Atención Familiar is the organ of scientific diffusion of the Family Medicine Subdivision, Division of Graduate Studies, Faculty of Medicine, of the National Autonomous University of Mexico, unam. With a quarterly periodicity, the texts are addressed to the medical community, in particular to Family Physicians; all texts should be based on original research and analysis of issues relevant to the primary care level.
Also, it does extend the invitation to publish to other specialists, such as doctors in the fields of Geriatrics, Pediatrics, Internal medicine, and other health specialists that may address issues of prevention and promotion, provided that they are treated from a general point of view and adhere to the characteristics which are further described.
I. Requirements
The proposed articles must comply with the following characteristics:
• Original and unpublished articles that are not postulated to be published simultaneously in another magazine
• Prepared according to the model of the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (icmje) that can be revised at [www.icmje.org].
• Written in Spanish or English language
II. Format
1. Cover
• Title. Limit: 15 words. Do not use abbreviations
• Short title: Limit: 8 words
• Authors: include first and second names, initials, if the case, names of all authors, as well as the name and location of the department or institution of their filiation
• Correspondence: include address, telephone number and email address of the author responsible for the publication
2. Summary
• Length: 200 words approximately
• In Spanish and English
• Organize according to objective, design, methods, results and conclusions
• Do not use abbreviations or cite references
• Key words in Spanish and English
• The terms must correspond to the words published in THE MEDICAL SUBJECT HEADINGS from index medicus
3. Research
• Describe the ethical followed guidelines of studies in humans or animals. Quote approval of the institutional research and ethics committees
• Describe the statistical methods used
• Omit names, initials, or file numbers of the studied patients
• Identify drugs or chemicals used by their generic name
4. References
• Quote references according to their order of appearance in the text, using Arabic numbers consecutively
• If using abbreviations, they should be the official ones and according to the index medicus
Article
Last name and initials of the author’s name -each author’s name should be separated by a comma and space-. Article title: subtitle. Name of the publication abbreviated. Year of publication; Volume (number): pp.
Piazza M, Fiestas F. Prevalencia anual de trastornos y uso de servicios de salud mental en el Perú: resultados del Estudio mundial de salud mental, 2005. Med Exp Salud Pública. 2014;31(1):30-8.
In Spanish, only the first word of the title and proper names are capitalized. Only six authors are listed: if there are more the et al term is used. If the publication has continuous numbering in all their numbers, you can omit the month and the number.
Organization as author
División Técnica de Información Estadística en Salud. El imss en cifras. La salud de los adolescentes. Rev Med Inst Mex Seguro Soc. 2008;46(1):91-100.
Supplement number
Villalpando S, Shamha-Levy T, Rojas R, Aguilar-Salinas CA. Trends for type 2 Diabetes and other cardiovascular risk factor in Mexico from 1993-2006. Salud Pública Méx. 2012;52(Supl 1):S72-9.
Book
Author’s last name/editor/ or compiler, Initials, Book title. Number of edition [if it is not the first]. Place of publication: Editorial or Publisher; year.
Hernández TI, Hamui SL, Navarro GAM, Valencia IY. Comunicación médico-paciente en Medicina Familiar. México: Editorial Prado/Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México; 2013.
note: in Spanish, only the first word of the title and proper nouns are capitalized.
Chapter of a book
Author’s last name, First name Initials. Title of the chapter. In: Last name of the editor, editor. Title of the book. Number of editions [if it is not the first edition]. Place of publication: Publisher; year. Pages of the chapter.
Ruiz HB, Reyes MH, Estrada OC, Sánchez LL, Pedrote NB, Vargas AL, et al. La medicina familiar en el Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social: fortalezas y debilidades actuales. En: García PC, Onofre LM, Vázquez F, editores. La medicina familiar en los albores del siglo XXI. Temas y debates. México: IMSS; 2006. 43-55.
Articles on the Internet
Author’s last name first name initial. Title of the article. Abbreviated name of the digital publication [Internet]. Year, month, day of publication; Volume number: [approximate number of windows]. Available at: url.
Méndez Sánchez M, Andrade Palos P, Peñaloza Gómez R. Prácticas parentales y capacidades y dificultades en preadolescentes. Revista Intercontinental de Psicología y Educación [Internet] 2013: [citado 2014 Dic 11] 15(1);99-118. Disponible en: http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=80225697007
Book or monograph on the Internet
Organización Panamericana de la Salud. Campus virtual de Salud Pública. Tipos de recursos educativos [Internet] [citado 2011 Jun 12]. Disponible en: http://devserver.paho.org/virtualcampus/drupal/?q=node/17
Web site
Name of the Web site [Internet]; Place of publication; Author’s name, Publisher or Organization that publishes it. [Updated Date Year Month Day; quoted Year Month Day. Available at: url.
NOTE: for any other cases not mentioned here please consult the National Library of Medicine-National Institutes of Health (US) at the following link: [http://www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/uniform_requirements.html]
5. Charts
• Check that the included information in the charts will not be repeated in the texts or pictures
• Numbered according to their order of appearance in the text
• The title of each chart must, by itself, explain its contents and allow correlating it with the enclosed text
6. Figures
• These are photographs, drawings, graphs, and diagrams
• Quote references, tables and figures consecutively as they appear in the text
• Enclose graphs and diagram’s values in Excel file
7. Pictures
They must be of excellent quality, in digital format (jpg or tif), with a minimum resolution of 300 dpi and minimum size of 15 cm; preferably color.
8. Acknowledgements
• Include them (if the article requires it)
• Approximate length: 2 lines
III. Length of manuscripts
• Original articles up to 3 000 words
• Reviewed article 1500 words
• Clinic report 2 000 words
• Topics of interest 1500 words
• Identify the case 500 words
• Letters to the editor 500 words
• Short communications 1000 words
IV. Procedure for the selection of articles
The received texts will undergo opinion by academic peers in the form of double-blind, in order to ensure a fair selection of the published articles.
Once they reach an opinion, the author will be informed and the process will continue according to the result:
• The article was accepted and it will be published with minimal modifications or style modifications
• The article is likely to be published if changes are made according to the reviewers and/or editor, in order to complete or clarify the methodological research process
• The article was rejected; in this case the author will receive the relevant explanations or observations
If there is controversy between reviewers regarding the publication, members of the Committee will determine the final outcome.
V. Assignment of copyright
The owner of the investigation must submit the article with all the specifications indicated above, and:
• A letter transfer of rights in favor of Atención Familiar signed by all authors of the article (www.fmposgrado.unam.mx - download it -)
• Ethics committee addendum (copy of the approval by the ethics committee concerned); which must be completed and signed by all authors of the article
Authors should also confirm that they have written permission from all persons who provide recognition and are mentioned in the article.
