Psychosocial calls for papers / publications

Call for Papers for a Special Issue of Europe’s Journal of Psychology: Quality of Life in Social Science & Clinical Medicine

We are inviting papers for a special issue on Quality of Life in Social Science & Clinical Medicine to be published by Europe's Journal of Psychology (EJOP) in February 2013.
This special issue, edited by Dr. Paraskevi Theofilou, welcomes theoretical, methodological and empirical contributions on the following main topics:

1) Quality of life and mental health in chronic disease patients as well as in socially disadvantaged populations
2) Patients’ adherence to treatment - Interventions to improve adherence
3) Health locus of control in chronic disease patients - The relation to QoL and treatment adherence
4) Quality of life in health professionals, e.g. stress, anxiety, burnout
5) Quality of life definition, measurement etc in social science and clinical medicine (as a theoretical topic)

EJOP is a peer-reviewed open-access journal meant to facilitate communication between psychologists, both young professionals and specialists, and to give them access to high-quality professional information, thus fostering the scientific psychological community in Europe and worldwide. It publishes four issues per year and all the articles can be found at: http://ejop.psychopen.eu. The journal is currently indexed by DOAJ, EBSCO, Scopus, ProQuest and PsychEXTRA and part of the PsychOpen Publication Platform.

The deadline for submissions is 15 July and articles should be submitted through the electronic submission system (http://ejop.psychopen.eu/information/authors) with a note that they are intended for this special edition. Articles should not exceed 10.000 words in length and comply with APA publication standards. More author's guidelines can be found at: http://ejop.psychopen.eu/about/submissions#authorGuidelines

Call for Papers for a Special Section of the Journal of Family Psychology: Spirituality and Religion in Family Life

May 3, 2013 - submission deadline

This special section of the Journal of Family Psychology aims to stimulate the breadth and depth of rigorous scientific studies on the interface of faith and family life. Recent reviews demonstrate that spirituality and religion remain relevant to contemporary families, but critical gaps in the research literature compromise a balanced or deep understanding how faith operates in a family context (see Mahoney, Swank & Tarakeshwar, 2001; Mahoney, 2010; Mahoney, in press).

For example, repeated studies suggest that higher religious attendance and salience helps to form (e.g., marital unions) and maintain (e.g., lowers divorce risk) traditional family bonds. But scarce research exists on specific positive or negative roles that spirituality and religion may play in families, especially in nontraditional or distressed families.

To help address these gaps, we invite papers that address any of the following ways in which specific spiritual cognitions and behaviors centered on family life may:

help or harm relational and individual adjustment, including, but not limited to, the sanctification of an aspect of family life, prayer for a family member, positive religiousspiritual coping strategies to cope with family issues, spiritual struggles or negative religiousspiritual coping tied to family difficulties, and perceiving negative family events as a sacred loss andor desecration.facilitate or undermine the formation and maintenance of diverse types of families (e.g., cohabiting unions with and without children, same-sex couples with and without children, blended, foster, adoptive, and multi-generational families).be part of the problem or solution in coping with family-related distress. This includes, but is not limited to, difficulties in the formation (e.g., unwanted singlehood or cohabitation, unintended pregnancy, infertility) and maintenance (e.g., coping with infidelity, partner or parent-child violence, chronic relational conflict, divorce, or a family member who has medical, mental health, or developmental problems) of family relationships.

Questions about the special section can be addressed to the section editors, Annmarie Cano, PhD or Annette Mahoney, PhD.

Submit manuscripts through the Journal of Family Psychology portal no later than May 3, 2013 and please note that the submission is for this special section.

Call for Graphic Memoirs on Mental Health Problems and the Psychiatric System

Editors: John Stuart Clark & Theodore Stickley

An undervalued feature of the recovery movement is the powerful narratives of those who have survived mental health problems and the psychiatric system.

Increasingly people in distress or recovery have turned to the graphic medium of comics to tell their sensitive stories, sometimes collaborating with friends or therapists, more commonly working alone to produce a personal diary or recollection. While a few have emerged as published ‘graphic memoirs’, most never see the light of day, or at best, are only accessible as web-comics.

