Epidemiology and Health Services (Epidemiologia e Serviços de Saúde) is a scientific quarterly journal, with open-access, edited by the General Coordination for the Development of Epidemiology in Health Services, Department of Strategic Articulation in Health Surveillance of the Health Surveillance Secretariat of the Brazilian Ministry of Health (CGDEP/DAEVS/SVS/MS).

Its main mission is to disseminate epidemiological knowledge applicable to surveillance, prevention and disease control relevant to Public Health, aiming to improve services offered by the Brazilian National Health System (Sistema Único de Saúde - SUS).

Epidemiology and Health Services journal is the continuation of SUS Epidemiological Report (Informe Epidemiológico do SUS - IESUS), created in 1992 after the constitution of the National Center of Epidemiology (CENEP). In 2003, after the foundation of SVS, it was renamed Epidemiology and Health Services(from volume 12, issue 1).

The articles published by Epidemiol. Serv. Saúde are indexed or summarized in:

Data base:

• Medline
• Coleção SciELO Brasil
• Coleção SciELO Saúde Pública
• Scopus
• Embase
• Literatura Latino-Americana em Ciências da Saúde (LILACS)
• AmeliCA

Indexers:

• Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)
• Sumarios.org

Directories:

• Sistema Regional de Información em Línea para Revistas Cientí ficas de América Latina, el Caribe, España y Portugal (Latindex)
• Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)

Virtual Library:

• Periódicos CAPES/MEC

• Secretaria de Vigilância em Saúde - SV

• Ministério da Saúde - MS

Fátima Sonally Sousa Gondim, Secretaria de Vigilância em Saúde, Ministério da Saúde, Brasília, DF – Brasil

• Associate Editors

Bruno Pereira Nunes, Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Pelotas, RS - Brasil
Doroteia Aparecida Höfelmann, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, PR - Brasil
Isis Polianna Silva Ferreira de Carvalho, Secretaria de Vigilância em Saúde, Ministério da Saúde, Brasília, DF – Brasil
Luciana Guerra Gallo, Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, DF - Brasil
Maryane Oliveira Campos, Secretaria de Vigilância em Saúde, Ministério da Saúde, Brasília, DF - Brasil
Suele Manjourany Silva Duro, Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Pelotas, RS - Brasil
Tatiana Mingote Ferreira de Ázara, Secretaria de Vigilância em Saúde, Ministério da Saúde, Brasília, DF - Brasil
Thaynã Ramos Flores, Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Pelotas, RS – Brasil 

• Editor for systematic reviews

Taís Freire Galvão, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, SP - Brasil

• Editor for statistical methods

Lúcia Rolim Santana de Freitas, Secretaria de Vigilância em Saúde, Ministério da Saúde, Brasília, DF - Brasil

• Alicia Matijasevich Manitto, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP - Brasil
• Ana Lúcia Escobar, Universidade Federal de Rondônia, Porto Velho, RO - Brasil
• Brendan Flannery, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta - Estados Unidos
• Bruce Bartholow Duncan, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS - Brasil
• Carlo Henrique Goretti Zanetti, Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, DF - Brasil
• Carlos Castillo Salgado, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore - Estados Unidos
• Carlos Machado de Freitas, Fundação Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, RJ - Brasil
• Cláudia Medina Coeli, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ - Brasil
• Cor Jesus Fernandes Fontes, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso, Cuiabá, MT - Brasil
• Eduardo Simões, University of Missouri, Columbia - Estados Unidos
• Eliseu Alves Waldman, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP - Brasil
• Everton Nunes da Silva, Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, DF – Brasil
• Iná da Silva dos Santos, Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Pelotas, RS - Brasil
• Isabella Chagas Samico, Instituto de Medicina Integral Professor Fernando Figueira, Recife, PE - Brasil
• Guilherme Loureiro Werneck, Universidade Estadual do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ Brasil
• Jarbas Barbosa da Silva Júnior, Organização Pan Americana de Saúde, Washington – Estados Unidos
• João Bosco Siqueira Júnior, Universidade Federal de Goiás, Goiânia, GO - Brasil
• José Cássio de Moraes, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas da Santa Casa de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP - Brasil
• José Ueleres Braga, Universidade Estadual do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ - Brasil
• Luiz Augusto Facchini, Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Pelotas, RS - Brasil
• Márcia Furquim de Almeida, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP - Brasil
• Maria Cecília de Souza Minayo, Fundação Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, RJ - Brasil
• Maria da Glória Lima Cruz Teixeira, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Salvador, BA - Brasil
• Maria de Fátima Marinho de Souza, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP - Brasil
• Marilisa Berti de Azevedo Barros, Universidade de Campinas, Campinas, SP - Brasil
• Otaliba Libânio de Morais Neto, Universidade Federal de Goiás, Goiânia, GO - Brasil
• Roseli La Corte dos Santos, Universidade Federal de Sergipe, Aracaju, SE - Brasil
• Vera Lúcia Guimarães Blank, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, SC - Brasil

• Executive Secretary
  Cássia Rebeca de Lima Souza, Secretaria de Vigilância em Saúde, Ministério da Saúde, Brasília, DF – Brasil
  Aline Vieira de Lima, Secretaria de Vigilância em Saúde, Ministério da Saúde, Brasília, DF – Brasil

