Article Type

Manuscript Types & Scientific Article Requirements

Article Types

Jurnal Riset Kualitatif dan Promosi Kesehatan prioritizes original research that demonstrates clear scientific novelty, methodological rigor, and a substantive contribution to qualitative health research, health promotion, health behavior, community health, health education, public health communication, preventive health, patient and community experiences, behavioral change, and related fields.

ORIGINAL RESEARCH PRIORITY QUALITATIVE RIGOR REQUIRED HEALTH PROMOTION RELEVANCE

The journal gives priority to original research articles, particularly qualitative and health-promotion studies that provide meaningful insight into health behavior, community needs, health communication, preventive practices, and intervention processes. Review articles, qualitative case studies, and short communications are accepted selectively when they are strongly aligned with the journal's Focus and Scope.

Core Scientific Requirements

Regardless of manuscript type, articles should demonstrate the following core elements:

✓ Clear qualitative-health or health-promotion problem and significance ✓ Adequate state of the art
✓ Explicit research gap / novelty justification ✓ Clearly stated research objective
✓ Appropriate qualitative, mixed-method, or health-promotion evaluation method ✓ Findings, interpretation, and conclusion grounded in evidence
Editorial Priority: Manuscripts without a clear state of the art, research gap or justification of novelty, explicit research objective, appropriate methodological justification, and transparent analytical procedures may receive lower editorial priority or be returned before peer review.
1 Original Research Article PRIMARY TYPE

Original Research Articles are the primary and preferred manuscript type. They must report original findings derived from a systematic research process and demonstrate a clear contribution to qualitative health research, health promotion, community health, health behavior, health education, public health communication, or preventive-health practice.

Required characteristics:

  • Relevant public-health, behavioral, social, community, or health-promotion background and clearly defined research problem;
  • Adequate review of current scholarship or state of the art;
  • Explicit identification of the research gap;
  • Clear justification of novelty or scientific contribution;
  • Explicit research objective(s) or research question(s);
  • Appropriate and sufficiently described phenomenological, grounded-theory, ethnographic, case-study, narrative, qualitative descriptive, content-analysis, discourse-analysis, participatory, mixed-method, or health-promotion evaluation method;
  • Clear description of participants, setting, sampling strategy, data sources, interview or observation procedures, instruments, intervention context, and researcher role where applicable;
  • Transparent explanation of coding, theme development, interpretation, evaluation procedures, and strategies used to support trustworthiness;
  • Clear presentation of findings supported by themes, participant quotations, observations, behavioral data, or other appropriate evidence;
  • Critical interpretation and comparison with relevant qualitative-health, health-behavior, community-health, and health-promotion literature; and
  • Conclusion that directly responds to the research objective and explains relevant educational, behavioral, community, preventive, policy, or health-promotion implications.
Recommended Structure:
Introduction → Methods → Results / Findings → Discussion → Conclusion → Declarations → References
2 Review Article SELECTIVE

Review Articles are considered selectively and must provide a comprehensive, critical, and original synthesis of a clearly defined body of literature in qualitative health research, health promotion, health behavior, community health, health education, preventive health, public health communication, or related fields.

A high-quality review article should:

  • Present a clearly defined review question or analytical objective;
  • Explain the literature-search and selection approach;
  • Use adequate, relevant, and sufficiently current references;
  • Critically compare previous qualitative findings, health-promotion interventions, behavioral theories, communication approaches, community programs, and empirical evidence;
  • Identify inconsistencies, methodological limitations, implementation barriers, behavioral challenges, population differences, and research gaps;
  • Provide original analysis or synthesis by the authors; and
  • Develop a research agenda, conceptual framework, thematic synthesis, health-promotion model, or substantive conclusion.
Not Acceptable: A literature review that only summarizes previous qualitative-health, public-health, health-behavior, or health-promotion studies without critical appraisal, synthesis, interpretation, or an original scholarly contribution.
3 Qualitative / Health Promotion Case Study LIMITED

Qualitative or Health Promotion Case Studies are considered when the case provides significant scientific, behavioral, educational, community, preventive, or programmatic relevance and offers transferable insights for health-promotion practice.

A Case Study must include:

✓ Clear qualitative or health-promotion objective ✓ Case-selection and contextual justification
✓ Appropriate qualitative or program-evaluation approach ✓ Findings, outcomes, and substantive interpretation
✓ Comparison with relevant health-promotion or qualitative literature ✓ Clear behavioral, educational, community, or policy contribution
Not Acceptable: Purely descriptive community activities, health-education sessions, patient stories, program narratives, or promotional campaigns without a clear research or evaluation objective, systematic data collection, transparent analysis, measurable outcomes, and scholarly contribution.
4 Short Communication LIMITED

A Short Communication presents concise but important original findings, preliminary qualitative evidence, emerging health-behavior patterns, community-health observations, health-promotion intervention findings, communication barriers, or timely preventive-health results relevant to the journal's scope.

Although shorter than a full Original Research Article, a Short Communication must still contain sufficient scientific and interpretive substance and demonstrate a clear contribution to qualitative health research or health-promotion knowledge.

Minimum Scientific Elements:
Objective Method Findings Interpretation / Evaluation Conclusion

Manuscript Type Priority

Manuscript Type Journal Priority Main Requirement
Original Research Article HIGH Original findings + research gap + qualitative rigor + health-promotion contribution
Review Article SELECTIVE Comprehensive review + critical appraisal + synthesis + original interpretation
Qualitative / Health Promotion Case Study LIMITED Objective + contextual justification + qualitative/evaluation method + contribution
Short Communication LIMITED Concise but complete findings, interpretation, evaluation, and health-promotion relevance

Manuscripts Not Considered

  • Purely descriptive health or community articles without substantive analysis;
  • Opinion articles without a clear scholarly method or evidence base;
  • Literature summaries without critical appraisal and synthesis;
  • Interview-based studies without a clearly defined qualitative methodology and analytical approach;
  • Qualitative studies that present quotations without adequate coding, theme development, interpretation, or contextual analysis;
  • Health-promotion activities or educational sessions reported only as program documentation without systematic evaluation;
  • Community-health narratives without a clear research question, sampling strategy, data-collection procedure, and analytical method;
  • Health-education interventions without clearly defined objectives, behavioral or knowledge outcomes, evaluation methods, and interpretation;
  • Promotional campaigns described only through attendance, reach, or activity documentation without evidence of behavioral, educational, or health-related outcomes;
  • Studies that use qualitative terminology without demonstrating methodological coherence, reflexivity, trustworthiness, or analytical transparency;
  • Conference abstracts submitted without substantial development;
  • Articles outside the journal's Focus and Scope;
  • Previously published manuscripts; and
  • Manuscripts simultaneously submitted to another publication.
Editorial Principle

The journal prioritizes original research that advances qualitative understanding of health phenomena and strengthens evidence-based health-promotion practice. Non-original research formats are considered selectively and must demonstrate clear scientific objectives, methodological coherence, analytical depth, transparent interpretation, meaningful behavioral or community-health relevance, originality, and strong alignment with the journal's Focus and Scope.