JOCPC is now accepting articles for the Summer 2026 issue focusing on the topic of children and health. We have kept this theme open-ended and invite works across a wide range of disciplines where researchers are addressing children’s health within various media including literature, film and television, video-sharing platforms, gaming, photography, art, folktales, advertising. This may include but is not limited to:

Children and disease

Child mortality

Histories of children’s health

Historical fiction and child health/wellbeing

Culturally specific practices

Family remedies

Gendered approaches to child health

Roles of race and class in access to healthcare

Neglect and abuse

Factitious disorders imposed on children

Healthcare and superstition

Biography and family histories

Genetics

Mental health

Resilience

Bullying

Oral hygiene

Food security

Obesity

Child health and climate

Pollution and child health

Physical exercise and play

Screens, technology and children’s health

Genre and child health (comedy, horror, science fiction)

JOCPC is an open-access, online, international, interdisciplinary, peer-reviewed journal that provides a forum for scholars and professionals to interrogate representations of the child in popular culture. The journal facilitates an international dialogue among scholars and professionals through vigorous discussion of the intersections between the child, the conception of childhood, and any other interactions with the child in the context of popular culture.

JOCPC invites critical and/or theoretical examination of the child to further our understanding of the circulation, consumption, and representation of the child throughout a variety of mediums within popular discourse. All disciplines are welcome and international submissions are encouraged.

Submissions should be between 5,000 - 8,000 words, including references.

Abstracts welcome (250-350 words + bio). Deadline for abstracts 03/20/2026

The journal is also accepting reviews for books, films, and television. Contact carynmyrphy@gmail.com for more information and review submissions.