Clinical Gerontologist Call for Manuscripts: Cross-cultural Strategies to Address Brain and Mental Health in Underserved Populations
Clinical Gerontologist has announced a call for manuscripts for an upcoming special issue on cross-cultural strategies to address brain and mental health in underserved populations. The manuscript deadline is February 1, 2022.
The Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has further exposed the medical vulnerabilities of the older adult population and underscored the range of health-related inequities – ranging from access and delivery to service utilization – experienced by traditional underserved populations. With this in mind, this special issue focuses on the topics of brain and mental health as examined through the lens of factors (e.g., access to health care services, disability, and socioeconomic status, etc.) associated with health inequities experienced by traditionally underserved older adult populations including those (1) individuals residing in frontier, low-income, and rural communities and (2) members of racial and ethnic minority populations.
Clinical Gerontologist invites submissions from both within and outside the United States. Submissions should be broadly relevant to healthcare professionals and policymakers.
Potential topics include but are not limited to the following:
- Qualitative or quantitative analyses of the shared and differential health disparities in brain and mental health experienced by traditionally underserved populations;
- Qualitative, quantitative, or mixed-methods studies examining the linkages between brain and mental health and physical health (e.g., heart health) and in-turn, how these linkages are manifested in traditionally underserved populations;
- Evidence-based Interventions or evidence-informed interventions, model programs, or strategies/tools deployed either in the United States or abroad that have sought to improve brain and mental health in diverse populations;
- Culturally competent, evidence-based or evidence-informed behavioral interventions and recommendations to address brain and mental health in persons from traditionally underserved populations; and
- Cultural competency considerations for healthcare professionals and informal caregivers when discussing the topics of brain and mental health in traditionally underserved populations.
To learn more and to submit, click here.
