International Eastern Mediterranean Family Medicine Congress (DAAHK) Supports “Open Access” ISSN: 3061-9602 Editors: Prof. Dr. Ersin AKPINAR Prof. Dr. Ertan MERT Associate Editors: Prof. Dr. Engin Burak SELÇUK Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sanem Nemmezi KARACA

Aims and scope

International Eastern Mediterranean Family Medicine Congress (DAAHK) is an international cogress. It covers Cardiovascular Disease, Communicable Diseases, Continuous Medical Education and E-learning, Emergencies and Trauma, Ethics and Law in PHC, Evidence-Based Medicine, Geriatric Care, Health Policies and Management, Maternal and Child Health, Mother and Child Care, Musculoskeletal Health, Non-communicable Diseases, Nursing role in PHC, Obesity, Management Occupational Health, Pain Management, Palliative Care, Preventative Care and Health Promotion, Quality and Accreditation, Research in Family Medicine, Training Programs in Middle East, Women and Men’s Health and welcomes studies of medicine and related sciences.

Thematic special issues appear regularly. Submissions to International Eastern Mediterranean Family Medicine Congress (DAAHK) are expected to be based primarily on research directly related to the medicine and health; papers that are primarily focused on topics such as behavioral or social scineces in line with the journal’s aims and scope also consider to be published.

Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement

International Eastern Mediterranean Family Medicine Congress (DAAHK) is a peer-reviewed conference committed to ensuring the highest standards of publication ethics. All parties involved in the act of publishing (editors, authors, and reviewers) have to agree upon standards of ethical behavior. We state the following principles of Publication Ethics and Publication Malpractice Statement.

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Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms:

• International Eastern Mediterranean Family Medicine Congress (DAAHK) provides copyrights of all articles for the free use of readers, scientists, and institutions (such as the link to the content or permission for its download, distribution, printing, copying, and reproduction in any medium, except the change of contents and for commercial use), provided the original work is cited. Written permission must be taken from the Publisher (DAAHK) for use of its contents for commercial purposes.

 

Journal Submission and Publication Fees

All expenses of the journal are covered by DAAHK. Processing and publication are free of charge with the review. There is no article processing charges or submission fees for any submitted or accepted articles.

 

Double Blind Peer-Review Process

International Eastern Mediterranean Family Medicine Congress (DAAHK) is a double-blind peer-reviewed international academic journal published annually.

A minimum of two peer reviewers, who are recognized specialists specific to the topic and area of the submissions, are appointed by the editors. All peer review reports are electronically and anonymously delivered to the contributors. Reviewers’ names are withheld by the journal to protect the integrity of the double-blind peer review process. Upon request, written reports can be provided to the reviewer that attests to their contribution. All published authors accept to act as reviewers for future issues.

Peer review is the founding mechanism of academic endeavor. Peer review helps editors make decisions in dialogue with authors. Authors gain important insights about their works and find the chance to develop their work by dint of criticism ensconced in the reviewers’ reports and comments.

Publication decisions

The editors and the publisher formally assure that all submitted manuscripts being considered for publication undergo peer review by at least two reviewers who are specialists in their field. After the completion of the review process, the Editor-in-Chief is responsible for deciding which of the manuscripts submitted to the journal will be published, based on the validation of the work in question, its importance to researchers and readers, the reviewers’ comments, and such legal requirements as are currently in force regarding libel, copyright infringement and plagiarism. The Editor-in-Chief may get advice from other editors or reviewers in making this decision.

Promptness

A referee invited for review should immediately report on his/her availability and those who feel unqualified to review the research should inform the editor about their decisions as soon as possible.

Confidentiality

Manuscripts delivered to the referees should be treated as confidential documents. The manuscripts should not be shown to others, nor their contents should be discussed publicly. Only under explicit authorization by the Editor-in-Chief, a reviewer can seek advice from her colleagues. The Editor-in-Chief will give this permission only under exceptional conditions. This rule also concerns the persons who declined to take part in the process as a referee.

Standards of objectivity

Personal critiques oriented toward the manuscripts’ authors are not an appropriate manner of conduct. Reviews should follow an objective procedure in their reports and upon the acceptance of referee duty, they accept that their comments are evidently supported by arguments that are of help to the authors in improving their work.

