ADCES in Practice

Please submit manuscripts electronically in the Sage Track system at http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/aip. Authors will be required to set up an online account.

Authors may submit questions to the editorial office at the following address:

Amy Hess-Fischl, MS, RDN, LDN, BC-ADM, CDCES
Editor-in-Chief
ADCES in Practice
University of Chicago Kovler Diabetes Center
Chicago, IL
E-mail: [email protected]

Article Categories

ADCES in Practice combines the heart, the art and the science of diabetes care and education. Its purpose is to inspire, inform and empower diabetes care and education specialists. Its aim is to be the preferred and trusted resource for practical tools and strategies that directly apply current research and best practices in diabetes care and education. 

ADCES in Practice accepts only original, unpublished manuscripts that are not currently under consideration for publication elsewhere. Manuscripts cannot previously have appeared in any print or electronic media.

Papers should only be submitted for consideration once consent is given by all contributing authors. Those submitting papers should carefully check that all those whose work contributed to the paper are acknowledged as contributing authors.

The list of authors should include all those who can legitimately claim authorship. This is all those who:

(i) Made a substantial contribution to the concept and design, acquisition of data or analysis and interpretation of data,

(ii) Drafted the article or revised it critically for important intellectual content,

(iii) Approved the version to be published.

Authors should meet the conditions of all of the points above. Each author should have participated sufficiently in the work to take public responsibility for appropriate portions of the content.

All authors must sign a contributor agreement granting exclusive publication rights to the Association of Diabetes Care & Education Specialists. Published articles will appear in print in ADCES in Practice and on the ADCES in Practice website. All published content becomes the property of ADCES in Practice. Articles may not be reproduced or used in any form without written permission of the publisher, Sage Publications. Authors will receive credit whenever articles are permitted to be reproduced or used.

ADCES in Practice requires all authors to acknowledge their funding in a consistent fashion under a separate heading. Please visit the Funding Acknowledgements page on the Sage Journal Author Gateway to confirm the format of the acknowledgment text in the event of funding, or state that: This research received no specific grant from a funding agency in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors.

It is the policy of ADCES in Practice to require a declaration of conflicting interests from all authors enabling a statement to be carried within the paginated pages of all published articles.

ADCES in Practice adheres to a rigorous double-anonymize reviewing policy in which the identity of both the reviewer and author are always concealed from both parties.

Article Categories

We look for the voice of experience and for articles that will help our readers in their everyday practice. We invite you to submit articles on any topic.

Articles must offer readers concrete, practical advice and direction for incorporating best practices and principles of diabetes education into their day-to-day activities.  It is requested that all articles include a text box that highlights three to four bullet points of how the information can be utilized in clinical practice.  It is also ideal to include figures and tables that can be used in clinical practice.  Articles should average  750-1500 words.

Content areas should align with the ADCES7 Self-Care Behaviors™ since they are fundamental to our work as diabetes care and education specialists. Focusing on one behavior — healthy eating, being active, monitoring, taking medication, problem solving, reducing risks or healthy coping — explain practical strategies you use to incorporate it into your work with patients. Tell us about your successes and challenges and your patients’ successes and challenges, along with how you use both to continue to improve your approach and outcomes.

• Healthy eating – we invite you to provide updates on nutrition and lifestyle issues related to diabetes and pre-diabetes, including meal planning, and weight management plus strategies for optimizing nutrition education.
• Physical activity –practical advice for those beginning more activity or for athletes of all ages
• Monitoring – including novel approaches to glucose monitoring and delivery devices and their implementation in providing best-practice care
• Taking medication -- provide insights on issues related to the clinical management of diabetes and pre-diabetes including updates on new and current therapies and pharmaceuticals, as well as strategies for improving patient management.
• Problem solving – includes all of the topic areas but this could apply to program management as well
• Reducing risks –discussing any aspects of acute or long-term complication, prevention and management
• Healthy coping -- the psychosocial aspects of diabetes care and education including counseling, mind/body connections and strategies for facilitating behavior change.

Additional topic suggestions:

Innovative diabetes program delivery: Tell us about something unique about your program that has really worked for you.

Continuous quality improvement: Tell us how you have used CQI to examine your practice’s effectiveness, efficiency and quality of care.

Business aspects of diabetes care and education: Tell us about your experiences with the business realities of our profession: success with reimbursement, marketing or showing your administration the value of DSMES.

