Cover Image
e-ISSN: 2791-7754

Journal Boards

Editor

Gizem Deniz Büyüksoy
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Gizem Deniz Büyüksoy
KIRŞEHİR AHİ EVRAN ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Public Health Nursing

Section Editors

Yasemin Ceyhan
Asst. Prof. Dr. Yasemin Ceyhan
AHİ EVRAN ÜNİVERSİTESİ
​Internal Diseases Nursing​
Selda Mert
Asst. Prof. Dr. Selda Mert
Kırşehir Ahi Evran Üniversitesi
Surgical Diseases Nursing​​, Nursing
Edanur Tar Bolacalı
Asst. Prof. Dr. Edanur Tar Bolacalı
KIRŞEHİR AHİ EVRAN ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Nursing (Other), Neonatology, Pediatric Health and Illnesses Nursing
AT
Asst. Prof. Dr. Ayşegül Turan
KIRŞEHİR AHİ EVRAN ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Leadership, Health Sciences Education and Development of Programs: Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Hospital Management, Quality Management, Computing Applications in Health, Statistical Analysis Methods, Health Literacy, Nursing Management, Digital Health, Health Care Administration, Health Management
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Anıl Özüdoğru
Kırşehir Ahi Evran Üniversitesi Fizik Tedavi ve Rehabilitasyon Yüksekokulu
Rehabilitation, Health Sciences Education and Development of Programs: Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Health Sciences, Physiotherapy
HD
Child Development Education
Mehmet Korkmaz
Asst. Prof. Dr. Mehmet Korkmaz
Yozgat Bozok Üniversitesi Akdağmadeni Sağlık Yüksekokulu
Nurse Education, Migration, Public Health Nursing

Dr. Mehmet Korkmaz obtained his BSc in Department of Nursing. He subsequently obtained his PhD in Department of Public Health Nursing from Ondokuz Mayıs University. During BSc, He has training and studied in the Barcelona Autonoma University Barcelona /Spain. He worked as a nurse several years. Mehmet KORKMAZ is currently an Asst. Professor in the department of Health Science Faculty at Yozgat Bozok University. His research interests include Immigrant Health, Men Health, Nursing Education, Cultural Competency of Nurse and Public Health Nursing.

Research interest:
Public Health Nursing; Immigrant Health; Men Health; Cultural Competency Of Nurse And Nursing Education.

Nurten Gülsüm Bayrak
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nurten Gülsüm Bayrak
GİRESUN ÜNİVERSİTESİ SAĞLIK BİLİMLERİ FAKÜLTESİ
Mental Health Nursing
Emine Korkmaz
Asst. Prof. Dr. Emine Korkmaz
Kırşehir Ahi Evran Üniversitesi
Nursing, Fundamentals of Nursing
EE
Res. Assist. Dr. Elif Güzide Emirza
ONDOKUZ MAYIS ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Mental Health Nursing
Gönül Gökçay
Assoc. Prof. Gönül Gökçay
Kafkas Üniversitesi
Family Medicine, Primary Health Care, Digital Health, Residential Client Care, Health Informatics and Information Systems, Health Counselling, Preventative Health Care, Health Promotion, Social Determinants of Health, Health Equity, Community Child Health, Injury Prevention, Health Literacy, Nursing, Public Health Nursing, Nurse Education, Nursing Workforce, Disaster Nursing, Music Therapy, Arts Therapy, Health Sciences Education and Development of Programs: Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Health Sciences, Midwifery, Epidemiological Methods, Occupational Epidemiology, Traditional, Complementary and Integrative Medicine (Other), Public Health
Pınar Bozbeyoğlu
Asst. Prof. Dr. Pınar Bozbeyoğlu
GÜMÜŞHANE ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Food Biotechnology, Environmental Nanotechnology and Nanometrology, Instrumental Methods, Waste Management, Reduction, Reuse and Recycling
Hatice Demirağ
Asst. Prof. Dr. Hatice Demirağ
GÜMÜŞHANE ÜNİVERSİTESİ, KELKİT SAĞLIK HİZMETLERİ MESLEK YÜKSEKOKULU
​Internal Diseases Nursing​
Tuğba Yıldırım
Asst. Prof. Dr. Tuğba Yıldırım
ÇANKIRI KARATEKİN ÜNİVERSİTESİ SAĞLIK BİLİMLERİ FAKÜLTESİ
Mental Health Nursing
SA
Res. Assist. Dr. Serap Alkaş
Kırıkkale Üniversitesi
Obstetrics and Gynocology Nursing
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Esma Özmaya
KARAMANOĞLU MEHMETBEY ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Mental Health Nursing
Asst. Prof. Dr. Sevgi Demir Çam
HİTİT ÜNİVERSİTESİ, SAĞLIK BİLİMLERİ FAKÜLTESİ
​Internal Diseases Nursing​
Didar Karakaş İnce
Asst. Prof. Dr. Didar Karakaş İnce
GİRESUN ÜNİVERSİTESİ, SAĞLIK BİLİMLERİ FAKÜLTESİ
Mental Health Nursing
Murat Semerci
Asst. Prof. Dr. Murat Semerci
GÜMÜŞHANE ÜNİVERSİTESİ, SAĞLIK BİLİMLERİ FAKÜLTESİ, ACİL YARDIM VE AFET YÖNETİMİ BÖLÜMÜ, ACİL YARDIM VE AFET YÖNETİMİ PR.
Disaster and Emergency Management
Şeyma Nur Ercan
Asst. Prof. Dr. Şeyma Nur Ercan
ÇANKIRI KARATEKİN ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Nutritional Science, Clinical Nutrition
Tuğba Sarı
Asst. Prof. Dr. Tuğba Sarı
ATILIM ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Mental Health Nursing
Gamze Akay
Asst. Prof. Dr. Gamze Akay
ARTVİN ÇORUH ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Pediatric Health and Illnesses Nursing