Going some way to correct this, we invite submissions for a compendium book of graphic short stories of personal journeys (or part of) to be published early next year. The invitation goes out to everybody, past or present ‘sufferer’, regardless of artistic or literary expertise.

The editors appreciate that the form and dimensions of any proposed book are critical to those who create comics, so before committing, we ask for expressions of interest. This should be no more than a title and paragraph outlining your proposed story, plus a sample page of artwork submitted as a jpeg no bigger than 2MB. Deadline for Expressions: 31st July 2012

As a rough guide, imagine the finished book is A4 format and in black & white. Your finished story or episode should be no more than ten pages long, but can be as short as a single page.

Provided it is indicative of your style or that of the person you will collaborate with, the sample artwork can be of anything and any dimension. It is not necessary to work up a sample of your proposed story. Postal submissions will be accepted, but your outline must be typed, the artwork must be a photocopy, and a stamped self-addressed envelope must be included. Foreign language contributors will need to provide their own translations into English, and the page must read left to right.

The editors will respect full confidentiality should you wish your work to be included anonymously, but we need full contact details, even if you prefer to use a pseudonym. The editors cannot team up writers with artists, or visa versa.

COPYRIGHT: Standard copyright practice is adhered to.

DATA PROTECTION: The editors will retain entrants’ personal data for use solely in conjunction with work on this project and will not make this available to other organisations.

Digital submissions: Theo.Stickley@nottingham.ac.uk

Postal submissions: Theo Stickley, Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Mental Health Building, University of Nottingham, Jubilee Campus, Wollaton Road, Nottingham NG8 1BB, U.K.

Call for Papers for a Thematic Issue of Family & Community Health: Faith-Based Initiatives to Promote Health

Social scientists and theologians have noted that churches and other faith-based organizations can have a considerable impact on society and its members. Over the past decade, government-sponsored faith-based initiatives have raised the profile of faith-based organizations as those that can provide services to disadvantaged individuals and communities. During this time, an increasing number of health scientists and public health practitioners have begun to work with faith-based institutions in health promotion and disease prevention efforts designed to improve the health of “hard to reach” or “at-risk” populations. The emergence of these efforts has sparked interests in examining the relationship between faith and health. “Faith” like “health” is a concept with multiple descriptions and applications, making it difficult to specify elements of successful collaboration between scientific and spiritual institutions.

This thematic issue will build on the foundation laid in Volume 32, Issue 4 which highlighted the diversity of faith-based programs and their potential impact for individuals and their communities. We invite investigators to contribute original research as well as review articles that will further broaden the understanding of the relationship between faith and health. Potential topics include, but are not limited to:

• Papers that discuss or refine existing theoretical models undergirding current faith-based research
• Papers that highlight seemingly subtle distinctions (i.e., faith-based orientation vs. church-based orientation) that can lead to considerable differences in approaches and outcomes
• Descriptions of epidemiological studies examining associations between faith and health
• Descriptions of intervention studies in faith settings and/or that incorporate faith-based elements

We especially welcome manuscripts that have leaders of faith-based organizations (e. g., pastors) as contributing authors.

Submissions
Before submission authors should carefully read over the journal’s Author Guidelines, which are located at http://journals.lww.com/familyandcommunityhealth/Pages/informationforauthors.aspx. Prospective authors should submit an electronic copy of their complete manuscript through the journal’s system at http://www.editorialmanager.com/fch/ no later than October 1, 2012.

Call for Papers for a Special Issue of the Journal of Health & Productivity: Health and Productivity on the Workplace: the Relationship between Payer, Provider and Policy Maker in Oncology and Hematology

The deadline for submission is September 1, 2012.

The Journal of Health & Productivity (JHP) published by InPress Media Group for the Institute for Health and Productivity (IHPM) publishes current research and debate on all aspects of employee health and productivity.

The Journal of Health & Productivity aims to be the leading multidisciplinary publication offering peer-reviewed high quality original research and review articles with real relevance to payers, providers, policy makers and employers. The Journal provides corporate decision makers critically examined evidence applicable to their own issues concerning employee health and its impact on productivity.

Led by Editor-in-Chief William B. Bunn III, MD, JD, MPH, vice president of Health, Safety, Security and Productivity at Navistar International, the Journal’s Editorial Advisory Board of leading academic researchers and industry experts ensures that the publication is a must-read for researchers and practitioners concerned with the health and productivity of the workforce.

