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Author Guidelines

GUIDELINES FOR AUTHORS

GENERAL INFORMATION

Articles for publication should be sent exclusively to Health Magazine the Federal University of Santa Maria, not simultaneous submission to another journal is permitted, either in full or in part, except abstracts or preliminary reports published in proceedings of scientific meetings. The primary language of Health Magazine (Santa Maria) is the English (U.S.), for this reason, manuscripts should be submitted in Portuguese. The secondary language of Health Magazine (Santa Maria) is English (En), therefore, accept the submission of manuscripts in English. In The Magazine articles written by experts from other areas may be published, provided the topic is of interest to the area of HealthSubmitting articles is online at:

All authors must be registered in Health Magazine ( Santa Maria ) page.

The Health Journal does not charge for article submission.

The full name of each author , institution, country, email should be informed JUST the metadata.

The routing of the manuscript, attachments and filling all the data , are the sole responsibility of the author submitting the manuscript.

Thanks for financial support, technical assistance and other aid to the execution of work SHALL NOT be mentioned at the time of submission.

Upon acceptance of the work, the authors will be guided on how to proceed to make its insertion.

The views expressed in articles published are those of the authors and the accuracy and correctness of quotes do not necessarily reflect the position / opinion of the Editorial Board and Board of Health Magazine The Magazine assumes no responsibility for grammatical mistakes , and it therefore gives the right to request review of the Portuguese authors.

ATTENTION

• Manuscripts resulting from studies involving human subjects must indicate the procedures adopted to meet the constant of Resolution 196/ 96 of the National Health Council and indicate the number of protocol approval of the research project and the date of approval of the Ethics Committee in Research (CEP). For items from other countries the procedures adopted are those listed in the Declaration of Helsinki (1975 , revised in 1983). The approval letter from the CEP (scanned and pdf) must be enclosed at the time of submission in Step " Uploading Supplementary".
• The authors of papers submitted for review must signal their agreement with the "Declaration of Copyright Law" CREATIVE COMMONS of which is set out in item Copyright Statement. By clicking the icon CREATIVE COMMONS (This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution- Noncommercial - No Derivative Works 3.0 Unported License) will open a page that contains (in several languages, including Portuguese) the conditions of assignment, non- commercial use, forbidden to create derivative works.
• Conflicts of interest can arise when authors, reviewers and editors have interests that are not fully apparent, but which may influence their judgments about what is published. A conflict of interest may be personal, commercial, political, academic or financial. When authors submit a manuscript, whether an article or letter, they are responsible for recognizing and revealing conflicts that might influence their work.
• The Board ensures the anonymity of the authors in the peer review process as well as the confidentiality and anonymity of evaluators regarding participation, which gives them freedom to trial.
• Usually the statement of the policies of funding received if the research involves clinical trials.

Judgment process manuscripts
Submitted articles will first be reviewed by the Editorial Board regarding the adequacy to the editorial line and norms of the journal, and can even make suggestions to the authors for amendments it deems necessary. In this case, the article will be reassessed. The analysis of this decision shall be communicated to the authors.

Subsequently, the article review is conducted by peer-view, or members of the Editorial Ad-Hoc Council, invited by the Editorial Board. Opinions are appreciated by the Editorial Board to deliver its final opinion, or in the case of divergence between the opinions, requests a third opinion.

After the return of the manuscripts, the two consultants, staff of the Journal opinions and analyzes made ​​on the basis of "conclusive" continues with other referrals.

For publication, in addition to meeting the standards will be considered updating, originality and relevance of the topic, scientific consistency and respect to ethical standards. The opinions of the evaluators will be made available online for the person responsible for submission author who shall have a term of twenty (20) days to serve requests. Otherwise, the manuscript will be FILED after sending a notice to all the authors, because it is understood that there was no interest in meeting the request for adjustments . However , if there is still interest in publishing it, the article must be resubmitted, new peer review process being started. Authors should keep their updated e-mail to receive all communications. The authors identify the need for an erratum should send it to the Journal within 30 days after publication of the article, and at the discretion of the Journal's decision about its relevance and possible dissemination.

Types of papers accepted for publication and criteria for selection

Original manuscripts: to disseminate results of scientific research, unique, unprecedented and complete. The contents of the manuscript should be submitted as follows: Introduction should be brief, to present the research question, justification, literature (relevant and pertinent) and consistent with the objectives of the proposed study.

METHODOLOGY: Indicate the methods used, the population studied, the data source and selection criteria, which must be described objectively and comprehensively. Enter the protocol number and date of approval of the research project on Research Ethics Committee. It should also be noted that the research was conducted in accordance with ethical standards.

RESULTS AND DISCUSSION: The results should follow a logical sequence. When presenting tables and illustrations, the text should complement and not repeat what is described in these. The discussion, which can be written along with the results must contain comparison of results with the literature and the authors' interpretation.

