Call for papers: Planetary Health and Primary Care

The Special Issue accepts research on innovative experiences in planetary health in primary care or in the community.

The growth and expansion of the human population and its activities are leading to a loss of biodiversity that threatens life and impacts the health of people and the planet itself. The preventive and salutogenic approach of Primary Care, focused on lifestyles, makes this an ideal level of care to act with the “One Health” approach. Primary Care has a wide distribution throughout the territory and works with people in their homes, their families and their communities. And it is there where we have the opportunity to motivate people to choose life options that improve their health and that of the environment. Because it is not possible to have good Human health without good Planetary Health.

Guest editors:

Dr. Gisela Galindo-Ortego
Especialista en Medicina de Familia y Comunitaria. Vicepresidenta semFYC.

Dr. María del Campo-Giménez
Especialista en Medicina de Familia y Comunitaria. Vicesecretaria semFYC.

Manuscript submission information:

The Atención Primaria’s submission system is open for submissions to our special issue titled “Planetary Health and Primary Care”. When submitting your manuscript, please select the article type VSI: Planetary Health from the drop-down list. And the deadline to submit the manuscript will be 31st May 2025.

All submissions deemed suitable to be sent for peer review will be reviewed by at least two independent reviewers. Once your manuscript is accepted, it will go into production and will be simultaneously published in the current regular issue and pulled into the online Special Issue.

 Articles from this Special Issue will appear in different regular issues of the journal, though they will be clearly marked and branded as Special Issue articles.

Please see an example here Science of the Total Environment

Further, kindly ensure to read the Guide for Authors before writing your manuscript. The Guide for Authors and link to submit your manuscript is available on the Journal’s homepage at Atención Primaria.

Keywords:

One Health, Planetary Health, Pollution, Climate change, Mental and Planetary Health, Drug resistance

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