Submissions

CONSORT - checklist and flowchart for randomized controlled trials;

STARD - checklist and flowchart for diagnostic accuracy studies;

MOOSE - checklist and flowchart for meta-analyses and systematic reviews of observational studies;

PRISMA - checklist and flowchart for systematic reviews and meta-analyses;

STROBE - checklist for observational studies in epidemiology;

RATS - checklist for qualitative studies.

Original articles: these are contributions intended to disseminate the results of unpublished empirical research. They must comply with the principles of objectivity and clarity of the guiding question.

Review articles: they should be categorized as Narrative, Integrative, Systematic or Meta-analysis and explain the Objective, Data Source, Data Synthesis (quantitative or qualitative) and Conclusions (the conclusions and their applications). The procedures adopted and the delimitation of the topic must be included.

Experience report: this is a text that describes an experience that can make a relevant contribution to your area of work. It provides the motivations or methodologies for the actions taken in the situation and the considerations/impressions that the experience brought to the person who lived it. The report is contextualized, with objectivity and theoretical support. In other words, it is not an emotive and subjective account, nor a mere personal and random ramble. It's important that your account doesn't stop at just describing a situation. It must go further and establish considerations and reflections, based on the experience reported and its respective theoretical construct. It is hoped that these experiences can contribute to other researchers in the field, amplifying their effect as a potential example for other studies and experiences.

Letter to the Editor: communication of a relevant article related to "Práticas e Cuidado: Revista de Saúde Coletiva" or critical commentary on work published in the journal, when the authors will be given the right to argue their case. The manuscript should be no longer than two pages.

Authorship: A maximum of 8 authors per manuscript will be accepted (In special cases, when previously justified, analyzed and accepted by the editor, the publication may have more authors). The text should not include any information that would allow authorship to be identified; author details should only be provided in the specific fields of the submission form. The item "Acknowledgements" may be included after the conclusion of the article, if it is necessary to mention institutions and people who collaborated in the development of the study, but do not meet the criteria for co-authorship. Indicate international agreement.

Organization of the manuscript: Word or RTF text editor should be used, with Arial 12 font and 1.5 cm line spacing. The maximum number of pages must respect the limits established for each category of work defined above. Manuscripts can be submitted/accepted in Portuguese, Spanish and/or English.

Title page: should contain: title of the article in Portuguese and English; full name of the authors, highest degree and institutional affiliation; link to the Lattes CV (for national authors) and ORCID; Conflict of Interest Statement (if there is none, just write "Nothing to declare."); number of tables, images and figures; e-mail address of all authors.

Abstract: This should be presented in the same file as the body of the article, structured around the following topics (which may vary): Introduction, Objective, Method, Results, Conclusion. Authors must submit the text of the abstract in Portuguese and English, and it must not exceed a maximum of 250 words. At the end, 3 to 5 keywords should be presented, according to the Health Sciences Descriptors (DeCS) of the Virtual Health Library.

Body of the text: For original articles or systematic reviews, the following structure should be followed: Introduction, Methods, Results, Discussion and Conclusion, and the results and discussion can be structured in the same section. For experience reports, the following structure should be followed: Introduction, Report (with the context of the intervention, target audience, description of actions, results achieved, discussion, advances and challenges) and Conclusion. Other categories of manuscripts (narrative reviews, essays, reviews and letters to the editor) follow the appropriate text formats.

Citations: References in citations should be in Vancouver or American Psychological Association style. At the end of the text, each citation must be referenced according to the selected standard.

References: References should be formatted in Vancouver or American Psychological Association (APA) style.

Tables, charts and figures: Figures and tables should be inserted in the text, not at the end of the document as annexes, with consecutive Arabic numbers and a brief title/subtitle. In the text, the place where each one is inserted should be indicated, and there should be no more than 5 of them.

Tables: Tables should be numbered consecutively with Arabic numerals, in the order in which they are cited in the text, and given a brief title (What? Who? Where? When?). The header line should only have a top and bottom line, and the last line of the table should be bordered at the bottom with a line, while the rest of the table should not contain horizontal or vertical lines. Explanatory notes should be placed at the bottom of tables and identified with superscript Arabic numerals.

Figures: Illustrations (photographs, drawings, graphs, etc.) should be cited as Figures and numbered consecutively with Arabic numerals, in the order in which they were cited in the text and presented after the tables, if any. They must have a title and caption at the bottom of the figure. Only figures that are sufficiently clear and of digital quality, preferably in vector format, will be accepted for publication. In JPEG format, the minimum resolution must be 300 dpi. Graphs presented with grid lines are not acceptable, and elements (bars, circles) must not have volume (3-D). If a figure is taken from another previously published work, the authors must request written permission to reproduce it and send it to the journal.

Footnotes: not allowed.

Ethics in research with human beings: Articles reporting on research involving human beings must ensure compliance with Resolution 466/2012. When dealing with research in the Humanities and Social Sciences whose methodological procedures involve the use of data directly obtained from participants or identifiable information, Resolution 510/2016 must also be considered. Manuscripts referring to research involving the production of data with human beings must present an opinion from the Research Ethics Committee authorizing the research to be carried out.

Supplementary documents: Research Ethics Committee Opinion (if applicable), Cover Letter, Declaration of Responsibility and Transfer of Copyright.

The texts submitted are checked by anti-plagiarism software in order to identify possible copying without proper credit.

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