http://www.ijpphs.com/index.php/ijpphs <p><strong>About The Journal</strong></p> <ul> <li class="show">International Journal of Preventive and Public Health Sciences (IJPPHS) is an international, multidisciplinary, double blind peer-reviewed journal.</li> <li class="show"><strong>IJPPHS </strong>is published (Bi Annually) with Journal accepting submissions on any aspect of public health across age groups and settings which includes:</li> <li class="show">Public Health Practice &amp; Impact</li> <li class="show">Epidemiology</li> <li class="show">Bio-statistics</li> <li class="show">Planning and Evaluation</li> <li class="show">Health Protection Including Control of Communicable Diseases</li> <li class="show">Disease Prevention &amp; Health Promotion</li> <li class="show">Evaluation of Public Health Programmes &amp; Interventions</li> <li class="show">Public Health Governance</li> <li class="show">Public Health Policies, Law &amp; Ethics</li> <li class="show">Capacity in Public Health Systems And Workforce</li> </ul> <p style="text-align: justify;">It publishes only original research articles, Review Articles, Case Study, Case Series Reports, Short Communications, Letter to Editor / Editorials focusing on all aspects of the science, philosophy, and practice of public health.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">IJPPHS targets all public health practitioners and researchers and deliver public health services and systems. It will also be of interest to anyone involved in provision of public health programmes, the care of populations or communities and those who contribute to public health systems in any way.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">Journal aims to promote the highest standards of public health practice internationally through the timely communication of current, best scientific evidence. Our main criteria for grading manuscripts are scientific originality and impact, as well as relevance to public health practice</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Peer Review System</strong></p> <p style="text-align: justify;">Each article submitted to <strong>IJPPHS</strong> will be reviewed by 2-3 reviewers. Journal follows Double Blind Peer Review System. All manuscripts will be acknowledged upon presenting to the Journal office, provided that all stated requirements are met. The manuscript is sent to two or more reviewers. The whole review process depends on receiving referees comments and revising the manuscripts based on these comments to the author. On receipt of the re­vised article from the au­thor, and after fi­nal ap­proving by referees, the letter of ac­cep­tance is issued to the author. Authors have the right to communicate to the editor if they do not wish their manu­script to be reviewed by a particular reviewer because of potential conflict of interest. No article is rejected unless negative comments are received from at least two re­viewers.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Open Access Policy</strong></p> <p style="text-align: justify;">This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Copyright / Self - Archiving Policy / Repository Policy</strong></p> <p style="text-align: justify;">Manuscripts published in the <strong>IJPPHS</strong> are subjected to be copyright property. All articles published in the Journal are protected by copyright, which covers the exclusive rights to reproduce and distribute the article, as well as translation rights.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>IJPPHS</strong> encourages Author Self - Archiving Policy / Repository Policy. For Details, please check the subpage below about the journal page on journal website.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Privacy Statement</strong></p> <p style="text-align: justify;">The names and email addresses entered in this journal site will be used exclusively for the stated purposes of this journal and will not be made available for any other purpose or to any other party.</p> en-US ijpphs@gmail.com (Dr Swapnil Bumb) ijpphs@gmail.com (Dr Swapnil Bumb) Tue, 17 May 2022 07:07:27 +0000 OJS 3.1.2.1 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.ijpphs.com/index.php/ijpphs/article/view/182 <p>ABSTRACT: Introduction: Worldwide, the use of social media has become extremely common.<br>People of all age groups utilize the popular social media platforms for e.g., WhatsApp, Facebook,<br>Instagram, etc. The aim of this study is to assess the impact of social media on aesthetic dental<br>treatment choices in the general population in Pune city (India). Materials and Methods: A survey<br>was conducted amongst the general population in the region of Pune city (India). The survey was<br>posted to random population, requesting sociodemographic details and information about the use of<br>social media platforms, the information circulated on social media with respect to aesthetic dentistry,<br>the patient’s perception and the demand for aesthetic dental treatment through social media platforms.<br>Results: A total of 152 responses were collected from the general population in the region of Pune<br>city (India). About 96.1% of the participants use social media, and 77.6% of them have come across<br>any sort of advertisement related to aesthetic dentistry on social media. About 65.8% of the<br>participants follow dentists/dental awareness related pages on social media and 65.1% of them find<br>relevant information about aesthetic dental treatments on social media.Conclusion:The study<br>concluded that the majority of the participants use social media and their approach towards aesthetic<br>dental procedures is affected by the activity of the dentist on social media.</p> Maitreyee Kane Copyright (c) 2022 INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PREVENTIVE AND PUBLIC HEALTH SCIENCES http://www.ijpphs.com/index.php/ijpphs/article/view/182 Tue, 17 May 2022 07:07:54 +0000