Call for Research Papers
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH
The Science of Eliminating Health Disparities
The American Journal of Public Health (AJPH) intends to publish a special supplement in fall 2009 that will focus on the science of eliminating health disparities and will feature original scientific contributions including epidemiological, behavioral, social, and policy-oriented research articles, commentaries, perspectives, and critical reviews of major problem areas related to health disparities in the United States. It will feature transformational, transdisciplinary, and translational research that may lead to reducing and eliminating health disparities in the United States. Topics may include current development and new knowledge in the science of eliminating health disparities; health disparities research with emphasis on improving prevention, diagnostic, and treatment methods; best-practice models in research, infrastructure and capacity-building, outreach, and integrated strategies to find solutions to health disparities; gaps in health disparities research; framework for health disparities research, policy, and practice; and innovative and unique partnerships to address disparities in health in all affected communities.
Interested persons should e-mail a letter of intent with an abstract (limited to 300 words or less) of the proposed article to summitpapers@ncmhd.nih.gov with the subject title “AJPH Paper Abstract” by February 27, 2009. The guest editors will review abstracts for adherence and relevance to the theme of the special issue and provide feedback. Selected authors will be invited to submit the entire article, per AJPH guidelines. All selected manuscripts will undergo the standard peer review process by the AJPH editors and peer referees as defined by AJPH policy.
Francisco S. Sy, M.D., Dr.P.H.
Kyu Rhee, M.D., M.P.P.
Irene Dankwa-Mullan, M.D., M.P.H.
David Stoff, Ph.D.
Jennifer Reineke Pohlhaus, Ph.D.
National Institutes of Health
