CALL FOR PAPERS
You are invited and encouraged to participate in a Special Issue of WORK: A Journal of
Prevention, Assessment and Rehabilitation (IOS Press) which will focus exclusively on the topic
of Health Care Work in the Home
SCOPE
Researchers, public health practitioners, industry and safety professionals are invited to submit
manuscripts on topics related to health care work as it occurs in the home. Health care work in
the home can be conceptualized in a variety of ways, including:
• A formal caregiver providing care in the home
• An individual conducting self-care or disease management activities in his/her home
• An informal caregiver supporting the needs of a family member or friend
Manuscripts are encouraged in the following areas:
1. Quantitative or qualitative research that provides evidence for the effectiveness of
physical, work-related, or technological interventions (including programs or policies)
that support health care work conducted in the home.
2. Quantitative and qualitative research assessing measurement tools or methodologies for
evaluating health care work in the home.
3. Literature reviews or systematic reviews related to health care work in the home.
4. Description of innovative theoretical approaches to designing physical, work-related, or
technological interventions that support health care work conducted in the home.
5. Case studies of interdisciplinary interventions that support health care work conducted in
the home.
IMPORTANT DATES
Submission deadline: June 1, 2010
Editorial Feedback to Authors: November 1, 2010
Special Issue anticipated publication date: Mid 2011
Authors are encouraged to submit a short 200 word description of the manuscript on or before March 15, 2010. The editor for the special issue will provide initial feedback by April 1, 2010.
Guest editor will offer initial feedback and suggested revisions with a blind review to follow.
Submit Manuscript to:
Jenna L. Marquard, PhD; jlmarquard@ecs.umass.edu
Thank you,
Karen Jacobs (kjacobs@bu.edu or 617 353-7516)
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Submissions Format
All submissions must be in electronic format using Microsoft Word or PDF, in 11 point Arial font. Please review submission guidelines at http://www.iospress.nl/loadtop/load.php?isbn=10519815 prior to submission.
Please review the manuscript for correctness prior to submission. Include the following information on the cover page:
1. Contact person's name, phone, fax, email and mail address
2. Title of paper
3. Names and affiliations of all authors
4. A brief abstract of approximately 200-words
5. 4-6 keywords
6. Date
