Vol. 1 No. 1 (2024) | Journal of Community Systems for Health

This Journal is a joint ad(venture) of CHS-Connect, a network of researchers from five institutions: the School of Public Health, University of Zambia (Zambia), the School of Public Health, Makerere University (Uganda), the School of Public Health, University of the Western Cape (South Africa), the School of Public Health and Social Sciences, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences (Tanzania) and the Department of Epidemiology and Global Health, Umeå university (Sweden).

We aim to enhance research capacity and competence for designing and conducting “embedded” health policy and systems research to build inclusive, socially accountable, and resilient community health systems.

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.

The Journal is published by Umeå University Library.

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Announcements

Special Issue on Indigenous communities, Health and Wellbeing

December 19, 2024

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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October 14, 2024

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Editorials and Commentaries

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

Transforming academic publishing in public health

Original research

Community participation through co-production and social accountability in Zambia: mapping primary health care actors and interfaces
Community participation; actors; co-production; social accountability; primary health care

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

Exploring the integration of Indigenous traditional birth attendants into the western healthcare system: A qualitative case study from the Amazon of Ecuador

Fertility concerns and COVID-19 Vaccines: Community-informed infographic design in urban Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

An evaluation of community acceptability and adoption of the community-based TB care program using the diffusion of innovation model

Ready to co-create? Considering pre-creation in care service development for older adults in the rural Swedish north

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

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)

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

Conversations with

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

PhD reviews

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