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Research on Wellbeing and Health for Vulnerable Populations

A special issue of Healthcare (ISSN 2227-9032). This special issue belongs to the section "School Health".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 1 July 2024 | Viewed by 3156

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Xiang-Yu Hou

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UQ Poche Centre for Indigenous Health, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4066, Australia
Interests: behavioural epidemiology; social epidemiology; health system research; health program evaluation; emergency medicine; paramedicine; mental health
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Dr. Lijun Fan

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School of Public Health, Southeast University, Nanjing 210009, China
Interests: social epidemiology; health policy; health economics; chronic diseases management; chronic diseases epidemiology; health programs/policy evaluation; healthcare services and management; healthcare for vulnerable populations; healthy aging research
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Dr. Chiung-Jung (Jo) Wu

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School of Health, University of the Sunshine Coast, Petrie, QLD 4502, Australia
Interests: cardiac; clinical research; diabetes; self-efficacy; self-management; telehealth; synthesis of literature review
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Vulnerable people in a society includes children, elderly, women, pregnant women, Indigenous populations, and people with chronic diseases. To address the health needs of such vulnerable peoples is a core value of social justice and a focus of research and practice among many health professionals around the world, in both developed and developing countries. Collectively, we can and should foster a morally just, equitable, inclusive, and thriving society where we promote the health of vulnerable peoples and society as a whole.

This Special Issue of Healthcare is dedicated to celebrating our achievements and progress in this significant area by sharing international research, including (but not limited to) findings in the fields of risk factors, self-management and support, case management, adherence to medications/treatment, rehabilitation services, family/carer and community support, participation in prevention services, access to primary/secondary/tertiary care, models of healthcare, patient-centred care, transitional care between primary and secondary/tertiary care, cultural safety/competency of the health system, telehealth, health policy and regulations, health industry, and health technology.

We hope that this Special Issue will provide novel and high-quality evidence to guide our practice worldwide and further help vulnerable peoples, their families, communities, and society in general.

Dr. Xiang-Yu Hou
Dr. Lijun Fan
Dr. Chiung-Jung (Jo) Wu
Guest Editors

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Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Healthcare is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2700 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

indigenous health
healthy aging
women and childrens’ health
chronic diseases
acute healthcare
healthcare system
health policy and regulation
health equity and social justice
health industry
health technology

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Predictors of Psychological Distress among Post-Operative Cardiac Patients: A Narrative Review
by William D. McCann, Xiang-Yu Hou, Snezana Stolic and Michael J. Ireland
Healthcare 2023, 11(20), 2721; https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11202721 - 12 Oct 2023
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Following surgery, over 50% of cardiac surgery patients report anxiety, stress and/or depression, with at least 10% meeting clinical diagnoses, which can persist for more than a year. Psychological distress predicts post-surgery health outcomes for cardiac patients. Therefore, post-operative distress represents a critical [...] Read more.
Following surgery, over 50% of cardiac surgery patients report anxiety, stress and/or depression, with at least 10% meeting clinical diagnoses, which can persist for more than a year. Psychological distress predicts post-surgery health outcomes for cardiac patients. Therefore, post-operative distress represents a critical recovery challenge affecting both physical and psychological health. Despite some research identifying key personal, social, and health service correlates of patient distress, a review or synthesis of this evidence remains unavailable. Understanding these factors can facilitate the identification of high-risk patients, develop tailored support resources and interventions to support optimum recovery. This narrative review synthesises evidence from 39 studies that investigate personal, social, and health service predictors of post-surgery psychological distress among cardiac patients. The following factors predicted lower post-operative distress: participation in pre-operative education, cardiac rehabilitation, having a partner, happier marriages, increased physical activity, and greater social interaction. Conversely, increased pain and functional impairment predicted greater distress. The role of age, and sex in predicting distress is inconclusive. Understanding several factors is limited by the inability to carry out experimental manipulations for ethical reasons (e.g., pain). Future research would profit from addressing key methodological limitations and exploring the role of self-efficacy, pre-operative distress, and pre-operative physical activity. It is recommended that cardiac patients be educated pre-surgery and attend cardiac rehabilitation to decrease distress. Full article
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Neuropsychological Stimulation Program for Children from Low Socioeconomic Backgrounds: Study Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial
by Pablo Rodríguez-Prieto, Ian Craig Simpson, Diego Gomez-Baya, Claudia García de la Cadena, Desirée Ruiz-Aranda and Joaquín A. Ibáñez-Alfonso
Healthcare 2024, 12(5), 596; https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare12050596 - 6 Mar 2024
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Background: Guatemala remains one of the poorest countries in Central America and suffers from high rates of social inequality and violence. In addition to the negative impact that two years without attending school has had on Guatemalan children due to the consequences of [...] Read more.
Background: Guatemala remains one of the poorest countries in Central America and suffers from high rates of social inequality and violence. In addition to the negative impact that two years without attending school has had on Guatemalan children due to the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic, this unfavourable socioeconomic context poses a risk to children’s emotional and cognitive development. This work presents a protocol for implementing a cognitive and emotional stimulation program aimed at increasing the academic performance of these children and consequently improving their quality of life. Methods: The protocol proposes the implementation of a randomized controlled trial to assess the efficacy of a 24-session-long stimulation program. It targets the cognitive functions of attention, language, executive functions, and social cognition, using the digital neurorehabilitation platform NeuronUP. The participants (n = 480) will be randomly assigned to an Experimental or Control group. Pre- and post-intervention assessments will be carried out, together with a follow-up in the next academic year, in which both groups will change roles. Results will be compared for the first and second years, looking for differences in academic and cognitive performance between groups. Discussion: Mid- and long-term outcomes are still unknown, but effective interventions based on this protocol are expected to facilitate the following benefits for participants: (1) improved cognitive and emotional development; (2) improved academic performance; (3) improved well-being. We expect to create a validated neuropsychological stimulation program that could be applied in similar socioeconomically disadvantaged contexts around the world to help these children improve their life chances. Full article
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