Call for papers "Trans health, citizenship and global justice"

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Call for papers: “Trans health, citizenship and global justice"

The field of trans health offers an objective analytical space for reflection on contemporary society, the production of public health policies, and biomedical institutions in a framework of respect for pluralism, diversity and access to rights. It is a space profoundly marked by inequalities, stigmatizaton and exclusion, and is the site of high levels of violence towards the trans community. At the same, advances have been made in the political and legal fields regarding the rights of trans people, including the access to specific medical treatments in public health systems, access to psychological care, and the criminalization of transphobia, fruits of the active social mobilization of the trans community. The framework of “global justice,” a concept that acknowledges the existence of unequal power relations, is useful for thinking about trans health in that it considers the shared responsibilities of global actors, including governments, international organizations, multinational corporations and civil society.

From a multi-inter-disciplinary perspective, we issue this call for the submission of works under the lens of citizenship and global justice that approach trans health in contemporary societies in relationship with the health field or specific practical aspects of collective health.

Within the framework of collective health, we seek articles that examine different practical applications as well as the relationships among biomedical institutions and the everyday lives of the trans people who interact with them. We also seek articles aimed at the study of public health policies and those centered on the health/disease/care processes of trans people.

Overaching themes:

Citizenship, rights and public policies in trans health: Key aspects and advances in the guarantee of rights and citizenship for trans people (legal frameworks, policies for inclusion, access to health services, forms of discrimination and marginalization, design, implementation and effects of public policies like access to hormone treatments and surgery, community health approaches, requirements for changing registered name and sex, etc.).
Trans health, health care, and health institutions: specific medical care needs for trans people in the geopolitical south (access to quality care, structural obstacles and socioeconomic barriers, innovative approaches to improve trans health care).
Trans health based in data and epidemiology: the use of epidemiological data in research and to improve trans health, including the analysis of demographic data, disease prevalence rates, inequalities in the access of medical care, health outcomes, and trends over time. Analysis of the quality, recollection and interpretation of data in the context of trans health.
Experiences of trans people in the health system: lived experiences of trans people in their interactions with biomedical institutions and health professionals, quality of care, violence, and examples of good practices.
Intersectional perspectives in trans health: intersections among gender identity and other aspects like race, social class, disability and sexual orientation in the understanding of health disparities, intersectionality in health care, and strategies for approaching multiple forms of oppression.
Evidence-based activism and trans movements: movements, organizations and actions in trans activism related to health, citizenship and global justice, including strategies for social change, collective mobilization and political resistance.
Approaches to trans health in childhood and adolescence: ethical issues, children’s rights, debates regarding the bodies of children and adolescents, medicalization.
Access to processes of gender affirmation: actions related to psychological support in the transition process, trans-affirmative hormonal treatments and gender affirmation surgeries. Analysis of self-medication and non-medical body modifications as well as their long-term effects on health.
Comprehensive sexual health of trans people: access to sexual education, prevention of HIV and other STIs, access to fertility programs and paternity/maternity.
Comprehensive mental health and well-being: ethical issues, access to quality health care, structural and socioeconomic barriers, innovative approaches to improve care.

This call for papers in Salud Colectiva is coordinated by:

Antonio Zapata Pizarro: Physician specialized in Internal Medicine and Endocrinology; Master’s Degree in Health Administration from the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, specialized in Medicine for transgender people. Assistant professor and director of the Postgraduate Program in Internal Medicine at the Universidad de Antofagasta. Creator, head and current director of the Transgender Health Unit of the Antofagasta Regional Hospital (Chile).

Rafael Cazarín: PhD in Sociology and postdoctoral researcher at the Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona (B-CURE), with training in Brazil, Portugal, South Africa and Spain. Experience in the research, design and implementation of projects that connect research and social justice in fields like sexual orientation and gender identities and biomedical technologies, health and well-being.

Gabriela Irrazábal: adjunct researcher in the Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET) based in the Centro de Estudios e Investigaciones Laborales (CEIL), Argentina; research fellow in digital health at the European campus of RMIT University (Australia).