OR FINAL CONCLUSION: The findings and final remarks should highlight the most important findings and comment on the limitations and implications for further research.Should not contain more than 20 pages in its totality. THANKS , FINANCIAL SUPPORT OR TECHNICAL, FINANCIAL STATEMENT OF CONFLICT OF INTEREST AND / OR AFFILIATION. It is the responsibility of the authors of the information and authorizations relating to the items mentioned above.

Review articles: includes critical, systematic review of the literature on specific topics. Should include a section describing the methods used for locating, selecting, extracting, and synthesizing data and findings. Should not contain more than 20 pages in its totality. The Health Magazine (Santa Maria) is currently publishing in five (5) review articles in each issue. If this number is exceeded, the remaining articles will be published in upcoming issues.

Preview Note: original or notes of research studies containing unpublished data relevant to the coverage area of ​​the journal. The presentation must follow the same standards of original articles. Space for the synthesis of Thesis on the final stage of preparation. It should contain all stages of the study. Should not contain more than 3 pages in total Article.

Editorial: the responsibility of the Editorial Board, which may invite authorities to write it. Limit 2 pages.

Letters to the editor: mail addressed to the editor about the manuscript published in the Journal in the last year or reporting of research or significant findings in the area of ​​Health or related fields and may be sent containing comments and thoughts about this published material. Will be published at the discretion of the Editorial Board. Should not exceed 1 page in total.

PREPARATION OF MANUSCRIPT

Papers must be written according to the Vancouver Style, standard developed by the ICMJE (http://www.icmje.org). Should be sent in Word for Windows, Arial 12, 1.5 spacing, with all pages numbered, configured on A4 paper with four margins of 2.5 cm.

HOW TO EDITORS: Manuscripts must be written in an objective manner, maintaining proper language to study as well as emphasizing the consistent scientific terminology. It is recommended that (s) of author (s) seek (m) professional linguistic advice (reviewers and / or certified translators in Portuguese, English and Spanish) before submitting (for) the manuscript that may contain errors and / or inadequacies morphological, syntactic, language or style. They should also avoid using the first person singular "my study ...", or the first person plural "we realized ...", since scientific discourse should be impersonal, non-judgmental. The titles of the textual sections should be gradually highlighted, unnumbered. The article title and summary with the first letter capitalized and the sentence in bold, primary section with the first letter capitalized and the sentence in bold, and secondary section in lowercase and underlined. Ex: Title, Abstract, Abstract, Results (primary section); Principles of nursing care (secondary section). Avoid using markers throughout the text.

Manuscripts should contain:

Title (unpublished) that identifies the contents, up to 15 words and present it in versions that include both languages ​​which adopts Magazine: Portuguese (Title), Spanish (title) and / or English (Title), requiring only one foreign languages​​.

If the manuscript come from the thesis, dissertation, or discipline of the graduate program should contain an asterisk (*) at the end of the title and the related information in a footnote on the first page. This indication should be informed only in the last version of the manuscript, avoiding the identification of authorship.

Summary: concise, up to 150 words, prepared in a single paragraph, accompanied by its translation into English (Abstract). Should be presented starting with the language of work. Should contain objective of the research, methodology, selection procedures of the study subjects, main results and conclusions. New and important aspects of the study should be highlighted.

Keywords: below the abstract include 2-5 descriptors according to the index of Descriptors in Health Sciences - DeCS (http://decs.bvs.br). Do not use the terms: Keywords. Use: Descriptors.

Quote: use numbering system to identify the works cited. Represent them in the text with the corresponding numbers without parentheses and superscript after point without mentioning the name of the authors. When dealing with sequential citation, separate the numbers by a hyphen when merged should be separated by commas. If transcription of words, sentences or paragraph with the author's words (direct quote), quotation marks must be used following the text, up to three lines (no italics) and corresponding reference as example: 13:4 (author and page); with more than three lines, use indentation of 4 cm, font size 12 and double-space between lines (without italics and without quotation marks), following the indication of the corresponding author and the page number. Deletions shall be indicated by the use of ellipsis in square brackets "[...]" the judicious use of this resource is recommended.

Examples:

Surveys show that 1-4...

Authors reported that 1,4,5...

"[...] When unable to take care of themselves." 5:27

Testimonies: Transliteration in comments or answers, follow the same rules of the quote, but in italics, with the code in brackets represent each interviewee. The interventions of the authors to what was said by the participants of the study should be presented in brackets.

References: The Rev Health (Sta Maria) adopts the "Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals," published by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors? Vancouver Style, available at:

http://www.icmje.org ou http://www.bu.ufsc.br/ccsm/vancouver.html  (translate into Portuguese Version).

The titles of journals should be abbreviated said, according to the Index Medicus:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=journals. For abbreviation of titles of national and Latin American journals, consult the website:  http://portal.revistas.bvs.br eliminating points abbreviation, with the exception of the last point to separate the year.

