Public Health Fun- Update!
A while ago, we published a post about the use of games in Public Health education. As google analytics tell me, there are quite a lot of people who have been looking for “public...
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Free article: Neighborhood context and abuse among immigrant and non-immigrant women in Canada
In every issue, the Editors in Chief of the International Journal of Public Health, choose an article of outstanding scientific quality and public health relevance and offer it to the readers free of charge!...
New IJPH issue out now, including two free articles!
Our August issue is out and you can find the table of contents here! In this issue, you will find numerous papers on migrant health (ranging from health in migrant children in Switzerland to...
Our summer article collection!
As the IJPH Blog will soon take a holiday, we’d thought we leave you with a small collection of articles related to summer and heat! – A review on Public health impact of global...
Free article! Socioeconomic gradient shifts in health-related behaviour in Slovak adolescents
We are happy to announce the online publication of a study on the change of the socioeconomic gradient in health-related behaviour in adolescents in Slovakia. This article is written by Lukas Pitel, Andrea Madarasova...
Course on Applied Bayesian Statistics in Medical Research and Health-Care Evaluation!
The Swiss School of Public Health+ is offering another very useful course for people interested in health care evaluation: Dr Thomas Gsponer and Professor Marcel Zwahlen will be the facilitators of the course, entitled...
Track your food! Do you eat as healthy as you think (or wish)?
We live in a strange world, where obesity figures seem to be high all over the developed world and -at the same time- information and options for healthy eating are becoming more and...
New courses from the Swiss School of Public Health!
We are happy to announce two new courses offered by the Swiss School of Public Health+. “Analysis of data with measurements below the detection limit“: This course aims to provide participants with an...
HPV vaccination in the news and in IJPH! Free article within!
The HPV vaccination , i.e. vaccination against Human Papilloma virus which causes most cases of cervical cancer, has recently gained fresh news coverage due to various reasons. First off, researchers identified cervical cells...
Free article! Exploring the “male-female health survival paradox” within the EU.
Have you ever heard of the term “male-female health survival paradox?” It refers to the fact that women live longer than men but -at the same time- have more disabilities and report worse health....
New course from the Swiss School of Public Health: R statistical software!
R is a free open-source statistical software, used by many researchers. The Swiss School of Public Health+ (SSPH+) is happy to offer a course on the use of R. The course will be...
Scientific Journals on the go! The use of mobile applications in health, continued!
A few weeks ago, we had discussed whether about mobile applications used in public health. Today, I would like to share with you yet another very interesting use of mobile applications, which I found...
Announcement: Swiss Public Health Conference 2012!
We are happy to announce this year’s Swiss Public Health Conference, which is organized by Public Health Schweiz and the Institute for Social and Preventive Medicine of the Universtity of Lausanne. The Conference...
Health Behaviour in School-Aged Children Study (HBSC): 2009/2010 report is out!
The HBSC is a cross-national study that has been researching health behaviour amongst 11-15 year olds since 30 years! Data is collected every 4 years in 43 different countries and the research is conducted...
Students’ Den: Social media use by Deaprtments of Health in the US
It’s been a while, but finally the Students’ Den corner of our blog is being revived! The following post is written by Dickie Wallace, who has been researching the use of social media by...
Blogroll part 2: More recommended Public Health Blogs
About a month ago, we dedicated a blog post to our favourite Public Health blogs. This blog post came with the promise to be updated soon! So, after some easter holidays, here are some...
Use of mobile applications in Public Health: can they make a difference?
We have already talked about social media in Public Health. Now it is time to see the newest ways to access Public Health related information using platforms other than our computers. The rise of...
Genes: Are they key to Public Health? New course of the SSPH+!
We are happy to announce the new course of the Swiss School of Public Health + entitled “Genes: Are they key to Public Health?”. This course provides an introduction into studying the genetic architecture...
Blogroll! Recommended Public Health blogs!
Every blogger or blog follower has a ritual of always checking a few blogs no matter what! Some people prefer to do it via a feed reader but I am doing it the old-fashioned...
Free article! Clustering of health and risk behaviour in immigrant and indigenous Dutch residents
Health and risk behaviours might occur in clusters. For example, someone who eats a lot of fruit might also exercise a lot; similarly, someone who drinks a lot might also engage in dangerous driving....
