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All submissions to the Health and Development Journal undergo a fair, supportive and double-blind peer-review process and our acceptance rate is about 7%. We follow the Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals, issued by International Committee for Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE), as well as the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) code of conduct for editors.
All authors have to sign both pages of the journal's "Ethical Statement", in the same order listed in the article, and send the signed form either by Fax or Email to the journal office. The article will not be reviewed by the editorial board unless the ethical statement has been signed by all authors and sent to the journal office beforehand. The Health and Development Journal is a member of International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) The Health and Development Journal changed language from Farsi to English, in the winter of 2021. Therefore authors are kindly requested to submit articles in English.
Articles may also be submitted in Farsi (Persian), however the cost of translating the final version of the article from Farsi to English should be paid by the authors.
Pages 215-220
Narjes Hoshary; Mohammad Ahanjan; Mahmood Moosazadeh; Mehdi Aryana; Iman Misagh Toupkanloo; Maryam Zamanzadeh
Pages 221-230
Fereshteh Mohseni Takalu; Sanjar Salajeghe; Mohammad Jalalkamali; Mohammad Taghi Mohseni Takalu
Ziba Kamyabi; Seyed Vahid Ahmadi Tabatabaei; Armita Shahesmaeili
