Focus and Scope

Buletin Penelitian Kesehatan is an open-access and peer-reviewed scientific journal published by Poltekkes Kemenkes Palu. The journal publishes high-quality research and scholarly articles covering a broad range of health sciences and related disciplines.

Buletin Penelitian Kesehatan focuses on the development and dissemination of scientific evidence in health sciences, healthcare practice, public health, health services, health policy, and other interdisciplinary areas that contribute to improving individual and population health.

The journal welcomes manuscripts that provide scientific, clinical, professional, policy, educational, technological, social, ethical, and legal contributions to health and healthcare.

✓ Original Research

✓ Narrative Review / Literature Review

✓ Systematic Review

✓ Scoping Review

✓ Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

✓ Case Report

Epidemiology, health promotion, disease prevention, community health, maternal and child health, reproductive health, adolescent health, elderly health, communicable and non-communicable diseases, health behavior, social determinants of health, global health, and population health.

Environmental health, sanitation, water and food safety, environmental risk factors, waste management, occupational health and safety, workplace health, occupational diseases, industrial hygiene, and environmental health interventions.

Medical-surgical nursing, community nursing, maternal and child nursing, pediatric nursing, mental health nursing, emergency and critical care nursing, gerontological nursing, nursing education, nursing management, and evidence-based nursing practice.

Pregnancy, childbirth, postpartum care, newborn care, reproductive health, family planning, women's health, breastfeeding and lactation, maternal mortality, neonatal health, midwifery education, and evidence-based midwifery practice.

Community nutrition, clinical nutrition, maternal and child nutrition, stunting, malnutrition, obesity, food consumption, dietary behavior, food security, nutritional epidemiology, dietetics, and nutrition interventions.

Pharmacology, clinical pharmacy, pharmaceutical care, drug utilization, medication safety, pharmacovigilance, pharmaceutical technology, traditional medicines, toxicology, and other relevant pharmaceutical sciences.

Clinical health research, diagnostic and therapeutic approaches, rehabilitation, physiotherapy, medical laboratory science, dental and oral health, health technology, patient safety, clinical outcomes, and interdisciplinary healthcare.

Health services research, healthcare management, hospital management, primary healthcare, health financing, health insurance, human resources for health, healthcare quality, patient safety, health policy, health systems, and health program evaluation.

Health law, medical law, healthcare regulation, professional responsibility, patient rights, informed consent, confidentiality and privacy, medico-legal issues, health professional liability, legal aspects of healthcare services, health-related legislation and regulation, and ethical issues in healthcare and health research.

The journal also welcomes interdisciplinary studies examining the relationship between law, ethics, public policy, healthcare professionals, patients, and health systems.

Medical and health professions education, nursing and midwifery education, competency-based education, curriculum development, clinical education, simulation and skills laboratory, assessment, educational technology, and professional development.

Digital health, telehealth, telemedicine, mobile health applications, electronic health records, health information systems, artificial intelligence in healthcare, digital interventions, healthcare innovation, and appropriate health technologies.

Health psychology, sociology of health, cultural aspects of health, health communication, health literacy, community empowerment, behavioral interventions, gender and health, family health, social inequalities, and other interdisciplinary approaches relevant to health.

Manuscripts that do not have a clear relationship to health or healthcare may be considered outside the scope of the journal.

The Editorial Team reserves the right to determine whether a submitted manuscript is appropriate for the focus and scope of Buletin Penelitian Kesehatan.

Please make sure that your manuscript is relevant to the Focus & Scope of Buletin Penelitian Kesehatan and is prepared using the appropriate journal template.