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Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.
  • The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
  • The submission file is in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, or RTF document file format.
  • Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
  • The text is single-spaced; uses a 12-point font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
  • The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines.

Community Service Articles

Pokada Journal of Health Community Service (POJHES) is an open-access scholarly journal published by the Politeknik Karya Husada. The journal was first published in December 2024 as a platform for the publication and dissemination of scholarly articles reporting community service activities in the field of health.POJHES aims to publish community service articles that focus on addressing health-related problems, empowering communities, improving health literacy, strengthening individual and community capacity, and promoting community-based health practices. The journal welcomes submissions from lecturers, students, researchers, health professionals, practitioners, academic staff, and other contributors involved in community service activities in the health sector.The scope of POJHES covers a broad range of health-related fields, including public health, nursing, midwifery, medicine, pharmacy, nutrition, environmental health, maternal and child health, adolescent health, older adult health, reproductive health, mental health, prevention of communicable and noncommunicable diseases, health promotion, health education, community empowerment, family and community strengthening, appropriate health technology, and other community service innovations relevant to improving public health.POJHES accepts scholarly articles derived from community service activities, including health education, training, mentoring, community empowerment, implementation of research findings, development of educational media, use of health technology, capacity building for community partners, and community-based intervention programs. Published articles are expected not only to describe the implementation of activities but also to present the background of the problem, methods of implementation, results of the activity, program evaluation, benefits or impact for community partners, and a discussion supported by relevant scholarly literature.POJHES applies an open-access policy. All published articles are freely available for readers to access, read, download, copy, distribute, and use for academic, educational, research, and professional purposes, provided that proper attribution is given to the authors and the original source of publication. This open-access policy is intended to expand the dissemination of knowledge and strengthen the use of community service outcomes in the health field.Copyright of published articles remains with the authors. Articles published in POJHES are distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). Under this license, users are permitted to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, link to, and use the articles for other lawful purposes, provided that appropriate credit is given to the original authors and the source of publication.All manuscripts submitted to POJHES must be original works, have not been previously published, and must not be under review or consideration for publication in any other journal or scholarly outlet. Authors are fully responsible for the originality, accuracy of data, ethical conduct of community service activities, and the content of the submitted manuscript. POJHES is committed to maintaining academic integrity by applying principles of publication ethics, including the prevention of plagiarism, duplicate publication, data fabrication, data falsification, conflicts of interest, and authorship misconduct.Manuscripts submitted to POJHES are evaluated through a double-blind peer review process. In this process, the identities of authors and reviewers are concealed from each other to maintain objectivity. Each submitted manuscript undergoes an initial editorial screening to assess its relevance to the journal’s focus and scope, completeness of format, compliance with the journal template, and adherence to scholarly writing standards. Manuscripts that meet the initial requirements are forwarded to peer reviewers for substantive evaluation.Manuscript assessment is based on relevance to the journal’s focus and scope, originality of the topic, clarity of the community or partner problem, appropriateness of the community service methods, quality of results presentation, depth of discussion, support from scholarly literature, benefits of the program for the community or partners, and contribution to the development of knowledge and practice in public health and health services. The editors have the authority to make final decisions on manuscripts based on reviewer recommendations, the quality of author revisions, and conformity with the journal’s editorial policies.All stages of manuscript management, including submission, review, revision, editing, and publication, are conducted online through the journal management system. This system allows authors to monitor the progress of their manuscripts transparently. POJHES strives to maintain professional, accountable, and quality-oriented journal management.POJHES is supported by the Unit for Research and Community Service (Unit Penelitian dan Pengabdian Masyarakat [UPPM]), Politeknik Karya Husada, as the journal’s publisher and management unit. This support includes administrative, editorial, journal management system, and continuous publication quality development. The journal is expected to serve as an academic platform for publishing relevant, beneficial, and impactful community service activities that contribute to improving public health.As part of its commitment to the long-term availability of scholarly information, POJHES seeks to develop a digital archiving system to ensure that published articles remain accessible over time. The journal may pursue participation in archiving systems such as LOCKSS and/or CLOCKSS, depending on system readiness and publisher policy. In addition, journal metadata and published articles are managed online through the journal platform to support discoverability, openness, and sustainable access to scholarly publications.POJHES respects the privacy of all journal system users, including authors, reviewers, editors, and readers. Names, email addresses, affiliations, and other personal information entered into the journal system are used solely for manuscript management, editorial processes, publication, journal communication, and publication development. Users’ personal information will not be shared with other parties outside the purposes of journal management without lawful consent, unless required by applicable laws or regulations.

Privacy Statement

Names, email addresses, affiliations, author identifiers such as ORCID iDs when available, and other personal information entered by users into the Pokada Journal of Community Service (POJHES) website will be used only for journal management, editorial processing, manuscript review, article publication, academic communication, indexing, and the continuous improvement of scholarly publishing quality.

User data collected through the journal system may be used for user registration, manuscript submission, correspondence among authors, editors, reviewers, and journal managers, copyediting, article publication, and journal administrative documentation. Such information will be used solely for the purposes of scholarly journal management and will not be used for commercial purposes outside the journal’s publishing activities.

POJHES respects and protects the privacy of all journal system users, including authors, reviewers, editors, readers, and other parties who interact with the journal. Users’ personal information will not be sold, rented, transferred, or disclosed to third parties without the user’s consent, except when required for journal management, indexing, scholarly archiving, compliance with publication ethics, or as required by applicable laws and regulations.

Author information included in published articles, such as names, affiliations, corresponding authors’ email addresses, ORCID iDs, and article metadata, may be made publicly available as part of the scholarly record. This information is necessary for academic attribution, citation, indexing, authorship transparency, and scholarly communication.

Reviewers are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of manuscripts assigned to them for review. Manuscripts submitted to POJHES must not be used, copied, distributed, or discussed with any party outside the review process without permission from the journal management. Reviewer identities in the double-blind peer review process will be kept confidential in accordance with the journal’s editorial policy.

The journal management strives to protect user data through the use of a journal management system appropriate for scholarly publishing activities. However, users are also responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of their own accounts, usernames, and passwords and should contact the journal management immediately if they suspect any unauthorized use of their accounts.

Data stored in the journal system may be retained as long as necessary for editorial administration, publication documentation, scholarly archiving, indexing, publication ethics audits, and the preservation of the scholarly record. Users may contact the journal management regarding questions about the use of their personal data, account information updates, or other requests related to user privacy.

By registering, submitting a manuscript, serving as a reviewer, or using services on the POJHES website, users are considered to have understood and agreed to the use of their personal information as described in this Privacy Statement.