• Supplement on Sexual Health [PDF]
• Supplement on Applying Social Determinants of Health to Public Health Practice [PDF]
  
• Supplement on Program Collaboration and Service Integration (PCSI) [PDF]
  

Supplement on Sexual Health [PDF]

Public Health Reports (PHR) is inviting papers for a Supplement on Sexual Health. The guest editors for this Supplement are Drs. John Douglas and Kevin Fenton. Dr. Douglas is Chief Medical Officer and Dr. Fenton is Director, both with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention.

For this Supplement, we define sexual health as a state of well-being in relation to sexuality that involves physical, emotional, mental, social, and spiritual dimensions across the life span. Sexual health is manifested by positive, equitable, and respectful attitudes and behaviors in sexual relationships and reproduction, free of coercion, fear, discrimination, stigma, shame, and violence. The promotion of sexual health to encourage healthy and responsible sexual behavior and thereby reduce adverse outcomes such as HIV/AIDS, sexually transmitted diseases, viral hepatitis, unintended pregnancy, and sexual violence has great potential for public health impact.

The editors seek manuscripts that advance scientific knowledge and public health research, practice, and policy designed to improve sexual health in populations. Priority will be given to contributions that describe and evaluate holistic and integrated approaches that enhance traditional disease prevention and control activities by emphasizing wellness rather than disease; the intrinsic importance of sexuality to human health; and the population impact of positive and respectful relationships. Manuscripts may be analytic or descriptive in format; use data to examine policy, programs, disease surveillance, or other public health functions; and include implications of findings for policy, programs, and innovative partnerships. Studies that are multidisciplinary and that address multiple health outcomes, age groups, or segments of populations with increased risk for adverse health outcomes related to sexual behavior are encouraged. The geographic focus will be primarily within the United States, although contributions and findings from other western industrialized settings of relevance to the U.S. will be considered.

Manuscripts addressing the following broad range of topics will be sought:

• The role of social determinants of health in sexual health;
• Implications of findings for sexual health across the life span and for special populations (e.g., adolescents; lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender individuals; and midlife and older adults);
• Strategies and best practices for advancing sexual health that should be prioritized in our efforts to produce the greatest impact in preventing and controlling HIV/AIDS, sexually transmitted diseases, viral hepatitis, unintended pregnancy, and sexual violence;
• Studies focusing on developing and identifying key metrics and collecting data that might be used to better measure and monitor sexual health;
• Analyses to support the design, implementation, and evaluation of policies, services, and interventions that improve sexual health;
• Enhancing training of health-care providers and communication to policy makers and the general public about sexual health; and
• Evidence for the impact of multisectoral partnerships on collaborative efforts to advance sexual health.

Manuscript requirements: Articles in PHR are typically 3,000 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 then published in the Supplement.

Submission of manuscripts: Manuscripts for this Supplement should be e-mailed to manuscripts@publichealthreports.org. Please include “Sexual Health” in the subject line of the e-mail. If you have any questions about this Supplement, please contact Dr. John Douglas (404-639-8000; JDouglas@cdc.gov). For questions about PHR, please contact the Managing Editor, Julie Keefe (513-232-3190; JKeefe@cdc.gov).

Supplement on Applying Social Determinants of Health to Public Health Practice [PDF]

Public Health Reports (PHR) is inviting papers for a Supplement on Applying Social Determinants of Health (SDH) to Public Health Practice. The guest editors for this Supplement are Drs. Hazel D. Dean, Kim M. Williams, and Kevin A. Fenton. Dr. Dean is Deputy Director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention (NCHHSTP). Dr. Williams, a Behavioral Scientist in the Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, NCHHSTP, serves as Co-Chair of the NCHHSTP Health Equity Work Group. Dr. Fenton is Director, NCHHSTP.

The editors seek manuscripts that advance scientific knowledge and illustrate how public health professionals can address SDH across a range of public health activities that promote health equity among populations most disproportionately impacted by infectious and/or chronic diseases.

Manuscripts may be analytic or descriptive in format and should report on SDH approaches in public health research, surveillance, communication, policy, program, capacity building, or partnership activities. The goal for the Supplement is to highlight best practices in addressing SDH across a broad range of public health activities.

