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e-ISSN: 2980-0781
PUBLISHER: TRAKYA UNIVERSITY

Balkan Health Science Journal

Publication Model: Periodical Publication (April - August - December)

Journal Boards

Owner

Özgül Erol
Prof. Dr. Özgül Erol
TRAKYA ÜNİVERSİTESİ
​Internal Diseases Nursing​

Prof. Dr. Özgül EROL

Trakya Üniversitesi, Edirne-Türkiye
 

Editor in Chief

Seher Ünver
Prof. Dr. Seher Ünver
TRAKYA ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Surgical Diseases Nursing​​

Editor

ŞB
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Şebnem Bilgiç
TRAKYA ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Fundamentals of Nursing

Assistant Editors

Samet Kılıç
Asst. Prof. Dr. Samet Kılıç
TRAKYA UNIVERSITY, FACULTY OF HEALTH SCIENCES, DEPARTMENT OF AUDIOLOGY, AUDIOLOGY PR.
Otorhinolaryngology, Audiology

 

Editorial Board

MY
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Meltem Yıldırım
University of Vic, Central University of Catalonia
Nurse Education, Surgical Diseases Nursing​​
SC
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sevil Pamuk Cebeci
ESKISEHIR OSMANGAZI UNIVERSITY, FACULTY OF HEALTH SCIENCES
Fundamentals of Nursing
Gülsün Özdemir Aydın
Asst. Prof. Dr. Gülsün Özdemir Aydın
İSTANBUL ÜNİVERSİTESİ, HEMŞİRELİK FAKÜLTESİ
Fundamentals of Nursing
Surgical Diseases Nursing​​
Pediatric Health and Illnesses Nursing, Oncology Nursing
HK
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Hülya Fırat Kılıç
EASTERN MEDITARRANEAN UNIVERSITY
Fundamentals of Nursing
Emre Gürses
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Emre Gürses
HACETTEPE ÜNİVERSİTESİ, SAĞLIK BİLİMLERİ FAKÜLTESİ
Audiology
David Tomé
Prof. Dr. David Tomé
School of Health Polytechnic of Porto
Audiology

Field editors

DT
Asst. Prof. Dr. Deniz Tuz
EGE ÜNİVERSİTESİ, SAĞLIK BİLİMLERİ FAKÜLTESİ
Audiology
MY
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Meltem Yıldırım
University of Vic, Central University of Catalonia
Nurse Education, Surgical Diseases Nursing​​

She is the member of Research Group on Methodology, Methods, Models and Outcomes of Health and Social Sciences (M3O) and the professor (Serra Húnter Program) at the Faculty of Health Science and Welfare of the University of Vic-Central University of Catalonia. She is giving lectures on Qualitative Research Methodology and Surgical Nursing and participating as a lecturer in certain laboratory teaching activities of nursing students.

She earned her nursing degree in 2006 and master degree in 2008, both at Haliç University (Turkey). She obtained her Ph.D. degree in Surgical Nursing at Istanbul University (Turkey) in 2014. Her Ph.D. thesis was about the effect of mirror therapy on the management of phantom limb pain which brought a professional nursing care perspective into this subject. Her main research topics are pain management nursing, pain management in children, phantom limb pain, underestimation of pain by health providers, and the effect of positive affirmations on symptom management.

She has academic teaching and investigation experience since 2007. She took a part as the board member of the European Nursing Student Association (ENSA) between the period of 2013-2014. On the other hand, she is currently collaborating as a reviewer in 5 scientific journals.

She has 20+ articles in indexed peer-reviewed journals, 50+ studies presented in international congresses. She was awarded 6 times in five national and one international nursing congresses with the studies she presented.

