The Journal of Turkish Family Physician (e-ISSN 2148-550X) is an Open Access, peer-reviewed scientific journal, being published regularly since 2010. The journal is published online only, four times per year, bilingual in Turkish and English and no article submission or publication charges requested. The abbreviation of the Journal is TJTFP.
The Journal of Turkish Family Physician publishes original research articles, clinical case reports, review articles, articles that will contribute to continuing medical education, short reports, editorials, letters to the editor, translations of important international documents and abstracts concerning family medicine and primary care, healthcare services, medical education, and research methodology.
The aim of the Journal is to make contribution to the academic development of Family Medicine as well as to the academic development of the other health providers working in primary care such as nurses, midwifes, dieticians and psychologists and social workers in Turkey. TJTFP aims also to strengthen primary care in the world by publishing primary care research that encompass epidemiology, prevention, diagnosis, patient health education and chronic disease management, dealing with multimorbidity, palliative care, inter-professional collaboration, quality and safety.
Editor-in-Chief
Prof. Arzu Uzuner, MD.
Marmara University School of Medicine, Department of Family Medicine
Editors’ Board
Prof. Mehmet Akman, MD., MPH (European Region Editor / Organization of Primary Care)
Marmara University School of Medicine, Department of Family Medicine
Associate Editor of Primary Health Care Research & Development. Chair of The WONCA Working Party on Research.
Prof. Çiğdem Apaydın Kaya, MD. (Turkish Region Editor / Clinical Practice in Family Medicine)
Marmara University School of Medicine, Department of Family Medicine
Prof. Güzel Dişcigil, MD. (Editor for Elderly Health in Primary Care)
Adnan Menderes University Institute of Health Sciences Founder of Department Elderly Health
Prof. M. Mümtaz Mazıcıoğlu, MD. (South East Europe Editor / Child and Adolescent Health)
Erciyes University School of Medicine, Department of Family Medicine
Birgül Coşkun, MD. Specialist in Family Medicine (Technical Coordinator Editor)
Occupational Heath and Safety / Department of Family Medicine
Regional Directorate of Highways, Institutional Medicine
Prof. Ahmet Öztürk, PhD (Statistics Editor)
Erciyes University Scool of Medicine Department of Biostatistics.
Assoc. Prof. Zeynep Tuzular Vural , MD., PhD (Women’s Health Editor)
Haydarpaşa Numune Training and Research Hospital Family Medicine Clinic.
Assoc. Prof. Özden Gökdemir, MD. PhD (English Language Editor)
Izmir University of Economics Faculty of Medicine, Department of Family Medicine.
Işık Gönenç, MD. Specialist in Family Medicine (Obesity and Chronic Diseases Editor)
Haydarpaşa Numune Training and Research Hospital Family Medicine Clinic.
International Advisory Board
Prof. Alis Özçakır, MD.
Uludağ University Faculty of Medicine Department of Family Medicine
Prof. Berrin Telatar, MD., PhD in Public Health
University of Health Sciences, Hamidiye School of Medicine, Fatih Sultan Mehmet Training and Reasearch Hospital, Family Medicine Clinic
Prof. Chris van Weel, MD.
Department of Primary and Community Care Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre
Prof. Danica Rotar Pavlič, MD
Department of Family Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
Prof. Dilaver Kaya, MD.
Marmara University School of Medicine, Department of Neurology
Assoc. Prof. Duygu Ayhan Başer, MD.
Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Department of Family Medicine
Prof. Eva Hummers, MD.
Institut für Allgemeinmedizin Medizinische Hochschule Hannover
Prof. Felicity Anne Goodyear-Smith, MD
Department & Goodfellow Postgraduate, Chair General Practice & Primary Health Care in the Faculty of Medical and Health Science, University of Auckland, New Zealand. Editor of the Journal of Primary Health Care
Prof. Gülru Pemra Cöbek Ünalan, MD., MPH in Cancer Biology
Marmara University School of Medicine, Department of Family Medicine
Prof. Hasibe Kadıoğlu, PhD.
Marmara University, Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Nursing, Public Health Nursing
Prof. Hülya Akan, MD.
Medipol University School of Medicine, Department of Family Medicine
Martin von Fragstein, MD.
Honorary Special Lecturer School of Community Health Science
Clinical Director in Drugs and Alcohol Derby NHS
Prof. Perran Boran, MD.
Marmara University School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics
Prof. Pınar Topsever, MD.
Acıbadem University School of Medicine, Department of Family Medicine
Prof. Rasim Gençosmanoğlu, MD.
Academic Hospital General Surgery Clinic
Assoc. Prof. Sabah Tüzün, MD.
MoH Marmara University Pendik Education and Research Hospital, Family Medicine Clinics
Prof. Saliha Serap Çifçili, MD.
Marmara University School of Medicine, Department of Family Medicine
Prof. Dr. Sevgi Paycı Özcan, MD.
Çukurova Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, Aile Hekimliği Anabilim Dalı
Owner and Editor-in-Chief
President of the Executive Board, Arzu Uzuner, MD, Professor, İstanbul, Turkey
Phone: 0542 327 16 72 / E-mail: arzuuzuner@gmail.com
Editorial Manager
Mehmet Akman, MD, Professor, İstanbul, Turkey
Administrative Office
İstanbul / Phone:+90 542 327 16 72 / E-mail: editor@turkishfamilyphysician.com
Publishing Classification
Due the Press Law of Turkish Republic dated as June 26, 2004 and numbered as 5187, this publication is classified as a national periodical in Turkish or English.
Publisher
Medikal Akademi Publishing House, Istanbul
Phone: +90 537 309 29 55 / E-mail: info@medikalakademi.com.tr
Adress: Halaskargazi Cad. No: 172, D: 134 – Şişli / İstanbul / Turkey
Copyright and License
The articles published in The Journal of Turkish Family Physician are licensed under the “Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0)” which gives permission to the author/s to share, copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format with other than commercial purposes, as well as remix, transform and build upon the material, providing appropriate credit to the original work. (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0).
The author(s) upon submission wet sign Copyright Agreement Form as a publishing agreement between the author(s) and the Journal. The authors retain the copyright of their work licensed under the “Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0)” and grant the publisher non-exclusive commercial right to publish the work. This form takes effect upon acceptance for publication.
The Journal of Turkish Family Physician does not charge any fees for submission, processing or publishing an article (APCs or Publication Fees) or page charges.
e-ISSN: 2148-550X
