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The Journal of Community Systems for Health (JCSH) is an open-access, peer-reviewed fair publication that considers articles related to community systems that create health in general, but also related to community health systems in particular.
 
We are a group of health systems and policy researchers aiming to help transform the conventions of academic publishing, and return control of the publication process to the scholarly community, following the principles of Fair Open Access (see more about Our values in "About the journal"). 
 
If you share these values, please join us in this adventure as author, reviewer or associate editor.
 

We recognize the significance of journal indexing for scholars. Our goal is to have the journal included in reputable databases, including PubMed. This is a journey with several milestones that we aim to achieve as soon as possible. Rest assured, all articles published prior to indexing will be indexed retrospectively.

Announcements

Special Issue on Indigenous communities, Health and Wellbeing

2024-12-05

We are pleased to announce a forthcoming special issue from the Journal of Community Systems for Health, dedicated to exploring Indigenous communities as systems, sources, and enablers of health, mental health, and wellbeing. We welcome and encourage strength-based research, undertaken by Indigenous communities and/or in close partnership with Indigenous communities, from a wide array of disciplinary perspectives and methodologies.

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Current Issue

Vol. 1 No. 1 (2024)

Volume 1m Number 1, 2024

Published: 2024-10-01

Editorials and Commentaries

Community systems for health are a public good: academic publishing on the topic should be too

Charles Michelo, Helen Schneider, Anna-Karin Hurtig
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Transforming academic publishing in public health

Seye Abimbola
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Original research

Community members’ perspective on social accountability in the health system: a cross- sectional study from Tanzania

Ebba Hemgren Sigås, Hussein Kapuya, Stephen Maluka, Anna-Karin Hurtig, Miguel San Sebastián
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Exploring the integration of Indigenous traditional birth attendants into the western healthcare system: A qualitative case study from the Amazon of Ecuador

Eline Hallor, Erika Arteaga, Miguel San Sebastián
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Fertility concerns and COVID-19 Vaccines: Community-informed infographic design in urban Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

Elizabeth Vernon-Wilson, Rand Hussein, Moses Tetui, Adrian Poon, Nancy Waite, Brianna Wiens, Shana MacDonald, Kelly Grindrod
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An evaluation of community acceptability and adoption of the community-based TB care program using the diffusion of innovation model

Abebaw Getachew , Adam Silumbwe, Patricia Maritim , Peter Hangoma, Abebe Belete, Joseph Mumba Zulu
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Ready to co-create? Considering pre-creation in care service development for older adults in the rural Swedish north

Frida Jonsson, Dean B Carson, Patrik Nilsson, Alexander Jonsson, Ashlyn Sahay, Anna-Karin Hurtig
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Exploring the effect of telemedicine on the control of blood pressure and lipid measurements in cardiovascular patients from rural Sweden: a before-and-after intervention study

Emil Xabier San Sebastian, Miguel San Sebastián, Manuel Gonzalez
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Trends in mental health problems among young people and the presence of youth clinics in Sweden: An ecological controlled interrupted time series analysis using the Health on Equal Terms surveys (2004 to 2021)

Miguel San Sebastián, Osvaldo Fonseca-Rodríguez, Isabel Goicolea
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Protocol articles

How does integration of comprehensive sexuality education in schools shape sexuality decisions among adolescents in Zambia?: A community based participatory research driven realist evaluation study protocol

Joseph Mumba Zulu, Isabel Goicolea, Paul Chavula, Chama Mulubwa, Charles Michelo, Patrick Musonda, Beatrice Matafwali, Anna-Karin Hurtig
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Conversations with

Santiago Santi, Naporuna indigenous community health worker from the Amazonian region of Ecuador

Santiago Santi, Miguel San Sebastián
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PhD reviews

Insights from Inside: Addressing mental health, well-being and healthcare needs of young prisoners in Cambodia

Puthy Pat
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