Submission of original articles

Works must be original and unpublished and written in Spanish, English or Portuguese. As of 2019, the journal accepts works previously deposited in the preprint platforms SocArXiv, bioRxiv, arXiv, PsyArXiv or SciELO Preprints. All manuscripts will be subject to a preliminary review to determine whether the article meets the goals, editorial policies and standards of the journal. If the article is deemed eligible in this pre-evaluation, the authors will be notified and the peer review process will commence. Regardless of the submission language, works accepted will be published in Spanish or bilingually in both English and Spanish [see Submission and publication languages]. The journal covers the costs of editing, publishing and distribution, and authors must cover the costs of translation.

All works must be submitted via the journal website using the option. For more details, see “How to submit your paper." The basic formal requirements are as follows:

File 1: Authorship page

Reference to the call for papers "Trans health, citizenship and global justice"
Authorship information: first and last names for each author; last academic degree earned; current position and institution; country; e-mail address, ORCiD code.
Acknowledgements: names of the institutions and/or persons to be thanked for their contributions (excluding financial contributions).
Funding: If a grant or funds have been provided to finance the research, the cover page must include the name of the funding agency and the research approval number or code.
Conflict of interests: The mention of a conflict of interest does not imply the rejection of the article. Any real or potential conflict of interest, any obligations on the part of the author/s with regards to sources of funding, or any other type of relationship or rivalry that may be deemed to create a conflict of interest must be explained.
Author contribution: In accordance with the CRediT – Contributor Roles Taxonomy, the cover page must describe the contribution made by each author [ver Authorship].

File 2: Article anonymised

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Title of article: in both Spanish and English.
Article abstract: no more than 12 lines written in a single paragraph without structuring titles, in Spanish and English.
Keywords: 3-5 Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) or Health Science Descriptors (DeCS), using the option “DeCS search".
Suggested maximum length: 7,000 words (not including abstract, references and tables or figures).
Submission languages: texts must be submitted in Spanish. Authors who are not Spanish-speaking may submit works in Portuguese or English. If they are accepted, they will be published in Spanish or bilingually in both Spanish and English. The journal will cover editing, publishing, and distribution costs, and authors must cover the cost of translation [see Submission and publication languages].
Endnotes and footnotes: Due to the new electronic editing process, neither endnotes nor footnotes may be included. All necessary clarifications must be provided throughout the text.
Quotation: If the article contains quotations of texts published in other languages, the quotation must be translated into the submission language and the original quotation must be also included.
Figures and tables: No more than seven tables and/or figures will be accepted. They must be submitted within the same file as the text, at the end of the text, and must include the following:

Consecutive numbering (tables and figures must be numbered independently, in series according to their designation).
A descriptive title specifying the geographic and temporal dimensions of the data presented.
The source of the data used.

Data deposit: Research teams must ensure the availability of research data and, in the event that the article is accepted, must deposit the dataset in SciELO Data [see Data Deposit Policy].
Research Ethics: If the research has been carried out using human subjects (including ethnographies using in-depth interviews or any other type of research in which people participate), the text must contain (in the Methodology section) an explanation of the informed consent obtained from participants and the approval of research protocol by the relevant Ethics Committee.
References: Correlative numbering system (Vancouver) based on the style of the National Library of Medicine. Maximum: 100 references.

File 3: Conflict of interest and ethical aspects, originality and publication rights

The Declarations of Ethical Aspects, Conflicts of Interest, Originality and Publication Rights must be downloaded, filled out and included as Supplementary Files in Step 2 "Upload Submission" of the submission process. [Download Declaration CIEA-OPR].

Additional information

Article processing charge (APC): Salud Colectiva does not charge for editorial processing of articles. All editing, publishing and distribution costs are funded by the Instituto de Salud Colectiva of the Universidad Nacional de Lanús.

Open Access policy: Salud Colectiva ratifies the Open Access model in which scientific publications are made freely available in full text online, with no embargo periods and with no publication costs falling on the authors. Authors are offered full access to the final published versions so as to include them in institutional repositories. All of the material included in Salud Colectiva is published under a Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0).

Submission period

Given that the thematic issue has guest editors from different countries, a specific timeframe is proposed for article submission. Thus, articles may be submitted for evaluation from June 1, 2024 to June 30, 2024.