The text is single-spaced; uses a 12-point font; text must be justified, and double spaced, Times New Roman font, employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.

1. Title and Author Details

• The title of the paper must not exceed 20 words and should be written in 18-point font size.

• Author names should be separated by commas and followed by superscript numbers corresponding to their affiliations.

• Affiliations must include: Department, Institution/University, City, and Country (e.g., Department of Public Health, Johannesburg University, Johannesburg, South Africa).

• Email: Corresponding author email: example: John Mahna, Mahna@gamil.com

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• Authors retain full copyright of their articles published in JAEP Health Sciences.

• Authors provide JAEP Health Sciences with publishing rights and acknowledge JAEP Health Sciences as the original publisher.

• Authors maintain extensive rights to reuse their content in future publications.

• Upon publication, JAEP Health Sciences applies a Creative Commons license that permits certain third-party reuse.

JAEP Health Sciences publishes articles as open access under either a CC BY-NC-ND (Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivatives 4.0 International) or CC BY (Attribution 4.0 International) license:

• CC BY-NC-ND: Allows sharing for non-commercial use with author credit; commercial use or modification requires permission.

• CC BY: Allows reuse and adaptation for any purpose, including commercial, provided authors are properly credited.

Authors may also explore license options that comply with specific funder or institutional open access (OA) policies. Learn more in our guide to licensing copyright and author rights for journal articles.

JAEP Health Sciences is an open access, peer-reviewed journal that considers articles on the epidemiology of disease and the understanding of all aspects of public health. The journal has a special focus on the social determinants of health, the environmental, behavioral, and occupational correlates of health and disease, and the impact of health policies, practices and interventions on the community.

JAEP Health Sciences is an open access, peer-reviewed journal that considers articles on the epidemiology of disease and the understanding of all aspects of public health. The journal has a special focus on the social determinants of health, the environmental, behavioral, and occupational correlates of health and disease, and the impact of health policies, practices and interventions on the community.

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