期刊名称：CHILD CARE HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT
 期刊简介(About the journal)
投稿须知(Instructions to Authors)
编辑部信息(Editorial Board)
About the journal
Child: care, health and development is an international, peer-reviewed journal which publishes papers dealing with all aspects of the health and development of children and young people. We aim to attract quantitative and qualitative research papers relevant to people from all disciplines working in child health. We welcome studies which examine the effects of social and environmental factors on health and development as well as those dealing with clinical issues, the organization of services and health policy. We particularly encourage the submission of studies related to those who are disadvantaged by physical, developmental, emotional and social problems. The journal also aims to collate important research findings and to provide a forum for discussion of global child health issues.
Authors who have submitted a manuscript and are waiting to hear news of a decision or have already had it accepted for publication can contact us to check the status of their article. Simply complete the following form and submit it by clicking on the "Send Form" button at the end. To ensure a rapid response please ensure you complete all sections of the form: http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/static/cchd_status.asp
Instructions to Authors
Submission
One original and three copies of each typescript should be submitted to the Editor, Child: Care, Health and Development, Editorial Office, Professional Division, Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 9600 Garsington Road, Oxford OX4 2DQ, UK.
A covering letter must be included, signed by the corresponding author, and stating on behalf of all the authors that the work has not been published and is not being considered for publication elsewhere. Copyright of accepted manuscripts and all published material becomes the property of the Journal. All accepted papers should be accompanied by a copyright assignment form. To access this form please click here.
Disks must accompany accepted manuscripts (see below).
For guidance on ethical aspects, authors are recommended to consult the proposals of the M.R.C. Report 1962/3 on human investigations published in the British Medical Journal (1964) ii, 178-180.
Preparation of the Manuscript
All sections of the typescript should be on one side of A4 paper, double-spaced and with 30 mm margins. Articles are accepted for publication only at the discretion of the Editor. A manuscript, which ideally will be between 2000 and 3000 words, should consist of the sections listed below.
Title page This should include: the full title of the paper; the full names of all the authors; the name(s) and address(es) of the institution(s) at which the work was carried out (the present addresses of the authors, if different from the above, should appear in a footnote); the name, address, and telephone and fax numbers of the author to whom all correspondence and proofs should be sent; a suggested running title of not more than fifty characters, including spaces; and up to six key words to aid indexing.
Main text Generally, all papers should be divided into the following sections and appear in the order: Abstract (structured abstracts, not more than 300 words, including background, methods, results and conclusions are preferred); Introduction; Methods; Results; Discussion; Acknowledgements; References; Figure legends; Tables; Figures. All pages must be numbered consecutively to include the title page, and include the acknowledgements, references and figure legends, which should be submitted on separate sheets following the main text. The preferred position of tables and figures in the text should be indicated in the left-hand margin. Authors must provide a word count for the main body of the text.
Units and Spellings Système International (SI) units should be used, as given in Units, Symbols and Abbreviations (4th edition, 1988), published by the Royal Society of Medicine Services Ltd, 1 Wimpole Street, London W1M 8AE, UK. Spelling should conform to that used in the The Concise Oxford Dictionary, published by Oxford University Press.
References References in the text should cite the authors names followed by the date of their publication, unless there are three or more authors when only the first authors name is quoted followed by et al. References at the end of the paper should be listed in alphabetical order with the title of the article or book and the title of the Journal given in full, as shown:
Havermans, T. & Eiser, C. (1994) Siblings of a child with cancer. Child: care, health and development, 20, 309-322.
Cart, P. (1984) Observation. In: The Research Process in Nursing (ed. D.F.S. Cormack), Blackwell Science, Oxford.
Work that has not been accepted for publication and personal communications should not appear in the reference list, but may be referred to in the text (e.g. A. Author, unpubl. observ.; A.N. Other, pers. comm.). It is the authors responsibility to obtain permission from colleagues to include their work as a personal communication. A letter of permission should accompany the manuscript.
Illustrations and Tables These should be referred to in the text as figures using Arabic numbers, e.g. Fig. 1, Fig. 2, etc, in order of appearance. Three copies of each figure should be submitted and each figure should be marked on the back with its appropriate number, together with the name(s) of the author(s) and the title of the paper. Where there is doubt as to the orientation of an illustration the top should be marked with an arrow. Figures that have been generated electronically should be saved using the normal save process of the software program and also as a PostScript or EPS file.
Line drawings should be on a separate sheet in black indelible ink (dot matrix illustrations are not permitted); lettering should be on an overlay or photocopy and should be no less than 4 mm high for a 50% reduction.
Photographs should be unmounted glossy prints and should not be retouched. Labelling should be clearly indicated on an overlay or photocopy.
Each figure should have a separate legend; these should be grouped on a separate page at the end of the manuscript. All symbols and abbreviations should be clearly explained.
Full details of submission of figures in electronic format are available at http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/authors/digill.asp
Tables should include only essential data. Each table must be typewritten on a separate sheet and should be numbered consecutively with Arabic numerals, e.g. Table 1, and given a short caption.
All tables and figures that are reproduced from a previously published source must be accompanied by a letter of permission from the Publisher or copyright owner and must quote the original source.
Acknowledgements These should be brief and must include references to sources of financial and logistical support.
Special Issues
From time to time the Editor will commission a special issue of the journal which will take the form of a number of papers devoted to a particular theme.
Page Proofs
Proofs will be sent via e-mail as an Acrobat PDF (portable document format) file. The e-mail server must be able to accept attachments up to 4 MB in size. Acrobat Reader will be required in order to read this file. This software can be downloaded (free of charge) from the following Web site: www.Adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html/ This will enable the file to be opened, read on screen, and printed out in order for any corrections to be added. Further instructions will be sent with the proof. Proofs will be posted if no e-mail address is available; in your absence, please arrange for a colleague to access your e-mail to retrieve the proofs.
Proofs must be returned to the production office within 3 days of receipt. Only typographical errors can be corrected at this stage. Major alterations to the text cannot be accepted.
Reprints
Twenty-five offprints of each paper will be supplied free on request, to be sent to the author, or senior author if there is more than one author to a paper. Authors will also be entitled to purchase further offprints when returning the proof.
Disks
The Journal requires submission of accepted manuscripts on disk. These should preferably be IBM-compatible. An accurate hardcopy must accompany each disk, together with details of the type of computer used, the software employed, and the disk system if known. Do not justify. Particular attention should be taken to ensure that any articles submitted in this form adhere exactly to the journal style in all respects.
Editorial Board
Editor
Stuart Logan
Institute of Health and Social Care Research, Peninsula Medical School, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK
Editorial Assistant (Editorial Office)
Claire Simmons
Blackwell Publishing Ltd
9600 Garsington Road
Oxford OX4 2DQ
UK
Tel: +44 (0)1865 476519
Fax: +44 (0)1865 471519
E-mail: claire.simmons@oxon.blackwellpublishing.com
Associate Editors
Helen McConachie
Senior Lecturer in Clinical Psychology, Department of Child Health, University of Newcastle, UK
Jo Sibert
Professor of Community Child Health, The Academic Centre, Llandough Hospital, Cardiff, UK
Corresponding Editor
Lennart Köhler
The Nordic School of Public Health, Gothenberg, Sweden
Literature Review Section Editor
Richard Reading
School of Health Policy and Practice, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK
Book Review Editor
Ian McKinlay
The MacKay Gordon Centre, Royal Manchester Childrens Hospital, Manchester, UK
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