Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion
Manuscript deadline now Dec. 1, 2016
The call for manuscripts for a special supplement of Medical Care on the State of the Science in VA Health Equity Research has been extended to December 1, 2016. See article for details on how to submit.
VA and non-VA investigators are invited to submit papers for a special supplement of Medical Care on The State of the Science in VA Health Equity research, innovation and intervention. The deadline has been extended to Thursday, December 1, 2016.
Following the VA HSR&D Field-Based Meeting, two national VA HSR&D Centers for Innovation – the Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion (CHERP) and the Health Equity and Rural Outreach Innovation Center (HEROIC)) are collaborating with Medical Care, a preeminent health services research journal, to publish a supplemental issue on “The State of Science” in VA Health Equity Research. This supplement will summarize key findings and recommendations and feature invited editorials and key papers from the meeting. Original research papers focused on the science of documenting, understanding, and intervening in health care disparities among vulnerable populations served by the VA Healthcare System or highly relevant to Veteran health and health care are invited. All manuscripts will undergo standard peer review by the Medical Care editors and peer referees as defined by the Medical Care policy. Accepted manuscripts will be evaluated for inclusion in the supplement. Those that are not selected for the supplement will be considered for publication in the standard journal issue. Potential authors should go to Instructions for Authors on the Medical Care website. Word limit for original manuscripts is 3,500 and 2,000 for brief reports. The manuscript submission deadline has been extended to December 1, 2016. Using the online submission system, select “VA Health Equity Supplement” from the drop down menu.
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For more information, please contact Carson.Clark@va.gov
