Journal HSS 6, issue 1, March 2021

Descrizione

The SIPISS, with Edizioni FS Publishers, publishes three issues of Journal of Health and Social Sciences each year. A peer reviewed journal, Journal of Health and Social Sciences is an outlet for original papers, commentaries, opinions and reviews on wide ranging medical sciences and social sciences. Areas of interest include any aspect of health from a wide range of social science and public health disciplines. The journal aspires to provide interdisciplinary exchange of views of scientists from around the world aimed at the growth of modern man, where the focus is the “health” by WHO. “Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infermity” (WHO Constitution)

ISSN 2499-2240

Open access available on www.journalhss.com

Editorial in Academic Publishing
Inclusion of the Journal of Health and Social Sciences in Scopus: Great honour and satisfaction, but the most exciting part is still to come
Francesco CHIRICO

Viewpoint in Public Health and COVID-19
The second wave of COVID-19 in Africa: The need for enhanced preparedness
Olayinka S. ILESANMI, Aanuoluwapo A. AFOLABI, Olayide O. OLABUMUYI

Viewpoint in Global Public Health and COVID-19
COVID-19 vaccination and global health equity: A decisive challenge for governments and policymakers
Mandira L. DHIMAL, Ajnish GHIMIRE, Bidushi POKHREL, Meghnath DHIMAL

Viewpoint in Infectious Diseases and Public Health
Discovery of the deadly New Delhi metallo-beta-lactamase 1 superbug in the Arctic: The Indian context
Tanmayee JOSHI, Isha PATEL

Scoping Review in Bioethics and COVID-19
A scoping review of the ethical issues within telemedicine: Lessons from COVID-19 pandemice
Jun XU, Abbygale WILLGING, Katrina A. BRAMSTEDT

Original Article in Health Psychology
Knowledge and attitudes among healthcare workers and patients with total knee and hip replacement towards the use of brief psychological techniques: A qualitative study in UK and Saudi hospitals
Tahani ALSANAANI, Alyson NORMAN, Ben WHALLEY

Original Article in Global Public Health
Barriers and facilitators to improving access to healthcare for recently resettled Afghan refugees: A transformative qualitative study
Amir R. REIHANI, Heather G. ZIMMERMAN, Nimasha FERNANDO, Darlene R. SAUNDERS, Mark EDBERG, Ernest CARTER

Original Article in Global Health and COVID-19
Health-related quality of life during stay-at-home order and attitudes toward vaccination against COVID-19 in the District of Columbia, USA
Phronie JACKSON, Collette BROWN, Latoya CALLENDER

Original Article in Global Health and COVID-19
Are we ready for COVID-19’s golden passport? Insights from a global physician survey
P. Murali DORAISWAMY, Mohan M. CHILUKURI, Alexandra R. LINARES, Katrina A. BRAMSTEDT

Original Article in Psychology and Gynecology
Emotional Intelligence (EI) and Quality of Life (QoL) in perimenopausal women: A cross-sectional, community-based study from Ghana
Esther ADDAE, Joseph K. OFOSUHENE-MENSAH

Original Article in Public Health
Association between Type 2 diabetes mellitus and health literacy, behavioral and environmental risk factors in Lebanon: A case-control study
Carine M. NASSAR, Pascale SALAMEH

Book Review in COVID-19
Recentring our economy around wellbeing following the COVID-19 pandemic: A book review of The Case for Degrowth
Theo RASHID, Toby PEPPERRELL