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Mental Health Across the Breast Cancer Survivorship Continuum: Risk Factors and Outcomes in Diverse and Understudied Populations

edited by Sarah Nechuta

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 345 | Submission Open

Keywords: cancer survivorship; mental health; psychosocial well-being; depression; anxiety; health disparities; underserved populations; quality of life; morbidity; mortality

(This special issue belongs to the Section Global Health)

Advancing Youth Mental Health: Innovations, Integration, and Equity

edited by

Peter Memiah

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 241 | Submission Open

Keywords: youth mental health; global health; digital technology; mental health comorbidities; integrated care; mental health equity; access

(This special issue belongs to the Section Global Health)

Integration of Cyberspace Behavior and E-Therapy in Mental Health Care

edited by

Jorge Oliveira

Pedro Gamito

and Sofia Mateus Francisco

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 82 | Submission Open

Keywords: cyberspace behavior; E-therapy; mental health care; AI

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

Physical Activity, Physical Education, Exercise and Public Health

edited by

Francisco Pradas de la Fuente

Lazar Toskić

and

Alejandro Moreno-Azze

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 56 | Submission Open

Keywords: physical activity; physical education; exercise interventions; public health; mental health; performance enhancement; injury prevention; wearable technology; health assessment; sports science; multidisciplinary approaches

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

Identifying Environmental and Biopsychosocial Risk and Protective Factors for Adolescent Cannabis Use in a Changing Global Context

edited by Christopher J. Hammond and Kathryn Van Eck

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 36 | Submission Open

Keywords: youth cannabis use; cannabis use disorders; risk factors; protective factors; resiliency; environmental exposures; drug policy; poly-drug use; co-occurring disorders and psychiatric comorbidity; cannabis use prevention and early intervention approaches; public health strategies; population-level analyses and approaches

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

The Management of Nutrition and Obesity: Second Edition

edited by Rachel E. Scherr

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 19 | Submission Open

Keywords: food insecurity; obesity prevention; policies; systems; and environments; public health programs; food environment; social safety net programs for health; food justice

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

Progress Toward the UNAIDS 95-95-95 Targets for HIV Care Cascade

edited by

Alfred Musekiwa

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 18 | Submission Open

Keywords: HIV care cascade; 95-95-95; HIV testing; ART initiation; viral load suppression (VLS)

(This special issue belongs to the Section Global Health)

Active Health Promotion in Older Age

edited by Luis Henrique Telles da Rosa

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 14 | Submission Open

Keywords: aging; exercise; physical activity; fall; cognitive impairment; sarcopenia; frailty; functional capacity; healthy aging

(This special issue belongs to the Section Global Health)

Substance Misuse and Mental Health Among Young Adults

edited by

Andrea L. Paiva

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 11 | Submission Open

Keywords: young adults; substance misuse; mental health; prevention; harm reduction; cannabis; depression; college students; health disparities; community-based research

(This special issue belongs to the Section Global Health)

Access and Utilization of Maternal Health Services in Rural Areas

edited by Alessandra N. Bazzano

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 5 | Submission Open

Keywords: rural maternal health; access to care; health service utilization; community-engaged research; implementation science; workforce development; telehealth and digital tools; public health systems; life course approaches

(This special issue belongs to the Section Global Health)

Air Pollution Exposure and Its Impact on Human Health

edited by

Nedim Durmus

submission deadline 1 Jul 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 179 | Submission Open

Keywords: air pollution; particulate matter (PM); human health; respiratory diseases; cardiovascular diseases; environmental exposure; urban air quality; epidemiology; public health policy; pollution mitigation; climate– health interactions; wildfire smoke; extreme weather and air quality; drug pollution

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Health)

The Effect of Social Media on Adolescent Health Behaviors and Health-Related Outcomes

edited by Samantha Marsh

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3590 | Submission Open

Keywords: social media; adolescents; health; psychological distress; anxiety; attention; physical health; attachment; parent– child relationship; intervention

(This special issue belongs to the Section Global Health)

Association of Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior with Older Adults’ Health

edited by

Mauro Lúcio Mazini Filho

and

Luis Leitão

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 78 | Submission Open

Keywords: physical activity in older adults; healthy aging; sedentary behavior; frailty; multicomponent exercise; health promotion; energy metabolism; mental health in aging; resistance training; aerobic training

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

Strength, Function, and Independence: Public Health Innovative Approaches to Muscle Health in Aging

edited by

Ricardo Aurélio Carvalho Sampaio

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 43 | Submission Open

Keywords: activities of daily living; aging; body composition; exercise intervention; frailty; innovative assessment; muscle power; muscle strength; physical function; sarcopenia

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

Cultural Resilience and Health Equity: Centering on American Indian and Alaska Native Communities

edited by Vanessa Hiratsuka

submission deadline 1 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 53 | Submission Open

Keywords: health promotion; culturally based interventions; community driven; participatory research; physical; mental; emotional; and spiritual health; decolonizing health and medicine; Indigenous methodology; Indigenous-led health initiatives

Primary Care: Nursing’s Contributions to Improving Access and Quality of Care

edited by Helena Eri Shimizu

submission deadline 1 Aug 2026 | Submission Open

Keywords: primary care; quality of care; integrality; patient safety; access to health services; longitudinality

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

Psychological Distress in Adolescents: Its Prevalence and Relation to Addictive Behaviors

edited by

Anika Toorie

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 617 | Submission Open

Keywords: psychosocial stress; anxiety; adolescent; addiction; depression; endocrine physiology; neurodevelopment; behavioral neuroscience; substance misuse/abuse; motivated behavior

(This special issue belongs to the Section Global Health)

Bridging the Gap in Studies on the Food Environment: The State-of-the-Art in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs): 2nd Edition

edited by

Mariana Carvalho de Menezes

, Larissa Loures Mendes and Ariene Silva do Carmo

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 31 | Submission Open

Keywords: food environment; nutrition environment; low- and middle-income countries; food system; food stores; food retail; environmental health; community food environment; organizational food environment; consumer food environment; information food environment; home food environment; digital food environment; built environment; social environment; food swamp; food desert; food labeling; food promotion; food price

Breaking Down Barriers: Ensuring Healthcare Access for Migrant and Refugee Communities

edited by

Sana Malik

and Miguel Muñoz-Laboy

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 367 | Submission Open

Keywords: immigrant; refugee; and migrant populations; healthcare access; health disparities; health equity; healthcare policy; social determinants of health; cultural barriers to healthcare; health and mental health services for displaced populations; migrant health challenges; global public health; healthcare access inequities

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

Managing and Promoting the Mental Health of People with Psychiatric Comorbidities

edited by

Krzysztof Krysta

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 126 | Submission Open

Keywords: comorbidities; mental health; integration; diagnosis; disorders

(This special issue belongs to the Section Global Health)

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