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Manuscripts are accepted in Portuguese, Spanish or English. Articles in Portuguese and Spanish shall be followed by an abstract in the original text language, besides an abstract written in English. The articles in English shall be followed by the abstract, besides the abstract written in Portuguese.
The manuscripts shall mandatorily present the following structure, in an only file:
Title Page
The title page shall include:
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manuscript title in Portuguese and English (maximum of 25 words);
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short title (maximum of 10 words);
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authors’ data (full names, emails, ORCID numbers, institutions of professional bond with cities, states and countries – titles and position should not be described);
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author’s indication for mailing, with his/her full address and email;
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acknowledgments (maximum of 70 words). The acknowledgements may mention the people who collaborated with the study, however, did not meet the authorship criteria, and/or institutions that supported the study with financial, logistic or other resources. The authors must send the consent of the people mentioned in the acknowledgements to EPIDEMIO (signed form);
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information of the existence or absence of conflicts of interests;
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financial support declaring if it was public or private; if there is not any, mention that the study did not count with it;
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identification/approval number from the CEP;
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server name and preprint DOI, if the manuscript was deposited.
In the following pages, always beginning in a new page, the following sections should be presented:
Abstract
Abstracts shall have 250 words at most and shall be presented in the structured form, including the sections: Objective, Methods, Results, and Conclusion.
The authors shall present at least four and at most six keywords, in the language in which the manuscript was presented and in English. These keywords should be standardized according to the Health Sciences Descriptors (DeCS, acronym in Portuguese).
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Introduction
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Methods
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Results
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Discussion
The last paragraph(s) of the Discussion is(are) recommended to be focused on the conclusions and recommendations.
References
They should be numbered according to the first time it is mention in the text, using superscripted Arabic algorisms. The final list shall follow the text number order and ignore the authors’ alphabetical order of the authors. Titles of books, publishers or others should not be abbreviated. Titles of journals shall follow the abbreviations in the Index Medicus/Medline Index. They should include the names of the first six authors; but if there are more than six authors, the expression et al. must come after the names. Whenever it is available, the digital object identifier (DOI) shall be reported in the end of the reference, based on the following example. Personal communications, new or ongoing papers may be quoted when completely required, but they should not be included in the list of references. They should only be presented in the text body or in a footnote. When an article is still going to be published, the journal title, year and other available data should be provided, followed by the expression "In press” in parenthesis. The accuracy of the references is the authors’ responsibility.
Examples of references
Journal article
Vieira LS, Gomes AP, Bierhals IO, Farías-Antunez S, Ribeiro CG, Miranda VIA, et al. Quedas em idosos no Sul do Brasil: prevalência e determinantes. Rev Saúde Pública 2018; 52: 22. https://doi.org/10.11606/s518-8787.2018052000103
Barros AJ, Victora CG. Measuring coverage in MNCH: determining and interpreting inequalities in coverage of maternal, newborn, and child health interventions. PLoS Med 2013; 10: e1001390. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001390
Books and other monographs
Kirkwood BR, Sterne JAC. Essentials of medical statistics. 2nd ed. Malden: Blackwell Science; 2003.
Book chapter
Laurenti R. Medida das doenças. In: Forattini OP, ed. Ecologia, epidemiologia e sociedade. São Paulo: Artes Médicas; 1992. p. 369-98.
Thesis
Terlan RJ. Prevalência de não realização de citopatológico de colo de útero entre gestantes no município de Rio Grande, RS [Master’s thesis]. Rio Grande: Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade Federal de Rio Grande (FURG); 2015.
Doctoral thesis
Barros S. Efeito da respiração lenta na pressão arterial e na função autonômica em hipertensos [Doctoral Thesis]. São Paulo: Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo (USP); 2017.
Congress paper or similar (published)
Jacobina AT. A emergência do movimento da reforma sanitária brasileira e sua relação com os partidos políticos. In: Annals from the Congresso Brasileiro de Saúde Coletiva; 2018 jul 26-29; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Rio de Janeiro: ABRASCO; 2018. Available at: https://proceedings.science/saude-coletiva-2018/papers/a-emergencia-do-movimento-da-reforma-sanitaria-brasileira-e-sua-relacao-com-os-partidos-politicos
Report of the World Health Organization
World Health Organization. Global status report on non-communicable diseases 2010. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2011.
Electronic Documents
Brasil. Indicadores e dados básicos: IDB Brasil [Internet]. 2010 [cited on Mar 7 2019]. Available at: http://tabnet.datasus.gov.br/cgi/idb2010/matriz.htm#mort
Figures and tables
Tables and figures (graphs, maps, and drawings) should be added in the end of the manuscript, but their submission in separate files is not allowed. The titles should be provided in the language in which the article was presented. There must be a page break between each of them. Seven pages is the maximum amount allowed for tables and figures. Do not format tables using the TAB key; use the table tool of the text editor program.
Illustrations may have 15 cm at most of width in the Portrait format and 24 cm of width in the Landscape format and be presented within the requested margin (configuration named by Word as “Regular”). They must be submitted in Times New Roman font, size 12, and simple spacing between lines. Colored figures are accepted. Photos may be provided in high resolution; graphs in editable format; tables, equations, charts and flowcharts should always be sent in an editable file (Word or Excel), but never in image.
Complementary material
Additional materials that contribute to better understand the article may be submitted by the authors. These files will be available online and should be mentioned in the text body. However, this material will not be incorporated in the article designing, and it will be published as received. If the manuscript is approved for publication, the complementary documents will not be proofread, standardized, designed or translated. Each complementary file shall have a title describing it. The authors shall transfer the files in PDF (single file) with the option Supplemental File for Review. The content of these files should not be added in the end of the manuscript. All of them should be clear enough to allow their reproduction, and the images shall be provided in high resolution.
Conflict of interests
All authors should manifest the existence or absence of conflicts of interests during the study conduction. Conflicts of interests may happen when authors or institutions have any sort of relations with organizations or individuals that may influence the study at issue. Examples of conflicts of interests include professional bond, consultant service provision, financing or any other kind of financial support received, shareholder participation in companies, patent possession, and received tributes. In the event of no conflict of interests, the authors should declare: “The authors report the non-existence of any kind of conflict of interests.”
The information regarding conflicts of interests should be added in the title page.
Statements
All authors shall agree and sign the statement of conflict of interests, the statement of copyrights, and the nonsolicitation statement.
The statements do not need to be sent during the manuscript submission. The documents will be requested by the RBE editorial office only after the manuscript approval.
Scientific writing guidelines
It is recommended that the authors, whenever pertinent, read and observe the scientific writing guidelines. For clinical trials, we recommend CONSORT (http://www.consort-statement.org/); for observational studies, STROBE (http://www.strobe-statement.org); and for systematic reviews, PRISMA (http://www.prisma-statement.org). The EQUATOR network website (Enhancing the QUAlity and Transparency Of health Research) is suggested for other guides and for additional guidance that aim at ensuring quality and transparency in health studies (https://www.equator-network.org).
Other orientations
All the article content (title page, abstract, introduction, method, results, discussion, bibliographic references) shall be presented in Times New Roman font, size 12 and double subtext space. Do not use line breaks. Do not use forced manual hyphenations.
The full final file (title page, sections, references, and illustrations) shall be submitted only in the DOC ou DOCX format (Microsoft Word).
When abbreviations are mentioned for the first time in the text, they should follow the unabbreviated term. Do not use abbreviations in the titles and abstract.
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