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191050 Development of a Bilingual Online Journal of Social Medicine/Desarrollo de una revista electrónica de medicina social

Monday, October 27, 2008: 2:40 PM

Matthew Anderson, MD , Department of Family and Social Medcine, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY
Florencia Peña, PhD , Escuela Nacional de Antropologia e Historia, Mexico City, Mexico
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Social Medicine/Medicina Social, an online, open access, academic journal, was inaugurated in March 2006, a collaboration between the Department of Family and Social Medicine at Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine and the Latin American Social Medicine Association. Articles are published simultaneously in Spanish and English using the Open Journal System. By the end of July, 2008 150 articles had been published (Spanish 76, English 73, Portuguese 1). 38,233 articles had been downloaded in 2008; 21,068 in Spanish. English-speakers have a unique access to Latin American Social Medicine; Spanish readers have shown interest in English language articles. The journal represents one model for collaboration across languages and borders to further an international progressive health agenda.

Medicina Social/Social Medicine (revista académica electrónica de acceso abierto) fue inaugurada en marzo del 2006 como resultado del esfuerzo conjunto del Department of Family and Social Medicine (Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine) y la Asociación Latinoamericana de Medicina Social. Los artículos son publicados simultáneamente en inglés y en español, utilizando el Open Journal System. Para julio del 2008 ya habían sido publicados 150 artículos (76 en español, 73 en inglés y 1 en portugués) y descargados 38,233 (21,068 en español). A través de esta revista, los anglo parlantes tienen un acceso privilegiado a la medicina social latinoamericana. Los lectores de habla hispana también han mostrado interés en artículos originalmente escritos en inglés. La revista representa un modelo de colaboración entre dos idiomas y fronteras para promover una agenda progressista internacional de salud

Learning Objectives:
Describe the application of new technologies (such as electronic publishing) to the development of cross-border collaboration Discuss the ability of such technology to create a space for new voices in public health debates.

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: of my work in social medicine
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

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