Reaching more than 12,000 senior executives via print and more than 9,500 electronically, the Journal of Health & Productivity heavily penetrates the market it serves, including corporate employee coalitions, business associations, health plans, providers and government agencies.

The Journal of Health & Productivity (JHP) publishes:

Peer-reviewed research articles on all aspects of employee health and productivity;
Practical advice via in-depth case studies, presenting simple practical solutions to employee health and productivity problems
Real-life implications for the individual, the employer, and public health systems in general
Policies, processes, systems and governance issues related to cost-effective health and productivity programs for employers.

Call for papers: Oncology & Hematology Special
The Journal of Health & Productivity (JHP) is planning to advance Journal of Health & Productivity further by publishing a special peer-reviewed issue addressing the topics relevant to the employer/payer and provider relationship in oncology and hematology.

Based on ongoing response from its members, the IHPM recognizes that there is an unfilled need for authoritative, peer reviewed, information about health and productivity related to oncology and hematology.

The Journal of Health & Productivity is seeking original work to facilitate understanding of the often divergent perspectives of payers, providers, policy makers and employers, presenting relevant – must-read – information that will enhance decisions made by providers, payers, and policy makers.

The Journal of Health & Productivity will be addressing unique oncology and hematology topics relevant to executives concerned about the health and productivity of their employees.

The overall goal of the Journal is to improve employee healthcare in the oncology and hematology.

The editors of the Journal of Health & Productivityare seeking original research articles and informed commentary on the following topics:

Cancer in the workplace: prevalence and economic impact

Measuring the economic burden of cancer

The impact of cancer and hematological disorders on workplace health and productivity

The psychosocial impact of cancer and hematological disorders and the effect on employee productivity

Lost productive time associated with cancer and hematological disorders

Measuring outcomes and quality of care and the impact on employee productivity

Cost of new therapeutic agents and impact on patients, employees, providers and employers

Effects of innovative models of care, care delivery, and quality of care on employee health and productivity

Effects of healthcare reform on cancer care – and how this impacts employers and employees

Methodologies for accountability of payers and providers in oncology/hematology and the effect on employers and employees

Effect on employee health and productivity of health promotion and care delivery models in oncology/hematology

Improving functional health of employees with cancer and their impact on total labor costs

Impact of new economic models on oncology care – and the effect on employee productivity

Effects of healthcare reform on cancer care on employee health and productivity

Impact of plan design on patient access to appropriate therapies

The benefit of integrating evidence-based guidelines into practice on employee health and productivity

Innovative collaboration between payers, providers, policy-makers and the effect on workplace health and productivity

Advances in the diagnosis and treatment of cancer and the impact on employee health and productivity

Cancer survivorship, late treatment-related side effects (physical, psychosocial and cognitive abnormalities) and employee health and productivity

How to submit
Preference will be given to high quality original research and review articles. Contributors are encouraged to report on current research, clarifying the practical implications on employee health and productivity of their work in order to increase understanding and provide a platform for further research and development.

All submitted papers will undergo the standard peer-review process required by Journal of Health & Productivity. Due to space constraints, please limit the text to 4500 words and the graphic elements to a combined total of 6 tables and figures. Final decisions regarding inclusion in this special issue rest solely with the Editors.

Please send your manuscript to:

Peter Hofland, PhD
Publisher and Executive Editor Journal of Health & Productivity
InPress Media Group, LLC
4960 South Gilbert Road, Suite 1286
Chandler, AZ 85249
editor@inpressmediagroup.com

Call for Reflections: Journal of Social Work in End-of-Life and Palliative Care

Journal Editor: Ellen L. Csikai, Ph.D
Section Editor: Mercedes Bern-Klug, PhD

We are pleased to be able to offer this opportunity to publish personal accounts of various aspects of social work in end-of-life and palliative care. We hope these entries in the journal will provide an insider’s look into everyday practice or give some inspiration as we assist individuals and families at this crucial time in life.

Description of Section:
Our work in providing end-of-life and palliative care affects us both personally and professionally. This new section of the journal is dedicated to using creative writing to give voice to the personal impact of end-of-life and palliative care social work in clinical practice, community organizing, policy practice, research, and education. Content, reflecting both the art and science of social work, is accepted in three forms: poetry, essays, and case studies.

