Healthcare

New Advances in Palliative Care

edited by

Georg Bollig

and

Erika Zelko

submission deadline 1 Sep 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4786 | Submission Open

Keywords: palliative care; advances; home death; hospital death; tele-palliative care; diverse patient groups

(This special issue belongs to the Section Nursing)

Addiction, Substance Use, and Mental Illness: A Public Health Perspective

edited by

Valerio Ricci

submission deadline 1 Sep 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2405 | Submission Open

Keywords: substance abuse; cannabinoids; psychosis; mental health; schizophrenia; novel psychoactive drugs; addiction

(This special issue belongs to the Section Medication Management)

Effects of Physical Activity on Psychological Function and Health

edited by

Bianca Miarka

and Ciro José Brito

submission deadline 1 Sep 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1346 | Submission Open

Keywords: exercise; emotional regulation; quality of life; healthcare; cognition

(This special issue belongs to the Section Health Assessments)

Importance of Empathy in Healthcare

edited by

Jerónimo González-Bernal

submission deadline 1 Sep 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1132 | Submission Open

Keywords: empathy; healthcare

(This special issue belongs to the Section Nursing)

Fall Prevention and Geriatric Nursing

edited by

Cristina Lavareda Baixinho

,

Andreia Costa

and

Maria Adriana Henriques

submission deadline 1 Sep 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 912 | Submission Open

Keywords: accidental falls; aged; nursing; risk; health literacy; healthy ageing; complex interventions; health interventions; fundamental care; patient safety

Mental Health and Nursing Care of Individuals with Cancer and Their Families—2nd Edition

edited by

Margaret Fitch

submission deadline 1 Sep 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 627 | Submission Open

Keywords: cancer care; mental health; family care; patient perspectives; caregiver health; family involvement; nursing care

Perioperative Medicine and Surgical Patients Safety

edited by Mohammad Reza Rasouli, Yian Chen and Edward R. Mariano

submission deadline 1 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 111 | Submission Open

Keywords: perioperative medicine; perioperative care; patient safety; risk management; perioperative optimization

Research on Sleep Medicine: Practice and Challenges

edited by Maria Basta

submission deadline 1 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 94 | Submission Open

Keywords: normal sleep; sleep habits; sleep apnea; insomnia; sleep disorders; sleep biomarkers; pharmacological/non pharmacological treatment

Advances and Challenges on Obesity and Its Related Metabolic Disease

edited by

Ines Villano

submission deadline 6 Sep 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 18638 | Submission Open

Keywords: metabolism; diet; body weight; lifestyle; inflammation; nutrition; metabolic disease; physical activity

(This special issue belongs to the Section Nutrition and Public Health)

Epidemiological Aspects and Physical Therapy Interventions for Sports Injury

edited by

Silvio Assis de Oliveira Junior

and Rodolfo André Dellagrana

submission deadline 6 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 116 | Submission Open

Keywords: sports injuries; epidemiology; biomechanics; athletic performance; injury prevention; periodization; physical fitness; sport physiology; training monitoring

(This special issue belongs to the Section Preventive Medicine)

Policy Interventions to Promote Health and Prevent Disease

edited by

Stephen M. Modell

submission deadline 7 Sep 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 13115 | Submission Open

Keywords: health policy; policy making; health promotion; prevention; guideline; legislation; delivery of health care; health services research; public health

(This special issue belongs to the Section Health Policy)

Innovations in Chronic Patient Management: Monitoring, Evaluation and Rehabilitation

edited by

Araceli Ortiz-Rubio

, Alejandro Heredia-Ciuro and Andrés Calvache-Mateo

submission deadline 10 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 292 | Submission Open

Keywords: chronic disease; chronic patient management; rehabilitation; monitoring; evaluation; healthcare

Integrated Care in Chronic Diseases

edited by

Victoria Alikari

and

Alexandra Mantoudi

submission deadline 13 Sep 2024 | 14 articles | Viewed by 24143 | Submission Open

Keywords: chronic disease management; integrated care; health related quality of life; patient-centred care; caregivers; healthcare professionals; complementary and alternative therapies; psychosocial health

(This special issue belongs to the Section Chronic Care)

