Christian Journal For Global Health Call For Papers

December 3, 2016

The Christian Journal for Global Health in collaboration with The Center for Bioethics & Human Dignity calls for papers that analyze potential connections and/or areas of concern between Christian faith and family planning and to present research on family planning service provision by faith based organizations.  We are particularly interested in original research that shows connections between opinion and successful implementation.

General submissions on other topics continue to be welcomed.

Family planning topics might cover the following:

• Analysis of arguments for and/or against an “unmet need” for contraception.
• Discussion and analysis of the connections between access to contraception and abortion, maternal mortality, and infant mortality.
• Discussion and analysis of the demonstrated health benefits that may result from birth spacing or particular family planning methods or paradigms.
• Contemporary Christian ethical analysis of particular family planning methods, paradigms, and/or assumptions.
• Cultural influences on access and use of family planning methods, and issues involving cultural contextualization regarding the promotion of family planning methods, paradigms, and/or assumptions.
• Examples of Christian faith-based organization participation in Sustainable Development Goal 3.7 toward increased access to family planning information and education.
• Discussion and analysis of the acceptance of or resistance to terminology such as “family planning” or “birth spacing” versus “birth control” in various faith communities.
• What are the major factors that still limit access and use of various family planning methods in low and middle income countries?
• How is the global Church responding to issues of family planning?
• What are the attitudes and activities of pastors and faith leaders to the use of family planning methods among their members?
• What is the role of fertility awareness methods versus artificial means in healthy birth spacing?
• Studies on innovative ways for resourcing and promoting natural or other forms of family planning.

Deadline for submissions to be included in this coming issue: March 31, 2017

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