Authors should submit only material that is original and that has not been previously published. In addition, please do not submit any material that is currently under consideration by another publication source. Do not disclose the identity of living persons without their written permission. If the content of your material can lead to the identification of a colleague, client, family member, or any person other than yourself, please follow your organization’s rules for the protection of human subjects, and indicate in your cover letter that your material conforms to your organization’s guidelines.

Poem
Poems from 7-15 lines in length are preferable, although longer poems will be considered.

Essay
Essays should be no longer than 1,400 words (about 5 pages double-spaced), although longer lengths may be considered. Essays can reflect the personal meaning-making experience of the author and tap into insights about, for example, ethical dilemmas, the importance of relationships, satisfaction or strain related to work in end-of-life and/or palliative care, gratitude, grief, humility, humor, and hope. The range of potential topics is deliberately broad. They may be written in the first person. Authors are encouraged to seek editorial feedback from a colleague or writing specialist before submitting material for consideration. No references or citations are expected.

Case Study
Case studies that do not exceed 1,400 words (about 5 pages double-spaced) are preferred although longer submissions will be considered. Case studies describe circumstances that are unusual or could be considered outside the experience of many readers by virtue of the characteristics of the client, his or her family system, the community, the social worker, local laws or regulations, or historical events (for example, a natural disaster like a flood, a hurricane, a traffic accident, or an organizational budget cut that affected care). Case studies present an issue that challenges the social worker, describes consideration and weighing of options, and presents the conclusion or clarifies that there was no conclusion. Authors are strongly encouraged to seek editorial feedback from a colleague or writing specialist before submitting material for consideration. References or citations should be included where appropriate, but are not required.

Submissions are online at: http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/wswe

With your submission please include a cover letter with full author(s) contact information and a statement that the author(s) has followed his/her organization’s IRB procedures as appropriate.

Call for Papers for a Special Thematic Issue of the Journal of Social Work in End-of-Life and Palliative Care: Chronic Illness at the End of Life

Deadline: July 15, 2012

The Journal of Social Work in End-of-Life and Palliative Care invites manuscripts for a special thematic issue on chronic illness at the end of life.

Appropriate topics may be related to a range of medical diagnoses: Cancer, ESRD, Alzheimer’s, COPD, HIV, etc. and challenges encountered and opportunities presented at the end stages of the disease process. Issues could pertain to the needs of individuals diagnosed with the illness, caregivers (family and professional), health care systems, and policy. Also manuscripts could address: challenges faced by people facing multiple illnesses; challenges, innovations, and interventions in care of persons with chronic illness at EOL; pain management/palliative care issues; and the role of the social worker and the interdisciplinary teams consideration in care of persons with chronic illness at EOL. Manuscripts could focus on a single illness or compare issues/interventions across illnesses. Also, a range of practice settings, hospice, hospital, nursing homes, assisted living could serve as a focus for manuscripts. As always, international perspectives and cross-cultural research are welcome.

Please address questions to Editor-in-Chief, Ellen L. Csikai, PhD at ecsikai@sw.ua.edu<mailto:ecsikai@sw.ua.edu>.

Manuscripts for this issue are due by July 15, 2012 and must be submitted online to ScholarOne:
http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/wswe

Editor: Ellen L. Csikai, LCSW, MPH, PhD Professor, School of Social Work
The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL

MANUSCRIPT SUBMISSIONS
Journal of Social Work in End-of Life and Palliative Care receives all manuscript submissions electronically via the ScholarOne Manuscripts website located at: http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/wswe. ScholarOne Manuscripts allows for rapid submission of original and revised manuscripts, as well as facilitating the review process and internal communication between authors, editors and reviewers via a web-based platform. ScholarOne Manuscripts technical support can be accessed via http://scholarone.com/services/support/. If you have any other requests please contact the journal’s editor at ecsikai@sw.ua.edu.

