Self Care Information

SelfCare provides evidence and critical commentary on self-care practices, including medications, lifestyle, and behavioural approaches, in the prevention and self-management of both acute and chronic conditions. The journal encompasses perspectives from consumers, patients, healthcare providers, academics, regulators and policy-makers, as well as the pharmaceutical and healthcare industries. SelfCare publishes original research, reviews, editorials, case studies, and special supplements. Topics covered by the journal include: Consumer, patient and healthcare professional attitudes to self care practices including lifestyle, beliefs, preferences and behaviours. Consumer and patient attitudes, preferences and behaviours related to medicines. Health literacy/education, particularly related to choice and use of medicines. Guidelines, decision-aids and patient information on medicines. Technology enabling self-care. Pharmacoepidemiology and pharmacovigilance in self-care. Regulation, classification, and access to medicines. Communicating with the public, patients and professionals about medicines in self-care. Pricing and cost of medicines, including co-payment systems Evaluation of outcomes from self-care interventions, including health economic analyses. Integration of self-care and self medication into health and social care policy and implementation. Content: SelfCare publishes high-quality peer-reviewed original research, and review and opinion articles on all aspects of self-care. This content provides an educational resource to the multi-disciplinary community of healthcare professionals that facilitate consumer self-care. The Editorial Team: The SelfCare editorial team is made up of individuals with extensive self-care knowledge and experience from a broad range of disciplines. With international representation, this body is dedicated to creating a global evidence-base for all aspects of self-care. SelfCare is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).