-cultural health; health disparities; healthcare access

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

Health Promotion and Mental Health Among People with Breast Cancer

edited by Cannas Kwok

submission deadline 30 Aug 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1304 | Submission Open

Keywords: breast cancer; health promotion; mental health; cancer survivorship; women’ s health

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

Improving the Quality of Maternity Care

edited by

Ruth E. Zielinski

submission deadline 30 Aug 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 761 | Submission Open

Keywords: pregnancy; childbirth; postpartum; maternal health; perinatal outcomes; respectful maternity care; evidence based maternity care; obstetric care; midwifery care

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

Prevention and Treatment of Trauma-Related Mental Illness

edited by Clint A. Bowers and Deborah C. Beidel

submission deadline 30 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 325 | Submission Open

Keywords: PTSD; peer support; virtual environments; post-traumatic growth; exposure therapy; cognitive processing therapy

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

Falls and Risk Factors for Falls among Older Adult Populations: Implications for Treatment and Monitoring Strategies

edited by

Deborah A. Jehu

and

Ryan S. Falck

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 18082 | Submission Open

Keywords: aging; falls; falls risk factors; frailty; therapeutic intervention

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

Psychological Health and Benefits of Mindfulness-Based Interventions

edited by

Rachel G. Lucas-Thompson

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 14586 | Submission Open

Keywords: mindfulness-based intervention; mental health; well-being; underrepresented; psychological health; mHealth; health behaviors; mindfulness; randomized controlled trials

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

Promoting Mental Health and Wellbeing in Children and Young People at Risk

edited by

Marianne Singstad

and

Ottar Ness

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 13283 | Submission Open

Keywords: children at risk; mental health; wellbeing; health-promoting; early intervention; community; services; interdisciplinary collaboration

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

The Effect of the Physical Activity on the Health of People

edited by

Osvaldo Costa Moreira

and

Luis Leitão

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 10246 | Submission Open

Keywords: human health; exercise; resistance training; aerobic training; physical fitness; disease; elderly

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

Promoting Women's Sexual and Reproductive Health

edited by

Mandy J. Hill

and Angela M. Heads

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 9200 | Submission Open

Keywords: reproductive justice; women’ s health; reproductive health; bodily autonomy; sexual health; HIV and STI prevention; sex-positivity; pre-exposure and post-exposure prophylaxis; stigma; access to care

(This special issue belongs to the Section Global Health)

Mental Health Services in Primary Care Settings: Challenges, Opportunities and Best Practices

edited by

Maria do Perpétuo S. S. Nóbrega

and

Odete Araújo

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 4061 | Submission Open

Keywords: primary health care; mental health; health evaluation

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

Challenges and Opportunities for Digital Health Interventions to Improve Health Services Quality

edited by Sam Liu

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2255 | Submission Open

Keywords: digital health; mHealth; digital health interventions; healthcare service; health promotion

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

Trends in Modern Environmental Health

edited by

William A. Toscano

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1734 | Submission Open

Keywords: environmental health; public health; environmental exposure assessment; exposome; epigenetics; human health risk assessment; emerging environmental health hazards; mechanisms of environmental diseases; disease surveillance; systems toxicology perspective

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Health)

Health and Health Equity in Latin America

edited by Thankam S. Sunil

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1337 | Submission Open

Keywords: chronic diseases; social determinants of health; behavioral determinants; health disparities; policy differentials

(This special issue belongs to the Section Global Health)

Understanding Mental Health Problems from a Trauma-Informed Perspective

edited by

Hong Wang Fung

and

Anson Kai Chun Chau

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 667 | Submission Open

Keywords: trauma; trauma-informed perspective; complex PTSD; dissociation; public mental health

(This special issue belongs to the Section Global Health)

Addressing Healthcare Inequities for Older Adults: Challenges and Pathways to Equitable Healthcare Services

edited by

Elena S. Rotarou

and

Rafael Pizarro-Mena

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 515 | Submission Open

Keywords: ageing; older people; disability; health inequity; access to healthcare services; social determinants of health

