This session (from CORE Group Fall 2008 meeting) provides an overview of the things to consider when seeking to publish an article in a public health journal. Elements discussed included: developing a focus for your article, writing an abstract, working with field staff to gather data and information, space limitations, and working with an editorial review board.

1. Publishing Roundtable: Publishing results of program evaluations Peter Winch, Houkje Ross, Jim Ricca CORE Fall Membership Meeting 2008

17. Level of evidence Higher Lower Causal attribution of change to prg. Yes (or a qualified yes) No - doesn’t control for other changes Statements in your paper about the links between the observed changes and the intervention or program “ The intervention was effective in increasing X” “ The intervention had a significant impact” “ The program produced a large drop in mortality” “ A triumph for humanity” “ Two thumbs up” “ We observed higher coverage in the intervention area” “ The intervention was associated with increases in X and Y” “ We recorded fewer deaths in the intervention area, which may be due to X, Y or Z…..”

19. Finding your focus

21. YOUR PAPER NEEDS A FOCUS

25. Try Clustering Changing Cultural Norms Behavior Change Methods Grandmother Solidarity Circles Training and Supervision of Volunteers M & E Revitalized Health Huts DOTS Bamako Initiative 1987 TB Services at Community Level? Cultural Views of disease What are its components? Senegal Health System

29. CSHGP Lives Saved Article Case Study Submitted to The Lancet March 2008 Publishing Roundtable CORE Fall Meeting October 2, 2008

35. Reviewer #4 : I have some problems with Figure 3. The figure as it stands ONLY applies to these specific programmes and the specific areas and populations they covered. It is incorrect to interpret this as showing which interventions save the most lives, since not all interventions were included in all the programmes.