• Portuguese proofreading
  Ermenegyldo Munhoz Júnior, Secretaria de Vigilância em Saúde, Ministério da Saúde, Brasília, DF - Brasil
  Maria Irene Lima Mariano, Secretaria de Vigilância em Saúde, Ministério da Saúde, Brasília, DF - Brasil

• English translation and proofreading
  David Ian Harrad, Secretaria de Vigilância em Saúde, Ministério da Saúde, Brasília, DF – Brasil
  Lúcia Ferreira Quirino, Secretaria de Vigilância em Saúde, Ministério da Saúde, Brasília, DF – Brasil
   
• Spanish translation proofreading
  Lota Moncada, Secretaria de Vigilância em Saúde, Ministério da Saúde, Brasília, DF – Brasil

• Layout
  Rhander David de Lima Sousa, Secretaria de Vigilância em Saúde, Ministério da Saúde, Brasília, DF – Brasil
  Editora Librum
   
• Librarian
  Natália Roberta de Souza Bento Fernandes Feitosa, Secretaria de Vigilância em Saúde, Ministério da Saúde, Brasília, DF – Brasil
   
• Electronic edition
  Alexandre Assunção da Costa, Instituto Evandro Chagas, Ministério da Saúde, Ananindeua, PA - Brasil
  Alexandre Sena, Instituto Evandro Chagas, Ministério da Saúde, Ananindeua, PA - Brasil
  Isabella Maria Almeida Mateus, Instituto Evandro Chagas, Ministério da Saúde, Ananindeua, PA - Brasil
  Raimundo Edrijan Barreto da Silva, Instituto Evandro Chagas, Ministério da Saúde, Ananindeua, PA - Brasil
  Dóris Angélica de Siqueira Corrêa, Instituto Evandro Chagas, Ministério da Saúde, Ananindeua, PA– Brasil (Coordenadora)
  Caboverde
  Editora Librum

Epidemiology and Health Services : journal of the Brazilian National Health System (RESS)  is a scientific open-access journal, published quarterly in electronic and print format, edited by the General Coordination for the Development of Epidemiology in Health Services, Department of Strategic Articulation in Health Surveillance of the Health Surveillance Secretariat of the Brazilian Ministry of Health (CGDEP/DAEVS/SVS/MS). Its main mission is to disseminate epidemiological knowledge applicable to surveillance, prevention and disease control relevant to Public Health, aiming to improve services offered by the Brazilian National Health System (Sistema Único de Saúde - SUS).

RESS follows the guidance of the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) Recommendations for the Conduct, Reporting, Editing, and Publication of Scholarly Work in Medical Journals, available at http://www.icmje.org/ (English) and http://www.goo.gl/nCN373 (Portuguese) – also known as "Vancouver Style" – and endorses the ethical principles for publishing specified by the Committee on Publication Ethics’ (COPE) code of conduct, available at http://publicationethics.org/files/Code of Conduct_2.pdf.

RESS has a Statement on Publication Ethics, available at http://ress.iec.gov.br/ress/home/carregarPagina?lang=pt&p=eticaPublicacao, which expresses the ethical commitment of our journal – as well as of all the individuals involved in the articles publication at RESS, including authors, ad hoc reviewers, the editor-in-chief, all the other editors, the Secretariat of Health Surveillance (SVS/MS), and the publishing house of the Ministry of Health – through the adoption of good practices on scientific publication.

The journal’s Editorial Board welcomes manuscripts in the following types of manuscripts:

a) Original article – unpublished research findings in one or more of the diverse thematic areas within surveillance, prevention and control of diseases, relevant to public health, such as communicable diseases, chronic non-communicable diseases, health situation analysis, health promotion, occupational health surveillance, environmental health surveillance, responses to public health emergencies, health surveillance policies and management, and epidemiology development in health services (words limit: 3,500 excluding abstracts, tables, figures and references); up to five tables and/or figures);

b) Review article

b.1) Systematic review article – presentation of a summary of original study results with the purpose of answering a specific question; articles must describe in detail the process used to search for original studies and the criteria for their inclusion in the review; they may or may not present the procedure for obtaining the quantitative synthesis of the results in meta-analysis format (words limit: 3,500 excluding abstracts, tables, figures and references); up to five tables and/or figures)

b.2) Narrative review article – a critical analysis of published material, an in-depth discussion about a relevant topic to public health or an update on a controversial or emerging subject; it must be prepared by an expert in the area, invited by the editors (words limit: 3,500 excluding abstracts, tables, figures and references; up to five tables and/or figures).

c) Research note – a brief report on final or partial results (previous notes) of original research, relevant to the journal’s scope (words limit: 1,500 excluding abstracts, tables, figures and references; up to three tables and/or figures);

d) Experience report – a description of an experience in epidemiology, surveillance, prevention and control of diseases, relevant to public health; to be submitted at the editors’ invitation (words limit: 2,500 excluding abstracts, tables, figures and references; up to four tables and/or figures);

e) Opinion article – a concise account of specific subjects expressing the authors’ qualified opinion ; to be submitted at the editors’ invitation by an expert in the subject (words limit: 1,500 excluding abstracts, tables, figures and references; up to two tables and/or figures);

f) Debate – a theoretical article prepared by an expert invited by the editors, which will be criticized and commented by means of replies signed by other invited experts (words limit: 3,500 for the article excluding abstracts, tables, figures and references; 1,500 for each reply or rejoinder, excluding abstracts, tables, figures and references).

g) Investigation of events of interest to public health - a description of an experience in epidemiology, surveillance, prevention and control of diseases, relevant to public health; to be submitted at the editors' invitation (words limit: 2,500 excluding abstracts, tables, figures and references; up to four tables and/or figures).

