Overview
Health professions denote the broad family of occupations whose practitioners are trained and credentialed to deliver, support, and improve health care across prevention, diagnosis, treatment, rehabilitation, and population health. The category extends well beyond medicine and nursing to include allied and behavioural disciplines such as occupational therapy, physiotherapy, music and other creative-arts therapies, pharmacy, public health practice, social work, and psychological and psychoanalytic care. Each profession contributes a distinct scope of practice, evidence base, and skill set, yet contemporary care increasingly depends on interprofessional collaboration and the coordinated functioning of teams. A central concern of scholarship in this area is the translation of evidence into routine practice: identifying the barriers, facilitators, and strategies that determine whether effective interventions are actually implemented, for example in neurological rehabilitation or integrated therapeutic services. Equally prominent are questions of workforce wellbeing, including practitioner burnout and its implications for patient safety, and of equitable access to services for migrant, marginalised, and underserved groups. Other recurring themes encompass education and professional development, the intersection of belief systems with mental health care, and the design of programmes that sustain a competent and resilient workforce. Together this field examines how health professionals are prepared, organised, supported, and held accountable to advance the health and wellbeing of individuals and communities.
Research published in this journal
7 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.
Exploration of the Implementation of Music Therapy into the Health Services: Lituanian Experience
Religion and Mental Health: A Critical Reflection in Consequence of Four Reviews (1969-2013)
The Migratory Phenomenon in Italy- Access to Health Services
How to Become a Psychoanalyst: A Guide for Social Workers
Pharmacodynamic Modeling of Sunscreens: New Efficacy Evaluation, Risks of Sunburn and Melanoma and Very Low to Very High Sun Protection Factor
How this research is being cited
The 7 articles above have been cited 11 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Jun 2026.
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2021 · Journal of Dermatology Research
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2021 · Journal of Dermatology Research
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2020 · International Journal of Global Health
A sample of recent works citing this journal's research on Health Professions, linking to each citing work.