Aims & Scope
Health Research in Community is a journal that aims to promote community health and wellbeing through dissemination of quality research findings. The journal seeks to provide a platform for a vast and diverse array of researchers, practitioners, professional groups from different disciplines as well as policymakers to share their research findings, experiences, and perspectives on health-related issues that affect diverse communities. The journal also emphasizes the importance of all aspects of research in and for community including but not limited to social justice principles and evidence-based strategies for promoting community health, social determinants of health, cultural influences and community-based interventions on health outcomes and healthcare delivery. By publishing this journal, we envisage promotion of community health by providing policy makers with peer-reviewed evidence base.
As the main objective of this journal is community health promotion, the language of the journal was decided to be in Farsi (abstracts and bibliography in English) for the materials to be easily accessible to the broader Farsi readership both in Iran and other Farsi-speaking nations including Afghanistan, Tajikistan and a huge Iranian diaspora worldwide. Also, another very important consideration was to disseminate the research findings without any language barrier to the national policy makers for ease of reference and evidence based policy making.
Health Research in Community welcomes original research articles, reviews, case reports, editorial, and commentaries that address a wide range of topics related to community health. The journal encourages submissions that focus on, but are not limited to, the following areas:
- Health Promotion
- Community-based interventions and programs
- Health and lifestyle
- Epidemiological studies
- Health disparities and social determinants of health
- Health policy and advocacy
- Health Care Management
- Health literacy and patient engagement
- Access to Healthcare
- Aging health and gerontology
- Mental health and well-being
- Nutrition and Healthy eating behavior in the community
- Capacity in public health systems and workforce
- Environmental Health
- Occupational Health, Occupational Medicine, Ergonomics
- Medical Entomology and Vector Control
- Pathobiology
The journal also welcomes submissions that explore innovative research methodologies and approaches that prioritize community involvement and collaboration. Health Research in Community is committed to promoting equity, diversity, inclusion, and cultural humility in all aspects of its publishing process.
