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Call for Papers for a Special Issue of the International Journal of Biomedical Engineering and Technology: Using Technology to Facilitate Chronic Disease Management

Guest Editors:
Khin Than Win, University of Wollongong, Australia
Nilmini Wickramasinghe, RMIT University, Australia

Chronic disease continues to be one of the leading causes of death and economic loss in most countries today. Hence, it has become a central problem for healthcare and many are looking for solutions.

Early detection and prevention of chronic disease is one of the preferred strategies for reducing the incidence of chronic disease and address escalating cost issues. It has been widely documented that assisting chronic disease management through information technology tends to facilitate better health outcomes. We are therefore seeing several health IT projects being initiated and successfully supporting chronic disease management.

This special issue aims to host a discussion and discourse on the possible applications of IS/IT (information systems/information technology) to facilitate better chronic disease management.

Subject Coverage

Suitable topics include but are not limited to:

Facilitating standardisation via including care plans and guidelines for health information systems and developing decision support systems for assisting healthcare providers' decision making

Technology for delivery of care, e.g. artificial pancreases, implants, telemedicine, radiology, smart devices such as insulin pumps and implants

Electronic health records; health information systems; computerised guidelines; prevention; patient education; care and assistance for elderly people; lifestyle modifications such as physical activities, nutrition, weight management and mental health

Design and development of portals, communication platforms and/or the role of online social networks

Applications for mobile solutions to facilitate monitoring and/or management

Specific technology solutions to address better monitoring and management of asthma, diabetes, congenital heart disease, arthritis, chronic pain and obesity

Notes for Prospective Authors

Submitted papers should not have been previously published nor be currently under consideration for publication elsewhere. (N.B. Conference papers may only be submitted if the paper was not originally copyrighted and if it has been completely re-written).

All papers are refereed through a peer review process. A guide for authors, sample copies and other relevant information for submitting papers are available on the Author Guidelines page.

Important Dates

Papers due: 20 October, 2012

Review results: 31 January, 2013

Final paper due: 20 April 2013

Editors and Notes

You may send one copy in the form of an MS Word or PDF file attached to an email (details in Author Guidelines) to the following:

Dr. Khin Than Win
University of Wollongong
Faculty of Informatics
Northfields Avenue
Wollongong, NSW 2522
Australia
Email: win@uow.edu.au

Prof. Nilmini Wickramasinghe
Epworth Chair Health Information Management
RMIT University
College of Business
GPO Box 2476
Melbourne, VIC 3001
Australia
E-mail: nilmini.wickramasinghe@rmit.edu.au

Please include in your submission the title of the Special Issue, the title of the Journal and the names of the Guest Editors

Call for Papers for a Special Issue of Advances in School Mental Health Promotion: Applications of Pediatric Psychology in the School-Based Setting

Advances in School Mental Health Promotion will publish a special issue on applications of pediatric psychology in the school-based setting. This special issue will be edited by Dr. Brian P. Daly, Department of Psychology, Drexel University. This issue will seek to delineate the provision of school-based mental health services for educational, emotional, and behavioral issues in children with chronic illness.

Prevalence data indicate that approximately 15% to 20% of school-age children and adolescents suffer from a health-related disorder (Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 2008), with the incidence rate of chronic illness in children continuing to rise. A significant number of these children will experience negative consequences from their disorder resulting in decrements to school functioning and performance (Taras & Potts-Datema, 2005). In addition, children with chronic illness are at significantly greater risk for emotional, social, and behavioral issues relative to their healthy peers (Martinez & Erickan, 2009). While these issues are significantly impairing for children, many school-based personnel report receiving inadequate training to work with youth with chronic illness (Barraclough & Machek, 2010; Hamlet, Gergar, & Schaefer, 2011), resulting in serious concerns about their preparation to provide appropriate services for this unique population (Kaffenberger, 2006).

The aim of this special issue is to highlight approaches to the assessment and treatment of cognitive, learning, emotional, and behavioral issues among children with chronic illness in the school setting. We anticipate that studies or review papers will focus on a range of topics, including, but not limited to: school-based intervention or prevention programs that are specifically designed for children with health-related disorders; strategies for training and consulting with teachers to work with students with chronic illness; health promotion with pediatric populations in the school setting; school reintegration or school reentry programs for children with chronic illness; and, legal and ethical issues for children with chronic illness in the school setting.

Authors are encouraged to focus on those health-related disorders that are prevalent and likely to be encountered in the school setting including, but not limited to, asthma, cancer, cerebral palsy, congenital heart problems, cystic fibrosis, diabetes, epilepsy, HIV/AIDS, obesity, sickle cell anemia, spina bifida, and traumatic brain injury. We expect manuscripts to highlight science-based practice recommendations of relevance to mental health practitioners and/or policy makers. We are also interested in reviewing empirical manuscripts that report findings from smaller sample studies in addition to pilot or feasibility interventions. We very much welcome manuscripts from graduate students and fellows under faculty mentorship.

Papers must be double-spaced and should generally follow APA style (Sixth ed.) (please refer to http://www.schoolmentalhealth.co.uk/submiss.htm for more specific details on article submissions). Manuscripts will be peer reviewed. Papers that are not appropriate for inclusion in the special issue may be rerouted (with the authors’ knowledge and consent) for consideration for publication in ASMHP as regular papers.

For more information, please contact the Special Issue Guest Editor Brian P. Daly at brian.daly@drexel.edu. The deadline for manuscript submission is July 1, 2012. Submissions should be sent to: brian.daly@drexel.edu.