References should be numbered and standardized according to the Vancouver Style. In the reference list, references should be numbered consecutively in the order they are first mentioned in the text. Reference is the author (s) (e) s by surname, only the first letter is capitalized, then the name (s) (s) abbreviated (s) and no point.

When the document has one to six authors, cite all authors separated by commas, when it has more than six authors, cite all the first six authors followed by the Latin phrase "et al." Regarding the abbreviation of months of journals - in English and German can be abbreviated month starting with a capital letter, in Portuguese, Spanish, French and Italian, in lowercase. Both will be no point as recommended by the Vancouver Style.

Entries may also contain:

• Illustrations: may be included up to five (graphs and tables), black and white, according to the following specifications: photographs, drawings, graphs and tables are considered figures, which should be prepared to play by the layout editor in accordance format with Health Magazine UFSM inserted in the text, with the first letter capitalized described in the legend at the bottom and no italics, numbered consecutively with Arabic numerals in the order they are cited in the text. Figures should be sent as Supplementary Document in GIF or JPG format;
• Tables: should be prepared for direct reproduction by the layout editor, black and white, inserted in the text, with the first letter capitalized described in the legend at the top, numbered consecutively with Arabic numerals in the order in which they appear in the text, content font 12 with the first letter capitalized, presented in maximum size of 14 x 21 cm (standard magazine) and length should not exceed 55 lines including title;
• If you use data from another source, published or not, to obtain permission and acknowledge the source in full. Do not use internal horizontal or vertical lines. Employ in each column a short or abbreviated title. Place explanatory material in notes below the table, not in the title. Notes explain all nonstandard abbreviations used in each table;
• Symbols, abbreviations and acronyms: Use only standard abbreviations. Except in the case of standard units of measure, all abbreviated terms should be written in full, followed by its abbreviation in parentheses the first time they appear in the text, even if it has already been entered in the summary;
• Use italics for foreign words;
• Should be avoided filing Appendices (developed by the authors) and attachments (including only, without intervention of the authors).

PRESENTATION OF REFERENCES

Below provide examples of presenting references, based on the Vancouver style. For other examples see website: www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/uniform_requirements.html. To find the abbreviated title of the journal please visit: www.ccn.ibict.br/busca.jsf.

Journal articles

The titles of journals should be abbreviated according to the style used in Index Medicus (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/journals). For journals that are not in this list, can be used as a reference to the National Union Catalog of Serials IBICT (http://ccn.ibict.br).

Up to 6 authors state all; 7 or more authors, list the first 6 and add et al.

1. Article Standard - Costa MCS, Rossi LA, Lopes LM, Cioffi CL. Meanings of quality of life: interpretative analysis based on the experience of people in burns rehabilitation process. Rev Latino-Am Nursing. 2008, 16 (2) :252-9.
2. With more than six authors - Brunello MEF, Ponce MAZ, EG Assis, RL Andrade P, Scatena LM, PF Straw et al. The link in health care: a systematic literature review, Brazil (1998-2007). Acta paul. Nurse. 2010, 23 (1): 131-135.
3. Organization as author - Center for Disease Control. Protection against viral hepatitis. Recomendations of the immunization. Practices Advisory Committee. MMWR 1990;39(RR-21):1-27.
4. Many institutions such as author - Guidelines of the American College of Cardiology; American Heart Association 2007 for the Management of Patients With Unstable Angina/Non-ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction. Part VII. Kardiologiia. 2008;48(10):74-96. Russian.
   
5. Article personal authorship and organizational - Franks PW, Jablonski KA, Delahanty LM, McAteer JB, Kahn SE, Knowler WC, Florez JC; Diabetes Prevention Program Research Group. Assessing gene-treatment interactions at the FTO and INSIG2 loci on obesity-related traits in the Diabetes Prevention Program. Diabetologia. 2008;51(12):2214-23. Epub 2008 Oct 7.
   
6. Without indication of authorship - Best practice for managing patients' postoperative pain. Nurs Times. 2005;101(11):34-7.
   
7. Volume with supplement - Travassos C, Martins M. A review on the concepts of access and utilization of health services. Cad Public Health. 2004, 20 Suppl 2:190-8.
   
8. Volume with supplement - de Leon-Casasola O. Implementing therapy with opioids in patients with cancer. [Review]. Oncol Nurs Forum. 2008;35 Suppl:7-12.
   
9. Volume of - Jiang Y, Jiang J, Xiong J, Cao J, Li N, Li G, Wang S. Retraction: Homocysteine-induced extracellular superoxide dismutase and its epigenetic mechanisms in monocytes. J Exp Biol. 2008;211 Pt 23:3764.
   
10. Issue in part - Rilling WS, Drooz A. Multidisciplinary management of hepatocellular carcinoma. J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2002;13(9 Pt 2):S259-63.
11. Without issue volume - Ribeiro LS. An insight into the treatment of patients in the public health system. Rev USP. 1999; (43) :55-9.