RESS welcomes letters (words limit: 400) with brief comments or criticisms, usually related to an article published in the most recent previous edition. Letters may be published by the editors’ decision and a reply from the commented article’s authors will be published along with the letter.

Other formats may be accepted by the editors such as Interviews with personalities or authorities (words limit: 800) Reviews of books pertinent to RESS’ scope published in the past two years (words limit: 800), Thematic series articles and Editorial Notes.

Authors’ responsibility
Authors are responsible for the manuscript’s veracity and uniqueness. Submitted manuscripts must be accompanied by a Statement of Liability, signed by all authors, which states that the study has not been published previously, either fully or partially, in printed or electronic format,neither it has not been submitted for publication in other journals and that all authors have participated in the preparation of its intellectual contents.

Statement of Liability
The Statement of Liability must be written in accordance with the following template:

The authors of the manuscript entitled (manuscript title), submitted to Epidemiology and Health Services: journal of the Brazilian National Health System, hereby state that:

a. This manuscript is original and none of its contents, whether complete, partial or substantial, has been published or submitted for publication in another journal, or any other type of publication, either in printed or electronic formats;

b. All the manuscript’s listed authors have effectively participated in the study and take public responsibility for its contents;

c. The final version of the manuscript has been approved by all authors;

d. None of the authors have conflicting interests with regard to this manuscript (or) there are conflicts of interest among the authors of this manuscript (if conflict(s) exist, they have to be mentioned in here).

(Include the place, date and the authors’ names, all of whom without exception must sign the Statement of Liability).

The statement of liability items are in the first step of the online submission of manuscripts. Moreover, the document signed by all authors is to be scanned and attached on step 4 – Transfer of complementary documents.

Authorship criteria
Authorship criteria must be based on the ICMJE/Vancouver Style requirements. Recognition of authorship must be based on substantial contribution related to the following aspects: (i) study conception and design, data analysis and interpretation; (ii) writing or relevant critical review of the manuscript’s intellectual content; (iii) final approval of the version to be published; and (iv) responsibility of all aspects of the work, including the guarantee of its accuracy and integrity. Everyone who is identified as authors must be in accordance with the four authorship criteria, and everyone who fits into these criteria should be identified as authors.

By signing the Statement of Liability, the authors acknowledge the participation of all of them in drafting the manuscript and take on public liability for its contents. A paragraph must be included at the end of the manuscript informing each author’s contribution to its preparation.

According to ICMJE, the acknowledgment of people who contributed in any stage, but do not meet the authorship criteria, may be done in the acknowledgment session, and they can be identified individually or in groups.

Acknowledgements 
When appropriate, we recommend the authors to name at the end of the manuscript those who have participated in the study, even though they have not met the authorship criteria adopted herein. Authors are responsible for obtaining written authorization from these persons before naming them in their Acknowledgements, given the possibility of readers inferring that these people are endorsing the data in the study and its conclusions. Acknowledgements to institutions for their financial or logistical support to the study may also be mentioned. Impersonal acknowledgments, such as "…to all those who have contributed in some way to the project…”, should be avoided. Institutions that provided financial or logistical support to the study must be acknowledged on the title page.

Funding sources
 The authors must reveal all funding or support sources, whether institutional or private, for the study and mention the number of the processes. Suppliers providing materials, equipment, inputs or drugs free of charge or with discounts must also be described as funding sources, and the city, state and country they come from must also be stated. This information must be included in the Statement of Liability, and on the title page.

Conflicts of interest
 Authors’ conflicts of interest are situations in which they have interest, whether apparent or not, capable of influencing the manuscript preparation process. These are diverse personal, commercial, political, academic or financial conflicts to which anyone may be subject. For this reason, if they exist, the authors must acknowledge and reveal them in the signed Statement of Liability, when submitting their manuscript for publication.

Ethics in research involving human subjects
The authors are solely responsible for complying with ethical precepts related to the conduction of the research and the reports there on, in keeping with the recommendations on ethics contained in the Declaration of Helsinki (available at http://www.wma.net). In the case of research involving human subjects in Brazil, authors should fully comply with the norms established in National Health Council Resolution CNS No. 466, dated December 12th, 2012 (available at http://conselho.saude.gov.br/resolucoes/2012/Reso466.pdf); No. 510, dated April 7th, 2016 (available at http://conselho.saude.gov.br/resolucoes/2016/Reso510.pdf); as well as complementary resolutions for special situations. Ethical procedures used in research should be described in the last paragraph of the Methods’ section, indicating the approval number given by the Ethics Research Committee. Whenever is relevant, they authors must inform the protocol number and the date of approval by the Ethics Research Committee For clinical trial, an identification number from one of the clinical trial registers validated by the World Health Organization (WHO) and ICMJE must be informed, for instance:

• Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry (ANZCTR)
• ClinicalTrials.gov
• International Standard Randomised Controlled Trial Number (ISRCTN)
• Nederlands Trial Register (NTR)
• UMIN Clinical Trials Registry (UMIN-CTR)
• WHO International Clinical Trials Registry Platform (ICTRP)
For systematic reviews, it is desirable PROSPERO protocol number (International Prospective Register of Systematic Reviews).

