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Family Care and Mental Health Delivery to Improve Welfare of Children and Parents
edited by Leonor Rivera-Rivera
submission deadline 15 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 20038 | Submission Open
Keywords: family care; integrated care; parental support; mental health; telehealth and digital support; crisis intervention; trauma-informed care
Innovations in Chronic Patient Management: Monitoring, Evaluation and Rehabilitation
edited by , Alejandro Heredia-Ciuro and Andrés Calvache-Mateo
submission deadline 15 Dec 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 11955 | Submission Open
Keywords: chronic disease; chronic patient management; rehabilitation; monitoring; evaluation; healthcare
(This special issue belongs to the Section Chronic Care)
Health Equity and People-Centered Systems: Meeting Needs and Creating Opportunities for Diverse Communities
edited by
submission deadline 15 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6286 | Submission Open
Keywords: health equity; people-centered care; patient-centered care; social determinants of health; health disparities; community engagement; cultural competence; cultural sensitivity; policy
Digital Health in Symptom Science Research
edited by , and Silvia Belloni
submission deadline 15 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1758 | Submission Open
Keywords: symptom science; digital health; chronic disease management; artificial intelligence; machine learning; patient engagement; self-management tools; remote monitoring; interdisciplinary healthcare; personalized medicine
The Impact of Exercise and Physical Activity on Quality of Life
edited by
submission deadline 15 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1181 | Submission Open
Keywords: physical activity; mental health; chronic disease management; quality of life; healthcare interventions; community health
Nursing, Coaching, Oncology and Chronic Diseases: Future Insights and Perspectives
edited by and Karen Avino
submission deadline 15 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 970 | Submission Open
Keywords: chronic disease; coaching; nursing; oncology
Innovative Interventions to Improve Access to Care for Vulnerable Populations and Reduce Health Disparities
edited by and Kendall Moody
submission deadline 15 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 407 | Submission Open
Keywords: healthcare access; health disparities; social determinants of health; interdisciplinary research; innovative care models; culturally competent care; health communication; emerging technologies
A Multi-Perspective Study on the Psychological Health of Children and Adolescents
edited by and Giulia Raimondi
submission deadline 15 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 347 | Submission Open
Keywords: psychological well-being; mental health; protective and risk factors; psychometric assessment; developmental trajectories; students’ psychological well-being; mental health interventions; resilience; social support; disadvantaged and vulnerable children and adolescents
The Role of Physical Fitness in Effective Health Management
edited by Tiago Rodrigues De Lima
submission deadline 15 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 321 | Submission Open
Keywords: fitness; health; adiposity; cardiovascular disease risk factors; bone; epidemiology; mortality; exercise
(This special issue belongs to the Section Public Health and Preventive Medicine)
The Latest Advances in Visual Health submission deadline 17 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 5473 | Submission Open
Keywords: eye; vision; ocular; visual health; optometry; ophthalmology; artificial intelligence; detection of eye anomalies; ocular treatment; refraction; ocular diseases; ocular rehabilitation; developments in visual health
Neuromodulation and Neuroplasticity in Chronic Pain: New Therapeutic Tools submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 8773 | Submission Open
Keywords: neuromodulation; physical therapy; chronic pain; neuromodulation; neuroplastic; transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS); transcranial direct current stimulation (TDCS); evoked potentials; central nervous system sensitization
(This special issue belongs to the Section Chronic Care)
The Relationship of Social Media and Cyberbullying with Mental Health submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 473 | Submission Open
Keywords: mental health; well-being; social media; cyberbullying; risk factors; developmental and educational psychology; problematic internet use; internet addiction
Positive Psychology in Healthcare: Interdisciplinary and Intercultural Perspectives
edited by and Claude-Hélène Mayer
submission deadline 25 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3382 | Submission Open
Keywords: quality of life; positive emotions; life satisfaction; virtues; meaning; spirituality; healthy behaviors; character strengths; healthy lifestyles; flourishing/thriving; existential positive psychology; positive autoethnography
Strategies and Interventions for Supporting the Holistic Well-Being of Clinicians and Nurses
edited by , Sonia Martins and
submission deadline 25 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2103 | Submission Open
Keywords: well-being; healthcare workers; occupational stress; mental health; quality of life; mindfulness-based and psychological interventions; workplace-based organizational interventions; mobbing
(This special issue belongs to the Section Healthcare Organizations, Systems, and Providers)
Applications of Assistive Technologies in Health Care Practices
edited by
submission deadline 25 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 627 | Submission Open
