Public Health calls for papers / publications

Call for Papers for a Special Issue of Organization Studies: At a Critical Age: The Social and Political Organization of Age and Ageing

Deadline: January 31, 2013

Call for Papers for a Special Issue of the Journal of Clinical Nursing: Sexual and Reproductive Health

The issue of sexual and reproductive health is a major area of clinical practice. It encompasses a broad range of topics – sexuality, sexual behavior, altered body image, sexual and reproductive pathologies and infections, HIV/AIDS, abortion, sexual abuse as well as sexual health services, sex education and the impact of illness, social deprivation and age upon sexuality and sexual expression. Nurses are increasingly involved in work with patients, clients and communities that have sexual and reproductive needs – developing a holistic approach to care is essential, as well as increasing the evidence base for sexual and reproductive health interventions. This special issue aims to make a substantial contribution to this evidence base and also celebrate the wide ranging nature of sexual and reproductive health nursing practice.

Scope Researchers, practitioners and educators are invited to submit a manuscript based on a research study, literature review or discursive topic related to any area of Sexual and Reproductive health that has implications for nursing practice.

Manuscripts are especially welcome in the following areas (although other papers will be considered):

Child and adolescent sexual health issues, HIV/AIDS, Ageing and sexual health, Sexuality and chronic illnesses, Mental health and sexuality, Sex education, Sexual health in marginalized populations, Sexuality and clinical practice, Establishing/evaluating sexual health care or services, sexually transmitted infections, sexual health and pregnancy

All manuscripts will be expected to discuss the implications for clinical practice and adhere to the Journal of Clinical Nursing guidelines for authors available at www.wileyonlinelibrary.com/journal/jocn

Submission The deadline for the receipt of manuscripts is December 2012 with anticipated publication in late 2013. Manuscripts should be submitted online at http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/jcnur

All papers for the special issue should have the prefix ‘SI – SRH’ before the title of the paper.

Further information
Please contact the editors for this edition; Professor Mark Hayter (m.hayter@hull.ac.uk) or Professor Alice Yuen Loke (hsaloke@inet.polyu.edu.hk).

Call for Papers for a Special Issue of the International Journal of Disability, Community & Rehabilitation: What Sorts of People Should There Be?

Guest Editor

Gregor Wolbring, Community Rehabilitation and Disability Studies, Dept. of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary

Throughout history, people with non-normative abilities have been judged. Sometimes this judgment led to positive consequences, however for the most part these non-normative abilities were judged negatively and the carriers of such non-normative abilities experienced disabling treatment. This very judgment (ableism) and its disabling consequences is one of the main areas of scholarly work within the realm of disability studies. Eugenics, the practice of finding ways to better heritable abilities of humans, is one dynamic that influences the judgment of people’s abilities and the disabling consequences and vice versa.

What sorts of people should there be is a question that has been asked and answered in different ways throughout human history, is still a question asked and answered today and will be with us also for some time in the future.

Advances in science and technology will allow new judgments and actions linked to the sentiment around the question of what sorts of people there should be.

In partnership with the SSHRC-CURA-funded project “Living Archives on Eugenics in Western Canada” (eugenicsarchive.ca), the Editors of IJDCR would like to devote a special issue on this topic.

We invite potential contributors, regardless of fields of study (discipline), to submit 250-word abstracts that articulate the conceptual arguments and knowledge base to be covered in a critical analysis on various aspects from history to future of “What sorts of people should there be”.

Please submit abstracts to the Guest Editor via e-mail at gwolbrin[at]ucalgary.ca by 15 July, 2012

From selected abstracts, we will request full articles of 3000-5000 words (excluding figures and tables) of original research and scholarship on a range of topics to be submitted to the editor by 15 October 2012. Note that an invitation to submit an article does not guarantee its publication.

Every submitted article will be subject to blind peer review and recommendations arising.

As to possible areas linked to the theme the below is a sample list of possible topics

What sorts of people should be born
What sorts of people should live
What sorts of people should be citizens
What sorts of people should compete
What sorts of people….

We invite authors to investigate the history, contemporary use and potential future exhibition of the relationships between the core question “What sorts of people should there be” and such issues as:

disabled people and what it means to be ‘disabled’,
the community around them
practitioners, consumers and researchers linked to the disability discourse
community rehabilitation and the rehabilitation field in general
inclusive education and the education of disabled people in general
the future of education
employability of disabled people
citizenship of disabled people
global citizenship
body image of disabled people
medical and social health policies and their impact on disabled people
health care for disabled people
elderly people, youthism and ageism
disabled people in low income countries
laws and international conventions related to disabled people such as the UN Convention on the rights of persons with disabilities
the concept of personhood
concept of health and health care
the measure of disability adjusted life years and other measurements used to guide health care dollar allocation
quality of life assessment
history
future
science and technology governance
science and technology assessment
ethics
enhancement

For more information about the International Journal of Disability, Community & Rehabilitation (IJDCR) please go to http://www.ijdcr.ca.

