Introduction<\/b><\/p>\n
The\u00a0JAMK Journal of Health and Social Studies\u00a0<\/i>(JAMK-JHSS<\/i>) is an international semi-annual online journal which provides a forum for publication of researches and scholarly papers in the forms of original researches, research-based and systematic reviews, critical commentaries and discussion papers which are of interest to international researchers in the field of health care and social studies about health care delivery, care management, organization, labor force, policy, decision making along with research methods relevant to nurses, social workers and other related professionals. The\u00a0JAMK-JHSS<\/i>\u00a0exceptionally welcomes high-quality systematic reviews that direct to analyze and improve the quality of health care and social services provided by health care providers, such as nurses and social workers, with employing the most appropriate analytic techniques, measures, designs and research methods used for the research question of interest.<\/p>\n
Types of paper<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
The\u00a0JAMK-JHSS<\/i>\u00a0publishes original researches, research-based reviews, discussion papers, research plans and proposals, editorial letters and letters to the editor.<\/p>\n
Reporting guidelines<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
The journal supports the Equator Network (http:\/\/www.equator-network.org\/<\/a>) which is an international resourcefulness seeking to enhance the reliability and the value of health-related studies by providing logical and accurate reporting of research literatures. The\u00a0JAMK-JHSS<\/i>\u00a0requests authors to apply appropriate reporting guidelines, while preparing their research articles, to follow excellence in scientific reporting. Please use the following guidelines to structure your article:<\/p>\n CONSORT (for reporting of randomized controlled trials)<\/p>\n TREND (for transparent reporting of evaluations with non-randomized designs)<\/p>\n STROBE (for reporting of observational cohort, case control and cross-sectional studies)<\/p>\n PRISMA (for reporting of systematic reviews)<\/p>\n MOOSE (for reporting of meta-analyses of observational studies)<\/p>\n COREQ (for reporting of qualitative studies)<\/p>\n CHEERS (for reporting of health economic evaluations)<\/p>\n SQUIRE (for reporting of Quality improvement studies)<\/p>\n AGREE (for reporting of Clinical practice guidelines)<\/p>\n Ethical approval issues\u00a0<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n All manuscripts submitted to\u00a0JAMK-JHSS<\/i>\u00a0must be conducted strongly to ethical standards in research and must consider to the local regulations and standards for finding scrutiny and\u00a0approval. The Code of Ethics of the World Medical Association (Declaration of Helsinki) for experiments involving humans\u00a0http:\/\/www.wma.net\/en\/30publications\/10policies\/b3\/<\/a>; EC Directive 86\/609\/EEC must be carried out for the research tasks mentioned in your manuscript.<\/p>\n Conflict of interest<\/i><\/b>\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n The\u00a0JAMK-JHSS<\/i>\u00a0asks authors to generate any actual or potential disclosure conflict of interest statement for their manuscripts by filling ICMJE Form for Disclosure of Potential Conflicts of Interest available at:\u00a0http:\/\/www.icmje.org\/conflicts-of-interest\/<\/a><\/p>\n Submission verification and declaration<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n By submitting an article to\u00a0JAMK-JKSS<\/i>, author implies that:<\/p>\n Contributions and acknowledgements<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n All authors of submitted paper should substantially contributed to the conception and design of the research article, data collecting and analysis, drafting and revising the manuscript as well as final approval of the submitted version. If the paper is accepted, the editorial office will ask about the role of every author with reference to the criteria for authorship. The corresponding author must make a clear statement that all authors have approved the final version of manuscript and confirms that all those entitled to authorship are listed as co-authors.<\/p>\n Copyright and author rights<\/i><\/b>\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n The authors of an accepted article will be asked to give the rights related to the publication and distribution of their paper to JAMK-JHSS<\/em>.\u00a0As\u00a0JAMK-JHSS<\/i>\u00a0publishes online open access papers under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs\u00a0\u00a0<\/i>(CC BY-NC-ND<\/i>)\u00a0<\/i>license (https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-nd\/2.0\/<\/a>), the journal permits 3rd party to reuse the published manuscripts only for non-commercial purposes.