Keywords: assistive technologies; healthcare innovation; patient accessibility; rehabilitation devices; telemedicine solutions
Prevention and Management of Chronic Diseases
edited by Jolanta Magdalena Walusiak-Skorupa and Dominik Olejniczak
submission deadline 26 Dec 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 50988 | Submission Open
Keywords: chronic diseases; civilization diseases; health promotion; public health; prophylaxis; health management; quality of life
Advances in Generating Real-World Evidence from Real-World Data Using Artificial Intelligence
edited by
submission deadline 28 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 8727 | Submission Open
Keywords: real-world evidence; artificial intelligence; healthcare
Evaluation and Potential of Effective Decision-Making in Healthcare
edited by Marion Sabine Rauner and
submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 10277 | Submission Open
Keywords: healthcare; system analysis; decision-making; policy modelling; decision-support systems; cost-effectiveness analysis; simulation
End-of-Life Care for Cancer Patients
edited by , Vander Monteiro da Conceição and Fabiana Bolela
submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 5102 | Submission Open
Keywords: end-of-life care; oncology; palliative care; quality of life; dignity; control of symptoms; effective communication
Mental Health in Older People
edited by , Lia Sousa and
submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4572 | Submission Open
Keywords: aged; mental health; health promotion; frailty; geriatric psychiatry; caregivers
Patient Safety and Psychosocial Risk in the Workplace
edited by , Pavlos Sarafis and
submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2008 | Submission Open
Keywords: patient safety; psychosocial risks; burnout; nursing; quality of care; stress; well-being; errors; adverse events; near misses
Innovative Technologies in Pain Management submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1104 | Submission Open
Keywords: pain management; extended reality (XR) technologies; gamification for pain relief; psychosocial variables; interdisciplinary approaches
Improving Adolescent Girls’ and Women’s Health and Nutrition submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1003 | Submission Open
Keywords: adolescent girls; women; health; nutrition; malnutrition; health policy; gender equality; reproductive health; public health
Ethical Dilemmas and Moral Distress in Healthcare
edited by
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 14 articles | Viewed by 52387 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Healthcare Organizations, Systems, and Providers)
Midwifery-Led Care and Practice: Promoting Maternal and Child Health
edited by Joachim Graf
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 12 articles | Viewed by 32141 | Submission Open
Keywords: midwifery; women’ s health; vulnerability in pregnancy; midwife-led care; fetal programming; pregnancy outcomes in the context of social inequality; improvement of child health; improvement of women’ s health; gender-sensitive care
Fall Prevention and Geriatric Nursing submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 30749 | Submission Open
Keywords: accidental falls; aged; nursing; risk; health literacy; healthy ageing; complex interventions; health interventions; fundamental care; patient safety
(This special issue belongs to the Section Public Health and Preventive Medicine)
Pain Management in Healthcare Practice
edited by
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 23010 | Submission Open
Keywords: pain; acute pain; chronic pain; older adults; depression; non-pharmacological; exercise; healthcare; home care; dyadic pain management
Improving the Health and Well-Being of Groups of Workers Experiencing Work Disparities
edited by Lynn Shaw
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 21482 | 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
Supporting Self-Management in People with Chronic Conditions: Results from the COMPAR-EU Project
edited by
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 18742 | Submission Open
Keywords: self-management support; self-management interventions; chronic conditions; patient empowerment
Towards Holistic Healthcare: Advancing Nursing and Medical Education submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 16219 | Submission Open
Keywords: holistic care; nurses; doctors; consultation liaison psychiatry; hospitals; chronic disease; biopsychosocial model; comorbidity; drug interactions; depression; anxiety; dementia; delirium
Implications for Healthcare Policy and Management
edited by Maria Kapritsou and
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 14449 | Submission Open
Keywords: policy; management; healthcare; nursing; skills; healthcare workforce
Research on Health Disparities in the Global Population
edited by and Tse-Chuan Yang
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 14198 | Submission Open
Keywords: disparity; equity; social determinants of health; segregation; social inclusion; non-discrimination policy; underserved; underrepresented; discrimination; implicit bias; health services; health outcomes; global health; international health
(This special issue belongs to the Section Public Health and Preventive Medicine)
Promoting Mental Health in School and Community Settings
edited by , Raymond Chi-fai Chui, Winnie Wing-yan Yuen, P. F. Jonah Li and Anson Chui Yan Tang
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 11859 | Submission Open
Keywords: mental health; school; community; research; intervention; practice; stigma-free; stakeholders; culturally sensitive; developmentally appropriate
Young Carers: Prevention, Intervention, Services and Outcomes—What Works?
