International Journal of Public Health Blog
We have discussed before about the use of social media in Public Health, what seems to be the way forward in Public Health campaings. But what about the way backward (in time, that is;...
Urbanisation is a problem that has been recently recognised by the WHO as posing major dangers to health: with more than 50% of the world’s population living in urban areas, it is inevitable that...
We have previously talked about how seing something published doesn’t make it true. In that same post, I had recommended a list of online sources that deal with issues of studies of dubious methodology...
We are happy to announce the publication of the October issue of the International Journal of Public Health! After publishing a special issue on Health of Ethnic Minorities, IJPH continues to refelct on the...
Archives of Public Health, a long standing Public Health Journal and the official journal of the Belgian Association of Public Health, just announced its collaboration with BioMed Central! Archives of Public Health is “an...
It seems that the International Journal of Public Health is not alone in its endavour to bridge the gap between Public Health Reseach and Practice! Yale has just announced that establishment of a Public...
The Swiss School of Public Health + announced this year’s winner for the “best published PhD article in Public Health”. Sereina Herzog, a PhD student at the Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine at...
Today the Managing Editor of the International Journal of Public Health, Anke Berger, introduces us to a new exciting section of the journal. ——————————————————————————————————————————————— Public health is by definition closely related to the welfare...
Prostate-Specific Antigen (PSA) test is used as a screening test for prostate cancer. Like with other screening methods, however, its is controversial and according to the CDC “currently, there is not enough evidence to...
Let’s say someone asked you to collect everything you plan to eat and drink today and take a picture. How would that look like? And what difference would your age, ethnicity, occupation, education, social...
The International Journal of Public Health is very much interested in work relating to socioeconomic inequalities in health. In the past, we have published a themed issue on that subject, while relevant papers appear...
A Symposium on “Regional Differences in Health and Health Care. What There is to Learn”, will be held on 16 November 2011 in the Zentrum Paul Klee in Bern (in German and French). All...
This year’s Swiss Public Health Conference will be held in Kollegienhaus, Basel from 25th to 26th of August. Please visit the conference web page here ! You can alredy download a copy of the...
The Swiss School of Public Health + (SSPH+) has announced new courses! Click on the links below for more details! 05.09.2011- 09.09.2011: SSPH+ Course “Observational Epidemiological Studies: Advanced Methods for Design and Analysis”, Prof....
This week, the US Department of Health and Human Services released a series of nine new text warnings accompanies with graphic images that are planned to be used on cigarette packs from September 2012. ...
I have previously tried to convince you that Public Health can be fun! Today I would like to add that some Public Health researchers have been really creative and I think their efforts deserve...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has recently published the 10 Public Health Achievements of First Decade of 21st Century. Tobacco control, occupational safety, cancer prevention are included in the list and...
In the past we have talked about online games in public health, social media in public health and we do have a blog which I guess is the biggest proof that we are very...
We all know it. Yet, we have all fallen into the trap at some point. Information of all kinds targets our brains daily and what stays in the end is inevitably the headlines: “coffee...
KEY MESSAGES FROM THE INTERNATIONAL UNION FOR HEALTH PROMOTION AND EDUCATION In the lead up to the United Nations High Level Meeting on NCDs, New York, September 2011 “ NCDs present a complex picture...
