Call for Papers: Social Science and Medicine Special Issue: Rethinking Syndemics Through Method, Over Time, and Across Spatial Boundaries
摘要截稿:
全文截稿: 2019-09-01
影响因子: 3.616
期刊难度:
CCF分类: 无
中科院JCR分区:
• 大类 : 医学 - 2区
• 小类 : 公共卫生、环境卫生与职业卫生 - 1区
• 小类 : 社会科学:生物医学 - 1区
Overview
Syndemics has become a buzzword in public health. Yet, disagreement about what syndemics are, where they occur, and how we can effectively measure them to effect policy and clinical outcomes has been debated. This Special Issue ofSocial Science and Medicinewill revisit the kinds of quantitative and qualitative data useful for analyses of syndemics, how to evaluate the implications of syndemics for the burden of disease, and what these interactions convey. Moreover, there are opportunities to use syndemic theory to rigorously investigate how syndemic interactions change over time and across geographic boundaries. For this Special Issue,Social Science & Medicineencourages empirical (quantitative, qualitative, mixed methods), conceptual, or systematic review papers on any topic that will push the boundaries of research on syndemics. Of particular interest are papers that are motivated by social science theory, are relevant to medicine or public health, and:
Produce bold new thinking about the theory of syndemics, methods for estimating their impacts, consideration of different spatiotemporal frames, and historical takes;
Analyze epidemic interactions using individual-level, ecological, or multilevel data
Employ methods that are one or more of the following, ethnographic, qualitative, quantitative, mixed-methods, or GIS
Reconstruct historical syndemics or trace the origins present-day syndemics
Address health-related issues relevant to vulnerable populations, including sexual minorities and people living in resource-limited settings, and/or
Provide empirical data to inform clinical practice or health systems design interventions that can effectively reduce the burden of disease resulting from syndemic conditions.