Medicine and Health (ISSN: 2289-2768) is a peer-reviewed, open-access journal dedicated to the publication of high-quality scientific research across the full spectrum of medicine and allied health sciences. The journal serves as a comprehensive, internationally accessible platform for clinicians, researchers, educators, and health professionals to disseminate evidence-based knowledge that advances clinical practice, biomedical science, public health, patient safety, and health sciences education.

AIMS

The journal aims to:

Advance scientific knowledge in medicine and allied health sciences by publishing rigorous, evidence-based research that contributes to the understanding, prevention, diagnosis, treatment, rehabilitation, and management of human diseases and health conditions across the lifespan.

Promote multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary research that integrates perspectives from diverse health science fields, including biomedical, clinical, behavioural, environmental, social, forensic, pharmacological, and complementary health sciences.

Bridge research and clinical practice by publishing findings with direct translational relevance to healthcare delivery, patient safety, clinical outcomes, and health systems improvement.

Champion open access publishing to ensure high-quality medical and health science research is freely and equitably accessible to the global scientific and clinical community, regardless of geographic or economic barriers.

Provide a platform for global and regional scholarship, welcoming contributions from researchers and clinicians worldwide, with particular recognition of research originating from Southeast Asia and low-to-middle-income country contexts.

SCOPE

Medicine and Health welcomes original and significant contributions across the following fields:

Clinical Medicine & Surgery
Research addressing the diagnosis, management, and treatment outcomes of medical and surgical conditions across all clinical specialties, including internal medicine, neurology, cardiology, nephrology, pulmonology, haematology, endocrinology, urology, infectious diseases, oncology, ophthalmology, otorhinolaryngology, orthopaedics, and geriatrics.

Rehabilitation & Allied Health Sciences
Research in physical, cognitive, functional, and vocational rehabilitation, including physiotherapy, occupational therapy, speech-language pathology, audiology, prosthetics and orthotics, and assistive technology across clinical and community settings.

Nursing, Patient Safety & Healthcare Quality
Studies addressing nursing practice, patient safety culture, clinical governance, error prevention, healthcare quality improvement, electronic health record adoption, and patient and family perspectives on safety across all levels of care.

Public Health, Epidemiology & Occupational Health
Population-based and epidemiological studies, environmental and occupational health, communicable and non-communicable disease prevention, health promotion, universal health coverage, health screening, disaster preparedness, and disease surveillance.

Mental Health, Behavioural & Social Sciences
Research on psychological well-being, psychiatric conditions, cognitive function, emotion regulation, suicidal ideation, neurodevelopmental disorders, dementia risk reduction, mental health literacy, and the social determinants of health.

Maternal, Neonatal, Child & Adolescent Health
Studies on obstetric outcomes, reproductive medicine, assisted reproduction, neonatal and paediatric care, breastfeeding, childhood vaccination, family planning, sexual health, and adolescent health and development.

Biomedical, Laboratory & Pharmaceutical Sciences
Laboratory-based and experimental research, including pharmacology, molecular biology, genomics, stem cell therapy, haematology, toxicology, forensic medicine, histopathology, ethnopharmacology, parasitology, and traditional and complementary medicine, encompassing both animal and cell model studies.

Dentistry & Oral Health
Research encompassing all aspects of oral health and dental sciences, including oral pathology, restorative and paediatric dentistry, orthodontics, periodontics, and oral and maxillofacial surgery.

Health Technology, Digital Health & Medical Education
Development and evaluation of digital health platforms, mobile health applications, e-health interventions, teletherapy, virtual and immersive technologies, clinical simulation, and innovations in health professions education and training across undergraduate and postgraduate levels.

Instrument Development, Validation & Health Policy
Translation, cultural adaptation, and psychometric validation of clinical instruments and assessment tools, alongside research addressing medicolegal issues, health economics, health policy analysis, medication adherence, clinical pharmacy, and the socioeconomic burden of disease and caregiving.