Journal of Registry Management

Call for Manuscripts
Journal of Registry Management
Themed Issue on Birth Defects Registry Methods, Spring 2012

Due Date for Submission: Thursday, December 15, 2011

The National Birth Defects Prevention Network (NBDPN) is pleased to announce that we are continuing our arrangement with the Journal of Registry Management (JRM) to provide a themed issue on birth defects surveillance, with papers focusing on birth defects program methods, approaches to assuring/evaluating data quality and completeness, and innovative approaches to improving the science and practice of birth defects surveillance. The NBDPN annual report will continue to be published in the winter in Birth Defects Research Part A (BDRA) and will focus primarily on birth defects epidemiology and etiologic research. It is our hope that this arrangement with the JRM will enable the NBDPN to continue to advance the field of birth defects surveillance through the publication of papers demonstrating methodological innovations and registry practice enhancements.  The most recent JRM birth defects themed issue, published in Spring 2011, can be accessed for a limited time at http://www.ncra-usa.org/i4a/pages/Index.cfm?pageID=3674.

Manuscripts will be peer-reviewed and approved under JRM guidelines, which can be accessed at http://www.ncra-usa.org/files/public/authorinfo.pdf. Manuscripts should be accompanied by a cover letter including the names, addresses and telephone numbers or email addresses for at least two potential reviewers uninvolved with the current work who might be willing to provide an objective and unbiased review. Manuscripts should have internal clearance, if required for agency submission, and be submitted by Thursday, December 15, 2011 to jrm_nbdpn@nbdpn.org. Manuscripts may come from a single program, or from multi-state and/or international collaborative efforts and activities.

We are especially interested in manuscripts focusing on the following areas:

  • Using surveillance data to support public health program assessment, design, and evaluation
  • Cluster investigations: statistical techniques, role of GIS, or meta-analyses
  • Quality assurance: general protocols, re-abstraction techniques, assessment methods, and/or evaluation
  • Methods for presentation and dissemination of birth defects data
  • Program methodology: role of advisory committees, model legislation, methods for planning and evaluation, and/or prenatal and stillbirth surveillance

Potential contributors can contact Dr. Russell Kirby (813-396-2347, rkirby@health.usf.edu) for more information or for a consultation on topics under consideration. Even if your idea falls outside the topical areas listed above, we would still like to talk with you about it.
 

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The Journal of Registry Management is the official journal of National Cancer Registrars Association. This peer-reviewed journal publishes papers on topics related to the management of health registries and the collection, management and use of cancer, trauma, AIDS and other health registry data four times a year. 
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