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Health SA Gesondheid : interdisciplinary research journal

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Requirements to which the authors of articles must conform

Copyright reserved
The submission of an article to the editorial staff of Health SA Gesondheid shall be deemed as tacit connect that the copyright to the article be reserved by Health SA Gesondheid. In addition, the article shall be assumed to be an original work that has never been published before. Requests for permission to reprint material from this journal should be directed to the Editor at the address below. The editorial staff shall not accept responsibility for any printouts or hard discs (“stiffies”) of such article being damaged or lost.

The following statement signed by all the authors must accompany submitted articles: "The undersigned author/s transfer(s) to Health SA Gesondheid (published by RAU) all copyright of which he/she is the owner in respect of the manuscript entitled ... (title of article), in the event that the work is published. In the event that the copyright subsists in someone other than the author, she/he warrants that copyright in the manuscript may be so transferred. The undersigned author/s warrant(s) that the article is original, is not under consideration by another journal, and has not been previously published."

Nature of the publication
Health SA Gesondheid is an interdisciplinary research journal in which only select articles of the highest scientific standard with human health as the main theme are published. Articles on research work or review articles with the same theme shall also be considered for publication. Journal articles express the authors' views and are not necessarily the views of Health SA Gesondheid. Articles may be written in either Afrikaans or English.

Review
Each article shall be reviewed on a double-blind basis by at least two selectors. Articles written by any editorial members have also been through a double-blind peer review.

Requirements for publication

  • Articles must be typed in A4 size and in double spacing.
  • Three printouts (“hard copies”) of the article must be submitted.
  • Apart from the above-mentioned printouts, one copy of the article on hard disc (“stiffy”) must also be submitted. The latter disc must clearly be marked with the name of each author and co-author, the name of the file and the name of the word processing program used.
  • The article must be accompanied by a covering letter.
  • The title page must give the following particulars:
  • The title of the article
  • The surname, first name and, if any, the other initials of each author and co-author.
  • The academic and professional qualifications of each author and co-author.
  • The capacity in which each author and co-author is acting and the name of his or her organisation/institution.
  • The corresponding author's postal address and email address.
  • The article must be accompanied by:
  • The copyright letter (see above copyright statement)
  • Abstracts in English and Afrikaans of no more than 200 words
  • 5 Keywords used in the article
  • A letter from the language editor
  • The article itself may not compromise more than 17 pages (5 000 words). Authors must supply a word count.
  • The article must be ready for the press, in other words, it must have been revised for grammar and style. The author must provide a letter from a language editor confirming this.
  • All references to source books must be acknowledged according to the revised Harvard method.
  • All illustrations, figures and tables must be numbered and provided with titles. Each illustration, figure and table must, in addition, appear on a separate page and must be graphically prepared – be press ready. Must be black and white - NOT in colour.
  • Headings are not numbered. Their order of importance is indicated as follows: Main Headings in capitals and bold print; sub-headings in upper and lower case and bold letters; sub-sub headings in upper and lower case, bold and italic letters.
  • Handling fee charges must be included with the article. An additional account in respect of the printing expenses shall be sent to the author/authors at publication.

    Handling fees: 

  • R100-00 for subscribers of Health SA Gesondheid
  • R200-00 for non-subscribers
  • Applicable on articles received from 2002

Publishing fees: 

  • R150-00 per page for subscribers of Health SA Gesondheid
  • R250-00 per page for non-subscribers
  • Applicable to all articles printed from Volume 8 number 1 (2003)
  • Please send the covering letter, the three printouts, the hard (“stiffy”) and the handling charges to the following address:

The Editor
Health SA Gesondheid
Department of Nursing Science
Rand Afrikaans University
PO Box 524
AUCKLAND PARK, 2006

All cheques must be made out to Health SA Gesondheid, RAU

Authors/co-authors can contact the editorial staff of Health SA Gesondheid at the following telephone or fax numbers:

Tel. +27 (011) 489-3325
Fax +27(011) 489-2257
E-mail: [email protected]