Right to reproduce manuscripts
The content published by Epidemiology and Health Services journal is under a Creative Commons BY-NC license.. The total or partial reproduction, translation to other languages or electronic linking thereof by other journals is only allowed upon attending the requirements in this license, which include the possibility of sharing and adapting the material as long as the appropriate credit is given and it is not for commercial purposes.

The authors must be in accordance to the following terms:

a) The authors keep the copyrights and grant this journal the right of first-hand publishing. The work will also be licensed by Creative Commons Attribution, which allows sharing the work, as long as the authorship and initial publication of the articles are acknowledged.

b) The authors can sign separate additional contracts for non-exclusive distribution of the version published in this journal (e.g.: publishing in an institutional repository, or as a book chapter), as long as the authorship and initial publication of the articles are acknowledged.

c) Authors are authorized and even encouraged to publish and distribute their work online (e.g.: in institutional repositories or in their personal site), any time before or during the editorial process, since it can bring positive changes, and also raise the impact and citation of the published work. Authors are authorized and even encouraged to publish and distribute their work online (e.g.: in institutional repositories or in their personal site), any time before or during the editorial process, since it can bring positive changes, and also raise the impact and citation of the published work.

When preparing the manuscripts, authors must follow the ICMJE Recommendations for the Conduct, Reporting, Editing, and Publication of Scholarly work in Medical Journals.

The original version is available at http://www.icmje.org. The translated version into Portuguese was published at RESS v. 23, No. 3, 2015 and is available at https://goo.gl/HFaUz7  

The manuscript structure should, according to the study design.

The main guidelines, relevant to RESS scope are described below.

• Observational studies (cohort, case-control and cross-sectional): STROBE statement (Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology), available at: www.strobe-statement.org/
• Clinical trials: CONSORT statement (Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials), available at: http://www.consort-statement.org/
• Systematic reviews: PRISMA Statement (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses), available at: www.prisma-statement.org/ (english) e https://goo.gl/NfUawv (portuguese).
• Health estimates: GATHER (Guidelines for Accurate and Transparent Health Estimates Reporting), available at: http://gather-statement.org/ (english) https://goo.gl/VXLMhW (Portuguese).
• Sex and Gender Reporting: SAGER (Sex and Gender Equity in Research), available at: http://www.equator-network.org/reporting-guidelines/sager-guidelines/ (English) and https://goo.gl/zwTZqy (portuguese)

Manuscript format
Manuscripts are to be written in Portuguese. They must be double-spaced using Times New Roman font, size 12, in Rich Text Format (RTF) or Word Document (DOC), using standard A4 size pages with 3 cm margins. Footnotes will not be accepted.
Each manuscript must include:

Title page
a) Type of manuscript;
b) Manuscript title, in Portuguese, English and Spanish;
c) Abbreviated title, to be used as header reference on each page;
d) All the authors’ names, institutional affiliation (up to three levels), city, state, country, ORCID iD and e-mail of each of the authors. In the case of authors with more than one institutional affiliation, we suggest them to be included separately
e) addresses Corresponding author’s name, full address, e-mail and telephone number
f ) Information about monographs, dissertations or theses originating the manuscript, naming the author and the defense year, and all institutions involved in the study, if applicable; and
g) Credits to research sponsors and funders (include the process number), if applicable.

Resumo (Abstract in Portuguese)
A single paragraph containing up to 150 words, covering the following sections: Objetivo (Objective); Métodos (Methods); Resultados (Results); and Conclusão (ConclusionFor experience report, the abstract is to be written in one paragraph, containing 150 words, not necessarily in structured format

Palavras-chave (Keywords in Portuguese)
Four to six keywords must be selected from the list of Health Sciences Descriptors (DeCS), a vocabulary structured by the Latin American and Caribbean Center on Health Sciences Information, also known by its original name as Biblioteca Regional de Medicina (BIREME), (Regional Library of Medicine). DeCS have been created to standardize a unique language for scientific document indexing and retrieval (available at http://decs.bvs.br).

Abstract
English version of the abstract in Portuguese, having the following sections: Objective; Methods; Results; and Conclusion.

Keywords
English version of the same descriptors selected from DeCS.

Resumen (Abstract in Spanish)
Spanish version of the abstract, having the following sections: Objetivos; Métodos; Resultados; and Conclusión.

Palabras llave (Keywords in Spanish)
Spanish version of the same descriptors selected from DeCS.

Complete manuscript text
Original article and research note manuscripts should comprise the following sections in this order: Introduction; Methods; Results; Discussion; and References. Tables and figures will be referred to in the Results section and included at the end of the article, whenever is possible, or in a separate file (in an editable format).
Section contents and definitions:

Introduction – Presentation of the problem that generated the research question, the given reason and study aim, in this order.

Methods – Description of the study design, the studied population, the methods used, including, when applicable, the calculation of the sample size, sampling methods, data collection procedure, studied variables and their categories, data processing and analysis procedures; when studies involve humans or animals, the relevant Ethical Considerations must be addressed (see Ethics in research involving human subjects section).

Results – Presentation of results achieved. It may refer to tables and figures self-explanatory (see item on Tables and Figures below).

Discussion –Comments on results achieved, their implications and limitations; comparison between the study and other publications and scientific literature relevant to the subject The last paragraph should contain the conclusions and the results’ implications to health services or policies.

cknowledgements – To be included after the Discussion section. They must be limited to the necessary minimum.

