Author Resources
Lend your expertise to the field of SPHM
The International Journal of SPHM & Falls Management welcomes unsolicited manuscripts and suggestions for articles that are current and relevant to the field of safe patient handling, early and continuous mobility, and falls prevention and management, especially manuscripts that represent the following categories.
If your manuscript does not fit into any of these categories, we will still be happy to review it. Email info@sphmjournal.com with the subject, “MANUSCRIPT” and include a brief outline of your article. As the global resource for SPHM & falls management, the editorial board encourages authors to submit their manuscripts on any subject relating to these subject areas.
- Literature reviews
- Original qualitative or quantitative research on all aspects of SPH, mobility and falls prevention and management
- Research on specific technologies
- SPHM in specific settings, such as home health care and residential care
- Multi-disciplinary approaches to SPH, mobility, and falls management
- Formal program evaluation in any clinical setting such as ICU, radiology, the OR, or orthopedics to name a few
- Data collection processes and analysis
- Making the connection between SPH, mobility, falls management, and other quality initiatives
- Evaluation strategies, including particular software practices
- Patient/resident assessment, tools used, integration in electronic records
- Integration of SPHM and/or fall prevention and management by PT/OT and other disciplines
- Lessons learned and reflections of the implementation of an SPH, mobility, and fall management program in individual facilities or as an organization
Guidelines for Articles
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