SF Community Medicine and Health

ABOUT JOURNAL

SF Community Medicine and Health focuses on research addressing population health, disease prevention, health promotion, healthcare delivery, and the social and environmental factors influencing community health. The journal provides a multidisciplinary platform for physicians, public health researchers, epidemiologists, healthcare professionals, and community health practitioners.

The journal covers areas including epidemiology, preventive medicine, health promotion, community-based healthcare, primary healthcare, maternal and child health, infectious and non-communicable diseases, environmental health, occupational health, health education, healthcare access, health inequalities, public health policy, population health, and evaluation of community health interventions.

The journal welcomes original research, review articles, systematic reviews, epidemiological studies, community-based investigations, intervention studies, health policy research, public health assessments, methodological contributions, brief reports, and other scientifically valuable manuscripts. The journal seeks to support evidence-based approaches to improving population health, strengthening healthcare systems, and addressing emerging community health challenges.

FEATURED ARTICLES

Letter to Editor

The Effects of COVID-19 on Cancer Progression and Metastasis in Bone

Tran MT^*

Dear Editor, The outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) that began in China in late 2019 has been of global concern. In fact, the Covid-19 pandemic has affected many countries with repercussions beyond the healthcare systems. In the context of cancer, although analytical data will be required, numerous studies have identified that the cancer patients immunocompromised are likely to be more susceptible to Coronavirus infection than non-cancer individuals immunosuppressed

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Opinion

Vaccine: Life-Saving or Killing

Balali R^* and Gharibzadeh S

Corona-viruses (CoV) are a large family of viruses that cause illnesses ranging from the common cold to more severe diseases such as Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS-CoV) and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS-CoV). A novel corona-virus (nCoV) is a new strain that has not been previously identified in humans [1]. COVID-19 symptoms include fever, cough, myalgia, and fatigue. Patients may initially experience diarrhea and nausea a few days before the fever. A small number of patients may also have headaches, hemoptysis, or be relatively asymptomatic [2].

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Original Article

Five Key Issues for Assessment of Mass Masking Effects in COVID-19

Daviran E^* and Gharibzadeh S

Covid-19 disease is currently recognized as the most important global crisis. Despite the lack of a definitive treatment for it, it may be possible to prevent its rapid spread by using personal protective equipment. Among of them, the face mask has been introduced more importantly than other ones. Complying with World Health Organization (WHO), the governments follow the mass masking policy. No researches have been comprehensively done about advantages and disadvantages of face mask in various conditions.

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JOURNAL SCOPE

Scope

Publishes research in community medicine, public health, epidemiology, prevention, health promotion, healthcare access, and population health.

Research Areas

Community Medicine Public Health Community Health Preventive Medicine Epidemiology Population Health Health Promotion Disease Prevention Health Education Primary Health Care

EDITORIAL BOARD

Ahmed Abd ElAziz Kheder

Plant Pathology Research Institute

Egypt

Alireza Heidari

California South University

USA

Arash Taheri

Bethany Medical Center

USA

Charles Hounmenou

University of Illinois at Chicago

USA

chiayen dai

Kaohsiung Medical University

Taiwan

Dan Yan

Beijing Shijitan Hospital

China

Farhad Pourfarzi

Ardabil University of Medical Sciences

Iran

Fátima Roque

School of Polytechnic of Guarda

Portugal

Firoozeh Nilchian

Medical University of Esfahan

Iran

I-Ching Lin

Changhua Christian Hospital

Taiwan

Jayanthi

Sri Balaji Vidyapeeth University

India

Jeremy James Ernest Johnston

Cavan General Hospital

Ireland

Jose L. Turabian

Health Center Industrial Park

Spain

Kiran K Solingapuram Sai

Wake Forest School of Medicine

USA

Mariola Drozd

Jagiellonian University of Kraków

Poland

Meely Panda

Hamdard Institute of Medical Sciences and Research

India

Mohamed Alsharedi

Marshall University

USA

P.K.Sasidharan

Government Medical College, Kozhikode

India

Pi-Ming Yeh

Missouri Western State University

USA

Ram Bilakshan Sah

B.P.Koirala Institute of Health Sciences

Nepali

Sanjeev Davey

Muzaffarnagar Medical College & Hospital

India

Yang T

Zhejiang University School of Medicine

China

Zorawar Singh

Khalsa College

India