Department of Pediatric Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Artvin Çoruh University

She graduated from Atatürk University, Faculty of Nursing in 2012. She completed her master's degree in Pediatric Nursing at Atatürk University, Institute of Health Sciences in 2017, and her doctoral degree in the same field at the same institution in 2024. Between 2013 and 2019, she worked at a hospital affiliated with the Ministry of Health. From 2019 to 2024, she served as an academic staff member at the Department of Dental Services, Artvin Çoruh University, Vocational School of Health Services. Since 2024, she has been working as an Assistant Professor (Dr. Öğr. Üyesi) in the Department of Pediatric Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Artvin Çoruh University.

Dr. Akay has published articles in national and international journals and has presented her research in oral and poster presentations at national and international conferences.

Kubilay Muhammed Sünnetci
Asst. Prof. Dr. Kubilay Muhammed Sünnetci
OSMANİYE KORKUT ATA ÜNİVERSİTESİ, MÜHENDİSLİK FAKÜLTESİ, ELEKTRİK-ELEKTRONİK MÜHENDİSLİĞİ BÖLÜMÜ, ELEKTRONİK ANABİLİM DALI
Communications Engineering, Electrical Circuits and Systems, Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Natural Language Processing, Fuzzy Computation, Artificial Intelligence, Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery, Machine Learning, Algorithms and Calculation Theory, Image Processing, Signal Processing

He completed his undergraduate studies with honors between 2012 and 2016 at Trakya University, Faculty of Engineering, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering. He began his master’s studies at Karadeniz Technical University, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, and continued at Osmaniye Korkut Ata University, Institute of Science, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering. Within the scope of a joint program with Kahramanmaraş Sütçü İmam University, he completed his thesis-based master’s degree in 2021. Between 2021 and 2024, he pursued and completed his Ph.D. studies at Kahramanmaraş Sütçü İmam University, Institute of Science, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering.

Since 2018, he has been working at Osmaniye Korkut Ata University, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, and as of 2025, he continues his academic career as an Assistant Professor in the same department. He has several articles published in international peer-reviewed journals indexed in SCI-Expanded, E-SCI, and other databases. His research interests mainly focus on biomedical image processing, artificial intelligence-based disease detection, signal processing, and machine learning applications.

EA
Asst. Prof. Dr. Elif Altun
YOZGAT BOZOK ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Mental Health Nursing
SY
Res. Assist. Dr. Sümeyye Yıldız
KAHRAMANMARAŞ SÜTÇÜ İMAM ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Pediatric Health and Illnesses Nursing
Özlem Kara
Asst. Prof. Dr. Özlem Kara
Erzincan Binali Yıldırım Üniversitesi
Health Management, Nursing Management
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Kamuran Özdil
NEVŞEHİR HACI BEKTAŞ VELİ ÜNİVERSİTESİ, SAĞLIK HİZMETLERİ MESLEK YÜKSEKOKULU
Nurse Education, Public Health Nursing, Public Health, Geriatrics and Gerontology, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Nursing
Sevda Uzun
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sevda Uzun
KIRŞEHİR AHİ EVRAN ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Mental Health Nursing
KIRŞEHİR AHİ EVRAN ÜNİVERSİTESİ SAĞLIK BİLİMLERİ FAKÜLTESİ HEMŞİRELİK BÖLÜMÜ PSİKİYATRİ HEMŞİRELİĞİ ANABİLİM DALI
Ethem Merdan
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ethem Merdan
KIRŞEHİR AHİ EVRAN ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Crisis and Issue Management, Strategy, Management and Organisational Behaviour, Human Resources Management, Statistical Analysis, Organisational, Interpersonal and Intercultural Communication, Entrepreneurship, Management and Organization Education , Leadership, Small Business Organisation and Management

