Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 June 2015

Guest Editors
Dr. Jenine K. Harris
Dr. Douglas A. Luke


Dear Colleagues,

Friends, family, co-workers, and other social connections influence our individual health behaviors and health outcomes. Relationships among public health organizations are also key to the diffusion, dissemination, and implementation of public health programs and policies. Understanding connections among people and organizations can provide new insights into the factors that influence health and the diffusion or dissemination of programs and policies that improve (or fail to improve) public health. In this Special Issue, we will highlight social network methods and approaches to understanding and improving the networks that influence health. We are interested in submissions relevant to public health policy, health behavior, and health outcomes. We also encourage submissions on the diffusion or dissemination of evidence-based public health information, programs, and policies, and on network analytic strategies that can inform the dissemination and implementation of evidence-based public health.


Keywords

network analysis
public health
systems science
dissemination
diffusion
health behavior
health policy
health outcomes
contagion
implementation science


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