International Journal of Public Health Blog
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...
This time it was easy to choose which post to feature in our “On this month” series: as this coming Saturday (November 14th) is World Diabetes Day, we thought we’d go back to...
*picture credit With the refugee crisis becoming more and more dramatic and coming from a country that currently receives 7,000 refugees per day I can’t help but thinking what more can we do and...
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...
We are happy and excited to announce the winner of our Review Competition related to the 9th European Congress in Tropical Medicine and International Health (ECTMIH) (this year’s topic: Driving the best science to meet global health...
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...
This is a guest post and cross-posting with The Challenges of Parenting in the Digital Age blog and is written by Vigne Kozacek (@vkozacek) and Gary Sharpe (@DrGarySharpe) * ************************************************************************************************ In today’s online...
We are very happy to announce our new and increased impact factor of 2.7! Our 5 year impact factor is 2.88! We would like to thank our authors, reviewers and readers for the...
picture credit In today’s guest blog post, Ishu Kataria* talks about growth monitoring in India The ABC of Growth Monitoring and Promotion: My experiences in the field Growth refers to regular increase in the...
Long before facebook introduced the “On this day” app (an app that shows you what you did on facebook on the exact date one, two or x years ago), I had developed the habit...
I noticed that we have very recently published our 5,001 paper and I thought this was a good opportunity to celebrate, in form of making our first infographic! Have a look and get to...
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...
Boat planks in a church in Noto/ Sicily, April 2015 (photo by Oliver Razum) Ten days ago, while much of the news -at least in Europe- were occupied by the birth of a princess,...
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...
We are very happy to reintroduce our “Meet the Blogger” section with the contribution of Dr. James Woodall. James is a Reader in Health Promotion and currently co-directs the Centre for Health Promotion Research...
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 UPDATE 1st December 2015 With the occasion of the ongoing Paris Climate Change Conference, we thought it’d be a good idea to update our post on Climate Change from earlier this year. Since...
