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Call for Papers: Health Policy and Technology

Health Policy and Technology (HPT), a new journal from the Fellowship of Postgraduate Medicine (FPM), has been launched in March 2012 as a cross-disciplinary journal, which will focus on past, present and future health policy and the role of technology in clinical and non-clinical national and international health environments. HPT is published on the FPM's behalf by Elsevier, a major international scientific, technical and medical publisher (see the Elsevier press release about the new journal).

The FPM continues to publish its first international publication, the Postgraduate Medical Journal, launched in 1925. HPT provides a further excellent way for the FPM to continue to make important national and international contributions to development of policy and practice within medicine and related disciplines. The aim of the FPM in establishing this new international journal is to publish relevant, timely and accessible articles and commentaries to support policy-makers, health professionals, health technology providers, patient groups and academia interested in health policy and technology.

Topics covered by HPT will include

- Health technology, including drug discovery, diagnostics, medicines, devices, therapeutic delivery and eHealth systems
- Cross-national comparisons on health policy using evidence-based approaches
- National studies on health policy to determine the outcomes of technology-driven initiatives
- Cross-border eHealth including health tourism
- The digital divide in mobility, access and affordability of healthcare
- Health technology assessment (HTA) methods and tools for evaluating the effectiveness of clinical and non-clinical health technologies
- Health and eHealth indicators and benchmarks (measure/metrics) for understanding the adoption and diffusion of health technologies
- Health and eHealth models and frameworks to support policy-makers and other stakeholders in decision-making
- Stakeholder engagement with health technologies (clinical and patient/citizen buy-in)
- Regulation and health economics

For more information about the new journal go to: http://www.healthpolicyandtechnology.org

Call for Papers: International Journal of MCH & AIDS (IJMA)

In our increasingly global world, the health of mothers, infant, and children and youth populations has become an important international health issue. This is particularly important in developing countries where maternal and child health (MCH) is deteriorating and inequalities are growing due to the HIV/AIDS epidemic ravaging populations in developing world. There is an urgent need to collect, document, and disseminate the existing evidence and emerging issues on the intersection between maternal and child health and HIV/AIDS. Above all, non-communicable diseases threaten the fragile gains made in addressing precarious state of maternal and child health in developing countries.

The International Journal of MCH and AIDS (IJMA) provides a platform through which researchers, as well as program and policy makers, can learn about the various factors that contribute to the health and well-being of mothers, infants, children, and adults and how the HIV/AIDS is decimating the gains in those sectors. The journal focuses on empirical findings from low and middle-income countries exploring trends and patterns at international, national, and local levels. Research articles and rigorous meta-analyses are welcome. Ideas for review articles on MCH and HIV/AIDS in developing countries will be considered. The topics to be covered in the journal include, but are not limited to:

Life expectancy, cause-specific mortality, and human development

Maternal, infant, child, and youth mortality and morbidity in developing countries

Determinants and consequences of childhood and adolescent obesity and sedentary behaviors

Quality of life and mental health disparities affecting MCH and HIV/AIDS populations

Social, behavioral, and biological determinants of MCH and HIV/AIDS and well-being

Disparities in health and well-being based on gender, race, ethnicity, immigrant status, social class, education, income, disability status, etc.

Region and/or country specific studies

Cross-national research on MCH and HIV/AIDS issues across the world

Issues of resilience among populations impacted by HIV/AIDS

Applications of surveillance, trend, and multilevel methods, and use of novel approaches in both quantitative and qualitative research studies

Book reviews on (national or cross-national) MCH and HIV/AIDS issues and social determinants of health.

Before submitting their manuscripts, prospective authors should carefully read the journal’s Author Instructions, which are located here http://www.mchandaids.org/?page_id=96

Manuscripts are accepted on a rolling basis. Manuscripts that do not meet the immediate deadline of a particular issue are automatically considered for the next issue. Authors will receive an email confirmation acknowledging receipt of their manuscripts within three days of successful manuscript submission.

If you have any questions please visit or email us:

Website: www.mchandaids.org
Email: editorinchief@mchandaids.org

Call for Papers for a Special Issue of Developing World Bioethics: Ethics and Treatment Access Activism: Courts, Health Policy and Health Economics

Guest Editors: Maurice Cassier, Marilena Correa

Closing date for submissions: 15 September 2012

This Special Issue of Developing World Bioethics will focus on the emergence of ethical analyses pertaining to impoverished patients’ access to medical care and to medicines. The main focus of this issue will be on the fight against HIV/AIDS and the “neglected” diseases of the last two decades. New ethical understandings have been developed in different contexts and expressed in governmental health policies, and through tribunals, public discussion forums, patients association claims, humanitarian organizations and funds, research programs, governmental health departments, international health organizations, etc. In each case, what is at stake are norms such as equity, as well as equality and justice, which provide an important foundation for individual and collective forms of activism as well as governmental actions. The Special Issue of Developing World Bioethics aims at bringing about a critical discussion of the variegated ethical arguments for improving access to treatment and medicines, which have been put forward by different social actors.

