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INSTRUCTIONS TO AUTHORS
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The Brazilian Journal of Mother and Child Health is edited every three months (March, June, September and December), aiming at publishing scientific research articles in the field of mother and child health. Contributions should approach different aspects of mother's health, women's health and children's health, covering biomedical, sociocultural and epidemiological determinants. Articles are accepted in Portuguese, Spanish and English. Acceptance is based on the principle of peer review by specialists in the different aspects of mother and child health. Copyright The articles published are the property of the Journal and their unauthorized reproduction, in whole or in part, and their translation into other languages is prohibited. Submissions should be accompanied by a Declaration of Transfer of Copyright signed by the authors. Opinions expressed in the articles are the sole responsibility of their authors. Ethics committee The Helsinki Declaration of 1975 as revised in 2000 must be respected. Brazilian articles will also be required to have a Declaration of Approval by the Ethics Committee, in accordance with the guidelines of the National Committee on Ethics in Research (CONEP); articles from abroad must be accompanied by a Declaration of Approval by the Ethics Committee in the location where the research was carried out. Criteria for article approval and publication In addition to complying with the ethical requirements of research, manuscript selection will also consider originality, priority and timeliness. Rationale should be clearly expressed with knowledge of relevant literature and adequate definition of the subject under study. Two external reviewers will be consulted to assess scientific merit. In case of disagreement between them, an opinion of a third reviewer will be requested. Based on the opinion and judgement of the Editorial Committee, the manuscript will receive one of the following ratings: 1) accepted; 2) recommended but with change; 3) not approved. When rated 2 the opinions will be remitted to the author(s) who will have opportunities for review; when rated 3, the manuscripts will be returned to the author(s); in case of acceptance the article will be published according to the manuscripts flow and editorial schedule of the Journal. Sections of the Journal Editorial Review present the history of scientific understanding and critical evaluation of a subject on the basis of research and relevant literature. Systematic reviews are encouraged and have priority face to narrative reviews. Original Articles publish previously unpublished research results and allow the reproduction of these results according to conditions laid down in them. For original articles the conventional structure is recommended, with the following sections: Introduction: explains the importance of the subject, initial hypotheses, the reasons for the research and, clearly and briefly, its objectives; Methods: describes the population under study, the criteria for selection of the sample, defines variables used and explains the way in which the study can be repeated, with regard to technical procedures and instruments used, as well as statistical analysis; Results: presented in a concise, clear and objective way, in logical sequence and with supporting illustrative tables and graphs, diagrams, drawings and photographs; Discussion: interprets the results obtained and verifies the compatibility between them and those cited in the literature, emphasising new or important aspects and relating the conclusions to the study objectives. Other formats are acceptable, according to the nature of the article. Articles should be at most 25 pages long and a maximum of 30 bibliographical references is recommended. Research Notes or accounts of original research and significant scientific findings (maximum of five pages). Technical Institucional Reports this section will have the same structure of a Review, but no abstract. Citations in the text and their respective references might or not be done. Viewpoint qualified opinion about mother-infant health (by invitation of the editors). Book Reviews critiques of books published in the last two years or in on-line communications networks (maximum of five pages). Letters critiques of articles recently published in the Journal (maximum of three pages). Especial articles texts dealing with relevant issues according to the Editors view and not classified in the above categories. Submission of manuscripts Manuscripts submitted to the Journal should be in Microsoft Word for Windows, Times New Roman 12 pt., double spaced. Two hard copies and a diskette or CD-Rom should be submitted; they may also be sent by e-mail if they do not contain tables or figures. The submission of the manuscript must be accompanied by a declaration of the authors informing that it is unpublished and is not submitting elsewhere, while the evaluation by this journal is in course. |
Form and preparation of manuscripts
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Manuscript format Identification page title of the article: in Portuguese or the language of the paper and in English, name and complete address of authors and their respective institutions; indication of author responsible for correspondence; sources of funding: cite the name of the funding agency and the kind of support received. Abstracts page two abstracts should be presented for Original Articles, Research Notes and Reviews Articles: one in Portuguese or the language of the article and the other in English. Abstracts of Original Articles and Research Notes should be at the most 250 words long and should be structured like the articles themselves: Objectives, Methods, Results, Conclusions. In Review Articles the narrative format does not require a structured abstract; abstracts should be up to 150 words long. Keywords to identify the content of the articles the abstracts should be followed by 3 to 10 keywords in Portuguese and English. The Journal uses the Descritores em Ciências da Saúde (DeCS) of the LILACS Methodology and its English equivalent, the Medical Subject Headings (MESH) of MeDLINE, and adapts the terms used by authors to these vocabularies. Illustrations page tables and figures (graphs, drawings, maps, photographs) should be included on separate pages. Captions page captions of illustrations should follow the numbering of tables and figures and inserted on a separate pagee. Acknowledgements of the cooperation of individuals, technical support and economic and material support, specifying the kind of support. References should be organized in the order in which they are cited in the text and numbered consecutively; there should not be more than 30 references. The Journal follows the rules for references of the Committee of Medical Journal Editors (Vancouver Group), with some modifications; examples of formats are found below. Journal Article Lopes MCS, Ferreira LOC, Batista Filho M. Uso diário e semanal de sulfato ferroso no tratamento de anemia em mulheres no período reprodutivo. Cad Saúde Pública 1999; 15: 799-808. Book Alves JGB, Figueira F. Doenças do adulto com raízes na infância. Recife: Bagaço; 1998. Editor or Compiler as author Norman IJ, Redfern SJ, editors. Mental health care for elderly people. New York: Churchill Livingstone; 1996. Chapter of a book Timmermans PBM. Centrally acting hipotensive drugs. In: Van Zwieten PA, editor. Pharmacology of antiihypertensive drugs. Amsterdam: Elservier; 1984. p. 102-53 Conference as a whole Proceedings of the 7th World Congress on Medical Informatics; 1992 Sep 6-10; Geneva, Switzerland. Amsterdam: North Holland; 1992. p. 1561-5. Conference paper Bengtson S, Solheim BG. Enforcement of data protection, privacy and security in medical informatics. In: Lun KC, Degoulet P, Piemme TE, Rienhoff O, editors. MEDINFO 92. Proceedings of the 7th World Congress on Medical Informatics; 1992 Sep 6-10; Geneva, Switzerland. Amsterdam: North Holland; 1992. p. 1561-5 Theses Frias PG. Analysis of the implementation of a project to reduce infant mortality rate in two municipalities of the state of Pernambuco with the same living conditions [master's dissertation]. Recife: Departamento Materno-Infantil, Centro de Ciências da Saúde da Universidade Federal de Pernambuco; 2001. Freitas Júnior R. Fine needle aspiration cytology: a comparative study between two different devices [Phd thesis]. Campinas: Faculdade de Ciências Médicas da Universidade Estadual de Campinas; 2001. Document in electronic format Pellegrini Filho A. La BVS y la democratización del conocimiento y la información en salud [on line] 1999. Disponível em URL: http://www.bireme.br/bvs/reunião/doc/pellegrini.htm [2000 Jan 16] |
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Manuscripts should be sent to: Revista Brasileira de Saúde Materno Infantil Instituto Materno Infantil Prof. Fernando Figueira - IMIP |
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