Social, Cognitive and Emotional Factors to Sustain Public Health and Psychosocial Wellbeing under Pandemic Disease
A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Mental Health".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (1 August 2023) | Viewed by 1738
Special Issue Editor
Interests: social determinants of health and psychosocial wellbeing; implicit biases; health-related stigma; the role of social and interpersonal factors in modulating health outcomes
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The impact of pandemics on public health and psychosocial wellbeing is complex, variegated and wide-ranging. From the immediate threat to one’s health and after-effects, to the fear for loved ones and their loss, and the drastic adjustments of one’s personal, professional and social life, all may take a high toll on individual, group and societal resources, both in the short and the long term.
Pandemics may impact individuals and communities around the world independently of geography, nationality, ethnicity, sex and age. However, some may be more vulnerable than others and may experience the impact of disease disproportionately. Because in a pandemic, everyone is a target and may become both a victim and a vector, those more exposed to the risk of infection may also suffer pandemic-related stigmatization on top of the disease.
Public health and social measures, which have proven critical to curbing the spread of the disease and reducing deaths, have themselves contributed to exacerbate pandemic-related distress and isolation, deepening existing health inequalities while disrupting affiliative links and social ties that are crucial to sustaining individuals and communities through adversity.
This special issue intends to examine social, cognitive and emotional factors involved in public health and psychosocial wellbeing under pandemic disease, with a view to highlighting lessons learned from the COVID-19.
Dr. Edita Fino
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- social support and psychosocial wellbeing during pandemic
- pandemic related distress and post-traumatic growth
- emotional and social regulation of pandemic related distress
- pandemic related stigma and discrimination
- sex and gender differences
- pandemic impact and psychosocial wellbeing of vulnerable populations
- pandemic impact and psychosocial wellbeing in caretakers and healthcare workers
