Call for papers - Benefits and limitations of telehealth in women’s health

Guest Editors:
Gayathri Delanerolle: Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust, United Kingdom
Tania Perich: Western Sydney University, Australia

Submission Status: Open | Submission Deadline: 31 May 2024

BMC Women’s Health is calling for submissions to our Collection on Benefits and limitations of telehealth in women’s healthcare.

The COVID-19 pandemic caused major disruptions in healthcare delivery. One of the responses to these disruptions was a shift to telehealth, or remote healthcare delivery. This shift has had both positive and negative impacts on the effectiveness and utilization of the broad spectrum of healthcare services, including in women’s health. Some of these impacts are unique to women’s healthcare. This Collection aims to bring together research on both the positive and negative aspects of remote healthcare delivery in women’s healthcare.

New Content Item This collection supports and amplifies research related to SDG 3: Good Health and Well-being, and SDG 5: Gender Equality.

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Meet the Guest Editors

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Gayathri Delanerolle: Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust, United Kingdom

Dr Gayathri Delanerolle is a Women’s Health researcher and chartered scientist with a special focus on Women's Health and developing evidence-based digital interventions using evidence-based approaches.

Tania Perich: Western Sydney University, Australia

Dr Tania Perich is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Psychology at the Western Sydney University, Sydney Australia. As a researcher, she specializes in bipolar disorder and depression and is interested in the role of reproductive life events for women living with a mental illness.

About the Collection

BMC Women’s Health is calling for submissions to our Collection on Benefits and limitations of telehealth in women’s healthcare.

The COVID-19 pandemic caused major disruptions in healthcare delivery. One of the responses to these disruptions was a shift to telehealth or remote healthcare delivery. This shift has had both positive and negative impacts on the effectiveness and utilization of the broad spectrum of healthcare services, including in women’s health. Some of these impacts are unique to women’s healthcare.

BMC Women’s Health is launching a Collection on Benefits and limitations of telehealth in women’s healthcare to bring together research on both the positive and negative aspects of remote healthcare delivery in women’s healthcare. Both qualitative and quantitative research, as well as robust evidence synthesis, are welcomed. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, effectiveness of telehealth, access to technology, screening and treatment, and outcomes.

This Collection aligns with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), particularly SDG 3: Good Health and Well-being, and SDG 5: Gender Equality, each of which include a target to “ensure universal access to sexual and reproductive healthcare services.” Telehealth can be an effective tool to expand access to these essential healthcare services.

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Submission Guidelines

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This Collection welcomes submission of original Research Articles. Should you wish to submit a different article type, please read our submission guidelines to confirm that type is accepted by the journal. Articles for this Collection should be submitted via our submission system, Snapp. During the submission process you will be asked whether you are submitting to a Collection, please select "Benefits and limitations of telehealth in women’s healthcare" from the dropdown menu.

Articles will undergo the journal’s standard peer-review process and are subject to all of the journal’s standard policies. Articles will be added to the Collection as they are published.

The Editors have no competing interests with the submissions which they handle through the peer review process. The peer review of any submissions for which the Editors have competing interests is handled by another Editorial Board Member who has no competing interests.