Technical Editor

SS
Asst. Prof. Dr. Selin Söyünmez
KIRŞEHİR AHİ EVRAN ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Pediatric Health and Illnesses Nursing

Publishing editor

Sümeyye Ahi
Asst. Prof. Dr. Sümeyye Ahi
AHİ EVRAN ÜNİVERSİTESİ, TIP FAKÜLTESİ
Public Health, Health Promotion, Health Sciences

Final reading

Asst. Prof. Dr. Nurdan Aymelek Çakıl
Kırşehir Ahi Evran Üniversitesi
Obstetrics and Gynocology Nursing, Nursing

Statistical Editor

AT
Asst. Prof. Dr. Ayşegül Turan
KIRŞEHİR AHİ EVRAN ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Leadership, Health Sciences Education and Development of Programs: Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Hospital Management, Quality Management, Computing Applications in Health, Statistical Analysis Methods, Health Literacy, Nursing Management, Digital Health, Health Care Administration, Health Management

Language Editors

FK
Asst. Prof. Dr. Fatma Kimsesiz
KIRSEHIR AHI EVRAN UNIVERSITY, FACULTY OF EDUCATION
Early English Languages, Comparative Language Studies
Havvaana Karadeniz
Asst. Prof. Dr. Havvaana Karadeniz
Kırşehir Ahi Evran Üniversitesi
Modern Turkish Literature in Turkiye Field

Nevşehir’de doğdu ilkokul, ortaokul ve lise öğrenimini Nevşehir’de, lisans öğrenimini Niğde Üniversitesi, Fen-Edebiyat Fakültesi, Türk Dili ve Edebiyatı Bölümü’nde tamamladı. Yüksek lisans ve doktora eğitimini ise Kırşehir Ahi Evran Üniversitesi, Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü, Türk Dili ve Edebiyatı Bilim Dalı’nda tamamladı. 2003-2011 yılları arasında Kırşehir’de çeşitli özel öğretim kurumlarında Türk dili ve edebiyatı öğretmeni olarak görev yaptı. 2015 yılında Ahi Evran Üniversitesi Türk Dili Bölümü’nde okutman olarak akademik hayatına başladı. 2023 yılında Kırşehir Ahi Evran Üniversitesi, Eğitim Fakültesi, Türkçe Eğitimi Ana Bilim Dalı’na Dr. Öğretim Üyesi olarak atandı. Aynı üniversitede görevine devam etmektedir. Üst kurmaca, kasaba romanları, romanda mekân, romanda yapı ve izlek, şiir poetikası, Feminist edebiyat kuramı ve ontolojik yaklaşım ile ilgili ulusal ve uluslararası dergilerde yayımlanmış makaleleri; ulusal ve uluslararası konferanslarda sunulmuş bildirileri bulunmaktadır.

Layout Editors

Hikmet Bayam
Res. Assist. Hikmet Bayam
KIRSEHIR AHI EVRAN UNIVERSITY
Nutrition and Dietetics (Other), Nutritional Science, Nutrition and Dietetics
EK
Res. Assist. Elif Kaya
AHİ EVRAN ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Mental Health Nursing
EM
Res. Assist. Elif Çömlekçi Memiş
KIRŞEHİR AHİ EVRAN ÜNİVERSİTESİ, SAĞLIK BİLİMLERİ FAKÜLTESİ
Anatomy, Geriatrics and Gerontology, Physiotherapy
Nagihan Merve Söylemez
Res. Assist. Nagihan Merve Söylemez
KIRŞEHİR AHİ EVRAN ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Pediatric Health and Illnesses Nursing
MK
Res. Assist. Murat Gökhan Kabal
KIRŞEHİR AHİ EVRAN ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Aged Care Nursing, ​Internal Diseases Nursing​, Nursing

Advisory Board

NE
Nurse Education
RS
Health Economy, Public Health Nutrition, Occupation and Workplace Health and Safety, Health Management, Public Health, Health Sciences Education and Development of Programs: Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

