Archives of Public Health

Health Impact Assessment

Health Impact Assessment (HIA) is defined by the World Health Organization as a practical approach used to judge the potential health effects of a policy, programme or project on a population, particularly on vulnerable or disadvantaged groups. With this Collection, Archives of Public Health aims to advance the use, dissemination and methodological rigour of HIA studies. The Collection in particular welcomes studies evaluating primary prevention policies, and studies focussing on the integration of health inequities/inequalities in the HIA framework. We welcome both applied and methodological manuscripts.

Digital vaccine certificates at the future of public health

Physical vaccine certificates are widely accepted, whereas digital certificates have created unease but represent an opportunity to further develop digital public health. We invite research and commentaries on the current debate related to vaccine certification, certification technologies, access to vaccines and inequalities between communities, as well as proposed and in effect policies.

Health Literacy and its Impact on Health Outcomes: Current Status, Challenges, and Strategies for Improvement

This article Collection provides a profound analysis and discussion platform concerning the complex interplay between health literacy and health outcomes. We acknowledge that health literacy has increasingly been recognized as a vital factor affecting health outcomes and overall quality of life and therefore we hope to foster a robust discussion that underscores the critical role of health literacy in achieving sustainable health outcomes and, by extension, contributes to the broader goals of health equity and societal well-being.

This project brings together two initiatives which aim at facilitating the access and use of health data to improve health, care and services through research and planning.

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We are pleased to announce that Archives of Public Health is now indexed in PubMed, PubMed Central, and the Emerging Sources Citation Index (Web of Science). The journal also holds a CiteScore that ranks in the 88th percentile. 

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All 'Research' papers submitted to Archives of Public Health must include a bulleted statement describing what the paper, if published, would add to the literature.

The statement should consist of three to five bullet points of no more than 100 words in total. Authors should not simply restate their findings or conclusions; the statement must contextualize the paper in the full public health literature and provide a succinct statement about what it adds. The statement will be useful in assessing priority for publication and, once having undergone peer review and acceptance with the manuscript, will be included at the beginning of the published article both in the HTML and PDF formats.

The statement should be in lay language and understandable to all readers, written for readers of moderate English literacy. The statement should be inserted immediately after the abstract within the manuscript file under the heading 'Contributions to the literature.' To view a published example, please see here. 

• Global nutrition
• Health information systems
• Health services research
• Maternal and Child Health
• Methodology

• Physical activity

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