The Journal of Best Practices in Health Professions Diversity is a publication from the School of Health Sciences at Winston-Salem State University. Its mission is to provide a forum for the discussion of factors that promote or constrain the development and sustainability of a diverse health professions workforce.
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The Journal of Best Practices in Health Professions Diversity: Research, Education and Policy (J Best Pract Health Prof Divers) published by UNC Press is an enterprise of the School of Health Sciences at Winston-Salem State University. Its mission is to provide a forum for the discussion of factors that promote or constrain the development and sustainability of a diverse health professions workforce. The journal is directed toward educators, policy makers and the health community. It is a bi-annual published source of information on maximizing recruitment and retention of a culturally diverse health professions and students in the healthcare professional areas.
Manuscripts considered for publication must explicitly adhere to issues related to diversity as well as identify the research, education, and policies that facilitate it. A combination of manuscripts from both seasoned and emerging scholars will be featured in each of the issues, which are published annually in the spring and fall.
All authors interested in submitting manuscripts are advised to review the author's guidelines prior to forwarding an article proposal. For authors interested in submitting proposals initially, must include a working title and 3-4 concise paragraphs describing the article and its relevance to health professions diversity in advance to the managing editor.
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The Journal of Best Practices in Health Professions Diversity: Research, Education and Policy (J Best Pract Health Prof Divers) is directed toward educators, policy makers and the health community. It is a bi-annual published source of information on maximizing recruitment and retention of a culturally diverse health professions and students in the healthcare professional areas. Therefore, the J Best Pract Health Prof Divers provides a forum for the discussion of factors that promote or constrain the development and sustainability of a diverse health professions workforce. Our commitment is to publish innovative manuscripts that utilize sound scientific, evidential, theoretical or philosophical research to examine the complex issues that undergird health disparities in communities of color, the practices and policies that facilitate or hinder diversity within and across health professions.
Editor-in-Chief
Peggy Valentine, EdD, FASAHP
Affiliation: Dean School of Health Sciences
Winston-Salem State University
Managing Editor
Elijah Onsomu, MPH, PhD, CHES
Winston-Salem State University School of Health Sciences
241 F.L. Atkins Building
Winston-Salem, NC 27110
336-750-2279
336-750-2568 (f)
onsomue@wssu.edu or journal@wssu.edu
Associate Editor
Capri Foy, PhD
Affiliation: Public Health Sciences, Division of the School of Medicine
Wake Forest University Health Sciences
Copy Editor
Julie Edelson, PhD
Affiliation: Wake Forest University
J Best Pract Health Prof Divers is a peer-reviewed publication, published by the University of North Carolina Press(UNC Press). It is sponsored by the School of Health Sciences at Winston-Salem State University, National Association of Medical Minority Education, Inc. (NAMME), and the North Carolina Alliance for Health Professions Diversity.
The J Best Pract Health Prof Divers is indexed through ProQuest, JSTOR (provides our journal wide access and international exposure), EBSCOhost databases, CINAHL® Complete (under Medical Education and Cultural Diversity subjects), Business Source Complete, Health Policy Reference Center among other databases. Lastly, numerous authors published in our journal that have government funded research including NIH have their manuscripts included in PubMed Central (MEDLINE database). We have been indexed since 2010 and have been in existence since 2007.
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The journal is directed toward educators, policy makers and the health community. It is a bi-annual published source of information on maximizing recruitment and retention of a culturally diverse health professions and students in the healthcare professional areas. Therefore, the journal provides a forum for the discussion of factors that promote or constrain the development and sustainability of a diverse health professions workforce. Our commitment is to publish innovative manuscripts that utilize sound scientific, evidential, theoretical or philosophical research to examine the complex issues that undergird health disparities in communities of color, the practices and policies that facilitate or hinder diversity within and across health professions. Also, manuscripts that address health issues and associated disparities that might hinder health professions, recruitment or retention will be considered.
Manuscripts accepted for publication become the sole property of the J Best Pract Health Prof Divers and may not be published elsewhere without prior written consent from the Editor-in-Chief, Dr. Peggy Valentine.
The Journal's Authorship Responsibility, Copyright Transfer, and Financial Disclosure form must be signed by each author and submitted at the same time the manuscript is initially submitted for consideration. Completed forms with original signatures can be scanned, saved as a PDF file, and attached as a file with your manuscript submission. Alternatively, forms can be faxed to the Managing Editor at 336-750-2568.
Manuscripts submitted for consideration of publication must be an original contribution that has not been previously published and is not under consideration for publication elsewhere. All persons listed as authors are expected to have made a significant contribution to the development of the manuscript. Authors are ultimately responsible for ensuring validity of published manuscripts.
All manuscripts will be reviewed by the Associate Editor prior to being assigned to external peer-reviewers. Final publication decisions remain the responsibility of the Associate Editor and/or Editor. Proofs of accepted manuscripts will be sent to the corresponding author for final review prior to publication. Extensive changes to the proofs may delay publication. The corresponding author is responsible for the entire content of copyedited articles and may incur charges should extensive changes to proofs be necessary to correct errors, other than printer's errors.
International submissions are welcomed. All manuscripts including, international submissions, must meet standards of English used for professional publications.
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Submissions by Emerging Scholars are welcomed. Emerging scholars are defined as persons who both completed their terminal degree within the past 5 years and have pursued a scholarly career for less than 5 years. Emerging Scholars should identify themselves as such at the time an article is submitted. Emerging scholars will be given additional assistance in developing articles for publication.
All manuscript submissions should be emailed to oonsomu@gmail.com and journal@wssu.edu.
Written permission to borrow or adapt copy written material, including your own material that has been previously published in this journal, must be submitted by authors. Authors also need to submit complete details regarding where the material was previously published. Authors are responsible for covering any permission fees that may be required by the copyright owner. Completed forms with original signatures can be scanned, saved as a PDF file, and attached as a file with your manuscript submission. Alternatively, forms can be faxed to the Managing Editor at 336-750-2279.
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We have been indexed since 2010 and have been in existence since 2007. Copyright © 2021 by Winston-Salem State University. All Rights Reserved.
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