Behavior and Social Issues - Call for Papers: Human Behavior and Public Health
Guest Editors: Elizabeth Schieber, PhD (Elizabeth.Schieber@umassmed.edu); Jonathan Schulz, PhD, MPH, BCBA-D (jonathan.schulz@uvm.edu); Crystal Slanzi, PhD, BCBA-D (crystal.slanzi@temple.edu); and Sarah Weinsztok, PhD, BCBA (sweinsztok@ku.edu)
Inquiries regarding possible submissions should be sent to Crystal Slanzi (crystal.slanzi@temple.edu)
Behavior and Social Issues (BSI) invites papers for a special section on Human Behavior and Public Health targeted for the fall 2024 issue, in support of the UN Sustainable Development Goals, such as SDG3 and SDG10.
Public health aims to prevent disease, promote health, and prolong the life of all using socioecological models that explore a diverse set of health phenomena from several layers of influence, each of which involves the behavior of individuals. Therefore, many public health issues can be addressed through adapting and changing human behaviors. To produce improvements in population health outcomes and reduce health disparities, this behavior change must be addressed through a wide range of viewpoints, such as public health, behavior science, prevention, and implementation sciences.
This special section seeks to explore the multiple levels of influence that affect human behavior by integrating and synthesizing perspectives related to the assessment and measurement of behavior change of public health importance, as well as discussing future directions for research,
policy, and knowledge gaps. Contributions that involve collaboration with other disciplines are strongly encouraged.
We encourage submissions including, but not limited to, the following topics:
- Epidemics of HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria, and other infectious disease
- Reducing non-communicable or chronic diseases
- Prevention and treatment of substance use
- Promotion of health behaviors (e.g., healthy diet, exercise)
- Increasing vaccination rates
- Medication adherence
- Prevention of road traffic accidents
- Access to care (e.g., sexual and reproductive health-care services, disease management)
- Maternal and child health
- Improving mental health
- Health education (e.g., enhancing health literacy, school-based evidence-based interventions)
- Reducing health disparities; increasing health equity
- Decreasing discrimination and creating inclusive environments
- Community-based interventions
- Emergency preparedness planning
- Improving patient safety
- Improving functioning of health care systems and organizations
- Community Tool Box
We invite manuscripts that are original research, review articles, case studies, or reflect new methodologies or methods in service of our call. Each submission will undergo thorough and rigorous peer review according to the journal’s peer review editorial policy.
To receive consideration, manuscripts must be submitted no later than December 15, 2023
References
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Ginja, S., Gallagher, S., & Keenan, M. (2021). Water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) behaviour change research: Why an analysis of contingencies of reinforcement is needed. International Journal of Environmental Health Research, 31(6), 715–728. https://doi.org/10.1080/09603123.2019.1682127
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