Authors’ contributions – A paragraph describing each author’s specific contribution.

References – The numeric system must be used in the text when citing references; the numbers must be placed in superscript above the text, without brackets, immediately after the citation and separated from each other by commas; in the case of references with sequential numbers, they should be separated by a hyphen, numbering only the first and the last reference of the sequential range (e.g.: 7,10-16); they must be placed after the authors’ contribution section. The references are to be listed in the same order as the citations in the text; in each reference the first six authors may be cited, if there are more than six authors the expression latina "et al" is to be used to refer to the remainder according to the style used in Index Medicus (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nlmcatalog/journals) or the Portal of Health Scientific Journals (http://portal.revistas.bvs.br); the titles of journals, books and publishers are to be written in full; no more than 30 citations are to be made; for systematic review and meta-analysis articles there is no limit to the number of citations but the manuscript must keep to the word number limit defined in these Instructions; Whenever possible include the DOI of the cited document; Reference format must be in accordance with ICMJE Recommendations for the Conduct, Reporting, Editing, and Publication of Scholarly Work in Medical Journals (http://www.icmje.org/) and the Medical Citation and Reference Manual by the US National Library of Medicine staff
(https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK7256/), with adaptations as per the following examples:

Journal articles
1. Damacena GN, Szwarcwald CL, Malta, DC, Souza Júnior PRB, Vieira MLFP, Pereira CA, et al. O processo de desenvolvimento da Pesquisa Nacional de Saúde no Brasil, 2013. Epidemiol Serv Saude. 2015 abr-jun; 24(2):197-206. doi: 10.5123/S1679-49742015000200002

Titles of publications with scientific name (capital and italics) - applies to other types of publications:

2. Jagetia GC, Baliga MS, Venkatesh P. Influence of seed extract of Syzygium Cumini (Jamun) on mice exposed doses of y-radiation. J Radiat Res. 2005 Mar;46(1):59-65.

When there is when there is indication of authority of the work beyond the main authorship and when there is authorship of Organization and Individual (applies to all types of publications):

3. International Committee of Medical Journal Editors; Duarte EF, Pansani TSA, tradutoras. Recomendações para elaboração, redação, edição e publicação de trabalhos acadêmicos em periódicos médicos. Epidemiol Serv Saúde. 2015 jul-set;24(3):577-601. doi: 10.5123/S1679-49742015000300025

Electronic journal article:

4. Malta DC, Morais Neto OL, Silva Junior JB. Apresentação do plano de ações estratégicas para o enfrentamento das doenças crônicas não transmissíveis no Brasil, 2011 a 2022. Epidemiol Serv Saúde [Internet]. 2011 dez [citado 2012 fev 6];20(4):93-107. Disponível em: http://scielo.iec.pa.gov.br/pdf/ess/v20n4/v20n4a02.pdf. doi: 10.5123/S1679-49742011000400002

5. Polgreen PM, Diekema DJ, Vandeberg J, Wiblin RT, Chen YY, David S, et al. Risk factors for groin wound infection after femoral artery catheterization: a case-control study. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol [Internet]. 2006 Jan [cited 2007 Jan 5];27(1):34-7. Available from: http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/ICHE/journal/issues/v27n1/2004069/2004069.web.pdf

- Volume with supplement

6. Schmidt MI, Duncan BB, Hoffmann JF, Moura L, Malta DC, Carvalho RM. Prevalence of diabetes and hypertension based on self-reported morbidity survey, Brazil, 2006. Rev Saude Publica. 2009 Nov; 43 Supl 2:74-82. doi: 10.1590/S0034-89102009000900010

- Issue with supplement
7. Malta DC, Leal MC, Costa MFL, Morais Neto OL. Inquéritos nacionais de saúde: experiência acumulada e proposta para o inquérito de saúde brasileiro. Rev Bras Epidemiol. 2008 mai 11(2 Supl 1):159-67. doi: 10.1590/S1415-790X2008000500017

- Unpublished material
8. Freitas LRS, Garcia LP. Evolução da prevalência do diabetes e diabetes associado à hipertensão arterial no Brasil: análise das pesquisas nacionais por amostra de domicílios, 1998, 2003 e 2008. Epidemiol Serv Saude. No prelo 2012.

Laking G, Lord J, Fischer A. The economics of diagnosis. Health Econ. Forthcoming 2006.

Books
9. Pereira MG. Artigos científicos: como redigir, publicar e avaliar. Rio de Janeiro: Guanabara Koogan; 2011.
- Institutional authorship
10. Ministério da Saúde (BR). Secretaria de Vigilância em Saúde. Departamento de Vigilância Epidemiológica. Guia de vigilância epidemiológica. 7. ed. Brasília: Ministério da Saúde; 2009.
11. Secretaria de Estado de Planejamento e Coordenação Geral (Mato Grosso). Informativo populacional e econômico de Mato Grosso: 2008. Cuiabá: Secretaria de Estado de Planejamento e Coordenação Geral; 2008.

