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July 15, 2008
International Call for Papers - The Unintended Consequences of Tobacco Control Policies on Low Socioeconomic Status Women and Girls: American Journal of Preventive Medicine
Submission deadline: 15 July 2008
Background: The Tobacco Research Network on Disparities (TReND) is issuing an international call for papers addressing the unintended consequences of tobacco control policies on low socioeconomic status women and girls. The Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) recognizes the increasing rates of tobacco use among women and girls and highlights the need for gender-specific tobacco control strategies. In the United States and other industrialized countries, women living in poverty, lacking a post-high school education, and/or those working in manual labor, blue-collar and service positions have higher rates of tobacco use and lower rates of quitting compared to their more advantaged counterparts. Furthermore, an increasing number of women and girls in low and middle income countries are exposed to secondhand smoke and are beginning to use tobacco products.
Strategies to reduce smoking among low socioeconomic status women and girls in low, middle, and high income countries are needed to reduce the burden of tobacco-related morbidity and mortality among women. Tobacco control policies are intended to reduce tobacco use and secondhand smoke exposure among all populations, but recent data indicate that there may be unintended consequences among low socioeconomic status women and girls. Unintended consequences may be harmful or helpful to the lives and livelihoods of low socioeconomic status women and girls, and tobacco control policies are being promoted globally without a good understanding of their differential effects.
Paper Topics: TReND is issuing a call for papers on the Unintended Consequences of Tobacco Control Policies on Low Socioeconomic Status Women and Girls. Topics may include but are not limited to examining the effects of policies on:
- social acquisition of cigarettes
- smuggling and illegal trade and sales
- social networks and social support systems
- social norms
- culture
- process of and determinants of quitting success
- nutritional status
- other health behaviors or conditions such as obesity, alcohol and other substance use
- co-morbid conditions
- job circumstances and occupational choices
- violence against women and girls
- home life and personal and community livelihood
- economic decision-making. Original research papers, conceptual or theoretical papers, meta-analyses, and systematic reviews will be considered.
We encourage the submission of papers that include qualitative and/or quantitative analyses by gender or sex, social/occupational class, race/ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, and geographic location. We also welcome papers that address disabled, pregnant, immigrant, refugee, displaced, and incarcerated women and girls.
Instructions: Please submit a brief abstract for review by July 15, 2008 to Christen H. Osburn, M.B.A., Contractor, SAIC-Frederick, Inc., at osburnc@mail.nih.gov. The abstract should not exceed 300 words and should include the title, purpose, objectives, study design and methods. Authors of accepted abstracts will be notified no later than July 21, 2008 and will be asked to submit a manuscript for peer review. Manuscript submissions are due September 2, 2008 to the guest editor, Roland S. Moore, Ph.D, at roland@prev.org. The internal review team will provide feedback to the authors prior to the journal’s standard peer review process. Final papers are due on November 1, 2008 to Roland S. Moore., Ph.D. For additional instructions and guidelines for paper formatting, please go to the journal website at: http://www.ajpm-online.net. If you have any questions regarding the special issue, please contact the guest editor, Roland S. Moore, Ph.D. at roland@prev.org.
Special Note: We are only accepting abstracts that clearly address the unintended consequences (these can be either harmful or helpful consequences) of tobacco control polices on the lives of low socioeconomic status women and/or girls (either within the United States or abroad).
