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jHASE - Journal
of HIV/AIDS Surveillance & Epidemiology |
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A Journal of
Proceedings of the Institute of HIV/AIDS Surveillance & Epidemiology
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The Journal of HIV/AIDS Surveillance &
Epidemiology, jHASE
(ISSN: 1930-6768*) is
an
independent international open access peer-reviewed journal of proceedings
of the Institute of HIV/AIDS Surveillance and Epidemiology (iHASE). All
articles are published, without barriers to access, in quarterly volumes
immediately upon acceptance. The journal is published by the nonprofit
organization, Institutes of Epidemiology & Public Health, Inc. (New York &
Harrisburg, USA and Johannesburg, South Africa), in collaboration with the
Institute of HIV/AIDS Surveillance & Epidemiology. |
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Why jHASE? |
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We have long felt
that a journal devoted to HIV/AIDS (and related STD, TB and
non-enteric viral hepatitis) surveillance and population-level
epidemiologic studies was missing in the scientific literature.
Population-based surveillance data and related studies are
poised to make the most immediate impact on public health
decisions. Moreover, there are now multiple, innovative
techniques to track HIV/AIDS and related epidemics in general
and high-risk populations. In addition, large-scale,
population-level HIV and related disease interventions which are
conducted by public health agencies consume increasingly larger
amounts of resources without adequate evaluation and
peer-reviewed quality assurance . Clearly, this scope of work has not
been adequately covered by the journals in public health in
general or HIV/AIDS in particular. The need to disseminate
findings from such studies through open access media is
particularly acute in parts of the world adversely affected by
HIV and related conditions. |
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Willi
McFarland, MD, PhD
Editor-in-Chief |
Benjamin Muthambi, DrPH, MPH
Managing Editor |
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More About the
Conceptualization of jHASE |
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Aims and Scope of the Journal:
jHASE conducts peer review of both external and internal (iHASE) contributions of
articles on all aspects of applied Public Health Epidemiology of HIV/AIDS,
i.e.
applied
HIV/AIDS Epidemiology research, which includes Public Health surveillance
and related Epidemiologic research on HIV/AIDS and related public health
aspects. Through peer-review, jHASE
aims to provide a
quality assurance service which also
complements continuing public health Epidemiology education and applied
training initiatives of the Institute of HIV/AIDS Surveillance and
Epidemiology. jHASE aims to advance the field of applied
HIV/AIDS Epidemiology research conducted by Public Health agencies and
their collaborating partners. The field includes Public Health
surveillance and population-level Epidemiologic research on HIV/AIDS and related aspects.
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About the Field of Applied HIV/AIDS
Epidemiology: Public Health surveillance of HIV/AIDS is the ongoing
systematic collection, analysis, and interpretation of outcome-specific data
for use in planning, implementation, and evaluation of public health
practice. HIV Epidemiology is the study of the distribution and determinants
of the disease (both risk factors and interventions) in human populations.
Through jHASE peer review, quality assurance is conducted to develop a body
of literature on authoritative findings from applied HIV/AIDS Epidemiology
research. These authoritative findings serve as the scientific basis for
public health intervention (prevention and care) program planning, resource
distribution, and outcomes-driven program development and implementation.
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Rationale and Significance: The conceptualization of jHASE arose from a
recognition of the need for quality
assurance, training and continuing education through peer review in the
bourgeoning global field of Public Health surveillance and related applied
Epidemiology research on HIV/AIDS and associated aspects. Further,
population-level
findings of Public Health surveillance and related Epidemiologic
research on HIV/AIDS and related conditions are not often published in
peer-reviewed scientific journals with particular expertise or interest in
the field. Hence, public health agencies have difficulty obtaining
quality assurance, training and
continuing education through peer-review of their work. Similarly,
public health agencies have difficulty accessing authoritative
evidence-based population-level research findings on HIV/AIDS and related
aspects, which are needed for public health intervention
program (prevention and care) planning, and outcomes-driven program
development and implementation. Further, there are no other open access
peer-reviewed journals that focus on the field of Public Health surveillance
and Epidemiologic research of HIV/AIDS and related aspects. JHASE
aims to advance this field through open access, peer review, quality
assurance and continuing education.
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Indexing and Archiving:
jHASE has been accepted for indexing by the
World Health Organization(WHO)-sponsored African Index Medicus(AIM) and
Google Scholar Search for AIM. jHASE expects to have it's AIM-indexed
publications to be retroactively cross-indexed in Pubmed Medline sometime in
2008 as it may take about 12 months of publication track-record to qualify
for Medline indexing. Following publication in jHASE, the full text of each article is immediately
and permanently archived in IEPH's literature repository (pending archiving
in PubMed Central, the US National Library of Medicine's full-text
repository of life science literature and indexing in MEDLINE). |
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Copyright: The
authors are the copyright holders for all articles in jHASE and have granted
to any third party, in advance and in perpetuity, the right to use,
reproduce or disseminate the article, according to the
IEPH/jHASE copyright and licence
rules. |
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Citing Papers in the
Journal: Articles in jHASE should be cited in the same way as
articles in a traditional journal, with one exception. Because articles in
this journal are not printed, they do not have page numbers. Instead, they
have a unique article number.
The following citation:
jHASE 2006, 1:2
refers to article 2 from volume 1 of the
journal
As an online journal, jHASE does not have
issue numbers. Each volume corresponds to a calendar year. |
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jHASE welcomes submissions
on the journal focus areas and articles types outlined below:
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For further specific information for author
submissions on the above categories, please click here.
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*ISSN is provisional/non-searchable until first
publication
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HIV
Epidemiology |
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Worldwide
HIV Data
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Basic
HIV Epi
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IEPH
Features
Institutes & Initiatives |
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IEPH, Inc. is a nonprofit
institute whose global virtual network of Epidemiologists and Public Health practitioners
promote epidemiologic research in the public interest and are
committed to making the world's epidemiologic, scientific and
medical expertise, knowledge and
literature an easily accessible public resource. |
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