Electronic books (monographs):

12. Rede Interagencial de Informação para a Saúde. Indicadores básicos para a saúde no Brasil: conceitos e aplicações [Internet]. Brasília: Organização Pan- Americana da Saúde; 2008 [citado 2012 fev 5]. 349 p. Disponível em: http://tabnet.datasus.gov.br/tabdata/livroidb/2ed/indicadores.pdf

13. Collins SR, Kriss JL, Davis K, Doty MM, Holmgren AL. Squeezed: why rising exposure to health care costs threatens the health and financial well-being of American families [Internet]. New York: Commonwealth Fund; 2006 [cited 2006 Nov 2]. 34 p. Available from: http://www.cmwf.org/usr_doc/Collins_squeezedrisinghltcarecosts_953.pdf

Book chapters
When the chapter’s author is not the book’s author
14. Hill AVS. Genetics and infection. In: Mandell GL, Bennett JE, Dolin R. Principles and practile of infectious diseases. 7th ed. Philadelphia: Elsevier; 2010. p. 49-57.

When the book’s author is the chapter’s author
15. Löwy I. Vírus, mosquitos e modernidade: a febre amarela no Brasil entre ciência e política. Rio de Janeiro: Fiocruz; 2006. Capítulo 5, Estilos de controle: mosquitos, vírus e humanos; p. 249-315.

Electronic book chapters (monographs)

16. Shrader-Frechette K. Ethical issues in environmental and occupational health. In: Jennings B, Kahn J, Mastroianni A, Parker LS, editors. Ethics and public health: model curriculum [Internet]. Washington: Association of Schools of Public Health; 2003 [cited 2006 Nov 20]. p. 159-92. Available from: http://www.asph.org/UserFiles/ EthicsCurriculum.pdf

Conference proceedings
- Published in books
17. Samad SA, Silva EMK. Perdas de vacinas: razões e prevalência em quatro unidades federadas do Brasil. In: Anais da 11ª Expoepi: Mostra Nacional de Experiências Bem-Sucedidas em Epidemiologia, Prevenção e Controle de Doenças; 2011 out 31-nov 3; Brasília, Brasil. Brasília: Ministério da Saúde, 2011. p. 142.

- Published in journals
18. Oliveira DMC, Montoni V. Situação epidemiológica da leishmaniose visceral no Estado de Alagoas – 2002. In: 19ª Reunião Anual de Pesquisa Aplicada em Doença de Chagas; 7ª Reunião Anual de Pesquisa Aplicada em Leishmanioses. 2003 out 24-26; Uberaba. Porto Alegre: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical; 2003. p. 21-2. (Rev Soc Bras Med Trop, vol. 36, supl. 2).

- Eletronic conference proceedings

19. Samad SA, Silva EMK. Perdas de vacinas: razões e prevalência em quatro unidades federadas do Brasil. In: Anais da 11ª Expoepi: Mostra Nacional de Experiências Bem-Sucedidas em Epidemiologia, Prevenção e Controle de Doenças [Internet]; 2011 out 31-nov 3; Brasília, Brasil. Brasília: Ministério da Saúde; 2011 [citado 2018 nov 25]. p. 142. Disponível em:http://bvsms.saude.gov.br/bvs/publicacoes/anais_11_expoepi.pdf

Ordinances and Laws
20. Brasil. Ministério da Saúde. Portaria nº 116, de 11 de fevereiro de 2009. Regulamenta a coleta de dados, fluxo e periodicidade de envio das informações sobre óbitos e nascidos vivos para os Sistemas de Informações em Saúde sob gestão da Secretaria de Vigilância em Saúde. Diário Oficial da União, Brasília (DF), 2009 fev 12; Seção 1:37.

21. Brasil. Casa Civil. Lei nº 9.431, de 6 de janeiro de 1997. Decreta a obrigatoriedade do Programa de Controle de Infecção Hospitalar em todos os hospitais brasileiros. Diário Oficial da União, Brasília (DF), 1997 jan 7; Seção 1:165.

Electronic Ordinances and Laws

22. Brasil. Ministério da Saúde. Portaria nº 14, de 13 de agosto de 2015. Instituir o Corpo Editorial da Epidemiologia e Serviços de Saúde - revista do Sistema Único de Saúde do Brasil (RESS) [Internet]. Diário Oficial da União, Brasília (DF), 2015 ago 15 [citado 2018 nov 25]; Seção 1:48. Disponível em:http://www.lex.com.br/legis_27014660_PORTARIA_N_14_DE_13_DE_AGOSTO_DE_2015.aspx

Electronic references
23. Rede Interagencial de Informação para a Saúde. Indicadores básicos para a saúde no Brasil: conceitos e aplicações [Internet]. Brasília: Organização Pan-Americana da Saúde; 2008 [citado 2012 fev 5]. 349 p. Disponível em:http://tabnet.datasus.gov.br/tabdata/livroidb/2ed/indicadores.pdf
24. Malta DC, Morais Neto OL, Silva Junior JB. Apresentação do plano de ações estratégicas para o enfrentamento das doenças crônicas não transmissíveis no Brasil, 2011 a 2022. Epidemiol Serv Saude [Internet]. 2011 dez [citado 2012 fev 6]; 20(4):93-107. Disponível em: http://scielo.iec.pa.gov.br/pdf/ess/v20n4/v20n4a02.pdf

Theses and dissertations
25. Waldman EA. Vigilância epidemiológica como prática de saúde pública [tese]. São Paulo (SP): Universidade de São Paulo; 1991.
26. Daufenbach LZ. Morbidade hospitalar por causas relacionadas à influenza em idosos no Brasil, 1992 a 2006: situação atual, tendências e impacto da vacinação [dissertação]. Salvador (BA): Universidade Federal da Bahia; 2008.

