Pathways Article Requirement

The Diplomate Requirement for a written article for Pathways gives our Candidates the opportunity to take both their academic and clinical knowledge and translate it into a language understandable by the lay reader. The importance of our ability to communicate our learned information and make it accessible to the public cannot be underestimated. In so doing, the Candidate further develops his or her skills to educate parents about the Chiropractic Family Wellness Lifestyle. Additionally, the Candidate becomes intimately involved in fulfilling the ICPA mission for public education.

The article should be between 1,500 and 2,000 words. References to substantiate your topic are required. It is suggested you choose a topic of personal interest/ experience.

Pathways Writers’ Guidelines and Submission Information

Pathway's main goal is to empower parents and professionals, by inspiration and information. It is publication for creative change, personal growth, health awareness and informed choosing. Articles that challenge and confront as well as articles that support and nourish are the sorts of pieces we are looking for. We invite readers to move into new perspectives or support them in areas they wish to know more about. We like articles that are challenging and from the heart, with supportive research, information or references. We publish articles in relation to other articles we have published on the subject, how current the topic is, if it is new to us, and if the presentation is unique in some way.

Pathways is published quarterly. It has an international circulation. Currently, readership is estimated at about 12,000. Copies are subscribed by parents and  practitioners in North America, Europe and Australia. Our readers are most concerned with making informed health care choices for their families.

Topics to consider when writing:

Our primary goal is to empower parents to make informed health care choices. This of course includes information on various modes of care for all family members: the whys, the successes, the importance of care, etc. Articles on: parenting, pregnancy, birth, infant care and issues of health throughout childhood are welcomed. Our magazine explores new approaches to health care for the whole family. A wide range of topics and approaches is possible in this section.

The article you are required to write should cover one of the many topics of the Family Wellness Lifestyle and must come from and include the Chiropractic perspective/ role in the Family Wellness Lifestyle.

Length is not as significant as clarity of content and your ability to connect your topic with chiropractic. content. Please do not write articles pertaining to chiropractic as the "treatment" of conditions, but rather tie in the importance of chiropractic care for the improvement of the person's overall quality of life.

If the article is not quite up to specs, we may send it back to you to for rewrite or we may take editorial liberty to reword, correct grammar and spelling.

Work must be submitted in Word format, sent as an attachment and emailed to: seminars@icpa4kids.com

Please do not format in any way. At the top of your piece please put the following information:

• Article Title
• Your name
• Date submitted
• Your mailing address
• Your email and/or phone
• The word count
• A 50 word personal bio (to use when we print your article)

We welcome and appreciate accompanied photos related to the topic. Photos of adjusting patients or including any other pictures then your self require a release form. Please click here to access a release for photos: http://www.icpa4kids.com/seminars/Diplomate_Photo_Release.htm

Please e-mail high-resolution (300 dpi) photos in jpeg or tiff format, large files.

seminars@icpa4kids.com