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Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition is recruiting Section Editors. As the growth of the journal continues, we are looking to expand our editorial team. If you are a global health researcher with a focus on low- and middle- income countries, we would like to hear from you.
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Read MoreFeatured supplement: Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (CRVS) systems in low- and middle-income countries
National civil registration and vital statistics (CRVS) systems provide necessary population data to monitor national and sub-national development programs as well as the Sustainable Development Goals. This supplement on CRVS systems in low- and middle-income countries presents best practices and recommendations on how to improve CRVS systems globally.
Featured supplement: Malaysian Community Salt Survey 2017-2018 (MyCoSS)
Cardiovascular diseases, including strokes, heart attacks, and heart failure, are the foremost cause of death in Malaysia and worldwide. The Malaysian Community Salt Survey was conducted to determine the level of salt intake, main sources of salt in the diet, and knowledge, attitude, and practice in a nationally representative sample of the Malaysian adult population.
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Socio-biomedical predictors of child nutrition in India: an ecological analysis from a nationally representative Demographic and Health Survey, 2015–2016
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Perceived stress, eating behavior, and overweight and obesity among urban adolescents
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The impact of a peer-based education on fruits and vegetables intake among housewives
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Associations between socio-demographics, nutrition knowledge, nutrition competencies and attitudes in community-dwelling healthy older adults in Singapore: findings from the SHIELD study
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Food taboos, health beliefs, and gender: understanding household food choice and nutrition in rural Tajikistan
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Water Quality Index for measuring drinking water quality in rural Bangladesh: a cross-sectional study
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Safe distances between groundwater-based water wells and pit latrines at different hydrogeological conditions in the Ganges Atrai floodplains of Bangladesh
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Effects of probiotics on child growth: a systematic review
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The opioid effects of gluten exorphins: asymptomatic celiac disease
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Aims and scope
Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition brings together research on all aspects of issues related to population, nutrition, and health. The journal publishes articles across a broad range of topics including global health, maternal and child health, nutrition, common illnesses, and determinants of population health.
The journal considers all aspects of global health, and includes but is not limited to, the following sections:
- Climate change
- Environmental health
- Health economics
- Health systems
- Infectious diseases
- Maternal, newborn, and child health
- Non-communicable diseases
- Nutrition
- Reproductive health and family planning
Editors-in-Chief
Abdullah H. Baqui, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, USA
Simon Cousens, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, UK
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Archival content
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Annual Journal Metrics
Speed
316 days to first decision for reviewed manuscripts only
489 days to first decision for all manuscripts
413 days from submission to acceptance
15 days from acceptance to publication
Citation Impact
2.000 - 2-year Impact Factor
3.120 - 5-year Impact Factor
1.302 - Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP)
0.862 - SCImago Journal Rank (SJR)
Usage
142,110 downloads
17 Altmetric mentions