International Journal of Disability, Community & Rehabilitation

www.ijdcr.ca

Call for Papers for a Special Issue of Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing (PE&RS): Geospatial Responses to Disasters: A Holistic Approach (Web-based GIS/Mobile Devices)

Guest Editors
Dr. Maria Antonia Brovelli, Politecnico di Milano
Dr. Piero Boccardo, Politecnico di Torino
Mr. David Alvarez, Fluor-B&W Portsmouth

The Internet is a valuable tool for communication and data dissemination. It provides an easy way to bring people together with common interests to exchange knowledge, ideas and technology regardless of their geographical location. In its role as an effective tool for communication, it can be invaluable for disaster management yet it has been underutilized. Access to spatial data, as well as advanced mapping and spatial analysis over the Internet, is critical for all stages of disaster management including preparedness, response and recovery.

Effective disaster management requires integration and distribution of historical, preplanned, and real-time information from various sources. This information must be reliable, accurate and understandable in the fastest time possible to carry out the required activities. It is in these situations where Geo-enabled web services and mobile GIS can be used to plan for, respond to and recover from emergency situations by providing responders with the most accurate information when it is most needed and with the ability to be updated consistently. In other words, Geo-enabled web services plus the mobile GIS give emergency management professionals the ability to assemble large amounts of public information about their community to analyze and use the information in a intelligent and efficient manner. This will also allow the personnel, on the ground, to collect, maintain and store vital information related to infrastructure, cadastre, street networks and land use; all of which make the response to the disaster more cohesive.

The exploitation of web services and mobile GIS can significantly increase the usage and accessibility of spatial data, which is a key requirement before, during and after any disaster. Also, recent growth and advancements of various technologies has helped mobile GIS enabled users to decrease task redundancy and keep their data current. Utilizing mobile GIS and web services is both a way to increase speed and accuracy of communication and data flow during disasters.

This Special Issue will solicit articles on the following topics:

• Web based multidimensional GIS for disaster management
• Data interoperability for disaster management
• Web-based geospatial disaster response
• Crisis mapping
• Crowd sourcing data collection before, during and after disasters
• Workflow to increase real-time accessibility of data
• Data standardization, organizational and legal aspects of sharing remote sensing information.
• Workflow to convert data into usable information.

Authors must prepare manuscripts according to the PE&RS Instructions to Authors, published in each issue of PE&RS and also available on the ASPRS web site at http:/www.asprs.org/pers/AuthorInstructions. All submissions will be peer-reviewed in accordance with PE&RS policy. Because of page limits, not all submissions recommended for acceptance by the review panel may be included in the Special Issue. Under this circumstance, the guest editors will select the most relevant papers for inclusion in the Special Issue. Papers that are reviewed favorably, but will not fit within the Special Issue, can be revised and submitted for review as a new paper to the PE&RS Editor-in-Chief for possible publication in a future regular issue of PE&RS. .

Please e-mail your manuscript directly to: David Alvarez, Email: davidalvarez76@gmail.com, Phone: (971) 225-0039

Important Dates:

Manuscripts Due: 11/01/12

Decision to Authors: 02/01/13

Final Papers Due: 03/01/13

Publication: 10/01/13

Call for Submissions: American Public Health Association Occupational Health and Safety Section and the Health Informatics Information Technology Section Digital Technology Award Contest

The APHA Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) Section and the Health Informatics Information Technology (HIIT) Section seeks submissions of digital mixed or multimedia video presentations that represent the communication, delivery or recognition of occupational safety and health topics or products for the OHS/HIIT Digital Technology Award at the 140th Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association. The deadline for submissions is August 1, 2012.

The purpose of the contest is to challenge designers, engineers, and information technology professional to develop a short presentation with the best or most attractive use of technology and digital video media that communicates, describes, delivers, trains, raises awareness, connects or collects - occupational safety and health, OHS issues or products. The presentations should be attuned to OHS information and utilize digital technology, social media, video, promotional and communication techniques. The best presentations will be able to reach OHS/Public Health audience and beyond.

The presentations should cover one or more of the following topic areas:

Ergonomics; Industrial Hygiene/Exposure Assessment or Hazard Control; Worker Training/ Education; Occupational Health Policy; Occupational/Industrial Safety; Cleaner Production/Pollution Prevention; Occupational/Industrial Psychology; Work Organization; Control/Hazard Banding; Prevention through Design; Occupational Medicine/Nursing; Occupational Epidemiology; or Other Occupational Safety and Health Related (e.g. economics, sociology, information technology).

