期刊名称：MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH JOURNAL
 期刊简介(About the journal)
投稿须知(Instructions to Authors)
编辑部信息(Editorial Board)
About the journal
Maternal and Child Health Journal is the first exclusive forum to advance the scientific and professional knowledge base of the maternal and child health (MCH) field. This bimonthly provides peer-reviewed papers addressing the following areas of MCH practice, policy, and research:
MCH epidemiology, demography, and health status assessment
Innovative MCH service initiatives
Implementation of MCH programs
MCH policy analysis and advocacy
MCH professional development.
Exploring the full spectrum of the MCH field, Maternal and Child Health Journal is an important tool for practitioners as well as academics in public health, obstetrics, gynecology, prenatal medicine, pediatrics, and neonatology.
Sponsors include the Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs (AMCHP), the Association of Teachers of Maternal and Child Health (ATMCH), and CityMatCH.
Instructions to Authors
Manuscript Submission
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supports a wide range of submission file formats [Word, Wordperfect, RTF, TXT and LaTeX for manuscripts; TTIF, GIF, JPEG, EPS, PPT and Postscript for figures (artwork)] |
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eliminates the need to submit manuscripts as hard−copy printouts, disks and/or e−mail attachments |
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enables real−time tracking of manuscript status by author |
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and provides help should authors experience any submission difficulties (click on Contact Us from the toolbar |
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If submitted in hard copy, the original and four copies of the manuscript, typed double−spaced on 8??11 inch white paper using generous margins on all sides (including copies of all illustrations and tables) must be provided. |
Manuscripts should be submitted through the Editorial Manager Website for Maternal and Child Health Journal at: http://maci.edmgr.com.
If an author is unable to submit their manuscript through Editorial Manager please submit to the editor by post or e-mail at:
Greg R. Alexander, RS, MPH, ScD
Editor-Maternal and Child Health Journal
The Lawton and Rhea Chiles Center for Healthy Mothers and Babies
College of Public Health
University of South Florida
3111 East Fletcher Avenue
Tampa, FL 33613
e−mail: tsinger@hsc.usf.edu
https://www.maci.edmgr.com
Publication Policies
Submission is a representation that the manuscript has not been published previously and is not currently under consideration for publication elsewhere. A statement transferring copyright from the authors (or their employers, if they hold the copyright) to Springer will be required before the manuscript can be accepted for publication. The Editor will supply the necessary forms for this transfer. Such a written transfer of copyright, which previously was assumed to be implicit in the act of submitting a manuscript, is necessary under the U.S. Copyright Law in order for the publisher to carry through the dissemination of research results and reviews as widely and effectively as possible.
Manuscript Style
All manuscripts are anonymously reviewed. Each copy of a manuscript should include a separate title page with authors names and affiliations, and these should not appear elsewhere in the manuscript. Footnotes that identify the authors should be typed on a separate page. Authors should make every effort to ensure that the manuscript contains no clues to their identities.
Abstract
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An abstract of up to 250 words is to be provided, using the headings: Objectives, Methods, Results and Conclusions. |
Key Words
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A list of 4? keywords is to be provided directly below the abstract. Key words should express the precise content of the manuscript as they are used for indexing purposes. |
Acknowledgements
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All acknowledgments (including those for grant and financial support) should be typed in one paragraph (so−headed) on a separate page that directly precedes the References section. |
Reports of Original Empirical Research
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Reports of original empirical research must include a statement in the Methods section or in a cover letter either certifying that the research was conducted in accord with prevailing ethical principles or explaining the rationale for departures form those principles.
See the APA Publication Manual (1994) pp. 292 298. |
Tables, figures, footnotes, and legends should appear as separate sheets appended to the end of the manuscript.
Tables
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Tables should be numbered in one consecutive series of Arabic numerals and referred to by number in the text. Each table should have a descriptive title. |
Figures
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Figures should be numbered in one consecutive series of Arabic numerals. Each figure should have an accompanying caption. Line drawings should be of professional quality, either originals drawn in India ink or high−quality photographic reproduction. |
Electronic Artwork
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Electronic artwork submitted on disk should be in the TIFF or EPS format (1200 dpi for line and 300 dpi for half−tones and gray−scale art). Color art should be in the CYMK color space. Artwork should be on a separate disk from the text, and hard copy must accompany the disk. |
References
List references (type double−spaced) numerically in order of text appearance at the end of the paper (after text and before tables and figure−caption list). Use the appropriate Arabic numeral in parentheses on the baseline for citation in the text [e.g. (1) or (2,3)].
Where there are three or more authors, only the first authors name is given in the text, followed by et al. References should include (in this order):
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last names and initials of all authors |
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name of publication |
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year published |
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volume number |
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and inclusive pages |
Abbreviations of journal names should conform to Index Medicus style; journals not listed in Index Medicus should not be abbreviated. The style and punctuation of the references should conform to that used in the journal (which follows the Uniform Requirements of Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals).
Page Charges
The journal makes no page charges. Reprints are available to authors, and order forms with the current price schedule are sent with proofs.
Springer Open Choice
In addition to the normal publication process (whereby an article is submitted to the journal and access to that article is granted to customers who have purchased a subscription), Springer now provides an alternative publishing option: Springer Open Choice. A Springer Open Choice article receives all the benefits of a regular subscription−based article, but in addition is made available publicly through Springers online platform SpringerLink. To publish via Springer Open Choice, upon acceptance please visit the link below to complete the relevant order form and provide the required payment information. Payment must be received in full before publication or articles will publish as regular subscription−model articles. We regret that Springer Open Choice cannot be ordered for published articles.
Editorial Board
Editors:
Donna J. Petersen, MHS, ScD, and Greg R. Alexander, RS, MPH, ScD
University of South Florida, Tampa USA
Founding Editor: Milton Kotelchuck, Boston University School of Public Health, MA
Editorial Board:
Cande Ananth, PhD, MPH, University of Medicine and Dentistry at New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ; Hani Atrash, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA; Pierre Buekens, MD, PhD, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA; Gilberto F. Chavez, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA; James W. Collins, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, IL; Anita Farel, DrPH, MSW, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC; Violanda Grigorescu, MD, MSPH, Michigan Department of Community Health, Lansing, MI; Sylvia R. Guendelman, University of California at Berkeley; Bernard Guyer, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD; Arden Handler, University of Illinois at Chicago; Maxine D. Hayes, Washington Department of Health, Olympia; David Hollar, PhD, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN; Colleen Huebner, PhD, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; Alex Kemper, MD, MPH, MS, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan; Michael D. Kogan, Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Rockville, MD; Jihong Liu, ScD, Oregon Department of Human Services, Portland, OR; Patricia V. O'Campo, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD; Cheri Pies, Contra Costa Health Services, Martinez, CA; William M. Sappenfield, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA; Lisa Simpson, University of South Florida College of Medicine, St. Petersburg; Peter C. van Dyck, Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Rockville, MD; Deborah Klein Walker, Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Boston; Joan Wightkin, DrPH, Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals, New Orleans, LA; Stella M. Yu, Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Rockville, MD
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