New roles for diabetes care and education specialists: How have you adapted your role? Are you an entrepreneur? Are you part of a health care home? Have you added "lifestyle coach" to your role as a diabetes care and education specialist?

Translating research into practice: Tell us about research you have conducted, including your experience and the outcomes, or about how you applied others’ research to your own practice and the results.

Tools for improving practice: Share a tool you created, including what led you to create it, how you use it and your experiences with it. Or tell us about a tool that you adapted for use in your practice.

Patient Stories -- We welcome stories from people with diabetes about their experience with diabetes, how diabetes has affected their lives and relationships, how they have achieved their dreams, what impact their diabetes care and education specialist has had on them. Stories can be inspiring, provocative, controversial, informative, motivational or anything that may have a useful message for readers. Submissions should average 500-800 words.

Manuscript Preparation

Manuscripts must be submitted electronically in Microsoft Word format. ADCES in Practice will not accept scanned documents, PDFs or hard copy manuscripts.

Manuscripts must be in 12 pt Times New Roman, single spaced. There should be no identifying information (first or last name, credentials, etc.) within the main manuscript document.

Along with the manuscript file, authors should also submit a separate title page containing the article title, author names with credentials (note the "CDE" credential is now "CDCES," and "FAADE" is now "FADCES") and institutional affiliations including city and state. This will be designated as a supplemental file.

Authors should also be prepared with the following to submit along with their manuscript:

Complete mailing address, email and daytime telephone for lead author

Keywords

Body of Article

Reference list

List of figures with captions

Acknowledgment of financial or other support

This is a sample title page that can be used to identify all needed content during the manuscript preparation process.

References

Authors are responsible for the accuracy and completeness of references listed. Include references for data, statistics and information that are not common knowledge. References should be no more than 4 years old.

References must be numbered in the order each appears in the text with reference numbers in the body of the manuscript, generally placed after the punctuation.

It is not necessary to use in-text annotations to cite references. Rather, include in-text narrative citations for specific articles, studies or statistics.

For example:

According to an article by researchers at Harvard Medical School…

The study, led by researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention…

In her 2006 US Endocrine Disease report, "Investigating Inhaled Insulin," Virginia Zamudio asserts...

Material that has been accepted for publication but not yet published may be cited in the reference list with the journal name followed by "In press." Unpublished material may not be cited. Electronic forms of documents may be included in the reference list and should be cited according to the style for each type of electronic source.

Please refer to the "Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals" or the American Medical Association Manual of Style for proper reference format.

Here are examples of common reference types:

Journal article published in print

Write as if you're talking to the reader. Keep it informal and easy to read and relate to.

Avoid the passive voice. Use active verbs indicating who is doing what. For example, say "inspect the foot" instead of saying "the foot is inspected."

Avoid heavy academic or unnecessarily dense clinical language.

Be specific and give examples for each important point you make. Instead of saying "look for signs of pressure," specify what signs to look for.

Keep your topic focused. It’s better to explore a narrow topic in-depth than to cover a broad topic at a high level. For example, focus on a specific aspect of gestational diabetes rather than writing in general about diabetes in pregnancy.

Write from your experience. Readers need to know you've "been there," so give practical advice based on your own experience. If possible, use case studies based on real patients you've cared for. Change the names and identifiable details to protect patient anonymity.

Use nonsexist language.

Spell out abbreviations and acronyms at first mention followed by the abbreviation in parentheses. Limit the overall use of abbreviations.

Use generic, nonproprietary names for medications and devices. At first mention, state the generic name followed in parentheses by the trade name with the appropriate symbol (® or ™) and the manufacturer’s name, city and state.

Notes on Terminology

Avoid use of the term "diabetic." Use "individual with diabetes," "person with diabetes" or "complications of diabetes."

Avoid the use of terms like “glycemic control” and “diabetes control”. Replace “control” with “manage” where possible.

Avoid the term “adherence/adherent/nonadherence.” Replace with medication-taking or medication-taking behavior.

Use "type 1 diabetes" and "type 2 diabetes," Do not use IDDM or NIDDM.

Use "blood glucose monitoring," not blood sugar monitoring."

Use "blood glucose check," not "blood glucose test."

Use "blood glucose," not "blood sugar."

Use "A1C," not "A1c."

Unless describing research subjects, avoid the term "non-compliant."

Use "diabetes care and education specialist," not "diabetes educator."

For more details:   33-24_Language Guidance Tip Sheet-3