Focus

Salus Publica: Journal of Community Service is an international, peer-reviewed, open-access journal dedicated to the publication and dissemination of scholarly works concerning community service, community engagement, empowerment, and community-based development.

The journal provides an interdisciplinary platform for researchers, academics, practitioners, professionals, policymakers, and community organizations to share evidence-based practices, innovative approaches, and practical experiences that contribute to solving community problems and improving social well-being.

Particular emphasis is placed on community-engaged activities and interventions that demonstrate a clear relationship between knowledge, practice, community participation, and measurable or identifiable benefits to communities.

Scope

The scope of the journal includes, but is not limited to, the following areas:

• Community Development and Empowerment – community capacity building, participatory development, empowerment programs, and community-based interventions.
• Education and Community Learning – community education, literacy programs, educational outreach, digital literacy, training, mentoring, and knowledge transfer.
• Public Health and Community Well-Being – health promotion, health education, preventive interventions, sanitation, nutrition, community health programs, and improvement of community well-being.
• Technology and Digital Transformation for Communities – appropriate technology, digital inclusion, information technology adoption, digital services, technological literacy, and technology-based solutions addressing community needs.
• Social Entrepreneurship and Community Innovation – social enterprise, community-based entrepreneurship, MSME empowerment, creative economy initiatives, and innovative approaches to local economic development.
• Environmental Sustainability and Community Resilience – environmental education, waste management, conservation, climate awareness, disaster preparedness, sustainable resource management, and community resilience.
• Volunteerism and Civic Engagement – volunteer programs, civic participation, social responsibility, collaborative initiatives, and community engagement.
• Community Organizations and Institutional Collaboration – the role of community organizations, educational institutions, government agencies, non-governmental organizations, and other stakeholders in community service and development.
• Culture, Society, and Local Knowledge – community-based cultural preservation, local wisdom, social inclusion, cultural empowerment, and the application of local knowledge in community development.
• Public Policy, Governance, and Community Services – public-service innovation, community participation in governance, policy implementation at the community level, and community-oriented public programs.
• Community Service Evaluation and Impact Assessment – monitoring and evaluation, impact assessment, sustainability assessment, program effectiveness, community satisfaction, and methods for evaluating community-service initiatives.
• Ethics and Responsible Community Engagement – ethical practices, responsible engagement, community rights, inclusiveness, accessibility, and legal considerations relevant to community-service activities.

Interdisciplinary Coverage

The journal welcomes interdisciplinary contributions from fields such as education, public health, social sciences, economics, business and entrepreneurship, public administration, information technology, engineering, environmental studies, agriculture, and other disciplines, provided that the manuscript has a clear and substantive connection to community service, community engagement, empowerment, or community-based development.

Manuscripts that address a particular discipline without a clear community-service or community-engagement component are considered outside the journal's scope.

Types of Contributions

Salus Publica: Journal of Community Service particularly welcomes manuscripts reporting:

• Community-service and community-engagement programs;
• Community-based interventions and empowerment initiatives;
• Participatory and collaborative approaches involving community stakeholders;
• Application or transfer of research, science, and technology to communities;
• Innovative solutions to social, educational, economic, health, technological, or environmental community problems;
• Evaluation and impact assessment of community-service programs; and
• Evidence-based models, methods, or best practices for sustainable community engagement.

All submissions must demonstrate a clear relevance to community service or community engagement. Manuscripts should identify the community context, the problem or need being addressed, the approach or intervention undertaken, stakeholder participation where applicable, and the outcomes, lessons, or implications of the activity for the target community. Submissions falling outside this focus may be declined during the initial editorial screening.