Community Services, Interventions and Health Promotion

Dear Colleagues,

Healthy lives and increased well-being for people at all ages can only be achieved by promoting health. According to the WHO, NCDs accounted for 73.6% of total deaths worldwide in 2019. Adopting a healthy behavior and lifestyle (e.g., smoking cessation, physical activity, balanced diet) not only reduces the risk of NCDs but is also an important measure of disease management for NCD patients, improving their quality of life as well as promoting healthy aging.

Changing behavior and lifestyle is influenced by many factors in varied sociocultural contexts. The rapid development of big data and digital technology also brings new opportunities and challenges for behavior and lifestyle intervention. Therefore, a great deal of scientific evidence is still needed to reveal the mechanisms of behavior change and access the effects of intervention strategies so as to improve well-being and contribute to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals.

This Special Issue aims to share recent high-quality research in the field of community services, interventions and health promotion, especially focusing on intervention and evaluation of NCD patients and the elderly population. Moreover, this issue welcomes original research on the application of big data and digital technology in health promotion.

Prof. Dr. Chun Chang
Guest Editor

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