Paper Submission Guidelines

CALL FOR PAPER

The organising committee of the 2024 International Symposium on Children and Youth Health and Well-being welcomes you to submit your research to present at this event.

The Symposium will address different topics that focus on children and youth health and well-being. Papers are expected to fit into one of the named themes and sub-themes:

Community Health: Community Health and Sustainability: community health and services, sustainability and social impact.
Vulnerable Groups: Issues Related to the Elderly and Children, Medical Social Work, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Social Work Services, Services for Children, Services for Individuals with Disabilities.
Mental Health: Digital Mental Health Interventions, Youth Mental Health Problems, AI and Mental Health, Cyber Bullying, Neurodevelopmental Disorders (Autism Spectrum Disorder, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Dyslexia, etc) .
Other Contributions: Discussions on Healthcare Services, Basic Public Health Services, Rural Public Services, Rural Child Care Services.

Abstracts submission guidelines:

(1) Abstracts without identification- Title and summary – maximum 300 words, including the background of the study, the aim of the study, methodology, the findings and discussions, conclusions, and keywords (maximum of 4); and (2) identification page with title, author, institution, and rank. Abstract is submitted in English.

Review process:

All submissions will be blind reviewed by the members of the symposium organizing committee.

Symposium Presentation guidelines:

Each presentation lasts 15 minutes and is followed by a 5 minute QA.

Microsoft Word template for proceedings papers

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Guideline for proceedings papers

Papers are limited to 6 pages single spaced in English or around 4000 words in English ; 8 pages single spaced in Chinese or around 6000 characters in Chinese, including title, author(s), affiliation, and email address, abstract, keywords, textual content, notes, acknowledgement, disclosure statement (if relevant), references, graphics, tables. Full papers can be written and presented in either Chinese or English. A half-page graphic/figure/table is counted as 400 words/characters.

After symposium, prior to the proceeding paper deadline, please send your final version and include identification page with title, author, and institution to us.

Next steps:

Submit your abstract to the email via iscyw@usj.edu.mo
You will receive a confirmation email letting you know that we’ve received your submission.
You will receive an email to notify you of the status of your submission on or before September 30, 2024.
Accepted submission will be invited to submit a paper to be published in the symposium’s proceedings.

Please forward this announcement to your colleagues. For questions, contact Helen Liu, Research Coordinator for the Faculty of Health Sciences, iscyw@usj.edu.mo