Public Health in the Post-pandemic Era

Dear Colleagues,

Public Health is an umbrella term under which we usually include two main pillars, namely, prevention and treatment (healthcare services). Public health is defined as the art and science of all evidence-based organized efforts of the society aiming to protect and promote health, prevent disease, prolong life, and enhance the quality of life for the population as a whole. Public health, a contested field combining theory and practice, is guided by certain principles subject to global debate. Furthermore, Public Health cannot be appreciated without its values serving as the driving ethical force in policy decision-making. However, the recent pandemic elicited deep and widespread challenges against these public health principles and values, and there are serious concerns regarding the potential negative impact of the pandemic on these ideals.

In this proposed Special Issue of Medicina, we are expecting to scientifically discuss, review, and share the common knowledge gained through the concerted efforts to respond to the recent pandemic. We believe that it is of paramount importance to extract useful knowledge and experience from the past three years in order to design and implement successful examples of organized evidence-based approaches for public health preparedness while respecting and protecting the universal public health principles and values examined through the lenses of the recent pandemic and revalidated in the post-pandemic era.

Several research questions remain to be addressed since the post-pandemic era is now providing the opportunity for public health professionals, academics, researchers, and policymakers to review the appropriateness and effectiveness of control measures implemented during the pandemic and systematically assess different public health responses. What were the advances or setbacks for public health, and how can we integrate universal principles and values into our future public health preparedness?

The scope of the articles includes but is not limited to the following topics: public health, environmental health, prevention, health promotion, screening, monitoring, surveillance, public health principles and values, epidemic preparedness, as well as clinical, and laboratory aspects of public health measures for different population groups, communities and societies around the world.

We invite colleagues to share their knowledge and experience with original articles, reviews, mini-reviews, and opinion papers on "Public Health in the Post-pandemic Era” to support our future preparedness for public health practice grounded on its principles and values.

Dr. Elpidoforos Soteriades
Guest Editor

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• public health
• environmental health
• prevention
• health promotion
• infectious disease epidemiology
• public health screening
• public health monitoring
• epidemiological surveillance
• public health principles
• public health values
• public health ethics
• post-pandemic era
• epidemic preparedness
• COVID-19
• evidence-based control measures
• vaccine adverse effects
• vaccine safety and effectiveness