Electronic theses and dissertations

27. Gonçalves SA. Controle do reservatório canino para leishmaniose visceral, na regional noroeste de Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, 2006-2011 [dissertação]. Belo Horizonte (MG): Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, 2013. Disponível em:http://www.bibliotecadigital.ufmg.br/dspace/handle/1843/SMOC-9DWPFJ

Websites

28. Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística. Idosos mostram disposição e contribuem com o Censo Agropecuário [Internet]. 2018. Rio de Janeiro: Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística; 2018 [atualizado 2018 maio 25; citado 2018 nov 23]. Disponível em: https://agenciadenoticias.ibge.gov.br/agencia-noticias/2012-agencia-de-noticias/noticias/19740-idosos-mostram-disposicao-e-contribuem-com-o-censo-agropecuario

29. Complementary/Integrative Medicine [Internet]. Houston: University of Texas, M. D. Anderson Cancer Center; 2007 [cited 2007 Feb 21]. Available from:http://www.mdanderson.org/departments/CIMER/

30. Campus Virtual de Saúde Pública. BIREME disponibiliza curso online para Acesso e Uso de Informação Científica em Saúde [Internet]. [Local desconhecido]: Campus Virtual de Saúde Pública; [data desconhecida] [citado 2018 nov 23]. Disponível em: http://brasil.campusvirtualsp.org/node/348724

Computer program

31. Microsoft. Microsoft Office Excel. Versão 2016. [Redmond]: Microsoft; 2018. Disponível em: https://products.office.com/pt-br/excel

32. Meader CR, Pribor HC. DiagnosisPro: the ultimate differential diagnosis assistant [CD-ROM]. Version 6.0. Los Angeles: MedTech USA; 2002.

If reference management software (eg Zotero, Endnote, Mendeley, Reference Manager, or other) has been used, references should be converted to text in the format defined in this Instruction. The accuracy of the references in the listing and the correct citation in the text are the sole responsibility of the authors.

Tables and figures

Original and review articles should contain up to 5 tables and/or figures, in total. For research notes and experience reports, the limit is 3 tables and/or figures; and for experience reports, four tables and/or figures.

Figures and tables should be put at the end of the manuscript, when possible, or in separate files sorted as cited in the text, always in editable format. Tables and figures titles should be concise and avoid the use of abbreviations or acronyms. If these must be used in titles, they should be explained with subtitles at the bottom of each table or figure. Tables and figures must be presented in black and white or grey shades only.  Tables should preferably be prepared in accordance with the IBGE Tabular Presentation Rules, 3rd edition. (https://biblioteca.ibge.gov.br/visualizacao/livros/liv23907.pdf).
Tablesand charts (classified and titled in the same way as figures), should be presented in text The following formats will be accepted: DOC (Microsoft Word), RTF (Rich Text Format) or ODT (Open Document Text). Organization charts and flowcharts must be presented in text format or vectorial format. The following types of files will be accepted: DOC (Microsoft Word), RTF (Rich Text Format), ODT (Open Document Text), WMF (Windows MetaFile), EPS (Encapsuled PostScript) or SVG (Scalable Vectorial Graphics). Maps should be presented in vectorial format. The following types of files are accepted: WMF (Windows MetaFile), EPS (Encapsuled PostScript) or SVG (Scalable Vectorial Graphics). Maps originally produced in image format and later saved in vectorial format will not be accepted. Graphs must be sent in vectorial format. The following types of files are accepted: XLS (Microsoft Excel), ODS (Open Document Spreadsheet), WMF (Windows MetaFile), EPS (Encapsuled PostScript) or SVG (Scalable Vectorial Graphics).  Satellite images and photographs must be presented in the following types: TIFF (Tagged Image File Format) or BMP (Bitmap). The minimum resolution must be 300dpi, with minimum size of 17,5cm width, and file size limit of 10Mb.

Use of acronyms

The use of uncommon acronyms should be avoided. Their use should be employed only when they are recognized by the literature; valuing the manuscript clarity. Some recognized acronyms are: WHO, HIV, AIDS.

Acronyms with up to three letters should be written in upper case letters (e.g. DOU, USP, OIT). When unknown acronyms are used for the first time the words they represent must be written in full, followed by the acronym in brackets. Acronyms and abbreviations comprised only of consonants should be written in upper case letters. Acronyms with four letters or more should be written in capital letters, if each one of them is pronounced separately (e.g. BNDES, INSS, IBGE). In the case of acronyms with four letters or more that form a word comprised of vowels and consonants, only the first letter should be capitalized (e.g. Funasa, Datasus, Sinan). Acronyms including upper and lower case letters should be written as originally created (e.g. CNPq, UnB). Foreign acronyms (not Brazilian ones) are recommended to be translated into Portuguese if such translation is universally accepted. If there is no corresponding acronym in Portuguese, the original acronym is to be used even if the full name in Portuguese does not correspond to the acronym (e.g. Organização das Nações Unidas para a Educação, a Ciência e a Cultura - Unesco). Some foreign acronyms have been adopted in popular communication as a name, such as the word AIDS in English. The Ministry of Health National AIDS Commission (CNAIDS) has decided to recommend that all Ministry documents and publications may refer to the acronym by its original English name, but in lower case letters: aids (BRASIL. Fundação Nacional de Saúde. Manual de editoração e produção visual da Fundação Nacional de Saúde. Brasília: Funasa, 2004. 272p.). Check the electronic set of acronyms of the Ministry of Health.

