Original Articles
The original articles are detailed studies reporting new issues which include research questions and hypotheses. Kesmas: Jurnal Kesehatan Masyarakat Nasional (National Public Health Journal) accepts both quantitative and qualitative methods. The authors should read the author guidelines carefully. The original articles should follow the IMRAD structure: Introduction, Methods, Results, and Discussion. The introduction states briefly why the study was performed. The methods section should give a detailed explanation of how the study was performed. The results should be clearly presented, with the help of tables, without repeating information. The discussion explains the relevance of the results and contrasts them with those of other authors. Any limitations and a conclusion supported by the results must be included (Arrom et al., 2018).

Systematic Reviews
Systematic reviews are summaries of recent insights in specific research areas within the scope of Kesmas: Jurnal Kesehatan Masyarakat Nasional (National Public Health Journal). The key aims of reviews are to provide systematic and substantial coverage of a research area of wide interest or to present a critical assessment of a specified area. A review must focus on recent research and on a topic that is timely and relevant to the field. All reviews published by Kesmas: Jurnal Kesehatan Masyarakat Nasional (National Public Health Journal) are peer-reviewed. Review manuscripts may be considered at the Editor’s discretion, and their decision on consideration is considered final.

Brief Research Article
This manuscript is basically an original article in short form. It can be written with a maximum of 4,000 words.

Case Reports
Case reports submitted to Kesmas: Jurnal Kesehatan Masyarakat Nasional (National Public Health Journal) should contribute to public health knowledge and have educational value or highlight the need for a change in public health practices or approaches. Authors should describe how the case report is rare or unusual as well as its educational and/or scientific merits in the cover letter that will follow the manuscript submission. Case report submissions will be assessed by the Editors and will be sent for peer review if considered appropriate for the journal. Case reports should include relevant positive and negative findings from history, examination, and investigation. They can consist of photographs provided by a statement that written consent to publish was obtained from the case(s). Case reports should include an up-to-date review of all previous issues in the field. Authors should seek written and signed consent to publish the information from the case(s) prior to submission.

Case Studies
Kesmas: Jurnal Kesehatan Masyarakat Nasional (National Public Health Journal) welcomes well-described case studies. These will usually present a major program intervention or policy option relevant to the journal field. Manuscripts that include a rigorous assessment of the processes and the impact of the study, as well as recommendations for the future, will generally be considered favorably.

Methodologies
Methodology manuscripts should present a new experimental method, test, or procedure. The method described may either be completely new or may offer a better version of an existing method or compare different methods currently in use.

Commentaries
These short, narrowly focused manuscripts of contemporary interest are usually commissioned by the journal. They are not mini-reviews. A commentary is a discussion of a manuscript or trial that was recently published, or that is soon to be published and that is interesting enough to warrant further comment or explanation. This type of commentary discusses specific issues within a subject area rather than the whole field, explains the implications of the manuscript, and puts it in context. Opinions are welcome as long as they are factually based.

Perspectives
This manuscript is a short, narrowly focused manuscript on issues of contemporary interest, including reports about meetings or viewpoints on recently published manuscripts relevant to the readers of Kesmas: Jurnal Kesehatan Masyarakat Nasional (National Public Health Journal). Perspectives should not be in the form of reviews and should not contain new data. They should be short manuscripts outlining significant progress in thinking that would also be testable, though not so easily testable that readers will wonder why the testing has not already been done.

Letters to Editor
This manuscript is generally a short form of communication (between the readers and the editorial). It can be written on every topic/issue that attracts the attention of the readers. It also can be in the form of commenting on the published articles of Kesmas: Jurnal Kesehatan Masyarakat Nasional (National Public Health Journal) but must be objective.

Editorials
Editorials are written by the Editor-in-Chief and discuss current issues and related subjects.

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• The title must not exceed 20 words.
• The Abstract should be one paragraph covering the introduction, aim, method, results, and conclusion with a maximum of 5 keywords separated by a comma. Sort the keywords alphabetically. Do not use abbreviations and write sourcing statements in the Abstract.
• Introduction contains background, brief and relevant literature review, and the aim of the research.
• Method includes design, population, sample, data sources, techniques/instruments of data collection, data analysis procedure, and ethics.
• Results are research findings. It should be clear and concise. There should be no sources in this section.
• Tables presented in the Results should be single-spaced and numbered consecutively in accordance with the presentation in the text. Figures, pictures, or formulas should be original or with clear and accessible sources. Ensure that each illustration has a caption. Supply captions separately, not attached to the figure. A caption should comprise a brief title (not on the figure itself) and a description of the illustration. Write in brief for the text within the illustration, but explain all symbols and abbreviations used. Rasterized-based files (e.g., with .jpg or .jpeg extension) require a resolution of at least 1,000 dpi (dots per inch). Line art should be supplied with a minimum resolution of 1,000 dpi.
• Discussion should argumentatively and adequately define the research results with any relevant theory and prior findings.
• Conclusion should answer problems of study not exceeding the capacity of finding. The recommendation can be added at the end of the paragraph and should refer to the aims and conclusion in the form of narration and be logical and effective.
• Abbreviations include all abbreviations mentioned in the article (from Introduction to Conclusion).
• Ethics Approval and Consent to Participate inform the license obtained from the institution and research subject.
• Competing Interest states whether the author(s) have an interest in the research.
• Availability of Data and Materials clarifies data sources or information used as research materials.
• Authors' Contribution explains the contribution made by each author (name should be abbreviated) to the research.
• Acknowledgment mentions thank-you notes to all components supporting the research, including funding (grant).

• When referencing in the body of text, write the number only, no brackets, and use superscript after a full stop (.), e.g.: ..... .10
• Please ensure that every reference cited in the text is also present in the reference list (and vice versa).
• Reference numbers must be numbered consecutively in accordance with the whole text, and recent journal references (ten years back) are preferred.
• Please write the author's name with the last name first and the first name as initials, with a maximum of 3 (three) authors' names. If there are more than 3 (three) authors, the following author should be written with "et al."
• The first letter of the reference title should be capitalized, and the remaining should be written in lowercase letters, except the name of the person, place, time, and a word after the colon “:”. Latin terms should be written in italics. The title should not be underlined and written in bold.
• Please provide the DOI number and URL for each source.
• Reference should not exceed 40 sources.
• Example of References:

  Journal:
  Ariawan I, Jusril H, Farid MN, et al. SARS-CoV-2 Antibody Seroprevalence in Jakarta, Indonesia. Kesmas. 2022; 17 (3): 169-174. DOI: 10.21109/kesmas.v17i3.6070. Available from: https://journal.fkm.ui.ac.id/kesmas/article/view/6070

  Book:
  Murray PR, Rosenthal KS, Kobayashi GS, Pfaller MA. Medical microbiology. 4th ed. St. Louis: Mosby; 2002.

  Online Article:
  World Health Organization. WHO highlights high cost of physical inactivity in first-ever global report. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2022. Available from: https://www.who.int/news/item/19-10-2022-who-highlights-high-cost-of-physical-inactivity-in-first-ever-global-report

  Thesis and Dissertation:
  Rahmiwati A. Intervensi Pendidikan Gizi Berbasis Budaya Lokal Terhadap Kepatuhan Konsumsi Tablet Tambah Darah Remaja Putri di Kabupaten Ogan Komering Ilir [Dissertation]. Depok: Universitas Indonesia; 2022. 279 p.