International Journal of Public Health Blog
We are back with a freshly published, open access paper on the role of social ties in socio-economic differences in the school context. Full text available open access here! Have fun reading! https://magic.piktochart.com/output/13873312-smoking-and-friendship
Our new -and very exciting- issue was just published. I let the infographic make the talking! Enjoy and let us know what you think! For the table of contents please click here!
It’s infographic time! We hope you like it! Link to study here!
Today, December 10th, is the international Human Rights Day! This year, the day is focused on the 50th Anniversary of 2 Convnets, that were adopted in 1966: a) The International Convent on Ecomonical, Social...
picture credit Have you seen the report on European Health 2015 that was just published by the WHO? First the good news: it seems there has been some progress and some inequalities in health...
We are happy to announce the arrival of the last IJPH issue of 2015 (by the way: where did this year go?!) In this issue we have two Editorials. One of those led to...
picture credit A few weeks ago, we announced the winner of our call for reviews on Global Health. Since we had a lot of very good submissions, we thought it’d be fair to...
*picture credit (slightly altered) I am happy to introduce this guest blog post on our recenlty published scoping review on the mental health impact of bed bug infestations. This post was written by...
Can you tell I like making infographics? Have a look at the latest one I prepared for our recently published study called exploring the relationship between perceived stress and food intake in University students in...
Today I prepared an infographic for a study we recently published on soft drink consumption in adolescents and its association to violent behaviour (as well as some possible mediators). What do you think? Would...
Heart attack is the leading cause of death in the US and there is a significant relationship between income and risk for cardiovascular disease. A lot of cross-sectional studies have linked income inequality with...
picture credit Are you physically active? Before rushing to say “yes”, I’ll give you the official definition of what that means, according to the WHO: assuming that you are an adult, at least...
A new member issue was added in the IJPH family! Our fifth issue for this year was just published and it is full of interesting papers, if we may say so ourselves! This issue...
Spring has come in Switzerland. The sun might have distracted me a bit and I forgot to introduce you to our latest issue. Let me make up for it: Blog readers, this is IJPH’s...
picture credit Are you about to finish your Masters in Public Health (MPH)? Are you hoping to publish your thesis in a peer-reviewed journal? Ever wondered what are your chances of having it...
picture credit The effects of the economic crisis on mental health have been a recurring matter of speculation and research in the past years. The WHO already published a report on the subject...
The latest addition to our series entitled “Knowledge synthesis, translation and exchange” has just been published and it is a great one, if I might say so myself! Mavis Jones, Brenda Ross, Alyssa Cloth...
picture credit Who amongst us – parent or not- has not wondered what are the effects on using computers, mobile phones and the internet for children and young adolescents? The media certainly talk...
*picture credit As part our special issue “Communication Technology, Media Use and the Health of our Kids“, Fong-Ching Chang and colleagues just published a study on online gaming and online risk taking and...
picture credit Racial and ethnic disparities in infant health are common worldwide and of particular interest in countries that are highly ethnically admixed, like many South American countries. We recently published a study that...
