You’ve been following our coverage of Africa’s health, palliative care and hospice movement. And now you’d like to chime in. Consider this your invitation to do so by reading through our contributing guidelines and contacting the editor regarding your ideas. As a contributor, you will have the opportunity to share your work with a multi-professional readership worldwide, gain feedback and network with others with similar interests.
What is ehospice?
ehospice is a free app and website that brings you international news, intelligence, commentary and analysis on hospice, palliative and end of life care – all at the touch of a button. The aim of ehospice is to build a global hospice and palliative care community through the sharing of news, information, and good practice among people involved in hospice and palliative care throughout the world.
Where to start?
Think of a unique, compelling angle
Add value to your article by approaching the subject from a unique angle that has not been covered before. Tying it into a topical item from the news, adding a personal anecdote or turning it into a trend story in hospice and palliative care can help achieve this goal.
Add hyperlinks
Add credibility to your article by linking back to the sources you used to write the article.
Promote it on social media
Help us promote your blog post by posting it up on your organization’s social media accounts and including your professional social media links in your blog post. It helps your content reach a broader audience and fosters interaction between readers.
Images/photos
- Please email along photos in a high jpeg resolution.
- Please include the name, position, and institution of each person in the photo.
- Do not embed the image in the ‘Word’ document but send it as a separate JPEG.
Article elements
- Author(s) name, title, and organisation
- Title: concise title giving clear sense of the article’s focus
- Introductory paragraph: Provide a summary paragraph at the beginning of your article, enabling people to know quickly whether to read on. This will be used used to capture the reader’s interest and further introduce the focus of the article. Note that this, as well as the title, will be seen on the home page of ehospice
- Headings: please feel free to use headings in the article if they will make it easier to read
- References: if you have any online references, please include a link next to the referenced.
- Useful resources: please supply details of resources, websites, contacts, etc that are relevant to the article.
Style
- Remember that ehospice is read by people from all over the world, this is something to keep in mind while writing your article.
- Keep the language simple and explain terms particular to your country. (e.g: Ethiopia: … woreda as a local government administrative division). If you use acronyms or abbreviations please give the full name as well – eg CNS (clinical nurse specialist), WHO (World Health Organization).
- Please avoid too much jargon – remember that many of our readers do not have English as a first language. Keep it plain and simple.
Deadline:
- We would appreciate it if you could return your article by the agreed date. This will allow us to collate, edit and schedule the articles we receive. It will also allow the editor to contact you if there are any questions.
How to submit
- Please send your article by email to the editor or submit through the ehospice “submit an article section” of the Africa edition.
- If you do not receive a reply from the editor within a couple of days, please follow up in case it has not been received.
- Once your article has been published, please do share the link on social media and within your professional networks.
Copyright:
- By submitting your article, you are confirming that it is an original work and that you are the copyright holder, and that you have gained the necessary permissions to use any content owned by a third party.
- We cannot guarantee that all articles will be accepted for publication but all will be considered.
- If your article has previously been published, please give full details of the publication.
- The editor reserves the right to modify style, length or title of the article but major alterations will be confirmed with the author. Copyright is transferred to ehospice.
- If appropriate, please make sure that your article has been approved by your line manager or chief executive.
- Please ensure that pseudonyms (false names) are used to protect the identity of patients.
Media
- If you are using a digital camera, set it to the highest resolution available (minimum five mega pixels) and save the image in JPEG format to send by email.
- Please make sure that you get permission from the people in the photo. If the photo includes patients and families please provide written confirmation that their permission has been granted. We can provide you with a special permissions form.
- Give a short description of the photograph and the names of any important people, e.g. ‘US President, XX, is greeted by CEO, XX, staff and volunteers of Hospice Africa Uganda.
Thank you for agreeing to write an article for ehospice. If you have any questions, please do get in touch.
Shelley Enarson, editor, Africa edition of ehospice
Tel: +256 414 266251
Email: shelley.enarson@africanpalliativecare.org
www.ehospice.com/africa
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