Family Medicine and Community Health

December 2013, Volume 1, Number 4

AIMS AND SCOPE

The Journal ofFamily Medicine and Community Healthaims to promote timely communication of medical knowledge and skills, especially in the field of family medicine to provide better care for all people. It is established to be a peer-reviewed open-access journal focusing on family medicine, community health, chronic disease management, community nursing, hospice care, paramedics, epidemiology, education and training and community health policy worldwide.

INFORMATION FOR CONTRIBUTORS

TheJournal of Family Medicine and Community Healthencourages its contributors and reviewers to adopt the standards of the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (www. icmje.org). The Journal will not consider papers that have been accepted for publication or published elsewhere. Our full requirements for submission, including conflicts of interest disclosure, trial registration, and ethics policies, are described in detail in the Instructions for Authors, which are available at http://fmchjournal.org/authors/manuscript-preparation/.

HOW TO SUBMIT: All manuscripts should currently be submitted by email to jfmcheditor@outlook.com, the email box for the editorial office of FMCH. A reply email confirming receipt (not acceptance) of the manuscript will be sent back within 2 working days. In case you do not receive the confirmation email after 1 week, contact the Editorial Office to track your manuscript by calling 8610 8311 6369 or email to the abovementioned email address.

PRE-SUBMISSION GUIDE AND QUERIES: If an informal opinion is desired before submission, send your abstract and a brief note explaining why the manuscript is suitable for the Journal by email to the Editorial Office at jfmcheditor@outlook. com.

DISCLOSURES: Each author must disclose all financial relationships related to the subject of the paper. The financial disclosure should include equity ownership, profit-sharing agreements, royalties, patents, and grants. Income from pharmaceutical companies should be specified by type, such as speaker’s honoraria, expenses, and grants. Authors are not required to report the sums concerned. If none, state “none.”

INFORMATION FOR READERS

Publisher

The Editorial Office of theJournal of Family Medicine and Community Health& the American Chinese Medical Education Association.

Printed by

BaiLiDe Colored Printing Co. Ltd., Beijing

Edited by

Editorial Office of theJournal of Family Medicine and Community Health

Address 1: A907 Guangyi Building, 5 Guangyi Street, Xicheng District, Beijing 100053, China

Address 2: School of Primary Health Care, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University, Victoria 3168, Australia

Telephone: +86 10 8311 5298 Mobile: +86 139 2007 3147

Fax: +86 10 8311 6270

Email: jfmcheditor@outlook.com

Disclaimer

The Publisher and Editors cannot be held responsible for errors or any consequences arising from the use of information contained in theJournal of Family Medicine and Community Health; the views and opinions expressed do not necessarily reflect those of the Publisher and Editors, nor does the publication of advertisements constitute any endorsement by the Publisher and Editors of the products advertised.

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ISSN 2305-6983