Public Health and Social Change
A special issue of Social Sciences (ISSN 2076-0760).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 October 2025 | Viewed by 2053
Special Issue Editors
Interests: community-engaged evaluation and research, especially using qualitative and mixed methods, and health equity for populations by income, gender, race ethnicity, sexuality, rurality and disability
Interests: the role of geographic mobility in people’s access to care, the environments in which they live and work, and their health care utilization; the impact of other social determinants of health, including gender inequity, on people’s health outcomes; the innovative use of participatory and qualitative and mixed methods research methodologies to improve health research and practice
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue will focus on improving community health and addressing health inequities through a commitment to social justice. Many factors impact communities’ access to health care, the quality of health care, and health outcomes. Important determinants such as housing or education are themselves impacted by income and historical discrimination. As worse health outcomes for structurally marginalized communities have become increasingly recognized, the importance of addressing disparities has become clearer. We welcome contributions that aim for a deeper understanding of the connections between specific determinants and health outcomes, especially when coupled with intervention approaches and efforts to eliminate differences in health outcomes. Work that engages diverse perspectives and community partners is encouraged. We welcome approaches using qualitative, mixed, and/or community-engaged methods. Special attention will be given to manuscripts that describe how public health researchers and practitioners engage communities to build equitable partnerships, define problems, set priorities, craft solutions, or showcase effective interventions.
Dr. Thistle I. Elias
Dr. Zoé Mistrale Hendrickson
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- health disparities
- health equity
- community engaged
- social justice
- qualitative
- mixed methods
- marginalized communities
- vulnerable populations
- social determinants of health
- evaluation
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