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

Novel Transdisciplinary Methods to Address Environmental Justice in Maternal and Child Health

edited by Jonathan Yinhao Huang and Alana M. W. LeBrón

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 326 | Submission Open

Keywords: environmental justice; maternal and child health; health inequities; community-oriented; trans-disciplinary; novel data collection methods; mixed methods

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Health)

The Role of the Food Environment in the Health of Children and Adolescents

edited by Juliana Souza Oliveira

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 299 | Submission Open

Keywords: children and adolescents; food consumption; food environment; food system; healthy eating; malnutrition; obesity

(This special issue belongs to the Section Global Health)

How and Why Do Neighbourhood Environments Affect Population Mental Health?

edited by

Peter Congdon

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 239 | Submission Open

Keywords: mental health; urbanicity; psychosis; neighbourhood; biopsychosocial

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Health)

Risk Reduction for Health Prevention

edited by

Michel Kazatchkine

and Stéphanie Dagron

submission deadline 15 Sep 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1907 | Submission Open

Keywords: prevention; health promotion; harm/risk reduction; addictions; human rights; public health policies; health systems and financing prevention

(This special issue belongs to the Section Global Health)

Lifestyle Behaviors and Health Promotion in Young People

edited by

Dartagnan Pinto Guedes

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 21720 | Submission Open

Keywords: health behaviors; health outcome; health-promoting behaviors; physical activity; nutrition; lifestyle interventions; disease prevention; children; adolescents; young adults

Health, Safety, and Wellbeing in the Engineering and Construction Industry

edited by

Fidelis A. Emuze

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 17298 | Submission Open

Keywords: accident; construction; health; safety; wellbeing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Health)

Mental Health and Health Promotion in Young People

edited by

Margarida Gaspar De Matos

and

Diego Gomez-Baya

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 13232 | Submission Open

Keywords: mental health; adolescence; youth; thriving; positive development; risk prevention; health promotion

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

The Mental Well-Being of Caregivers: Impacts, Benefits and Advancements

edited by

Lawrence T. Lam

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 13219 | Submission Open

Keywords: caregivers; carers; mental well-being; psychological well-being; burden of caring; caregiver’ s mental health; positive aspects of caregiving; intervention; positive mental health

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

Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Mental Health Personal Recovery

edited by

Yasuhiro Kotera

, Jessica Jackson, Gülcan Garip,

Ann Kirkman

and Pilar Martin

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 11128 | Submission Open

Keywords: mental health personal recovery; recovery-oriented approach; cross-cultural views; global mental health; quality of life; meaning in life

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

Work–Life Policies, Employee Health and Well-Being

edited by Allison Williams and Bharati Sethi

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 11092 | Submission Open

Keywords: carer-employees; care economy; unpaid care work; carer-friendly workplace policies/ programs

(This special issue belongs to the Section Global Health)

Climate Change and Medical Responses

edited by

and

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 10754 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change; one health; planetary health; primary health care and prevention; research and prevention integration

Road Traffic Risk Assessment: Control and Prevention of Collisions

edited by

Martin Lavallière

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7720 | Submission Open

Keywords: road safety; traffic; driving; control; prevention; accident; crash; injury; risk

Environmental and Occupational Health: Exposure to Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC) and Gases

edited by

Claudiu T. Lungu

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4625 | Submission Open

Keywords: volatile organic compounds (VOC); neurological effects; exposure; solvents; respiratory protection; activated carbon; off-gassing; vapor emission.

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Health)

Breast Health and Cancer Awareness: Addressing Breast Cancer Disparities from Etiology to Survivorship

edited by Tisha Felder

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2726 | Submission Open

Keywords: breast health; breast cancer; prevention; risk factors; diagnosis and treatment; survivorship; screening tests; genetic testing; health disparities; social drivers of health; life course

(This special issue belongs to the Section Global Health)

Health-Related Risk Caused by Occupational Environmental Exposure

edited by

Luiz Bueno Da Silva

and

Elamara Marama De Araújo Vieira

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1817 | Submission Open

Keywords: occupational environmental exposure; ergonomics; physical risks; chemical risks; biological risks; predictive models; risk assessment; risk management; occupational health; occupational safety; public policies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Health)

