Introducing the Rural and Remote Health Journal ----------------------------------------------- Rural and Remote Health, is an international, electronic journal of rural and remote health education, practice and policy. The journal's aim is to provide an easily accessible, peer-reviewed, international evidence-base to inform improvement in health service delivery and health status in rural communities. The multidisciplinary, international Editorial Board reflects the five major thematic areas of the journal: rural health practice, pol- icy, status/research, health education and indigenous health. The journal welcomes submissions in the form of original research; review articles; clinical case reports or reviews; policy, project or con- ference reports; personal views; book reviews; biographies of / trib- utes to/obituaries of important figures in the field of rural and re- mote health. Letters to the Editor are accepted in the form of dis- cussion posted on the on-line Forum at the journal site. There are no subscription fees, and readers may register to receive immediate e-mail notification of published articles in their field of interest. Submission The electronic journal, Rural and Remote Health (eRRH) welcomes the submission of relevant articles. To contribute, register with the journal(via the homepage) select the 'Contribute' link. Automatic ac- knowledgement will be made after successful submission. New authors or those who have questions are encouraged to seek assis- tance from the enthusiastic eRRH editorial team ejrh@deakin.edu.au. Advice about the formatting of figures/tables is available from the journal manager at the same email address. Peer review Most articles are peer reviewed. Once your article has been submitted it will be streamed into the journal's refereeing process. Please view the refereeing process diagram via the link in the submission area of the site. Your paper may be returned with feedback for revision and a request to resubmit before the paper is sent out for review. After review, most contributors can expect to revise aspects of their article be- fore it is accepted for publication, in line with reviewers' recom- mendations. Assistance to increase the clarity and strength of the writing to publication standard is available to authors at any stage prior to acceptance mailto:ejrh@deakin.edu.au . -- Jenny Bigelow Journal Manager Rural and Remote Health Tel: +61-522-78344 Mobile: +61-425-803-124 mailto:jwilly@deakin.edu.au -- Ian Couper Professor of Rural Health Department of Family Medicine Faculty of Health Sciences University of the Witwatersrand 7 York Road Parktown, 2193, Johannesburg South Africa Tel: (Office) +27-11-7172602 (Cell) +27-82-8010-188 Fax: +27-11-7172-558 mailto:couper@lantic.net