Risk Management and Healthcare Policy is an international, peer-reviewed, open access journal focusing on all aspects of public health, policy and preventative measures to promote good health and improve morbidity and mortality in the population. Specific topics covered in the journal include: Public and community healthPolicy and lawPreventative and predictive healthcareRisk and hazard managementEpidemiology, detection and screeningLifestyle and diet modification Vaccination and disease transmission/modification programsHealth and safety and occupational healthHealthcare services provisionHealth literacy and educationAdvertising and promotion of health issuesHealth economic evaluations and resource managementRisk Management and Healthcare Policy focuses on human interventional and observational research. The journal welcomes submitted papers covering original research, clinical and epidemiological studies, reviews and evaluations, guidelines, expert opinion and commentary, and extended reports. Case reports will only be considered if they make a valuable and original contribution to the literature. The journal does not accept study protocols, animal-based or cell line-based studies.