Gnoscience Journal of Clinical and Public Health

Public health and epidemiology address the health of populations rather than individual patients, encompassing disease prevention, health promotion, health systems strengthening, and the epidemiological methods used to understand and control patterns of disease across communities. This specialty collection within the Gnoscience Journal of Clinical and Public Health publishes original research, systematic reviews, narrative reviews, case reports, case series, and evidence-based public health studies that contribute to population health knowledge and policy-relevant decision-making.

The collection welcomes manuscripts spanning epidemiological surveillance, outbreak investigation, health systems research, environmental and occupational health, health education, and the social and behavioural determinants of disease, including studies examining how healthcare access and health literacy shape population outcomes. Public health scholarship carries particular educational value in connecting individual clinical observations to broader population-level patterns, supporting evidence-informed practice and strengthening the link between clinical medicine and public health decision-making.

Given the inherently multidisciplinary nature of public health, contributions frequently draw on collaboration between clinicians, epidemiologists, biostatisticians, health policy researchers, and public health practitioners. Submissions are particularly welcomed from researchers and practitioners internationally, reflecting the considerable global variation in health system capacity, disease burden, and public health priorities across different regions and income settings.

Accepted articles are organised within this collection, helping researchers and practitioners with an interest in population health locate relevant studies and evidence more easily. Researchers, epidemiologists, and public health professionals are encouraged to share findings that strengthen the evidence base for disease prevention and health policy, from local health systems research to studies with broader global health relevance.