EUPHA Newsletter Dec 2009 released

EUPHCall for Papers: Supplement Social Determinants of Health and Data Systems

In the Dec 2009 edition of the EUPHA newsletter, the following call for papers has been issued: 

Public Health Reports (PHR) is inviting papers for a Supplement on Social Determinants of Health and Data Systems. Deadline for submission: June 1, 2010. The anticipated publication date for the PHR Supplement is Fall 2011. Journal website -author guidelines at www.publichealthreports.org

The Editors seek manuscripts that advance the scientific knowledge and public health research, practice, and policy on data systems related to addressing social determinants of health (SDH). Manuscripts may be analytic or descriptive in format and may propose models for new/enhanced data systems, evaluate existing data systems, or use data from current systems to illustrate how gaps can be addressed.

Manuscripts may examine policy, program, disease surveillance, or other appropriate data systems and novel ways to use them to monitor indicators of health equity.

• Manuscripts addressing the following broad range of topics will be sought: Studies focusing on developing and identifying key metrics that might be used to better measure and monitor the impact of SDH;
• Studies that are multidisciplinary; that analyze or compare rather than merely describe; and that are not limited to one measure of social determinants or health outcomes, one age group, or one population subgroup;
• Mathematical models of social determinants of human immunodeficiency virus, viral hepatitis, sexually transmitted diseases, and tuberculosis outcomes;
• Studies that examine or use SDH analytic methods (e.g., individual-level, multilevel, and mixed-level analyses) that take into account

Manuscript requirements: Articles in PHR are typically 3,000-4,000 words in length. All manuscripts will be reviewed by the PHR Special Editorial Committee (SEC) for this Supplement. The SEC determines which manuscripts are sent for external peer review and which manuscripts are published in the Supplement.

Submit manuscripts to: manuscripts@publichealthreports.org. Please include "Attention Social Determinants of Health and Data Systems" in the subject line of the e-mail.