Program Highlight (L6): “Meet the Editor – writing for the special LEPH journal issues” An introduction to the Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing
Lawrie Elliot is Editor and Chief of the Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing – @jpmhnursing. He trained as a Mental Health Nurse in Glasgow (UK) before moving into public health research in the 1990s. He was a Senior Lecturer and Reader at the University of Dundee (UK), and he became a Professor upon a move to Edinburgh Napier University in 2005. He has since taken up his second Professorial post at Glasgow Caledonian University in 2016.
He has a substantial track record in applied Public Health research and published numerous high quality papers including a report with colleagues for the World Health Organisation on health inequalities (2006). His expertise centres on the evaluation of public health interventions which include needle exchange, methadone and sexual health programmes, and community nursing.
Catch Lawrie at our special lunchtime session (L6), Tuesday Oct 22nd at 1pm. This is a must-see for those who are contemplating contributing to the LEPH2019 Journals.
Key learning:
- Raise awareness of the forthcoming Special Issue on Law Enforcement and Public Mental Health – Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing
- Develop an understanding of how the editorial process works
- Know how to craft a paper with view to getting it past the Editors and Reviewers.
I. Am. Excited! See you there!