Call for Papers for a Special Issue of Fashion Practice: Fashion, Health, and Wellbeing

Spring 2013

Fashion and health are symbiotic; each affects the other. Fashion can make us stand straighter and help prevent osteoporosis. Fashion can also damage our feet and our balance through a choice of shoes or it can exercise our leg muscles and improve our gait. Fashion can protect us from the harsh rays of the sun or monitor our health through embedded electronic sensors. Fashion is a visualization of how we choose to live our lives. The fashion choices we make affect our thoughts and feelings (emotionally, spiritually, physically).

This issue will connect fashion to the topic of health and wellbeing. Manuscripts are requested that explore, define, and document the interconnections between fashion and health.

Topics may include (but are not limited to) the following:

• Fashion design and wellbeing
• Fashion and sports
• The relationship between healthy lifestyles and fashion design
• Fashion and mental health
• Issues related to body image (cross cultural or cross historical)
• Considerations of health/disease and beauty/ugliness as it relates to body size
• Connections between fashion and appearance management
• Functional fashion and protective apparel
• Unhealthy consumption practices
• Environment and health related to fashion

Submission Guidelines
Prepare a full paper (approximately 6,000–8,000 words in length) for review. You must also include a biography of the author(s) of no more than 60 words on a separate page, an abstract of approximately 200 words, and a list of five keywords. Authors are advised to consult the Berg website for style guidelines (http://www.bergpublishers.com/JournalsHomepage/FashionPractice/AuthorGuidelines/tabid/3732/Default.aspx).

Contacts: Lucy Dunne (ldunne@umn.edu) or the regular editors of Fashion Practice: Marilyn DeLong (mdelong@umn.edu) or Sandy Black (s.black@fashion.arts.ac.uk)

Submission Deadline: May 25, 2012

A symposium at the University of Minnesota is focused on this topic and will serve as a pool. However, submissions for this special issue are not limited to authors of the Fashion and Health Symposium at the University of Minnesota.

Call for Submissions: Special Issue of the Journal of HIV/AIDS & Social Services: HIV Care and Prevention in Adolescents and Emerging Adults

Adolescence is a time often marked by experimentation, development of one’s racial and sexual identity, risk taking, and vulnerability. Consequently, emerging adulthood can be characterized as a period of continued change in terms of home, school, work, and relationship domains. Adolescents and young adults (ages 13 to 29) currently account for the largest percentage (39%) of new HIV infections in the United States compared to other age groups. HIV incidence in this group disproportionately affects young gay and bisexual men and young African Americans. Behavioral factors found to be associated with HIV infection in young persons include early age at sexual initiation, older sex partners, history of sexual abuse, sexually transmitted infections, and substance use. Providers may face challenges in delivering developmentally and culturally appropriate interventions for increasing numbers of young persons entering care systems, and providing treatment regimens that are compatible with diverse lifestyles.

The Journal of HIV/AIDS & Social Services is inviting the submission of papers for a special issue on HIV Care and Prevention in
Adolescents and Emerging Adults.

Papers to be considered for review for this special issue should be submitted beginning April 15, 2012, through August 15, 2012.

Topics of interest include:

. Emergent findings in psychosocial approaches to HIV care and prevention in adolescents and young adults.
. Identifying and addressing special needs of adolescents and emerging adults living with HIV/AIDS, including transitioning to adult HIV care.
. Innovative methods in engaging and retaining young persons in prevention and treatment programming.
. Correlates of adolescents and emerging adults’ sexual risk behavior amenable to service delivery or intervention.
. Developmental approaches to working with adolescents and emerging adults living with HIV/AIDS.
. Innovative programmatic approaches relating to issues of gender, race/ethnicity, sexual orientation, and disability.
. Peer-directed programming targeting adolescents and emerging adults living with HIV/AIDS.
. Emergent issues in the intersection of biomedical and psychosocial approaches to HIV/AIDS in adolescents and young adults, including treatment-as-prevention and preexposure prophylaxis.

Douglas Bruce, PhD, MSW
DePaul University
Dexter Voisin, PhD
University of Chicago
Special Edition Editors

The Journal of HIV/AIDS & Social Services receives all manuscript submissions electronically via their ScholarOne Manuscripts website located at: http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/whiv. ScholarOne Manuscripts allows for rapid submission of original and revised manuscripts, as well as facilitating the review process and internal communication between authors, editors, and reviewers via a web-based platform. ScholarOne Manuscripts technical support can be accessed via http://scholarone.com/services/support/. If you have any other requests, please contact the journal’s Managing Editor at mikebass@uic.edu.

