Maternal and Child Health Journal offers an exclusive forum for advancing scientific and professional knowledge of the maternal and child health (MCH) field. Peer-reviewed papers address MCH practice, policy, and research, exploring such topics as MCH epidemiology, demography, and health status assessment; Innovative MCH service initiatives; Implementation of MCH programs; MCH policy analysis and advocacy and MCH professional development.
Exploring the full spectrum of the field, Maternal and Child Health Journal is an important tool for practitioners as well as academics in public health, obstetrics, gynecology, prenatal medicine, pediatrics, and neonatology.
Sponsors include the Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs (AMCHP), the Association of Teachers of Maternal and Child Health (ATMCH), and CityMatCH.
- Offers peer-reviewed papers addressing MCH practice, policy, and research
- Coverage includes MCH epidemiology, demography, and health status assessment; Innovative MCH service initiatives; Implementation of MCH programs; MCH policy analysis and advocacy and MCH professional development
- An important tool for practitioners as well as academics in public health, obstetrics, gynecology, prenatal medicine, pediatrics, and neonatology
- 97% of authors who answered a survey reported that they would definitely publish or probably publish in the journal again
Journal information
- Editor-in-Chief
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- Timothy Dye
- Publishing model
- Hybrid (Transformative Journal). How to publish with us, including Open Access
Journal metrics
- 2.3 (2022)
- Impact factor
- 2.8 (2022)
- Five year impact factor
- 119 days
- Submission to first decision (Median)
- 741,647 (2022)
- Downloads
Latest issue
Latest articles
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A Missed Opportunity? Meal Provision in Early Childhood Education and Care Services in the Context of Socioeconomic Disadvantage
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Preventing Job Burnout: Could Workplace Support Protect Maternal and Child Health Professionals Who Are Doing Public Health Equity Work?
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Journal updates
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Call for Papers: Reducing Poverty and Its Consequences
Submission Deadline: Jul. 1, 2023
As one of the most enduring and complex social problems in the world, poverty, and its eradication, must be addressed through a variety of research and practice domains including social, behavioral, and public health perspectives. Our journal is calling for submissions to a multi-journal collection exploring this significant global issue.
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Call for Papers: MCH History
MCH History: the past, the present, and the future — celebrating the 100th anniversary of the MCH Section in APHA and the 150th anniversary of APHA.
About this journal
- Electronic ISSN
- 1573-6628
- Print ISSN
- 1092-7875
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