Disease Burden and Health Services Research in the 21st Century
A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Health Care Sciences".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 October 2024) | Viewed by 2812
Special Issue Editors
2. Center-School of Public Health and Health Management, Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Pasterova 2, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
Interests: global and public health; burden of disease; health workforce; health policy; planning; management; health care quality; health promotion
Interests: public health; health promotion; behavioral addictions; behavioral change; physical activity; burden of disease; health management
Interests: public health; reproductive health; determinants of health; vulnerable groups; health inequalities; health policy; burden of disease
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue promotes a better understanding of how the research and health services practice relating to the burden of disease has evolved in the 21st century across health systems. Traditional research approaches provide an assessment of gaps in health services and methods for improving service inputs, processes and outcomes to respond appropriately to the burden of disease. Contemporary approaches include evidence of the benefits of innovation in health and care technologies to address challenges such as the impact of pandemics, financial crises, and environmental, safety and behavioral risks on population health and well-being. The implementation of mobile health (mHealth) solutions, electronic health (eHealth) interventions, cross-border care, and multidisciplinary, participatory and multi-stakeholder collaborations help to mitigate variability in clinical standards and procedures, healthcare-related inequalities and disease burden. However, in some contexts, shortages of an appropriate mix of skills and abilities in health and care workers, shortages of essential medicines, and rising health care costs threaten the sustainable fulfillment of human health needs and rights. Lack of integrative health planning and management intelligence also hinders the achievement of people-centered healthcare and universal health coverage. This Special Issue, in pursuit of the best practices, welcomes papers from different disciplines, especially authors from low- and middle-income countries.
Prof. Dr. Milena Šantrić-Milićević
Dr. Jovana Todorovic
Dr. Željka Stamenković
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- disease burden
- health inequalities
- healthcare services
- health and care workforce
- planning
- management
- participatory approaches
- interventions
- vulnerable populations
- people-centered healthcare
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