Dear Colleague,

Please review the columns and articles in the previous year’s issues and provide feedback your opinion on the sections of HERD below. We will tabulate the results and discuss the findings at the Editorial Board Meeting on November 15, 2016 in Houston, TX. Thank you for providing your opinions.

Thank you,

D. Kirk Hamilton, FAIA, FACHA, EDAC
Julie & Craig Beale Endowed Professor of Health Facility Design
College of Architecture, Texas A&M University
Co-Editor, Health Environments Research & Design

Jaynelle F. Stichler, DNSc, RN, EDAC, NEA-BC, FACHE, FAAN
Co-Editor of HERD Journal
Professor Emerita – Nursing Leadership, San Diego State University


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* 1. Please let us know if you have a subscription to HERD or if your firm/school/hospital has a subscription to HERD.

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* 2. What is your first and last name?

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* 3. What is the name of your firm, hospital or school?

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* 4. At what email address would you like to be contacted?

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* 5. The following questions help us to describe the sample of those responding to this survey. Please indicate the category (ies) best describing your current role in healthcare design:

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* 6. Please provide feedback regarding the types of articles featured within HERD Journal. (multiple answers per row allowed)

  Provides new information Written in a scholarly style Easy to read Provides insight into EBD or Research Translates Research into practice Comments (include below)
Guest Editorials
Co-Editor Editorials
Research Articles
Methodology Column
Non-Research / Opinion / Theory Articles
Book Reviews
Letters to the Editors

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* 7. Please rate your likelihood to read the types of articles featured within HERD Journal.

  I never read it I rarely read it I read it if the topic is of interest to me I read it every time/every issue
Guest Editorials
Co-Editor Editorials
Research Articles
Methodology Column
Non-Research / Opinion / Theory Articles
Book Reviews
Letters to the Editors
Executive Summaries
Implications for Practice

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* 8. Please rate HERD Journal on the following criteria.

  Strongly Disagree Disagree Agree Strongly Agree Not Sure / Neutral
The information in HERD provides useful information for researchers in academia
The information in HERD provides useful information for researchers in practice
The information in HERD provides useful information for designers in practice
The information in HERD provides useful information for healthcare providers, facility directors/managers, and administrators
The information in HERD has influenced EBD in the healthcare design industry
The Executive Summary provide a useful review of the articles for architects and providers
The Implications for Practice provide useful points for translating the research findings for use by architects and providers in practice
Submitting articles to HERD is easy using SAGE’s ScholarOne Editorial Manager system
The all on-line format for HERD works for me
I would be interested in buying a print version of selected issues of HERD on demand, if it were available
I appreciate CHD providing CEUs for being a reviewer of manuscripts considered for publication in HERD
I appreciate CHD providing CEUs for reading articles each issue in HERD

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* 9. Are there other types of articles that HERD Journal should include?

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* 10. Additional Comments

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