Developing People, Improving Processes, and including New Technologies for Better Public Health
A special issue of Healthcare (ISSN 2227-9032).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 January 2024) | Viewed by 6108
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Interests: psychology of sustainability and sustainable development; vulnerable workers and decent work for all; retirement and early retirement; late career development and financial planning, with special reference to women and migrant workers; psychological contract breach and its relationship with other individual and psychosocial variables
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Dear Colleagues,
Public health is the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life, and promoting physical and mental health. The factors that contribute most to a life of good health are a decent job, an adequate home, and a support network, as stated by Duncan Selbie (PHE, 2020). Since public health strategies, both at the local and national levels, have several objectives, such as keeping people safe, preventing ill health, and reducing the health gap, among others, joint efforts from different disciplines will contribute to broadening our understanding of the factors affecting health and disease. Hence, knowledge building can, in turn, be used to create real changes in policies and services to promote public health.
First, investments in the development of people, both citizens and health professionals, would equip them with the skills and strengths needed to meet present and future health-related challenges. Second, process improvement would improve the quality of decision-making and the delivery of healthcare services. Third, the inclusion of new technologies would increase the efficiency of public health systems, as well as the empowerment of patients and families. Finally, to adequately evaluate the effectiveness of public health services and interventions, the development of high-quality measures would be recommended, as well as the rigorous testing of existing tools.
New research papers, reviews, meta-analyses, case reports, and conference proceedings are welcome in this issue. Other types of manuscripts accepted include empirical investigations, methodological papers, position papers, short reports, and commentaries.
Manuscripts will be accepted from a variety of disciplines, including psychology, medicine, nursing, sociology, epidemiology, occupational health and safety studies, and social sciences.
Prof. Dr. Gabriela Topa
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- public health
- mental health
- health promotion
- health gap
- health disparities
- digital health
- AI in healthcare services
- lifestyle
- vulnerable groups
- data acquisition and analysis in public health
- social network
- nursing
- primary healthcare
- personal wellbeing
- gender
- healthcare professional values
- gender issues
- public health interventions
- public health program
- corporate social responsibility
- organizational change
- the psychological and social environment
- smart learning and working environments
- occupational health promotion
- prevention of risk factors at work
- employees’ wellbeing
- positive attitudes at work
- prosocial behavior in groups and organizations
- healthy organizations
- decent and flexible work
- quality of working life
- psychological and social capital
- new management styles
- psychological and physical workability
- work–health balance
- work–life interface
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