Only manuscripts having the indicated format and containing subjects relevant to the journal’s scope will be accepted. In the case of studies involving human subjects, a preliminary analysis will be made to verify their potential for being published and being of interest to the journal’s readers. Manuscripts not meeting these requirements will not be accepted. The Journal adopts iThenticate system for identifying plagiarism.

Manuscripts considered relevant to be published will go through the editorial process, composed by the following stages:

1) Technical review – it is conducted by the Editorial Board. It consists basically on reviewing aspects of form and scientific writing, so the manuscript fits into all the aspects from the authors’ instructions and is able to start the external peer review process.

2) External peer review – it is conducted by at least two reviewers who do not belong to the Editorial Board (ad hoc reviewers), that present solid knowledge on the manuscript topic. On this stage, the ad hoc reviewers are supposed to assess the scientific merit and the manuscript format. RESS adopts the system of double-blind review, in which the ad hoc reviewers do not know who the authors are and are not named in the review sent to the authors. The ad hoc reviewers must follow the ethics guidelines recommended by the COPE, available at:http://publicationethics.org/files/Ethical_guidelines_for_peer_reviewers_0.pdf

3) Editorial Board review – after submitting the redraft version of the manuscript, according to the double-blind review, the editorial board will assess the manuscript again, checking the acceptance or the reasons for not accepting the ad hoc reviewers’ suggestion, as well as, when relevant, will highlight aspects that may be improved on the presentation of the study report, issues related to the pattern for publishing at RESS. On this stage, one more time, it is verified if the manuscript complies with all the journal’s instructions.

4) Editorial Committee final review – after the manuscript is pre-approved for publishing by the editorial board, one of the members of the Editorial Committee, with knowledge on the topic, will assess it. On this stage, the manuscript can be considered as approved and ready for publishing, approved with adjustment to be done or not approved for publishing.

It is important to highlight that, at all the stages, more than one review round may be necessary.

The considerations will be sent to the authors with a defined timetable to be returned. The authors are recommended to pay attention to communications that will be sent to the e-mail address informed on the submission, as well as to observe the deadlines to answer. Not observing the deadline, mainly when there is no justification , may be a reason to stop the manuscript editorial process.

Once manuscripts have been approved for publication but still require small adjustments or corrections, the journal’s editors reserve the right to do so.

Electronic page proof
After the manuscript acceptance, an electronic page proof in PDF format will be sent by e-mail to the corresponding author. Once the proof has been reviewed, the author must provide the journal’s Executive Secretary with authorization for publishing the manuscript within the deadline specified by the Editorial Board.

Authors requiring any further information about these instructions can contact the journal’s secretariat by e-mail: ress.svs@gmail.com  or revista.svs@saude.gov.br.

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Epidemiologia e Serviços de Saúde
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RESS does not charge for the submission, evaluation, translation or publication of articles.

There are no fees for submission, evaluation or publication of articles. Manuscripts are to be submitted to Sistema SciELO de Publicação. In case the authors do not receive any submission confirmation from RESS Secretariat, they should contact the journal through the alternative electronic address: ress.svs@gmail.com.

As supplementary file, the Statement of Liability, signed by all authors, must be attached in PDF format

The authors may choose up to three possible reviewers who are experts on the manuscript’s specific subject. Authors also have the option of indicating up to three peer reviewers to whom they would not like their manuscript to be submitted. The journal’s editors will decide whether or not to accept the authors’ suggestions.

Pre-submission checklist

1. Format: A4 size paper with 3 cm margins, Times New Roman font, size 12, double-spaced, numbered pages.

2. Title page:
a. Type of manuscript;
b. Manuscript title in Portuguese, English and Spanish;
c. Abbreviated title in Portuguese;
d. All the authors’ names, institutional affiliation (up to three levels), city, state, country, ORCID iD and e-mail of each of the authors. In the case of authors with more than one institutional affiliation, we suggest them to be included separately;
e. Corresponding author’s name, full address, e-mail and telephone number;
f. Funding agencies’ names and process numbers, when applicable; and
g. If the manuscript has been based on an academic monograph, dissertation or thesis, name the institution and the year it was defended.

3. Abstract in English, Resumo in Portuguese and Resumen in Spanish for  original articles, review articles and research notes, in structured format: objective, methods, results and conclusion. Palavras-chave/Keywords/Palabras clave selected from the Health Sciences Descriptors (DeCS), available at the website (http://decs.bvs.br).

5. Inform the approval number given by the Research Ethics Committee and the clinical trial registration number or of the systematic review; and other ethical considerations in the last paragraph of Methods section.

4. Manuscript: original articles, review articles and research notes must contain the following sections: Introduction, Methods, Results and Discussion. Please, observe the words limit for each manuscript type

6. A paragraph mentioning the authors’ contributions.

7. Acknowledgment only with the consent of persons mentioned..

8. References standardized as per ICMJE (Vancouver Style), numbered in the same order as they appear in the text; ensure that all are cited in the text and that their order of citation corresponds to the order shown in the References list at the end of the manuscript.

9. Tables and figures – no more than five for original and review articles; no more than three for research notes; and no more than four for experience reports.

10. Statement of Liability, signed by all authors.

Updated on January, 2020.