The Current Research Trends on Public Mental Health in Sports and Exercise Settings

edited by

Heriberto Antonio Pineda-Espejel

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1740 | Submission Open

Keywords: sport psychology; team cohesion; sport performance; personal standards; social standards; healthy diet; social context; personality in sport; motivation; mental health; physical activity; exercise; sports body aesthetics

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

Unveiling Chronic Pain: Understanding Prevalence, Management, Psychiatric Comorbidity, and Inflammatory Mechanisms

edited by

Nóra Kerekes

, Marc Landry and

Ana María Sánchez-Pérez

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1628 | Submission Open

Keywords: chronic pain; psychiatric disorders; inflammation; quality of life; evidence-based investigations; innovative pain management; interdisciplinary evidence; healthcare challenges

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

Addicting Medications: Limited Therapeutics

edited by

Norman S. Miller

and Thersilla Oberbarnscheidt

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1547 | Submission Open

Keywords: addiction; opioids; marijuana; psychedelics; medications

(This special issue belongs to the Section Global Health)

Oral Health Surveillance and Care

edited by

Andrés Alonso Agudelo-Suárez

and

Guglielmo Campus

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 449 | Submission Open

Keywords: oral health; public health; public health surveillance; oral health surveillance; public dental health; dental health surveys; dental care; dental public health programs; community oral health; evidence-based dentistry; integrated health policies; oral epidemiology

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

Improving Health and Mental Wellness in Indigenous Communities

edited by

Vanessa Simonds

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 438 | Submission Open

Keywords: indigenous health equity; mental wellness in indigenous communities; culturally based interventions; community driven; participatory research; intergenerational trauma; decolonizing health and medicine; indigenous methodology; holistic wellness approaches; indigenous-led health initiatives

(This special issue belongs to the Section Global Health)

Implications of Climate Change and One Health Approach

edited by

Alessandra Sannella

and

Francesco Misiti

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

Keywords: one health approach; climate change; social impact; environment; biomarkers; air-land-water pollution; extreme temperature; non-communicable diseases

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Health)

Social Support for Social Services: Addressing the Well-Being of Social Workers

edited by Nuzha Allassad Alhuzail

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 276 | Submission Open

Keywords: social support; social resilience; indigenous knowledge as a resource; innovation and innovation in the workplace; professional networks; professional well-being; burnout prevention; job satisfaction; work-life balance; professional development

(This special issue belongs to the Section Global Health)

Oxidative Potential as a New Metric for Evaluating the Health Effects of Air Pollution

edited by Ian Mudway

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 273 | Submission Open

Keywords: oxidative potential; oxidative stress; reactive oxygen species; air pollution; metals; redox

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Health)

Building and Sustaining the Health Care Workforce for Marginalized Communities

edited by Michelle J. Ko

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 264 | Submission Open

Keywords: health workforce; healthcare professionals; healthcare workers; underserved communities; health professions shortage areas; diversity; equity and inclusion; community health workers; lay professionals

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

Understanding Health Risks and Protective Factors in Youth Delinquency

edited by

Adam Schmidt

and April G. Thomas

submission deadline 1 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1405 | Submission Open

Keywords: justice-involved youth; juvenile delinquency; juvenile justice; resilience; health disparities; chronic health conditions; protective factors; developmental psychopathology; developmental neuroscience; child psychology; forensic psychology; developmental mechanisms

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

The Impact of Emotional Expression in Social Media on Quality of Life

edited by

Tal Laor

and

Yair Galily

submission deadline 13 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 263 | Submission Open

Keywords: emotional expression; social media; quality of life; digital communication; well-being; mental health; community; isolation; cultural implications; online interactions

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

Women and Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis for HIV Prevention

edited by

Whitney C. Irie

submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 896 | Submission Open

Keywords: HIV prevention; women and PrEP; intersectionality; gender power dynamics; adolescent girls and young women; healthcare access; stigma and discrimination; structural inequalities

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

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