Acknowledgment of sources

Reviewers have a duty to report to the authors any published work that is not part of the authors’ references. A reviewer should pay particular attention to the works in the field that are not cited by the authors, or overlaps between different works. A reviewer should notify the editors regarding similarity with any other previously published work, or other manuscripts they have a knowledge of.

Disclosure and conflicts of interest

Any invited referee who has conflicts of interest resulting from competitive, collaborative, or other relationships or connections with any of the authors, companies, or institutions connected to the manuscript and the work described therein should immediately notify the editors to declare their conflicts of interest and decline the invitation to review so that alternative reviewers can be contacted.

Unpublished material disclosed in a submitted manuscript must not be used in a reviewer’s own research without the express written consent of the authors. Privileged information or ideas obtained through peer review must be kept confidential and not used for the reviewer’s personal advantage. This applies also to invited reviewers who decline the review invitation.

 

Responsibility of the Editors

The editor’s chief responsibility is to determine which submissions to the journal will be published. He/she must ensure that decisions are made on the basis of the manuscript’s merit and that the author’s race, gender, religious or political beliefs, ethnicity, or citizenship are not considered.

Confidentiality

Information concerning a submitted manuscript should only be revealed to the corresponding author, reviewers, editorial board members, or the publisher as is required or otherwise appropriate.

Disclosure and conflicts of interest

Editors and editorial board members will not use unpublished information disclosed in a submitted manuscript for their own research purposes without the authors’ explicit written consent. Editors will recuse themselves from considering manuscripts in which they have conflicts of interest resulting from competitive, collaborative, or other relationships/connections with any of the authors, companies, or institutions connected to the papers; instead, they will ask another member of the editorial board to handle the manuscript.

Publication decisions

The editors ensure that all submitted manuscripts being considered for publication undergo peer-review by at least two reviewers who are experts in the field. The Editorial Board is responsible for deciding which of the manuscripts submitted to the journal will be published, based on the validation of the work in question, its importance to researchers and readers, the reviewers’ comments, and such legal requirements as are currently in force regarding libel, copyright infringement and plagiarism. The Editorial Board may confer with other editors or reviewers in making this decision.

Responsibility of Reviewers

The peer-review process is a crucial component in helping the editor and/or editorial board reach editorial or publishing decisions and may also serve the author in improving the quality of the submission.

Confidentiality

Papers for review must be considered confidential documents. Information concerning the papers should not be discussed with others without the approval of the editor.

Promptness

A potential reviewer should withdraw from the review process if he/she feels unqualified to assess the contribution or cannot provide an assessment in a timely manner as defined by the editor.

Objectivity

Reviewers should strive to be objective in their assessments. Reviewers’ comments should be clearly expressed and supported by data or arguments. Personal criticism of the author(s) is not appropriate.

Disclosure and conflicts of interest

Editors and editorial board members will not use unpublished information disclosed in a submitted manuscript for their own research purposes without the authors’ explicit written consent. Editors will recuse themselves from considering manuscripts in which they have conflicts of interest resulting from competitive, collaborative, or other relationships/connections with any of the authors, companies, or institutions connected to the papers; instead, they will ask another member of the editorial board to handle the manuscript.

Acknowledgment of sources

Reviewers should identify relevant published work that has not been cited by the authors. Any statement that an observation, derivation, or argument had been previously reported should be accompanied by the relevant citation. A reviewer should also call to the editor’s attention any substantial similarity or overlap between the manuscript under consideration and any other published paper of which they have personal knowledge.

Responsibility of the Author

Reporting standards

Authors of original research reports should present an accurate account of the work performed as well as an objective discussion of its significance. Underlying data should be represented accurately in the paper. A paper should contain sufficient detail and references to permit others to replicate the work. Fraudulent or knowingly inaccurate statements constitute unethical behavior and are unacceptable.

Data access and retention

Authors could be asked to provide the raw data of their study together with the paper for editorial review and should be prepared to make the data publicly available if practicable. In any event, authors should ensure accessibility of such data to other competent professionals for at least ten years after publication (preferably via an institutional or subject-based data repository or other data center), provided that the confidentiality of the participants can be protected and legal rights concerning proprietary data do not preclude their release.

Originality, plagiarism, and acknowledgment of sources

Authors will submit only entirely original works and will appropriately cite or quote the work and/or words of others. Publications that have been influential in determining the nature of the reported work should also be cited.