Menopause Transition and Postmenopausal Health

edited by

Xuewen Wang

submission deadline 15 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 133 | Submission Open

Keywords: menopause transition; postmenopause; midlife; older women; health issues

New Insights into Understudied Phenomena in Healthcare

edited by

José Manuel Hernández Padilla

and

Cayetano Fernández-Sola

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 10 articles | Viewed by 14731 | Submission Open

Keywords: emerging diseases; new technologies; innovative healthcare approaches; rare diseases; innovative research methods; social dimension of health; patient rights; demographic challenges; understudied populations; vulnerable populations; gender issues

Sport Injury Prevention and Rehabilitation in Adolescents

edited by

Kiyokazu Akasaka

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 8 articles | Viewed by 13882 | Submission Open

Keywords: leisure activities; recreation; sports; rehabilitation; physical therapy modalities; exercise; brain concussion; wounds and injuries

Advances and Innovations in the Management of Spinal Conditions and Disorders

edited by Josette Bettany-Saltikov and Łukasz Stoliński

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 10254 | Submission Open

Keywords: scoliosis; spinal deformities; scoliosis physiotherapy assessment and treatment options; bracing treatment; effects of heavy loads and different ergonomics on the spine; 3D assessment of scoliosis; 3D assessment of postural changes in physiotherapy; adolescent idiopathic scoliosis; kyphosis; hyperkyphosis; lordosis– kypholordosis; conservative treatment; scoliosis physiotherapy— scoliosis-specific physiotherapy exercises; providing spinal/spinal deformity physiotherapy or bracing in times of COVID-19; surface topography and posture; 3D back shape

Oral and Maxillofacial Health Care: Volume III

edited by

Takahiro Kanno

and

Shintaro Sukegawa

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 9330 | Submission Open

Keywords: oral and maxillofacial surgery; oral health care; dental health care; oral disease

Telehealth and Remote Patient Monitoring

edited by

Ricky C. Leung

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6675 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; machine learning; computational methodology; big data; neural networks; deep learning

(This special issue belongs to the Section TeleHealth and Digital Healthcare)

Improving Digital Interventions for Health: The Role of Health Literacy

edited by

Eveline J. M. Wouters

and

Anne Mie A. G. Sponselee

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5069 | Submission Open

Keywords: health literacy; digital literacy; health behaviour; measurement tools; eHealth; digital technology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Health Informatics and Big Data)

Information Behavior in Online Healthcare

edited by

Xiaofei Zhang

,

Feng Guo

and

Fanbo Meng

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4642 | Submission Open

Keywords: online health platforms; health information; patient behavior; physician behavior; value creation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Health Informatics and Big Data)

Sports Injury Prevention

edited by

Elena Pocecco

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4370 | Submission Open

Innovative Approaches for Safety Culture Improvement in Healthcare Systems

edited by

Marie E. Ward

, Eva Doherty and Siobhán Corrigan

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3130 | Submission Open

Keywords: safety culture; just culture; restorative culture; systems thinking; socio-technical systems; human factors ergonomics; right relationship

The State of Healthcare Policy, Law, and Medical Frameworks in the Era of Digital Health

edited by

Giovanna Ricci

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3067 | Submission Open

Keywords: bioethics; public health; law; medical and health profession education

(This special issue belongs to the Section Health Policy)

Pregnancy, Childbirth, Puerperium, Breastfeeding and Sexuality in the World of Rare Diseases

edited by

Juan Carlos Sánchez-García

,

Raquel Rodríguez-Blanque

and

Jonathan Cortés Martín

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2759 | Submission Open

Keywords: pregnancy; childbirth; puerperium; breastfeeding; sexuality; rare diseases

(This special issue belongs to the Section Women's Health Care)

Psychological Health and Social Wellbeing among Older Adults

edited by Doreen Wing Han Au

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2645 | Submission Open

Keywords: ageing ; psychological health; social wellbeing; gerontechnology; environmental health; health economics

Oral Health Care and Services for Patients

edited by Somy Azimi

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2147 | Submission Open

Keywords: patient-centric care; preventive dentistry; technology and telehealth in dentistry; patient education; public health dentistry; interdisciplinary approaches