<\/p>\n Funding source<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n If author(s) received external funding for the conduct and preparation of research paper, the corresponding author should identify who provided financial support and describe the potential role of sponsor(s) in preparing manuscript e.g. data collection, research design etc.<\/p>\n Open access<\/b>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n All kinds of papers appearing in\u00a0JAMK-JHSS<\/i>\u00a0will be published open access and this means every peer-reviewed paper is freely and universally accessible via the internet in a readable format, immediately after publishing.\u00a0JAMK-JHSS<\/i>\u00a0publication process is free of charge and the\u00a0journal publish under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs\u00a0\u00a0<\/i>(CC BY-NC-ND<\/i>)\u00a0<\/i>license for non-commercial purposes of publication.<\/p>\n Language of publication<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n Please provide your documents and texts in good Finnish or English (American or British usage is accepted, but not a mixture of both).<\/p>\n Submission<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n We are building an electronic submission system for\u00a0JAMK-JHSS<\/i>\u00a0which would be ready to use on the beginning of 2019. For submitting all kinds of documents included original research, letter to editor etc. please send them to\u00a0JAMK-JHSS<\/i>\u00a0editorial office by emailing to:<\/p>\n sirpa.tuomi@jamk.fi<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0arshia.amiri@jamk.fi<\/a><\/p>\n Only Microsoft Word Office is accepted to typeset your papers for final publication. All correspondences such as notifications and the editor’s decisions will send to the corresponded author by e-mail.<\/p>\n On 2019, submission to\u00a0JAMK-JHSS<\/i>\u00a0proceeds totally online and there would be guided step-wise through the creation and uploading of the various files.<\/p>\n Peer review\u00a0<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n JAMK Journal of Health and Social Studies<\/i>\u00a0applies double-blind peer review process and the manuscript will be reviewed within 3 months, typically. Based on reviewers’ comments and recommendations, the Editor is responsible for the final decision regarding to acceptance, rejection or even request author(s) for revision within 2 weeks after the reviewer\u2019s comments are available. The author(s) will be informed about the editorial decision together with reviewers’ comments and recommendations.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Preparation<\/strong><\/p>\n ALL SUBMISSIONS<\/b><\/p>\n All submissions must prepare the following documents:<\/p>\n Article structure<\/i><\/b>\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n Abstract<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n Abstract should be concise and factual included less than 400 words. Depending on the type of article,\u00a0it can be structured in original researches (e.g. included Background; Objectives; Data; Method; Results; and Conclusions) or unstructured in review papers.<\/p>\n Keywords<\/b><\/em><\/p>\n Keywords should be prepared to accurately identify the manuscript\u2019s subject, purpose, focused research area, methodology from three to six keywords in alphabetical order.<\/p>\n Subdivision – numbered sections<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n All sections and subsections of your paper should be numbered (e.g. 1, 1.1, 1.2 1.1.1, 1.1.2…\u00a01.2, etc.)\u00a0except abstract.<\/p>\n Introduction<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n Explain the objectives and aims of your paper and adequate background, research question and the strategy of your paper.<\/p>\n Data\u00a0<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n State the observations used in the manuscript, how, where and when they were collected and the ethical issues which considered while observing.\u00a0<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n Methodology<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n Provide enough explanation of methodology used and indicate the reference(s).<\/p>\n Results<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n Results should be concise and understandable.<\/p>\n Conclusions and Discussion<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n The main results and conclusion of the paper should be presented briefly may be included significance of the results, research limitations, recommendation and suggestion for future researches.<\/p>\n Acknowledgements<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n List of those individuals who helped during the research may be added here with a short explanation.<\/p>\n Formatting of funding sources<\/b><\/em><\/p>\n List of funding resource maybe added before references.<\/p>\n Appendix<\/i><\/b>es<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n Appendixes should be numbered\u00a0(if there is more than one appendix), e.g. Appendix 1, Appendix 2. etc.<\/p>\n\n
\n