When you enter your manuscript on ScholarOne, please click on the option that you intend it to be considered for the Special Edition: HIV Care and Prevention in Adolescents and Emerging Adults.

Call for Papers for Two Special Issues of Palliative Medicine

Call for papers for two forthcoming special editions:

1. Family Carers in Palliative care
Guest edited by Prof Sheila Payne and Prof Gunn Grande

It is widely recognised that family, friends and significant others (hereafter called ‘family carers’) provide care to patients during advanced illness and through the process of dying. They have an essential role in providing physical care, emotional and social support, financial resources, advocacy and anticipatory care, and in negotiating and managing care during the final phases of life. The presence of family carers who are able and willing to provide care can facilitate patient choices, such as place of care and death at home. It is a challenging and demanding role which may have physical, psychological, social and financial consequences for carers which outlasts the period of care and may influence their bereavement. Family carers occupy an ambiguous position, being both providers and potentially recipients of care.

This proposed Special Edition will serve as a useful resource for everyone interested in improving support to family carers. It is written for researchers, clinicians, managers, educators and policy makers working in, or responsible for, palliative care and hospice services. The special edition will focus on care provided by adults to adults who are in the palliative phase of their condition. It will cover care provided in a range of settings including the home, hospital, care home (nursing home) for older people, hospice and other settings.

Such knowledge is essential for informing the construction, evaluation, and promotion of supportive interventions that promote well-being directly for family carers and indirectly for patients. Hence, the call for papers for this special issue invites theoretical and research-based manuscripts that address the cumulative and interactive effects of individual, family, community, organizations, services, and policy factors on family carers’ well-being. Thus we call for manuscripts that target research from health and social care perspectives with a primary focus on family carers within a context of palliative and end of life care.
Potential topics include, but are not limited to:

Promoting needs assessments of family carers with implications for targeting appropriate interventions
Identifying factors associated with adverse effects of care giving
Systematic reviews of the impact of carers interventions on outcomes
International or national comparisons of carers economic policies and their influence on health decision-making
Identifying the needs of specific groups of carers and their experiences

2. Understanding of palliative care in non-malignant disease
Guest edited by Prof Marie Fallon

In many countries specialist palliative care grew out of and has been closely associated with cancer care. This has led to challenges in providing palliative care for patients with non-malignant disease; knowledge, attitudes and skills have been strongly affected by this background. Modern palliative care in the cancer setting is more integrated than before and can move in and out of patient care, but this may not always be true for patients with other diagnoses.

This special edition will focus on developing our knowledge base regarding the palliative care of those with non-malignant disease. We particularly seek papers from those working outside specialist palliative care which add to our understanding of how palliative care can contribute to the care and meet the needs of those with non-malignant disease. Our aim is to publish rigorous empirical (original research or reviews), methodological or theoretical work to further our understanding of palliative care in non-malignant disease.

Potential topics include, but are not limited to:

Understanding what colleagues from non-palliative care specialties require from palliative care to meet the needs of different patient groups.

Learning from diverse health care settings and services across different counties about effective collaboration between palliative care and other specialties.

How to educate people to provide effective high quality palliative care to those with non-malignant disease.

The use of guidelines or national frameworks for providing end of life care to those with non-malignant disease.

The views of patients and carers on developments in non-malignant palliative care.

New methods of investigating these issues.

Before submission authors should carefully read the journal’s Author Guidelines http://www.uk.sagepub.com/journals/Journal201823?#tabview=manuscriptSubmission

Authors should submit an electronic copy of their complete manuscript through Manuscript Central: http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/palliative-medicine. Submissions are encouraged by 1st October 2012. For further information please contact the Editorial Office: debbie.ashby@bristol.ac.uk

Guest Editors
Professor Sheila Payne
Director of the International Observatory on End of Life Care
Help the Hospices Chair in Hospice Studies
Lancaster University

Professor Gunn Grande
Professor of Palliative Care
School of Nursing, Midwifery & Social Work
University of Manchester

Professor Marie Fallon
St Columba’s Hospice Chair of Palliative Medicine
University of Edinburgh