The presentations should be between 2 - 15 minutes and designed for display on a LCD display monitor with or without sound. The presentations will be reviewed by the OHS/HIIT Award Committee and selected winners will be announced in September 2012. The criteria for selection are: 1) quality of design and use of technology; 2) ability to reach beyond OHS audiences; and 3) potential contribution to the field.

The first place winner will be awarded Admission to the APHA 2012 Conference. Depending on the number of submissions, there will also be awards for second place and most creative presentation. An LCD monitor will be dedicated to showcasing the presentations at the OHS booth in the Exhibition Hall of the APHA Section and SPIG Pavilion throughout the conference.

Please forward presentations to:

Walter Jones, MSc, CIH
Chair OHS Section
wjones@lhsfna.org

LHSFNA
905 16th Street, NW
WDC, 20009
202/383-2829

Call for Papers: Maximizing Community Contributions, Benefits, and Outcomes in Clinical and Translational Research

A thematic issue of Progress in Community Health Partnerships: Research, Education, and Action

Deadline for submissions August 6, 2012

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: Emerging Adulthood Journal

Submit your research to Emerging Adulthood, a new journal coming in 2013!

Benefits of Publishing in this Journal

When you publish in Emerging Adulthood, you will benefit from:

Rigorous peer review of your research
Prompt publishing
Targeted, multidisciplinary audience
High visibility for maximum global exposure

Emerging Adulthood (EA) is an interdisciplinary and international journal for advancements in theory, methodology, and empirical research on development and adaptation during the late teens and twenties. EA covers clinical, developmental and social psychology and other social sciences, including anthropology, psychiatry, public policy, social work, sociology, public health, and post-secondary education. EA embraces the use of both qualitative and quantitative methodology.

Submit Manuscripts in these Areas

You are invited to submit your manuscript and articles on emerging adulthood research topics/areas, including (but not limited to):

Interpersonal Relationships
Work and Education
Well-Being
Social and Moral Competence
Health
Identity
Psychopathology
Ethnicity/Culture
Religion
Media and Technology
Transitions

Call for Papers for a Special Issue of the International Journal of Human Factors and Ergonomics

Guest Editors:

Assist. Prof. Isabel L. Nunes, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
Assoc. Prof. Prof. Pamela McCauley Bush, University of Central Florida, USA

There has been a global trend over the last decade for increase in the frequency and impact of natural and man-made disasters (Guha-Sapir et al. 2011). Statistical data indicates that in 2010 there were 385 natural disasters worldwide, killing more than 297,000 people, affecting over 217 million people and causing about 124 billion US dollars in economic losses. Countries, states, international organisations and civil society are often called upon to intervene collectively in the resolution of civil crises using a process usually referred to as emergency management.

Emergency management is a complex decision-making process with the objective of creating a framework within which communities reduce vulnerability to hazards, and organise themselves to respond to disasters and recover from them. It is a relatively new discipline which has a high degree of uncertainty. The timeliness of response in times of crisis impacts collaboration options, highlighting the importance of a systems approach.

The interdisciplinary science of human factors and ergonomics, being concerned with people and their successful interaction with all forms of technology, must be applied in every phase and action of the emergency management cycle.

Emergency management would profit from the benefits of the application of a human-centred philosophy to the design and operation of its vast activities and technical systems. Human factors and ergonomics should be used in order to ameliorate and prevent death and injury from similar events in the future.

This special issue is intended to publish and disseminate the newest state-of-the-art in the area of human factors and ergonomics in emergency management. Authors are encouraged to submit technical papers that employ both quantitative and qualitative research methodologies, case studies, and papers presenting new methodologies and procedures.

References
Guha-Sapir, D., Vos, F., Below, R., Ponserre, S. (2011) Annual Disaster Statistical Review 2010: The numbers and trends. Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters. Université Catholique de Louvain.

Subject Coverage

Suitable topics include but are not limited to:

HFE issues of collaboration and information sharing in emergency management
Biomechanics issues in emergency response activities
Design and development of products for emergency response and management
Macro-ergonomic aspects of emergency management
Risk and rewards related to HFE in emergency management systems
HFE in the development of emergency management systems
Ergonomic intervention in emergency management
Ergonomic intelligent training systems in emergency management
Participatory ergonomics in emergency management
Stress in emergency management
Cost justification of ergonomic improvements in emergency management systems
Usability and human-centred design in emergency management systems
Improving interaction maturity in distributed emergency management
HFE aspects of agile organisations for emergency management
Cognitive issues in emergency management tasks
Other topics related with the theme of the special issue

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 http://www.inderscience.com/mapper.php?id=31

Important Dates

Submission deadline: 15 July, 2012

Acceptance notification: 15 September, 2012

Final paper due: 15 November, 2012

All papers must be submitted online.

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