Reducing the Cost of Healthcare

edited by

Christopher Tompkins

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2119 | Submission Open

Keywords: healthcare; cost; efficiency; payment; prices; savings; value; models

(This special issue belongs to the Section Health Assessments)

Adult Critical Care Ultrasound

edited by

Luigi Vetrugno

and Marco Ventin

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2070 | Submission Open

Keywords: critical care ultrasound; whole body ultrasound; lung ultrasound; cardiac ultrasound; diaphragm ultrasound

(This special issue belongs to the Section Critical Care)

Rehabilitation Program for Orthopedic and Neurological Patients

edited by

Kaux Jean-François

and

Markos Sgantzos

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2021 | Submission Open

Keywords: orthopedic rehabilitation; neurological rehabilitation; physical therapy; occupational therapy; rehabilitation exercises; speech and language therapy; cognitive rehabilitation; spinal cord injury; stroke

Human Health before, during, and after COVID-19

edited by Alessia Verduri

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1619 | Submission Open

Keywords: COVID-19; telemedicine; pandemic-related anxiety; pandemic-related depression; long COVID; unvaccinated people; new SARS-CoV-2 variants

Promotion of Women's Health through Exercise-Based and Educational Programs: A Multidisciplinary Approach

edited by

María Carrasco-Poyatos

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1539 | Submission Open

Keywords: women’ s health; exercise; educational programs; selfcare; physiological; psychological; social; functional; menstrual cycle; pregnancy; menopause; chronic disease

The Association between Dietary Intake, Food Consumption and Chronic Disease

edited by

Omar Ramos-Lopez

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1461 | Submission Open

Keywords: diet; dietary pattern; food consumption; chronic disease; obesity; diabetes; liver disease; cardiovascular disease; nutrition; nutrient

(This special issue belongs to the Section Nutrition and Public Health)

Preventive Potential of Modifiable Risk Factors

edited by

Christian Schach

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1451 | Submission Open

Keywords: modifiable risk factors; cardiovascular and malignant disease; clinical and basic science; physiology vs. pathophysiology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Preventive Medicine)

Health Promotion Effectiveness in Prisons: Proposal of New Organizational Models, Clinical Practice and Forensic Considerations

edited by

Giulio Di Mizio

,

Francesca Romana Pezzella

and

Massimo Clerici

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1309 | Submission Open

Keywords: prison health systems across the world; risk factors for health; prison environment; prison healthcare systems and governance; inmate and mental illness; rehabilitation in mental illness; rehabilitation of prisoners; inmates and infectious diseases; drugs and/in prison; disabled prisoners; prison workers and their protection; prison medicine; COVID-19 and prison; feeding in prison; medical responsibility in penitentiary medicine; clinical risk management in penitentiary medicine; compatibility of the prisoner's health conditions with imprisonment; suicidal risk assessment in prison; CSI in prison; inmate autopsy; innovative methods of expert investigation in prison and of prisoners; torture in prison: medico-legal investigation; medical liability in prison medicine; precision medicine in prison; clinical pathways in prison; artificial intelligence in prison healthcare; telemedicine in prison healthcare

Mobile Technology-Based Interventions in Healthcare

edited by Ponrathi Athilingam

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1295 | Submission Open

Keywords: chronic diseases; self-care; clinical outcomes; technology-based interventions; mobile apps

(This special issue belongs to the Section TeleHealth and Digital Healthcare)

The Implementation of GIS and Big Data Analytics in Healthcare

edited by

Dohyeong Kim

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1256 | Submission Open

Keywords: GIS; big data analytics; global health; environmental risk and sustainability; emergency management and safety; methodological and technological innovations; COVID-19

(This special issue belongs to the Section Health Informatics and Big Data)

Sports and Special Populations: Improving Physical Activity, Health and Quality of Life

edited by

Felipe J. Aidar

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1229 | Submission Open

Keywords: health promotion; quality of life; fatigue monitoring; training load monitoring; sports; biological maturation; psychobiological changes; immune and endocrine responses; neuromuscular performance; adaptation to training; stress; recovery; fatigue; sleep; delayed onset muscle soreness; psychobiological changes; immunological responses; neuromuscular performance

