Public Health Fun! Diabetic dog and Tuberculosis games
I decided to make another post on Public Health Fun because, well, it is fun! Without further ado, here are my latest discoveries: – I came across this website, from the School of Community...
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Factors influencing publication of your MPH master’s thesis in a scientific journal
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...
The effect of youth unemployment and economic recession in health. Some unexpected results from Spain
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...
New in Knowledge Translation series: Review of interventions and a new decision tool for reaching undersreened populations
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...
Public Health Fun! Bring it on!
Time flies! You can tell that by looking at old pictures. I avoid doing that, so I prefer looking at my old blog posts. It has been almost one year since I last blogged...
Global health in the center of Europe: upcoming European Conference in Basel, Switzerland
Are you interested in Global Health? We are! So we are very happy that the upcoming (the 9th to be precise) European Congress on Tropical Medicine and International Health is going to be held...
New special issue: Communication Technology, Media Use and the Health of Our Kids
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...
Online gaming and online risk behaviours predict cyberbullying in adolescents
*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...
Differences in infant health in South America are socially and economically driven
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...
Combined smoking and drinking: most common health threat for job seekers
In developed countries, the vast majority of preventable causes of premature morbidity and mortality in the developed countries are accounted for by behaviour-related health risk factors, such as smoking and physical inactivity. Unemployment, on...
Computer gaming and Internet use may be harmful to young people’s social relations.
Although concerns are often raised about the effects of computer gaming and internet use on social relations amongst adolescents, the results of relevant studies have been contradictory. We recently published a study...
Health disadvantage of Eastern European immigrants in Western Europe
According to literature, immigrants tend to have poorer health than native-born people. Between 1950 and 1990 an estimated 12 million people left Eastern European countries and a lot of them resided in Western Europe....
More than 80% of young adults consume less fruit and vegetable than recommended!
The World Health Organisation estimates that 2.8% of deaths worldwide are attributable to low fruit and vegetable consumption. Young adults, in particular, tend to consume less than the recommended amount of fruit and vegetables....
More time on screen, more health complaints in adolescents
picture credit As part of our special issue “Communication Technology, Media Use and the Health of our Kids”, we published a new study looking at the associations between screen-based behaviour and health complaints...
TV viewing associated with increased metabolic risk in young Brazilian girls
picture credit Prevalence of obesity among youth has increased and that can be attributed- amongst other factors- to increased lack of physical activity and sedentary behaviours, to which technological advances have also contributed:...
World AIDS day: read our HIV-related papers!
As you most probably know, today is the World AIDS Day so we thought it’d be a good idea to share our most recently published HIV-related papers! – HIV/AIDS knowledge among adolescents: did a prevention...
Socioeconomic inequalities in health in the oldest old over time
picture credit It is known that socioeconomic inequalities in health prevail in the old age; not a lot is known, however, on how such inequalities have developed over time. In a study we...
E-cigarettes and Public Health: call for papers!
We are happy to announce a Call for Papers on e-cigarettes and public health! We invite primary research documenting the epidemiology of e-cigarette use, the impact of its use and the effects of alternate...
Call for Reviews on Global Health- win an award!
We are happy to announce a call for Systematic Reviews (and an award for the best one!) in connection to the 9th European Conference on Tropical Medicine and International Health (Driving the Best...
Can we set migration and health as a national health target?
image credit Setting health targets is a common approach for health systems, in order to coordinate their efforts and to develop and prioritise health policies. In Germany, health targets are set by a...