Multiple, redundant, or concurrent submission

In general, papers describing essentially the same research should not be published in more than one journal. Submitting the same paper to more than one journal and/or conference constitutes unethical publishing behavior and is unacceptable. Papers which have been published as copyrighted material elsewhere cannot be submitted. In addition, papers under review by one journal should not be submitted to other publications while the paper is under review. Conference Editorial Board that publish creative works may make exceptions to the previously published rule; please consult the editor.

Acknowledgment of sources

Proper acknowledgment of the work of others must always be given. Authors should cite publications that have been influential in determining the nature of the reported work. Information obtained privately, as in conversation, correspondence, or discussion with third parties, must not be used or reported without explicit, written permission from the source. Information obtained in the course of confidential services, such as refereeing manuscripts or grant applications, must not be used without the explicit written permission of the author of the work involved in these services.

Authorship of the paper

Authorship should be limited to those who have made a significant contribution to the conception, design, execution, or interpretation of the reported study. All those who have made significant contributions should be listed as co-authors. Where there are others who have participated in certain substantive aspects of the research project, they should be acknowledged or listed as contributors. The corresponding author should ensure that all appropriate co-authors and no inappropriate co-authors are included on the paper, and that all co-authors have seen and approved the final version of the paper and have agreed to its submission for publication.

Disclosure and conflicts of interest

All authors should disclose in their paper any financial or other substantive conflicts of interest that might be construed to influence the results or interpretation of their papers. All sources of financial support for the project should be disclosed. Examples of potential conflicts of interest which should be disclosed include employment, consultancies, stock ownership, honoraria, paid expert testimony, patent applications/registrations, and grants or other funding. Potential conflicts of interest should be disclosed to the editor at the earliest stage possible. For the full paper readers should be informed about who has funded research and on the role of the funders in the research.

Fundamental errors in published works

When an author discovers a significant error or inaccuracy in his/her own published work, it is the author’s obligation to promptly notify the conference Editorial Board and readers or publisher for their full papers to retract or correct the paper. If the editor or the publisher learns from a third party that a published work contains a significant error, it is the obligation of the author to promptly retract or correct the paper or to provide evidence to the editor of the correctness of the full paper.

Ethics in publishing

Publication Frequency

The International Eastern Mediterranean Family Medicine Congress (DAAHK) is a peer-reviewed scholarly online journal and is published Annually.

 

Advertising and Direct Marketing

There are no advertising or direct marketing strategies for the journal. Decisions regarding the acceptance of advertisements and their placement—whether they are linked to content or reader behavior (online only) or displayed at random—are made independently. Advertisements are in no way connected to editorial decision-making and are kept entirely separate from the published content

 

Writing Rules

The manuscripts that are sent to be evaluated for publication in the International Eastern Mediterranean Family Medicine Congress (DAAHK) would be prepared according to the rules stated below:
1) Manuscripts should be in English. The text should be in a double-column format as a Microsoft Word document.
2) The title of the article is to be written first in bold with font size 16. The title should be concise and informative. Avoid abbreviations and formulae where possible.
3) Author(s’) name(s), name of the current institution, department name and e-mail address are to be filled in on the online registration form. Clearly indicate who will handle correspondence at all stages of refereeing and publication, also post-publication. Ensure that phone number(s) (with country and area code) are provided in addition to the e-mail address and the complete postal address. Contact details must be kept up to date by the corresponding author.
4) A concise and factual abstract is required. The abstract should state briefly the purpose of the research, the principal results, and major conclusions. Abstracts should not exceed 350 words.
5) A Graphical abstract is optional and should summarize the contents of the article in a concise, pictorial form designed to capture the attention of a wide readership online. The authors must provide images that clearly represent the work described in the article. Graphical abstracts should be submitted as a separate file in the online submission system. Preferred file types: TIFF, EPS, PDF files.
6) Authors are invited to submit keywords (3 to 6) associated with their papers.
7) The structure of the manuscript followed after the abstract should be as follows:
Introduction: State the objectives of the work and provide an adequate background, avoiding a detailed literature survey or a summary of the results.

Material and methods: Provide sufficient detail to allow the work to be reproduced. Methods already published should be indicated by a reference: only relevant modifications should be described.
Results: Results should be clear and concise.
Discussion: This should explore the significance of the results of the work, not repeat them. A combined Results and Discussion section is often appropriate. Avoid extensive citations and discussion of published literature.
Conclusion: The main conclusions of the study may be presented in a short Conclusions section, which may stand alone or form a subsection of a Discussion or Results and Discussion section.

