Call for Papers on Integratin​g Primary Care and Public Health

Joint HRSA-CDC-NIH-AHRQ Call for Papers on Integrating Primary Care and Public Health

AHRQ is pleased to announce that we are co-sponsoring with HRSA, CDC and the NIH a special journal supplement on primary care and public health.

The American Journal of Preventive Medicine (AJPM) and American Journal of Public Health (AJPH) will publish a joint theme issue that addresses the question: “How do we improve population health and promote health equity through the effective integration of primary care and public health?”


Papers are invited in the following areas:

Science
—What factors promote integration? How has integration measurably impacted population health and health equity?

Education
—How can integration be promoted during professional training and practice?

Practice
—What are promising practices for integration? What are incentives and disincentives to integration?

Policy
—What policies are effective in promoting integration? What are opportunities to promote integration in the Affordable Care Act?


Definitions:
Primary care is the provision of integrated, accessible health care services by clinicians who are accountable for addressing a large majority of personal health care needs, developing a sustained partnership with patients, and practicing in the context of family and community (Institute of Medicine. Primary Care: America’s Health in a New Era. 1996).

Public health is an organized activity of society to promote, protect, improve, and, when necessary, restore the health of individuals, specified groups, or the entire population (Last JM. A Dictionary of Public Health. 2006).

We encourage submissions coauthored by professionals in both fields, and we encourage authors to consider the following manuscript categories: Research and Practice, Briefs, Systematic Reviews, Current Issues, Analytic Essays, and Framing Health Matters.

All manuscripts will undergo the standard peer review process by AJPH and AJPM editors and peer referees as defined by AJPH and AJPM policy.

Manuscripts are due to AJPH on August 1, 2011, and should be submitted at http://ajph.edmgr.com.

For further information, please contact the guest editors at AJPH-AJPMPapers@hrsa.gov.

Guest Editors: Irene Dankwa-Mullan, MD, MPH, National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, National Institutes of Health; Kaytura Felix, MD, Health Resources and Services Administration; Denise Koo, MD, MPH, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; and Therese Miller, DrPH, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
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