The Indian Journal of Public Health (IJPH) publishes articles of authors from India & abroad with special emphasis on original research findings which are relevant for developing country perspectives particularly in India.
The journal considers publication of original article; review, short communication, comment and letters to Editor on any new issue of public health importance.
The journal is published in four quarterly issues (March, June, September and December) a year. It is indexed / abstracted by the major international indexing systems, including the current contents : Index Medicus, Medline etc.
It is published by the Indian Public Health Association, 110 Chittaranjan Avenue, Kolkata 700073, West Bengal, India.

Submission of manuscripts:
All contributions for publication should be sent to the Editor or Managing Editor, Indian Journal of Public Health, 110 Chittaranjan Avenue (3rd Floor), Kolkata 700073. The manuscripts should preferably be submitted in electronic format to ijph@iphaonline.org All contributions should be type written in English on one side of A4 size bond paper, doubled spaced, with a margin of approximately 1” on each side, strictly adhering to the format and other requirements as  prescribed below.
Along with hard copy of the manuscript, preferably a CD or an IBM formatted floppy diskette of 3½² size containing the manuscript should be sent (please mention file names, in Microsoft Word document format; figures can be in Harvard Graphics or Excel). The diskette should be sent in a diskette mailer or packed by thick board paper.
2 (two) self addressed envelops should also be sent along with the manuscript (affixing postage of Rs.15/-) for early response. E-mail address of the corresponding author must be communicated to facilitate early feedback.
The manuscript must be accompanied with copies of any permission to reproduce published materials, to use illustrations or report on sensitive personal information of identifiable persons, or to name the persons for their contributions.
Accompanying certificate:
The contribution must be accompanied by a certificate, signed by all authors, stating that “the work is original, has not been sent, neither accepted, nor concurrently being considered for publication and has not been published elsewhere. If accepted for publication in this journal, it will not be published elsewhere without permission of the editor. Rewritting, modification and rejection by the editorial board will be accepted by us. Copy right for the article submitted and accepted for publication is reserved by the Indian Journal of Public Health”.

Authorship and Contributorship:

Contributors Listed in Acknowledgments
All contributors who do not meet the criteria for authorship should be listed in an acknowledgments section. Examples of those who might be acknowledged include a person who provided purely technical help, writing assistance, or a department chair who provided only general support. Financial and material support should also be acknowledged.
Groups of persons who have contributed materially to the paper but whose contributions do not justify authorship may be listed under a heading such as “clinical investigators” or “participating investigators,” and their function or contribution should be described—for example, “served as scientific advisors,” “critically reviewed the study proposal,” “collected data,” or “provided and cared for study patients.”
Because readers may infer their endorsement of the data and conclusions, all persons must give written permission to be acknowledged.
Content of manuscript in chronological order:
Title Page :
The title page (first page) should contain: a) the title of the article (concise but informative); (b) a short running head or footline (no more than 40 characters placed at the foot of the title page; (c) first name, middle and surname of each author, with highest academic degree(s), and institutional affiliation; (d) name of departments and institution(s) to which the work should be attributed; (e) sources of financial or other assistances, equipment, durgs or all of these; (g) name and address of the author responsible for correspondence; (h) name and address of the author to whom requests for reprints should be addressed.

Summary and key words:
The second page should carry a structured summary of no more than 150 words, briefly mentioning,aims. & objectives, setting & design, materials & methods, statistical analysis used (including any computer package), results & conclusion. Use only approved abbreviations.
Below the summary, provide 3 ‑ 5 key words that will assist indexers in cross indexing the article.  For key words use terms from­ the Medical Subject Headings list, eg the Index Medicus; NLM, USA etc. Summary not exceeding 100 words should also accompany short communications.

Introduction :
Clearly summarize the purpose(s) and rationale of the study. Cite pertinent references only, and do not review the subject extensively. Do not include data from the work being reported.

Materials and Methods
Mention type of study, study design, study area and period of study, sample size & selection of the study subjects, including inclusion & exclusion criteria, wherever necessary. In the “Materials and Methods” section statistical methods used should be specified. Identify the methods, apparatus and procedures also in sufficient detail to allow other workers to reproduce and review the results. Give references of established methods, statistical methods; provide references and brief descriptions if not well‑known; or if new or modified methods, with reasons and evaluate its limitations.
In case of experiments on human volunteers, indicate whether the procedures followed were with ethical standards of the committee on human experimentation of the institution in which the experiments were done. For ethical clearence, mention consent of study subjects and gurdians. When reporting animal experiments, indicate whether the institution’s or the national research council’s guide for, or any national law on, the care and use of laboratory animaig was followed.

