Health Promotion, Disease Prevention, and Chronic Illness Experience: A Health Psychology Perspective

Dear Colleagues,

We are happy to invite you to contribute to this Special Issue focusing on Health Psychology—a scientific field that integrates biological, psychological, environmental, and sociocultural factors to improve our holistic understanding of physical health and illness. Therefore, the adoption of an interdisciplinary approach is essential in designing and implementing effective and empirically based interventions that promote healthy behaviors, optimize chronic disease management, and enhance patient–provider communication.

This Special Issue seeks to deepen our understanding of the multifaceted elements that are related to physical health and the experience of receiving healthcare, thereby aligning with the journal's scope and objectives. By focusing on health psychology, we hope to draw attention to and highlight cutting-edge research and innovative practices that contribute to health promotion, illness prevention, treatment and rehabilitation, palliative care, health policy, and the improvement of the healthcare system.

Original research papers, systematic reviews, and meta-analyses are all invited and welcomed to this Special Issue. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following: health communication, health promotion and disease prevention, behavioral health interventions, the stress, coping, and adjustments experienced in chronic illness, chronic illness and disease management, pain management, medication and treatment adherence, quality of life, mental health, childhood and adolescent health and illness, women’s health issues, and palliative care and end-of-life issues.

Healthcare is an international, peer-reviewed, open access journal published by MDPI (based in Basel, Switzerland), with an IF = 2.4 and a Journal rank Q2 (healthcare sciences and services). The journal is covered by many databases, including EBSCO, DOAJ, Scopus, and PubMed.

We look forward to receiving your contributions.

Dr. Vasiliki Efstathiou
Prof. Fotios Anagnostopoulos
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Healthcare is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2700 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

• health promotion
• disease prevention
• chronic illness experience
• palliative care
• post-traumatic growth
• quality of life
• health communication
• healthcare professionals’ well-being
• health behavior change interventions
• digital health interventions