Rumyana Stoyanova has been an Associate Professor at the Department of Health Management and Health Economics at the Medical University – Plovdiv since 2024, where she delivers lectures and seminars on health economics, financial management, and healthcare marketing for healthcare and nursing students. She holds a PhD in Health Economics and has two specializations: Health Economics, and Medical Informatics and Health Management. Her professional experience includes expert roles at the National Center for Public Health and Analysis, as well as work as a senior expert at the Regional Health Insurance Fund – Plovdiv.
Assoc. Prof. Rumyana Stoyanova has participated in numerous national and international scientific and educational projects in the field of Public Health, including measuring safety culture in healthcare in Bulgaria, assessing the effectiveness of screening programs, advancing digitalization in medical education, e-health workforce training, and the integration of digital tools in healthcare management. Among her key projects are the analysis of the economic consequences of burnout syndrome among different staff categories, economic impact of digital healthcare transformation, effectiveness of e-learning in medical education, and labor market trends in digital healthcare professions. She is the author of numerous publications and monographs cited in prestigious scientific journals and has received multiple awards for her research activities.

IB
Assoc. Prof. Ioan Cosmin Boca
University of Oradea
Occupational Therapy, Movement Education in Sports Science, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Rehabilitation, Physiotherapy

My name is Ioan Cosmin Boca and I am an associate professor in the Department of Physical Education and Physical Therapy at the University of Oradea, Romania. I am also a member of the Human Performance Research Center at the same university. In 2008 I graduated with a bachelor degree in physical therapy from the University of Oradea. I continued my professional training at the same university obtaining my master’s de degree in Adapted Physical Activities in 2010. I obtained my doctoral degree in physical therapy in 2014 from the National University of Physical Education and Sport in Bucharest, Romania. I started my professional career at ”Vasile Godis” Western University of Arad in 2009 and from 2019 I work at the University of Oradea. My research interests include neurological, rheumatological, and musculoskeletal disorders rehabilitation. Results of my research have been published in several scientific journals, both national and international. 

TB
Dr. Teddy Bofosa
University of Kinshasa School of Medicine, Kinshasa,
Rehabilitation, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
GD
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Gökçe Demir
KIRŞEHİR AHİ EVRAN ÜNİVERSİTESİ, SAĞLIK BİLİMLERİ FAKÜLTESİ
Preventative Health Care
Prof. Dr. Musa Özata
Ahi Evran Üniversitesi İİBF İşletme Bölümü
Health Management
FT
Prof. Dr. Figen Tuncay
KIRŞEHİR AHİ EVRAN ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Medical Education
ÇE
Assoc. Prof. Çiçek Ediz
Çukurova Üniversitesi
Mental Health Nursing, Environmental Health
Handan Özcan
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Handan Özcan
SAĞLIK BİLİMLERİ ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Psychosocial Aspects of Childbirth and Perinatal Mental Health, Obstetrics and Gynocology Nursing, Models of Care and Place of Birth
Sevda Karakaş
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sevda Karakaş
Gümüşhane Üniversitesi
Obstetrics and Gynocology Nursing
Memiş Bolacalı
Assoc. Prof. Memiş Bolacalı
KIRŞEHİR AHİ EVRAN ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Health Informatics and Information Systems, Biostatistics, Animal Science, Genetics and Biostatistics
Serpil Çelik Durmuş
Assoc. Prof. Serpil Çelik Durmuş
KIRIKKALE ÜNİVERSİTESİ, SAĞLIK BİLİMLERİ FAKÜLTESİ, HEMŞİRELİK BÖLÜMÜ, HEMŞİRELİKTE YÖNETİM ANABİLİM DALI
Nursing Management
EA
Asst. Prof. Esra Aydın
Gümüşhane Üniversitesi
Health Sciences Education and Development of Programs: Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Fundamentals of Nursing
GK
Prof. Dr. Gül Kızıltan
BAŞKENT ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Eating Behaviours, Public Health Nutrition, Clinical Nutrition
ÖA
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Özlem Duran Aksoy
SİVAS CUMHURİYET ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Clinical Midwifery, Midwifery
Sibel Küçükoğlu
Prof. Dr. Sibel Küçükoğlu
Selçuk University, Department of Nursing, Division of Pediatric Nursery, Konya, Türkiye
Pediatric Health and Illnesses Nursing
Last Update Time: June 22, 2026

The journal is indexed in Sobiad Citation Index, Turkish Education Index and Turkey Citation Index.