Elder Abuse: Global Situation, Risk Factors, and Prevention Strategies
A special issue of Healthcare (ISSN 2227-9032). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental Factors and Global Health".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 July 2021) | Viewed by 561
Special Issue Editors
Interests: women's health; chronic disease epidemiology
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
As you are aware, elder abuse continues to be a problem across the US. In the wake of the COVID-19 crisis, social distancing and isolation can potentially increase the risk of abuse for older adults. The journal Healthcare has decided that a Special Issue dedicated to elder abuse, focusing on the global situation, risk factors, and prevention strategies is therefore appropriate and will be of interest to their readership. The scope of this Special Issue will be to address the current state of elder abuse worldwide. We will also look for articles that discuss the latest strategies to detect and prevent abuse. The focus will be on informing the journal readers who are interested in health system and policy issues about the problem of elder abuse.
Prof. Charles P. Mouton
Dr. Jeffrey R. Temple
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- elder abuse
- risk factors
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