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New Advances in Chronic Disease and Mental Health Inequities

A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Health Behavior, Chronic Disease and Health Promotion".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (7 April 2023) | Viewed by 4401

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Marlene Camacho-Rivera

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Department of Community Health Sciences, School of Public Health, SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University, Brooklyn, NY 11203, USA
Interests: chronic disease disparities; social epidemiology; racial and ethnic minority communities
Dr. Jessica Yasmine Islam

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Cancer Epidemiology Program, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, FL 33612, USA
Interests: cancer disparities; health services research; racial and ethnic minority communities

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

The COVID-19 pandemic has once again brought the inequities of chronic diseases and mental health conditions across the continuum to the forefront, from prevention to management, survivorship, and quality of life. Global research has elucidated the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on individuals living with chronic physical, mental, and co-occurring health conditions. Yet, gaps in the research exist, including, but not limited to, research regarding the persistence of mental health inequities across individuals living with chronic health conditions, multilevel factors associated with access to mental health resources, and interventions (e.g., programs and policies) to improve access to mental health services among individuals living with chronic conditions.

Understanding and addressing the co-occurring epidemics of chronic diseases, mental health conditions, and COVID-19 are critical to our management of current and future challenges within the public health, clinical, and scientific communities. We broadly conceptualize chronic diseases to include cardiovascular diseases, diabetes and other metabolic diseases, cancer, chronic pulmonary diseases, HIV/AIDS, and auto-immune conditions.

Thus, we present this Special Issue as a forum for collecting studies on these topics that can bridge research with practical programmatic and policy implications. We welcome articles concerning the results of epidemiologic studies that apply structural frameworks and syndemic theories to examine these associations, health services research to examine inequities in access and linkages to mental health and/or chronic disease care, and intervention and policy approaches to address chronic disease and mental health inequities. We especially welcome submissions from first authors of historically marginalized and excluded groups, as well as students.

Dr. Marlene Camacho-Rivera
Dr. Jessica Yasmine Islam
Guest Editors

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Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2500 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

  • mental health
  • chronic diseases
  • health disparities
  • epidemiology
  • health services research
  • policy
  • COVID-19 pandemic
  • intervention
  • social and structural determinants

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Self-Assessed Personality Traits and Adherence to the COVID-19 Lockdown
by Jakub Jan Rojek, Przemysław Waszak, Ilona Bidzan-Bluma, Aleksandra Sanewska, Joanna Stępień, Tomasz Michalski, Liliana Lorettu, Roberta Meloni, Che-Sheng Chu, Myriam Abboud and Jakub Grabowski
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2023, 20(1), 521; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20010521 - 28 Dec 2022
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Introduction: The COVID-19 pandemic, caused by the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, has forced all countries affected by it to introduce quarantine and isolation to prevent the spread of the virus, as well as masking and distancing. Not everyone is equally willing to follow the rules [...] Read more.
Introduction: The COVID-19 pandemic, caused by the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, has forced all countries affected by it to introduce quarantine and isolation to prevent the spread of the virus, as well as masking and distancing. Not everyone is equally willing to follow the rules related to limit the extent of the coronavirus epidemic. This might be connected with personality traits, especially openness, positive attitude, and optimism. Materials and Methods: An online survey was created and completed by participants in April–May 2020. Self-assessment of personality traits and adherence to lockdown recommendations were assessed. A total of 7404 participants took part in the study, mainly from Poland (83.6%) and Italy (12.7%). Univariate and multivariate regression analysis was performed. Results: The participants were divided into groups depending on the degree of compliance with the lockdown rules. In the multivariate analysis, variables that increased the odds for stricter lockdown compliance were temporary work suspension OR 1.27 (95% CI 1.10–1.48), income level “we can’t handle this situation” OR 1.67 (95%CI 1.20–2.33), and junior high school education OR 1.68 (95% CI 1.13–2.50). Other significant factors included age and place of residence. Each point of self-assessed sociability OR 1.07 (95% CI 1.00–1.13) also increased the likelihood of adhering to lockdown rules. Conclusions: Taking the basic demographic characteristics as well as working and health environment conditions traits into account may be helpful when forecasting epidemiological compliance during a pandemic, as well as in other public health tasks. The key role of self-assessed personality traits was not confirmed in this study. Reliability of the results is limited by significant disproportions in the size of the study groups. Full article
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Burden of Food Insecurity and Mental Health Symptoms among Adults with Cardiometabolic Conditions during the COVID-19 Pandemic
by Marlene Camacho-Rivera, Jonathan Albury, Karen Chen, Zachary Ye and Jessica Y. Islam
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19(16), 10077; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191610077 - 15 Aug 2022
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Our study objectives were to (1) identify the national prevalence and patterns of food insecurity among adults with and without a history of CMCs and (2) determine associations between food insecurity and mental health outcomes among adults with CMCs during the early COVID-19 [...] Read more.
Our study objectives were to (1) identify the national prevalence and patterns of food insecurity among adults with and without a history of CMCs and (2) determine associations between food insecurity and mental health outcomes among adults with CMCs during the early COVID-19 pandemic period (April–June 2020). We computed prevalence ratios with Poisson regression using the robust estimation of standard errors to identify disparities in the report of food insecurity across demographic groups and by CMC history. Among adults with CMCs, we estimated associations between food insecurity and self-reported mental health symptoms using multinomial logistic regression. Overall, people with CMCs were more likely to be older, White, without employment in the past 7 days, and from the South or an urban environment. We found that the determinants of food insecurity among individuals with cardiometabolic conditions include having: <60 years of age, female sex, Black or Hispanic race/ethnicity, an educational degree lower than a baccalaureate, a household income of <$100,000, and either Medicaid, Indian Health Insurance, or no insurance. Individuals with CMCs and food insecurity also had significantly higher odds of adverse mental health symptoms. The continued clinical screening of food insecurity and mental health, as well as public health interventions, targeted toward individuals with CMCs, should be prioritized as we move through the COVID-19 pandemic. Full article
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