8) Number tables consecutively in accordance with their appearance in the text. Place footnotes to tables below the table body and indicate them with superscript lowercase letters.

9) Make sure you use uniform lettering and sizing in the figures. Aim to use the following font in your illustrations: Times New Roman. Number the illustrations according to their sequence in the text. Use a logical naming convention for your artwork files. Size the illustrations close to the desired dimensions of the printed version. Submit each illustration as a separate file. Please make sure that artwork files are in an acceptable format (TIFF (or JPEG), EPS (or PDF)) and with the correct resolution (keep to a min. of 300 dpi).

10) Please ensure that every reference cited in the text is also present in the reference list (and vice versa).

Reference links: Increased discoverability of research and high-quality peer review are ensured by online links to the sources cited. In order to allow us to create links to abstracting and indexing services, such as Scopus, CrossRef and PubMed, please ensure that data provided in the references are correct. Please note that incorrect surnames, journal/book titles, publication year and pagination may prevent link creation. When copying references, please be careful as they may already contain errors. The use of the DOI is encouraged.

Web references: As a minimum, the full URL should be given and the date when the reference was last accessed. Any further information, if known (DOI, author names, dates, reference to a source publication, etc.), should also be given. Web references can be listed separately (e.g., after the reference list) under a different heading if desired, or can be included in the reference list.

References to other publications must be based on APA style and carefully checked for completeness, accuracy and consistency. You should cite publications in the text: (Adams, 2006) using the first named author’s name or (Adams and Brown, 2006) citing both names of two, or (Adams et al., 2006) when there are three or more authors. At the end of the paper a reference list in alphabetical order should be supplied:
For books
Surname, Initials (year). Title of Book. Place of publication: Publisher. e.g.
Harrow, R. (2005). No Place to Hide. New York, NY: Simon & Schuster.
For book chapters
Surname, Initials (year). Chapter title. In Editor’s Surname, Initials, Title of Book (pages). Place of publication: Publisher. e.g.
Calabrese, F.A. (2005). The early pathways: theory to practice – a continuum. Iin Stankosky, M. (Ed.), Creating the Discipline of Knowledge Management (pp. 15-20). New York, NY: Elsevier.
For journals
Surname, Initials (year). Title of article. Journal Name, volume(number), pages. e.g.
Capizzi, M.T. and Ferguson, R. (2005). Loyalty trends for the twenty-first century. Journal of Consumer Marketing, 22(2), pp. 72-80.
For published conference proceedings
Surname, Initials (year of publication). Title of paper. In Surname, Initials (Ed.), Title of published proceedings which may include place and date(s) held (page numbers). Place of publication: Publication place. e.g.
Jakkilinki, R., Georgievski, M. and Sharda, N. (2007). Connecting destinations with an ontology-based e-tourism planner. In Information and communication technologies in tourism 2007 proceedings of the international conference in Ljubljana, Slovenia, 2007 (pp. 12 – 32). Vienna: Springer-Verlag.
For unpublished conference proceedings
Surname, Initials (year). Title of paper. Paper presented at Name of Conference, date of conference, place of conference. Retrieved from URL if freely available on the internet. Accessed date. e.g.
Aumueller, D. (2005). Semantic authoring and retrieval within a wiki. Paper presented at the European Semantic Web Conference (ESWC), 29 May-1 June, Heraklion, Crete. Retrieved from http://dbs.uni-leipzig.de/file/aumueller05wiksar.pdf. Accessed 20 February 2007.
For working papers
Surname, Initials (year). Title of article. Working paper [number if available]. Institution or organization. Place of organization, date. e.g.
Moizer, P. (2003). How published academic research can inform policy decisions: the case of mandatory rotation of audit appointments. Working paper. Leeds University Business School, University of Leeds. Leeds, 28 March.
Further information about APA style from http://www.apastyle.org.

Journal abbreviations source Journal names should be abbreviated according to the List of Title Word Abbreviations: http://www.issn.org/services/online-services/access-to-the-ltwa/

11) To present the last form of the article organized according to the publication rules before the publication process is in the author’s charge; the articles are not published unless they are presented in the appropriate text format.