Results
Present results in logical sequence in the text, tables and illustrations. Do not repeat all data in the tables or illustrations or both in the text; use of graphs as an alternatives to tables is encouraged. Emphasize or summarize important observations only.
Discussion :
Emphasize new and important aspects and conclusions that follow. Detailed data of result section should not be repeated. The implications of the findings, limitations, implications for future research, should be included. Link the conclusions with the goals of the study. Recommendations, if appropriate, may be included.

Acknowledgements
Specify the contributions in one or two sentences that need acknowledging, such as general support by institutional/ departmental authority; technical help; financial and material support, specifying the nature of support, etc.
Authors are responsible for obtaining written permission from persons acknowledged by name. Acknowledgement must be in a seperate sheet.

References :
Indian Journal of Public Health follows “vancouver style” and the authors are requested to follow the above format. Full explanation of the same is available in Br. Med. J. 1982: 1766‑70.
For journals, papers should be cited as (1) Authors name followed by initials (2) Full title of the article (3) Titles of journal abbreviated according to the style of Index Medicus (see list of journals indexed, printed annually in the January issue of index Medicus). (4) Year of publication. (5) Volume no. (6) Number of the issue and page number(s) of the article in full.

Tables & Figures:
Each table should be typed double spaced on separate sheet, not as photographs. Number the tables consecutively, a brief title for each table. Mention in each column, a short or abbreviated heading. Write briefly explanatory context in footnotes. Mention statistical measures of variations, such as standard deviation (SD) and standard error of mean (SEM). Internal vertical rules.should not be used. Cite each table in the text in consecutive order.
Each figure should also be provided in a separate sheet.

Size of the Article
Both original and review article should not exceed more than 4 (four) printed pages (maximum 4500 words). Short communication should contain interesting observations and should not exceed 2 (two) printed pages (maximum 2200 words).The number of tables and / or figures should not exceed 4 (four) in two printed pages for original and review article and not more than 2 (two) in one printed page for short communication. Extra pages to accomodate tables and figures, (if necessary) accepted by the editorial board, will be published after the additional processing and printing charges are paid by the concerned author(s)

Editorial Policies:
The journal has an editorial board and several reputed subject experts as ‘referees’. They review the manuscript, according to their area of expertise.
The authors are also requested to respond to the ‘referees’ comment and relevent revision of the article within four weeks of the correspondance from this office.
All decisions to accept, revise, or reject a paper will be made by the editors. The editorial board keeps the right to regret publication of any article recommended by the referee on some valid policy issue and also the backlog of articles, if any, beyond the capacity of the journal to publish during that year.For all correspondence related to publication of articles, if no response is received within a month, the article will be cancelled from the publication list with correspondence to the author in this regard.
Poorly written manuscripts will be rejected and returned without further examination. However, technical editing for grammatical flaws and elements of inconsistency in style are done for the accepted papers.
On receipt of the acceptance of the articles, as per decision of the AGB meeting of IPHA; author(s) will have to pay Rs.1000/‑ (Rupees one thousand only) in an account payee cheque/ demand draft in favour of Indian Public Health Association at Kolkata, as processiiig & reprint cost of 10 original copies of the article. the charges for each extra page beyond the recommended maximum size of article will be Rs.500/‑.The editors and the publisher disclaim any responsibility or liability for statemets and opinions expressed in review articles, original papers, short communications, letters to editor, editorials and supplements published in the Indian Journal of Public Health. Neither the editors nor the publisher guarantee, or endorse any products or services advertised in this publication, nor guarantee any claims made by the manufacturer of such product or service.
The editorial policy is subject to periodic modifications by the decision taken on Annual General Meetings.

Electronic Access
The table of contents will be available in the IPHA website, www.ipha.online.org.

Copyright
Manuscripts submitted for publication must not have been previously submitted or published. Accepted papers become the permanent property of the Indian Public Health Association.