Manuscripts addressing the following broad range of topics are requested:

• Partnerships, particularly multisectoral, that address SDH and contribute to health equity;
• Design of policies, programs, and interventions to address SDH and contribute to health equity;
• Specific policies and interventions from health or other sectors designed to address SDH and contribute to health equity, with priority placed on those with demonstrated effectiveness;
• Implementation and scale-up of effective interventions that address SDH;
• Measurement, monitoring, and evaluation of the impact (anticipated and unanticipated) of policies, programs, and interventions on SDH and health equity, including development of innovative approaches;
• Capacity building at the program and/or organizational level to address SDH and contribute to health equity; and
• Best practices for communicating about disproportionately impacted populations, populations at high-risk for infectious and/or chronic diseases, health disparities, SDH, or health equity.

Manuscript requirements: Articles in PHR are typically 3,000 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 will then be published in the Supplement.

Submission of manuscripts: Manuscripts for this Supplement should be e-mailed to manuscripts@publichealthreports.org. Please include “Applying Social Determinants of Health (SDH) to Public Health Practice” in the subject line of the e-mail. If you have any questions about this Supplement, please contact Dr. Hazel Dean (404-639-8000; HDean@cdc.gov). For questions about PHR, please contact the Managing Editor, Julie Keefe (513-232-3190; JKeefe@cdc.gov).

Supplement on Program Collaboration and Service Integration (PCSI) [PDF]

Public Health Reports (PHR) is inviting papers for a Supplement on Program Collaboration and Service Integration (PCSI). The guest editors for this Supplement are Dr. Kevin Fenton and Gustavo Aquino. Dr. Fenton is the National Center Director and Mr. Aquino is the Associate Director for Program Integration, both with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention.

PCSI is a mechanism for organizing and blending interrelated health issues, activities, and prevention strategies to facilitate comprehensive delivery of services. A key benefit of PCSI is to maximize the health benefits that people receive from prevention services by increasing service efficiency through combining, streamlining, and enhancing prevention services; maximizing opportunities to screen, test, treat, or vaccinate those in need of these services; improving the health of populations negatively affected by multiple diseases; and enabling service providers to adapt to and keep pace with changes in disease epidemiology and new technologies. (For additional information about PCSI, please visit http://www.cdc.gov/nchhstp/programintegration.)

The editors are seeking manuscripts that advance scientific knowledge and report the findings of public health research and policy on program collaboration and integrated service activities. Manuscripts may be analytic or descriptive in format and may include implications for policy and practice.

Manuscripts addressing the following broad range of topics will be sought:

• Evidence of the impact of PCSI on program effectiveness or public health outcomes;
• Operational research or studies of the impact of integrated service delivery of screening, immunization, and structural interventions related to HIV/AIDS, viral hepatitis, sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), and/or tuberculosis (TB);
• Strategies and best practices for integrating surveillance systems, using collaborative approaches to data sharing, and using syndemic data for public health planning and action;
• Qualitative studies exploring provider and/or patient attitudes, behaviors, and health outcomes related to their experiences of PCSI and other syndemic approaches to the prevention of HIV/AIDS, viral hepatitis, STD, and TB infections;
• Analyses of health service data that document missed opportunities to diagnose and treat populations at risk for multiple infections related to HIV/AIDS, viral hepatitis, STDs, and/or TB;
• Estimates of potential or actual realized efficiencies gained through integrated service delivery;
• Estimates of added costs and excess burden of disease, disability, or premature death that result from missed diagnoses of comorbid conditions;
• Evaluation of effectiveness, costs, and cost-effectiveness of activities related to program collaboration and service integration;
• Evaluation of the process, outcomes, costs, and cost-effectiveness of cross-training activities for integrated service delivery; and
• Policy analyses and implementation research related to integrated services to prevent and control HIV/AIDS, viral hepatitis, STDs, and/or TB.

The editors are encouraging a broad range of manuscripts, including reports of studies that examine lessons learned from efforts to implement PCSI strategies in the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases with similar social determinants.

Manuscript requirements: Articles in PHR are typically 3,000 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 then published in the Supplement.

Manuscript submission: Manuscripts for this Supplement should be e-mailed to manuscripts@publichealthreports.org. Please include “Program Collaboration and Service Integration” in the subject line of the e-mail. If you have any questions about this Supplement, please contact Gustavo Aquino (404-639-8896; gaa1@cdc.gov). For questions about PHR, please contact the Managing Editor, Julie Keefe (513-232-3190; JKeefe@cdc.gov).