Mental Health Promotion and Illness Prevention in Vulnerable Populations—2nd Edition

edited by

Carlos Laranjeira

and

Ana Querido

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1093 | Submission Open

Keywords: intersectionality issues; wellbeing; mental health; trauma; grief and loss; behaviours and risks; social determinants; climate anxiety; communities; health behaviour and health-seeking; quality of life; resilience; empowerment; social justice; self-efficacy; lived experience; holistic approaches; health knowledge; attitudes and practice; health literacy; human and civil rights; health improvement; hope; social inclusion and sense of community; social participation; community participation; compassionate comunities; mediators and moderators of mental health and wellbeing; education of health and social care professionals; stigma and ostracism; workplace

(This special issue belongs to the Section Health Assessments)

Application of Electronic Health Records in Pharmacovigilance

edited by Kim An Nguyen

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 824 | Submission Open

Keywords: pharmacovigilance; drug-related side effects; adverse drug reactions; reporting systems; medical records systems; electronic health records; deep learning; machine learning; data mining; artificial intelligence.

(This special issue belongs to the Section Medication Management)

Shared Decision-Making in Healthcare

edited by

Harald Stummer

and Valentina Mitgutsch

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 326 | Submission Open

Keywords: COVID-19; participation; decision making; self-determination

(This special issue belongs to the Section Nursing)

Ultrasound Imaging in Gastroenterology

edited by Andrea Boccatonda

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 258 | Submission Open

Keywords: ultrasound; bowel; gastrointestinal; liver; cirrhosis; CEUS; elastography

The Influence of Mental Health Services on Health Outcomes and Well-Being

edited by

Ge Yu

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 232 | Submission Open

Keywords: mental health; well-being; mental health services; health outcomes

(This special issue belongs to the Section Healthcare Quality and Patient Safety)

Emergency Medicine and Public Health: Intersecting Strategies for Population Well-Being

edited by

Daniel Ślęzak

and

Przemysław Żuratyński

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 195 | Submission Open

Keywords: emergency medicine; emergency medical services; cardiac arrest; injury; public health; medical didactics; telehealth; chronic disease; health promotion; healthcare systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Critical Care)

Advancing Healthcare Excellence: On-the-Job Training, Professional Competence, and Skills Development

edited by

Eva Maria Navarrete-Munoz

and

Desirée Valera-Gran

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 181 | Submission Open

Keywords: healthcare training; continuous professional development; professional competence; evidence-based competence; research skills; occupational therapy; allied healthcare disciplines

(This special issue belongs to the Section Medics)

Advances in Physical Therapy for the Lumbar–Pelvic–Femoral Complex

edited by

Luis Ceballos-Laita

,

Andoni Carrasco-Uribarren

and

Sandra Jiménez-Del-Barrio

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 178 | Submission Open

Keywords: hip joint; hip injuries; hip osteoarthritis; femoroacetabular impingement; tendinopathy; pelvic pain; low back pain; radiculopathy

Emergency Psychology and Crisis Intervention: Psychological Support for Victims

edited by

Jessica Burrai

and

Anna Maria Giannini

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 168 | Submission Open

Keywords: trauma; psychological support; preventive intervention; post-traumatic stress disorder; emergency; psychological first aid; crisis intervention; disaster; victims; victimization

(This special issue belongs to the Section Health Assessments)

Nursing Care for Cancer Patients: Second Edition

edited by

Qiuping Li

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 146 | Submission Open

Keywords: cancer survivor; family caregiver; dyadic coping; survivorship care; nurse-led care; intervention; eHealth

Improving the Health and Well-Being of Groups of Workers Experiencing Work Disparities

edited by Lynn Shaw

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 138 | Submission Open

Keywords: occupational health outcomes; services and education; work rehabilitation outcomes; services and education; access to health services; social determinants of health; worker health and wellbeing; health system policies; decent work in healthcare; equitable access to health care work; health and wellbeing at work; workplace organizational health; occupational science

(This special issue belongs to the Section Community Care)

Perspectives on Family Health Care Nursing

edited by

Naohiro Hohashi

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 128 | Submission Open

Keywords: family healthcare nursing/family nursing; family support; family nursing theory; family function; family relations; family assessment; family intervention; transcultural family healthcare nursing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Family Medicine)

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