Submissions

Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.

• Originality and Exclusive Submission
  The manuscript is original, has not been previously published, and is not currently under consideration by another journal. Any prior dissemination as a preprint, conference abstract, or thesis has been disclosed to the editorial office.
• Relevance to the Journal's Focus and Scope
  The manuscript aligns with the focus and scope of Jurnal Edukasi Ilmiah Kesehatan (JUNEDIK), particularly public health, health education, health promotion, disease prevention, community health, health policy, and related interdisciplinary health research. The study demonstrates clear scientific relevance and potential contributions to health knowledge, practice, or policy.
• Scientific Quality and Methodological Rigor
  The manuscript presents a clearly defined research objective, an appropriate study design, a justified sampling strategy, valid and reliable measurement procedures where applicable, suitable analytical methods, and conclusions supported by the findings. Authors must report study limitations and avoid unsupported causal interpretations.
• Manuscript Preparation and Journal Template
  The manuscript follows the latest official JUNEDIK template and Author Guidelines. All required sections, tables, figures, references, and supplementary materials are prepared according to the journal's formatting requirements.
• Double-Blind Peer Review and Anonymization
  The submission includes a separate Title Page containing author names, affiliations, and corresponding author information. The anonymized manuscript must not contain author names, institutional identifiers, acknowledgments revealing authorship, or identifying document metadata. Self-citations must be presented neutrally without revealing the authors' identities.
• Title, Abstract, and Keywords
  The manuscript includes an informative and concise title, an English-language abstract, and relevant keywords. For original research, the abstract reports the objective, study design, setting or population, sample size where applicable, methods, principal findings, and conclusion. Keywords should preferably use recognized terminology, including MeSH terms where appropriate.
• Research Ethics and Informed Consent
  Research involving human participants or identifiable personal data complies with applicable ethical standards and institutional requirements. Ethical approval details, informed consent, or a justified exemption must be reported where applicable. Studies involving animals must comply with relevant animal research ethics requirements.
• Publication Ethics and Research Integrity
  All authors comply with recognized publication ethics principles, including those promoted by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). Plagiarism, fabrication, falsification, duplicate publication, inappropriate image manipulation, and unethical authorship practices are prohibited.
• Authorship and Contributor Responsibilities
  All listed authors have made substantive contributions, reviewed and approved the final manuscript, and agreed to its submission. Author contributions must be disclosed using the CRediT taxonomy where required by the journal. All individuals who meet authorship criteria must be appropriately credited.
• Reporting Guidelines and Research Transparency
  Authors follow relevant reporting guidelines according to their study design, such as CONSORT for randomized trials, STROBE for observational studies, PRISMA for systematic reviews, COREQ or SRQR for qualitative research, and other applicable EQUATOR Network guidelines.
• Results, Tables, and Figures
  All results are reported accurately and consistently with the study objectives and methods. Tables and figures are numbered, clearly titled, appropriately cited, and not unnecessarily duplicated in the text. Statistical findings include effect estimates, confidence intervals, and exact p-values where appropriate.
• References and Citation Integrity
  References are relevant, accurate, sufficiently current for the research topic, and formatted according to the official JUNEDIK reference style. DOI links should be included where available. Authors must avoid excessive self-citation, citation manipulation, and references unrelated to the manuscript's scientific content.
• Funding, Conflicts of Interest, and Data Availability
  The manuscript includes appropriate statements regarding funding sources, potential conflicts of interest, acknowledgments, and data availability. Where no funding or conflicts of interest exist, this must be explicitly declared. Data-sharing statements must respect ethical and legal restrictions.
• Declaration of Generative Artificial Intelligence Use
  Any use of generative artificial intelligence in manuscript preparation must be disclosed in accordance with the journal's policy, including the purpose and extent of its use. Authors remain fully responsible for the accuracy, originality, references, and integrity of the submitted work. AI tools cannot be listed as authors.
• Language Quality and International Readability
  The manuscript uses clear, accurate, and academically appropriate language consistent with the journal's published language policy. The English abstract must be comprehensible to an international readership. Terminology, abbreviations, and scientific expressions must be used consistently.
• Submission Completeness and Editorial Compliance
  All required files, declarations, and metadata have been submitted through the OJS platform. Author names, affiliations, manuscript title, abstract, and keywords entered into OJS must correspond to the Title Page and approved manuscript. The corresponding author confirms that all submission requirements have been fulfilled.