The editors welcome early discussion of brief proposals and/or abstracts by email. Papers can be sent to Maurice Cassier and Marilena Correa.

Upon submission authors should include full contact details and a few lines of autobiographical information in a separate electronic file. We discourage papers of more than 5000 words.

For further submission requirements, format and referencing style, refer to the Author Guidelines http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/%28ISSN%291471-8847/homepage/ForAuthors.html

Manuscripts should be submitted to Developing World Bioethics online at: http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/dwb.
Please ensure that you select manuscript type ‘Special Issue’.

Maurice Cassier is a sociologist and economist
Senior researcher at CNRS ; directeur d´etudes EHESS.
CERMES
Site CNRS, 7, rue Guy Môquet.
VILLEJUIF Cedex 94801.
FRANCE

Marilena Corrêa MD, PhD in sociology of health
Full Professor at the Institute of Social Medecine of the State University of Rio de Janeiro (IMS-UERJ)
Instituto de Medicina Social
Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro
Rua São Francisco Xavier 524, 7 andar, bloco D
Rio de Janeiro RJ zip code 20559.990
BRAZIL

Call for Papers for a Special Issue of Special Issue of Pimatisiwin: A Journal of Indigenous and Community Health: Prioritizing Indigenous Maternal and Infant Health

Deadline for Submission is June 30th, 2012

Indigenous communities continually experience poorer health outcomes than the general populations of the countries they live in. Maternal and infant outcomes are a fundamental indicator of the health of populations, and the differences between Indigenous and non-Indigenous outcomes are marked. Indigenous communities also experience higher birth rates, younger populations, barriers to accessing health care, and higher rates of suicide, addiction, incarceration, family violence, and apprehension of children. The health and well-being of Indigenous mothers and their babies is central to understanding how these disparities are embodied, reproduced, challenged, and overcome.

Research in the area of maternal and infant health has the potential to play an important role in addressing disparities. Issues of health outcomes, access to health care and education, place of birth, provision and sustainability of midwifery services, breastfeeding, current maternal health policies and practices, and social determinants of health all contribute to our understanding of this issue. As attention to both maternal and infant health policy and the health and well-being of Indigenous communities is becoming more prevalent in wider national and global discourses, research and evidence regarding indigenous maternal and infant health becomes increasingly relevant.

This special issue (Winter 2012) seeks to bring together the various approaches to Indigenous maternal and infant health research and practice.

Special Editors:

The issue will be co-edited by Rachel Olson (Tr’ondek Hwech’in First Nation and the University of Sussex) and the National Aboriginal Council of Midwives (NACM). NACM is a Canadian national organization and exists to promote excellence in reproductive health care for Inuit, First Nations, and Métis women. We advocate for the restoration of midwifery education, the provision of midwifery services, and choice of birthplace for all Aboriginal communities consistent with the U.N. Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

Articles must be submitted electronically by email in Microsoft Word Format to either the managing editor (patti-laboucane@ncsa.ca) or Rachel Olson (r.olson@sussex.ac.uk).

Call for Papers for a Special Issue of the International Journal of Men’s Health: Practical Solutions to Address Men’s Health Disparities

Abstract proposals due June 30, 2012

Full manuscripts due October 31, 2012

To highlight next steps in health research and practice for men of color, the International Journal of Men’s Health will be publishing a special issue on “Practical solutions to address men’s health disparities” in 2013. Men’s health disparities research considers how the individual- or population-level health behaviors and health outcomes of men are determined by cultural, environmental, and economic factors associated with race, ethnicity and other socially defined identities and group memberships. Guest Editors for this special issue are Dr. Daphne C. Watkins (University of Michigan School of Social Work) and Dr. Derek M. Griffith (University of Michigan School of Public Health) and they welcome a range of papers that relate to physical and mental health disparities and issues that impact health behaviors and health outcomes of men of color.

Papers that include qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods are welcomed; and papers that discuss the design, implementation, and evaluation of behavioral and policy interventions are encouraged. An important aspect of every manuscript selected for inclusion in the special issue will be the focus on practical solutions and/or applications of research findings for improving the health of men of color or reducing men’s health disparities. Commentaries and literature reviews will also be considered.

If you are interested in submitting a paper for this IJMH special issue, please submit an abstract for the proposed paper no later than June 30, 2012 to daphnew[at]umich.edu with “Abstract for IJMH Special Issue” in the subject line of your email. [Invitations for full-article submissions will be sent by August 1, 2012 with full manuscripts due October 31, 2012]. The abstract should be no more than 250 words and a title page (that include the title of the paper and each author’s name, institutional affiliation, and complete contact information) should precede it.

If you have questions about the special issue please contact Dr. Watkins at daphnew[at]umich.edu or Dr. Griffith at derekmg[at]umich.edu.