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Call for Papers: Contribution of climate change to the spread of infectious diseases
This cross-journal collection brings together in one place articles outlining diseases (and their vectors) that are likely to spread or are already spreading across borders due to the effects of climate change. The impact of policy implementation or interventions designed to contain the spread infectious disease, and studies that could inform future global policy or practical solutions are very much welcome.
Submissions are now open and the deadline is the 31st of May 2020. A full list of participating journals can be found following the link above.
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Editor's Pick: Immigrant health access in Texas: policy, rhetoric, and fear in the Trump era
Restrictive changes to immigration policies may impact healthcare access for immigrants already residing in the US. A recent study published in BMC Health Services Research investigated this by conducting focus groups with health workers in Texas.
To learn more about this study, please read the Blog written by the authors.
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Development of a program theory for shared decision-making: a realist synthesis
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Public health system challenges in the Free State, South Africa: a situation appraisal to inform health system strengthening
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Effectiveness of motivational interviewing on improving Care for Patients with type 2 diabetes in China: A randomized controlled trial
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Educating health professionals to optimise falls screening in hospitals: protocol for a mixed methods study
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Relationship between Organizational Culture, Leadership Behavior and Job Satisfaction
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How nurses and their work environment affect patient experiences of the quality of care: a qualitative study
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Equity of access to reproductive health services among youths in resource-limited suburban communities of Mandalay City, Myanmar
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Interventions to improve cultural competency in healthcare: a systematic review of reviews
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The Safety Attitudes Questionnaire: psychometric properties, benchmarking data, and emerging research
Aims and scope
BMC Health Services Research is an open access, peer-reviewed journal that considers articles on all aspects of health services research, including delivery of care, management of health services, assessment of healthcare needs, measurement of outcomes, allocation of healthcare resources, evaluation of different health markets and health services organizations, international comparative analysis of health systems, health economics and the impact of health policies and regulations.
Editors
- Tillie Cryer, BMC, UK
- Doris Cuckovic, BMC, UK
Assistant Editors
- James Edwards, BMC, UK
- Anisa Lowe, BMC, UK
Section Editors
- Onyebuchi A Arah, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
- Dina Balabanova, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
- Stefano Bonacina, Karolinska Institutet
- Kostuv Dalal, Örebro University
- Hengjin Dong, Zhejiang University School of Medicine
- Michael Donnelly, Queen's University Belfast
- Marie-Pierre Gagnon, Laval University
- David Hotchkiss, Tulane University
- Holly Lanham, University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio
- Evelina Pappa, Hellenic Open University
- Milena Pavlova, Maastricht University
- Antoni Plasencia, ISGlobal Barcelona Institute for Global Health
- Fabrizio Tediosi, University of Basel
- Kaspar Wyss, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute
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Latest Collections
2017
Thematic series
Exploration of disinvestment in the local healthcare setting
Edited by: Dr Milena Pavlova
Collection published: 4 May 2017
2015
Cross-journal collection
The Many Meanings of 'Quality' in Healthcare: Interdisciplinary Perspectives
Edited by: Dr Deborah Swinglehurst
Collection published: 23 April 2015
2013
Cross-journal collection
Medical tourism - concepts, ethics and practices
Edited by: Dr Tulsi Patel and Prof Silke Schicktanz
Collection published: 20 August 2013
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2.636- 5-year Impact Factor
1.122 - Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP)
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