Infectious Diseases, Chronic Diseases, and Disease Prevention
A section of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601).
Section Information
This section highlights the importance of using multi-disciplinary research approaches to address infectious and chronic diseases and to understand the complex underlying relationships with social determinants of health, climate change, and environmental conditions. The section focuses on public health aspects pertaining to infectious and chronic diseases, with an emphasis on disease prevention. The section is designed to aid the publication of original articles, review articles and meta-analyses, research protocols, and communications from innovative research on the pathobiology, epidemiology, prevention, and control of communicable and non-communicable diseases.
Keywords and Focus
- Epidemiology of infectious and chronic diseases
- Prevention and control of infectious and chronic diseases
- Pathobiology of infectious and chronic diseases
- Health disparities related to infectious and chronic diseases
- Social determinants of health related to infectious and chronic diseases
- Health policies and management of infectious and chronic diseases
- Economic impact of chronic diseases, including work ability, productivity, absenteeism, presenteeism, and retirement.
Editorial Board
Special Issues
Following special issues within this section are currently open for submissions:
- Prevalence, Evaluation and Management of Chronic Spinal Pain and Musculoskeletal Disorders (Deadline: 30 April 2024)
- Epidemiology, Surveillance, and Control of Frontier Malaria (Deadline: 30 April 2024)
- Epidemiology of Lifestyle-Related Diseases (Deadline: 31 May 2024)
- Health Literacy and Communicable Diseases (Deadline: 31 May 2024)
- Diabetes Mellitus—Current Challenges in the Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, Prevention and Management (Deadline: 31 May 2024)
- Metabolic Diseases and Their Prevention (Deadline: 31 May 2024)
- Digital Health Technologies for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention (Deadline: 31 May 2024)
- Editorial Board Members' Collection Series: Modeling Disease Risk and Outcomes (Deadline: 31 May 2024)
- Study on Diet, Nutrition and Health Promotion Strategies to Prevent Chronic Diseases in All Life Stages (Deadline: 31 May 2024)
- Cancer Prevention and Control: How Systemic Inequities, Place, and Context Matters (Deadline: 31 May 2024)
- Psychosocial and Ecosystem Impact of Chronic Disease: Towards Individual and Environmentally Based Actions Accounting Complexity (Deadline: 15 June 2024)
- Prevention and Management of Multimorbidity in Older People (Deadline: 30 June 2024)
- New Advances in Diabetes (Deadline: 30 June 2024)
- Prevention and Treatment of Obesity and Metabolic Syndrome (Deadline: 30 June 2024)
- Analysis Approaches for Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (Deadline: 30 July 2024)
- Health, Social Problems and Well-Being of Patients with Chronic Diseases, Quality of Life, and the Need for Emotional and Social Support (Deadline: 31 July 2024)
- Overweight and Obesity in Children during the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic (Deadline: 31 July 2024)
- Digital Technology for Disease Treatment (Deadline: 31 July 2024)
- Primary Care Services and Management of Cardiovascular Diseases (Deadline: 15 August 2024)
- Advancing Health Services and Systems for Vulnerable Populations including People with Chronic Conditions (Deadline: 15 August 2024)
- Social, Structural and Behavioral Interventions for HIV Prevention (Deadline: 31 August 2024)
- Health Literacy to Prevent Chronic Kidney Diseases (Deadline: 31 August 2024)
- Human Mpox—an Emerging Zoonotic Disease and a Global Threat (Deadline: 31 August 2024)
- Pandemic Preparedness: Lessons Learned from COVID-19 (Deadline: 30 September 2024)
- Prevention and Healthcare of Chronic Kidney Disease (Deadline: 20 October 2024)
- A Public Health View on Chronic Aging Diseases (Deadline: 31 October 2024)
- Heat Zone and Disease Incidence (Deadline: 31 October 2024)
- HIV/AIDS Testing and Prevention (Deadline: 31 October 2024)
- Prevention and Rehabilitation of Musculoskeletal Dysfunction (Deadline: 31 October 2024)
- New Advances in Nutrition and Chronic Non-communicable Diseases (Deadline: 31 October 2024)
- Leveraging the Use of Technology Transformation to Advance the Health of Persons with Chronic Illness (Deadline: 1 November 2024)
- One Health including and beyond Zoonoses (Deadline: 21 December 2024)
- Disparity of Non-communicable Diseases among Pacific Islanders (Deadline: 31 December 2024)
- Disease Knowledge, Self-Efficacy, and Quality of Life in Patients with Chronic Diseases (Deadline: 31 December 2024)
- Social Determinants of Health and Risks for Developing Diabetes and Diabetes-Related Complications (Deadline: 28 February 2025)
- Burden of Disease Attributable to Type 2 Diabetes (Deadline: 1 March 2025)
- Advancing One Health Approaches for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention: Transdisciplinary Perspectives (Deadline: 1 May 2025)
- Unveiling Chronic Pain: Understanding Prevalence, Management, Psychiatric Comorbidity, and Inflammatory Mechanisms (Deadline: 30 September 2025)
Topical Collections
Following topical collections within this section are currently open for submissions:
