About Submissions

Author's Responsibility

Authors must submit their manuscript to the platform, paying attention to the mandatory material requested by the journal for the flow to work (manuscript with and without identification, letter of copyright assignment and, if applicable, opinion of the ethics committee). On the platform, he will have access to the entire editorial flow in which the Author(s) participate, being able to solve his doubts with the responsible editors, regarding the rejection, acceptance and publication of his manuscript.

When submitting, authors should already bear in mind that their manuscript must undergo anti-plagiarism software and blind evaluation by at least two evaluators external to the journal.

The corresponding author is the one who assumes responsibility for carrying out communication with the journal during the article submission, peer review and publication process, must ensure that all authors have reviewed the final version of the manuscript and agreed with its submission to the ESP Notebooks.

The author(s) is(are) fully responsible for the veracity of the data, for the content of the submitted manuscript and, if approved, it will be published with Cadernos ESP.

Axes 

 - Education;

 - Public/Collective Health;

 - Technologies and Innovation;

Categories of Manuscripts

Editorial

Text on a subject of interest to the historical moment or the production of knowledge with repercussion for Education, Public/Collective Health, Technologies and Innovations and their interfaces. It can contain up to two pages, including up to four references, if any.

Original Articles

Original studies that add new information to Public/Collective Health and its interfaces. Included in this category are randomized clinical trials, case-control, cohort, cross-sectional, ecological, experimental or quasi-experimental studies, prevalence, incidence, precision studies, case reports, case studies, program evaluation and public policies, cost-effectiveness analysis, decision analysis, performance evaluation studies of diagnostic tests for population screening and the most varied qualitative studies. Original articles must contain a maximum of 12 pages, including abstracts and references with emphasis on results and discussions. The body of the article is divided into: Abstract, Introduction, Methods, Results, Discussion, Conclusion/Final Considerations and References (a maximum of 30), with a maximum of 7 authors.

Review Articles

Use systematic methods and explicit identification criteria, select and critically evaluate relevant research to collect and analyze data from the studies included in the review. This category includes systematic reviews (with and without meta-analyses), integrative review and scope review. Review protocols must be registered with Prospero (https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero/), or made available on some freely accessible website, in addition to mandatory guide protocols for each type of review (https://www.equator-network.org/). The article must contain a maximum of 18 pages, including abstracts and references. The body of the article is divided into: Abstract, Introduction, Methods, Results, Discussion, Conclusion/Final Considerations and References (maximum 50), with a maximum of 6 authors.

Reflection Articles

In-depth discursive formulation, focusing on a concept or theoretical construct of Public/Collective Health or related area; or discussion on a specific theme, establishing analogies, presenting and analyzing different points of view, theoretical or practical. The article must contain a maximum of 8 pages, including abstracts and references. The body of the article is divided into: Abstract, Introduction, Methods, Results, Discussion, Conclusion/Final Considerations and References (maximum 10), with a maximum of 4 authors.

Report of Experience, Updates and/or Thechnological Innovation

Study that describes practical situations in health and/or technological innovation (teaching, assistance, research or management), intervention strategies and evaluation of their effectiveness, of interest for performance and professional qualification. It should contain a maximum of 8 pages, including abstracts and references. The body of the article is divided into: Abstract, Introduction, Methods, Results, Discussion, Conclusion/Final Considerations and References (maximum 10), with a maximum of 5 authors.

Clinical Images

Its objective is to present clinical image(s) with a description of the case(s), clinical data and image analysis. Body of the text must contain a summary of up to 300 words, in Portuguese, English and Spanish. With up to five images. References (maximum 3). Maximum 4 authors. They must be in high resolution (300 dpi), in JPG or PNG, at least 8 cm wide, in separate files from the text. (Know more)

Photographs

Analyze the meanings presented by the photograph(s) with narratives, time and space that describe practical situations in public/collective health and/or technological innovation (teaching, assistance, research or management). Body of the text must contain a summary of up to 300 words, in Portuguese, English and Spanish. With up to five images. References (maximum 3). Maximum 4 authors. They must be in high resolution (300 dpi), in JPG or PNG, at least 8 cm wide, in separate files from the text. (Know More)

Brief Communications

This category of articles is particularly suitable for the dissemination of preliminary results of research projects whose relevance to Public Health recommends their immediate publication; results obtained from field studies or secondary data surveys involving little methodological complexity and a restricted range of variables, with unprecedented hypotheses of relevance to Public/Collective Health and related areas. The article must contain a maximum of 3 pages, including references. The body of the article is divided into: Abstract (cannot exceed 100 words), Introduction, Results and Discussion, Final Considerations and References (maximum 10), written by a single author.

Letter to the Editor

A maximum of one page.

Author's Response

Maximum 250 words. The Journal publishes spontaneous contributions that fit its editorial policy and expert articles written upon request.