SC
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sevil Pamuk Cebeci
ESKISEHIR OSMANGAZI UNIVERSITY, FACULTY OF HEALTH SCIENCES
Fundamentals of Nursing
Gülsün Özdemir Aydın
Asst. Prof. Dr. Gülsün Özdemir Aydın
İSTANBUL ÜNİVERSİTESİ, HEMŞİRELİK FAKÜLTESİ
Fundamentals of Nursing
NS
Mental Health Nursing
ST
Disaster Nursing, ICU Nursing, Surgical Diseases Nursing​​, Emergency Nursing
Burcu Küçükkaya
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Burcu Küçükkaya
ESKİŞEHİR OSMANGAZİ ÜNİVERSİTESİ, SAĞLIK BİLİMLERİ FAKÜLTESİ, HEMŞİRELİK BÖLÜMÜ, DOĞUM VE KADIN HASTALIKLARI HEMŞİRELİĞİ ANABİLİM DALI
Traditional, Complementary and Integrative Medicine (Other), Traditional Chinese Medicine and Treatments, Nursing, Obstetrics and Gynocology Nursing, Artificial Intelligence (Other), Health Sciences
Remziye Semerci Şahin
Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Pediatric Health and Illnesses Nursing, Nursing
AZ
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Aysu Zekioğlu
TRAKYA ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Health Management
Seda Kurt
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Seda Kurt
TRAKYA ÜNİVERSİTESİ
​Internal Diseases Nursing​, Oncology Nursing
Ayşe Deliktaş Demirci
Asst. Prof. Dr. Ayşe Deliktaş Demirci
AKDENİZ ÜNİVERSİTESİ, HEMŞİRELİK FAKÜLTESİ
Obstetrics and Gynocology Nursing, Nursing
Eylem Paslı Gürdoğan
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Eylem Paslı Gürdoğan
Trakya Üniversitesi, Sağlık Bilimleri Fakültesi ,Hemşirelik Bölümü, Hemşirelik Esasları Anabilim Dalı
Fundamentals of Nursing
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Figen Çalışkan
TRAKYA ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Nurse Education
Obstetrics and Gynocology Nursing
Ayşe Dost
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ayşe Dost
İSTANBUL ÜNİVERSİTESİ-CERRAHPAŞA, FLORENCE NİGHTİNGALE HEMŞİRELİK FAKÜLTESİ
Health Promotion, Artificial Intelligence (Other), Scale Development, Cross-Cultural Scale Adaptation, Health Literacy, Public Health Nursing
Seda Cansu Yeniğün Akbulut
Dr. Instructor Seda Cansu Yeniğün Akbulut
AKDENİZ ÜNİVERSİTESİ, KUMLUCA SAĞLIK BİLİMLERİ FAKÜLTESİ
Surgical Diseases Nursing​​, Disaster Nursing, ICU Nursing, Aged Care Nursing, Emergency Nursing

Research interests include surgical nursing, perioperative care, patient education, symptom management, stoma care, elderly care, evidence-based nursing practices, and digital health technologies. Current research focuses on pain, anxiety, comfort, patient safety, virtual reality applications, and innovative technologies in nursing care.

HK
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Hilal Keklicek
TRAKYA ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Prosthetics and Orthotics, Biomechanical Engineering
Jebağı Canberk Aydın
Health Management, Health Systems, Health Care Administration, Health Economy
ÖÖ
Asst. Prof. Dr. Özlem Özdemir
Kırklareli Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Fakültesi
​Internal Diseases Nursing​

Layout Editors

Ergin Toros
Res. Assist. Ergin Toros
TRAKYA ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Nursing Management
HB
Res. Assist. Dr. Hakan Baltacıoğulları
TRAKYA ÜNİVERSİTESİ, SAĞLIK BİLİMLERİ FAKÜLTESİ
Health Economy, Health Management
İT
Audiology, Psycholinguistics (Incl. Speech Production and Comprehension), Phonetics and Speech Science, Cognitive Linguistics

Secretary

EM
Yaren Özbek
Res. Assist. Yaren Özbek
TRAKYA ÜNİVERSİTESİ, SAĞLIK BİLİMLERİ FAKÜLTESİ, HEMŞİRELİK BÖLÜMÜ, İÇ HASTALIKLARI HEMŞİRELİĞİ ANABİLİM DALI
​Internal Diseases Nursing​

Language Editor/Proofreading

Yaren Özbek
Res. Assist. Yaren Özbek
TRAKYA ÜNİVERSİTESİ, SAĞLIK BİLİMLERİ FAKÜLTESİ, HEMŞİRELİK BÖLÜMÜ, İÇ HASTALIKLARI HEMŞİRELİĞİ ANABİLİM DALI
​Internal Diseases Nursing​
EM
Obstetrics and Gynocology Nursing
Nimet Sermenli
Res. Assist. Dr. Nimet Sermenli
TRAKYA ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Rehabilitation, Physiotherapy, Preventative Health Care, Physical Activity and Health
ÖC
Asst. Prof. Dr. Özge Cemali
TRAKYA ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Food Properties, Public Health Nutrition, Food Nutritional Balance, Nutrigenomics and Personalised Nutrition, Nutritional Science

Foreign Language Editor

ÖB
English As A Second Language, Comparative Language Studies

Statistics Editor

Özgür Kayapınar
Statistical Analysis, Entrepreneurship, Tourism Marketing, Gamification, Quantitative Decision Methods , Integrated Marketing Communication, Marketing, Digital Marketing, Marketing Research Methodology, Marketing Communications, Consumer Behaviour

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Özgür KAYAPINAR was born in Afyonkarahisar in 1979. He completed his Master's degree at Akdeniz University, Institute of Social Sciences, Department of Business Administration in 2008, and his PhD at Trakya University, Institute of Social Sciences, Department of Business Administration in 2016. He worked as a Lecturer at Namık Kemal University Saray Vocational School Business Management Program between 2009-2018. Since 2018, he has been working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Management Information Systems at Uzunköprü School of Applied Sciences. As of May 2024, he received the title of Associate Professor from the UAK (Interuniversity Board) in the field of "Marketing". He conducts studies on logistics service quality, marketing research, current marketing approaches, consumer behavior, multivariate quantitative analyses, qualitative analysis methods, and digital marketing.

Editor-in-Chief

Ethem Herdem
Ethem Herdem
TRAKYA ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Engineering
Last Update Time: July 2, 2026