Abstract
Professor Lorraine Culley and Professor Sam Porter
Millions of people are affected by conflict around the globe with significant impact on health and well-being. Conflict is a highly political issue, whether the conflict is ‘personal’ as in intimate partner violence and abuse or ‘public’, arising from war, disaster or civil unrest. Sizeable numbers of those living in conflict situations experience physical and mental adversities arising from a range of traumatic events. Wherever there is conflict and human suffering you are likely to find a nurse.
For this edition of JRN we are seeking papers that may be research studies of any design, case-studies, evaluations or practice development initiatives which focus on conflicts and their aftermath.
Examples include:
Health and care needs of refugee and asylum-seeking communities Displaced populations and protracted crisis settings Nursing in settings of conflict, persecution and human rights abuses Sexual orientation and gender-based violence
In each context we are particularly interested in work which involves prevention of harm, improving access to care and the quality of health and healthcare in policy, professional practice or community led initiatives.
Authors interested in contributing to this edition of JRN with focus on ‘Conflict’ should submit a 300 word abstract of their proposed paper by
Papers commissioned by editors must be submitted on-line by
Papers are normally restricted to a maximum of 5,000 words including references. Where appropriate, supplementary files may accompany the paper.
The contribution of the paper to, or implications for, both nursing practice and health and social care policy must be made explicit.
All papers will be double-blind peer reviewed. Accepted papers may be published Online first and issued with a doi number. A commentary is published alongside each paper.
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