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Submission Guidelines 

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Article Types 

  • Original Research

  • Literature Reviews and Meta-analyses 

  • Policy Analysis & Commentary 

  • Undergraduate or Masters Theses or Capstone Project

  • Public Health Expert Interviews 

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Original Research

  • Original Research papers should seek to address specific questions regarding health disparities, global health, or any other discipline under the greater umbrella of public health. 

  • Original Research papers should contain a traditional structure including an abstract, introduction, methods, results, discussion, conclusion, references, and tables and figures. 

  • Original Research papers should contain a maximum of 4,000 words, not including acknowledgments, references, or figures 

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Literature Reviews and Meta-analysis 

  • Literature Reviews and Meta-analyses should utilize existing data to answer or explore new questions within the field of public health

  • Meta-analyses should clearly describe statistical methods and measures used

  • Literature Reviews and Meta-Analyses should contain a maximum of 4,000 words, not including acknowledgments, references, or figures 

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Undergraduate or Masters Theses or Capstone Projects

  • Completed or adapted versions of undergraduate honors theses or Master’s-level capstone projects are eligible for submission.

  • Submissions should be condensed into a journal-article format rather than a full thesis.

  • Faculty mentorship and approval are strongly encouraged

  • Theses and Capstone Project article should contain a maximum of 7,500 words not including acknowledgments, references, or figures

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Public Health Expert Interviews

  • Interviews with public health experts should focus on their specific research interests, their views of current issues in public health, or other relevant questions 

  • Public health experts should have a Ph.D. or an M.D./D.O. or equivalent degree with significant work in public health 

  • Submissions should be written in a Q&A or narrative format

  • Interviews should contain a maximum of 2,000 words

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Policy Analysis & Commentary

  • Submissions may include policy briefs, ethical analyses, or evidence-based opinion pieces

  • Manuscripts should present a clear argument supported by empirical evidence or scholarly literature

  • Suggested structure includes an Introduction, Background, Analysis, Discussion, and Conclusion

  • Policy analyses may be diagnostic or evaluatory and should apply a Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) framework and identify relevant stakeholders.

  • Diagnostic analyses:

    • Define and characterize the public health problem (SDOH-based)

    • Identify stakeholders

    • Evaluate policy options based on feasibility, public health impact, and fiscal/legal/political viability

    • Compare alternative outcomes, including a “do-nothing” scenario

    • Address unintended consequences

    • Propose implementation, KPIs, and policy adjustment plans

  • Evaluatory analyses:

    • Define the problem (SDOH-based) and policy of interest

    • Identify stakeholders

    • Review relevant literature and global evidence

    • Grade the policy (1–5) on effectiveness, equity, political support, cost-benefit, and public buy-in

    • Provide recommendations and conclusions

  • Stakeholders may include experts, community partners, community members, and local decision-makers.​

  • Policy and Commentary articles should contain a maximum of 3,000 words not including acknowledgments, references, or figures 

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