edited by Saul Becker
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 10467 | Submission Open
Keywords: young carers; young adult carers; young caregivers; vulnerable children; children and adolescents; child outcomes; caregiving responsibilities; family support; prevention strategies; psychosocial interventions; evaluation; prevention; intervention studies; theory of change; social policy; children’ s services; family support
Health Risk Behaviours: Self-Injury and Suicide in Young People
edited by Jo Bell and
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 9803 | Submission Open
Keywords: self-injury; suicide; young people; public health; lived experience; interventions; mental health services
Chemsex, LGBTIQ+ and Mental Disorders submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 9765 | Submission Open
Keywords: chemsex; drugs; mental health; substance use
Innovative Strategies in Rheumatology Care submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 9292 | Submission Open
Keywords: rheumatology; pharmacological therapies; treatments; personalized medicine; pain management; rehabilitation; quality of life; conservative treatment
Gender, Sexuality and Mental Health
edited by and Felipe Alckmin-Carvalho
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 8176 | Submission Open
Keywords: gender; sexualities; mental health; well-being; sexual stigma; health behavior; risk factors; protective factors; LGBTQIA+
Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing: A Key Player in Cardiovascular Disease Management
edited by Pietro Pugliatti
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7757 | Submission Open
Keywords: cardiopulmonary exercise test; functional capacity; peak oxygen uptake (VO2); cardiovascular diseases; heart failure
Clinical Psychology and Neuropsychology: Integrating Social Awareness and Early Intervention in Autism Spectrum Using AI Methods submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 6308 | Submission Open
Keywords: clinical psychology; neuropsychology; autism; early intervention; screening tools; cognition; social awareness; machine learning; artificial intelligence
(This special issue belongs to the Section Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare)
Chronic Disease Management and Prevention Through Healthy Habits in the Entire Population submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 6005 | Submission Open
Keywords: nutrition; dietary habits; lifestyle medicine; public health; health promotion; physical activity and nutrition
(This special issue belongs to the Section Chronic Care)
Machine Learning in Medicine and Health: Data, Methods and Applications
edited by Grażyna Suchacka, and
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 5485 | Submission Open
Keywords: machine learning; laboratory (bio)markers; risk factors/risk scores; classification; prediction; (disease) profiling; diagnosis; prognosis; artificial intelligence; medicine; bioinformatics; bibliometric
(This special issue belongs to the Section Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare)
New Insights into Understudied Phenomena in Healthcare: Second Edition submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5071 | Submission Open
Keywords: health promotion; aging; emerging diseases; new technologies; innovative healthcare approaches; innovative research methods; social determinants of health; patient rights; demographic challenges; understudied populations; vulnerable populations; gender issues
The Role of Healthcare in Public Health Risk and Disaster Management: Strategies for Mitigation and Response submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3989 | Submission Open
Keywords: disaster risk management; public health emergencies; healthcare resilience; emergency medical response; crisis preparedness; risk mitigation strategies; health security; natural and man-made hazards; disaster preparedness and response; health system sustainability
Health and Healthcare: Prevention of Health Issues, Health Problems and Suicide
edited by and Yasuyuki Fujita
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3260 | Submission Open
Keywords: health; healthcare; medicine; nursing; suicide prevention; social health items; care
(This special issue belongs to the Section Public Health and Preventive Medicine)
Physical Rehabilitation in Psychiatry
edited by and Rick Kwan
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3013 | Submission Open
Keywords: physical rehabilitation; psychiatry; chronic mental illness; dementia; schizophrenia; malnutrition; sarcopenia; dynapenia; frailty; interdisciplinary intervention; physical activity; exercise therapy; physical exercise
Prisoner Health
edited by
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2609 | 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
Advances in Artificial Intelligence for Disease Management and Clinical Documentation Improvement submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2328 | Submission Open
Keywords: e-health; digital health; healthcare delivery systems; clinical documentation improvement; disease management; health informatics
Surgical Pediatric Otolaryngology for Congenital Disease: Sharing for Implementation
edited by and Maria Baldovin
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 2292 | Submission Open
Keywords: pediatric otolaryngology; pediatric surgery; endoscopic approaches; congenital pediatric diseases; pediatric rhinology
Neurodiagnostics in Public Health: Cognitive Decline, Mental Health, and Emerging Technologies submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1942 | Submission Open
Keywords: neurocognitive disorders; dementia; mild cognitive impairment (MCI); neuropsychiatric diseases; biomarkers; imaging; artificial intelligence; digital diagnosis
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