ournal of the American Medical Association Vol. 292 No. 24, December 22/29, 2004 Theme Issue on Violence and Human Rights : Call for Papers Thomas B. Cole, MD, MPH; Annette Flanagin, RN, MA JAMA. 2004;292:3030. Five million deaths from violence and injuries are estimated to account for 9% of global mortality,(1-2) with violence leading the causes of death among people aged 15 to 44 years.(3) Violence affects many more survivors of all ages, who often live with disabling physical conditions and mental health symptoms. Despite the magnitude of this burden, as well as the known consequences of exposure to violence among survivors, research on violence prevention remains underfunded, understudied, and a neglected public health concern. To focus attention on and support research in this area, we invite manuscripts reporting research on the causes, consequences, and prevention of interpersonal violence as well as the prevention and management of the health effects of violence among survivors of armed conflict, war, mass displacement, torture, and other human rights abuses for consideration in JAMA's next theme issue on violence and human rights, to be published on August 4, 2005. We welcome reports of original research, evidence-based reviews, and commentaries. We will consider case-control, cohort, time series, survey, and other observational studies, but we particularly encourage authors to submit randomized controlled trials (with individual, group/community, or cluster randomization), which are the best methods available to evaluate preventive measures and other interventions, even in these difficult and often uncontrolled settings. For example, we are interested in controlled studies of interventions for the prevention and treatment of the effects of intimate partner violence(4-6); child abuse(7-8); youth violence(9-10); mental health effects of terrorism,(11) sexual assault,(12) and community violence(10) war- and conflict-related malnutrition,(13) infectious diseases,(14) trauma, mental health symptoms,(15) and disability(16); health concerns of refugees and displaced people(13, 17); and violations of human rights.(18) Manuscripts received by March 1, 2005, will have the best chance for acceptance in this theme issue. All submitted manuscripts will undergo JAMA's usual rigorous editorial evaluation and peer review. Please follow JAMA's instructions for authors (http://www.jama.com) for manuscript preparation and submission. Editorials represent the opinions of the authors and THE JOURNAL and not those of the American Medical Association. Author Affiliations: Dr Cole (tbcole@bellsouth.net) is Contributing Editor and Ms Flanagin (annette_flanagin@jama-archives.org) is Managing Senior Editor, JAMA.