About this Journal

Health and Social Care in the Community is an international peer-reviewed journal with a multidisciplinary audience including social workers, health care professionals with a community or public health focus e.g. public health practitioners, GP’s, Community Nurses and Social Care researchers and educators.

The Journal promotes critical thinking and informed debate about all aspects of health and social care. Original papers are sought that reflect the broad range of policy, practice and theoretical issues underpinning the provision of care in the community.

Health and Social Care in the Community publishes systematic and narrative reviews, policy analysis and empirical qualitative or quantitative papers including papers that focus on professional or patient education.

This journal is published by Hindawi as part of a publishing collaboration with John Wiley & Sons, Inc. It is a fully open access journal produced under the Hindawi and Wiley brands. 

ISSN: 1365-2524 (Online)  

DOI: 10.1155/hsc   

Archival content 

Content published prior to 2023 is hosted on the Wiley Online Library. 

Health & Social Care in the Community is an open access journal. All articles are immediately available to read and reuse upon publication. More information about our Open Access policy can be found on our copyright page.

Editorial enquiries should be directed to hsc@hindawi.com.

General enquiries should be directed to help@hindawi.com.