Call for papers: Work, Welfare and Health

Call for papers: Work, Welfare and Health

Introduction

Around the world, governments attempt to create resilient labour markets that depend on their ability to train skilled workers and maintain worker health. Sustainable labour markets need both economic development and workforce participation to create strong links between welfare programs and public health outcomes. The increasing economic inactivity that results from health problems and disabilities has emerged as a major problem that affects multiple countries, especially in the time after COVID-19.

Recent research shows that health problems now create more obstacles for people who want to work and for companies that need to maintain their workforce capacity. The United Kingdom has more than 2.8 million working-age people who cannot work because of health problems or disabilities, which shows that integrated systems need to connect work with welfare and health care programs. The solution to these problems needs policymakers to work together with employers, healthcare systems and community members.

The Public Health in Practice Special Issue Work Welfare and Health investigates how employment affects public health and welfare systems. The issue seeks to advance multidisciplinary research and policy discussions that promote inclusive labour markets, healthier workplaces, and equitable workforce participation across diverse populations.

Scope

The Special Issue requests original submissions of high quality that study work welfare and health through various academic disciplines. The research can take the form of empirical studies, policy assessment, theoretical research, and program impact evaluation, which examines methods to create healthier workforces and long-lasting employment systems.

The research should use appropriate research methods to demonstrate how its results will affect public health practices, employment policies and social welfare systems. The Special Issue invites researchers from public health, sociology, economics and public policy, occupational health, social work and related fields to submit their work.

The Special Issue presents research findings that enable policy development and implementation of effective methods to enhance workforce participation while reducing health-related work absences throughout the world.

Know More About This Issue

Sustainable economic development, together with social well-being, requires healthy populations and healthy workplaces to function as essential components. The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a rise in health-related work absence, which creates an urgent requirement for solutions that combine employment needs with welfare provisions and public health systems.

The Special Issue creates an interdisciplinary platform that enables researchers to share their findings through policy connections and practical applications. The program supports research projects that investigate new methods for improving workplace health and creating employment opportunities for all workers while developing organisational solutions that benefit employees with health challenges and social barriers.

The research aims to produce practical findings that will assist in creating accessible job markets and equal health outcomes across various national and regional contexts. The Special Issue intends to achieve sustainable workforce development and enhanced public health systems through its research collaboration among academics, practitioners, and government decision-makers.

Work, Welfare and Health

Key Themes

Researchers can submit their work on these specified research areas and all related fields.

  • Workplaces that create healthy environments through their organisational programs enable employees to achieve better health results while staying longer with the company and taking fewer sick days.
  • The organisation implements policies and programs that create safe work environments which enable people with health conditions or disabilities or limited skills to access employment opportunities.
  • The organisation implements various programs which assist individuals to return to work through vocational rehabilitation, community support and employer partnership programs.
  • The organisation provides workplace health services through system-level innovations, which include scalable support models that use data for their operations.
  • The research examines how social determinants lead to health inequalities, which result in economic inactivity among people.
  • The three groups of disabled individuals and young people who are NEET, older workers, and people from marginalised communities face multiple employment and health challenges.
  • The organisation conducts international research to analyse different countries’ policies and strategies which target health-related economic inactivity.
  • The organisation uses evidence-based methods to create inclusive labour markets which support sustainable workforce participation.
  • The organisation implements public health strategies that require multiple disciplines to address work issues, welfare systems and health system integration.

    • How We Support Your Submission

    To achieve successful publication in Public Health in Practice, authors must demonstrate that their manuscripts match the Special Issue theme while showing strong research methods and relevant policy outcomes. Our Research support services can assist authors through:

  • Academic editing and manuscript refinement
  • Guidance on research design, conceptual frameworks, and methodology
  • Support in improving structure, clarity, and scholarly writing quality
  • Assistance with journal formatting and submission requirements
  • Guidance on responding to peer-review feedback and revisions

    • Journal Guidelines:

  • Submissions must be original and not under consideration by any other journal.
  • All listed authors must have made substantial scholarly contributions and must approve the final manuscript before submission.
  • Any potential conflicts of interest must be clearly declared during the submission process.
  • Research involving human participants must comply with ethical approval requirements and informed consent standards.
  • Authors must follow the journal’s Guide for Authors for manuscript formatting and submission.
  • Manuscripts must be submitted through the Editorial Manager system, selecting “VSI: Work Welfare and Health” as the article type during submission.
  • Submissions that meet the required criteria will undergo peer review by two independent reviewers.

    • Important Dates

    Submission Deadline: 30 November 2026

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    To support researchers, the PhD Assistance Research Lab offers a free comprehensive guide on writing and preparing a high-quality journal manuscript.

    Reference

    Black, M., & Crawshaw, P. (2026). Call for papers: Work, welfare and health [Special issue]. Public Health in Practice. Elsevier.
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