International Journal of Public Health Blog
We are happy to announce the winner of our recent call for paper on Market-driven forces and Public Health. Congratulations to the first author Adriana Ardila-Sierra and her co-author César Abadía-Barrero for their paper...
The news is already out since May 1st…but we are excited to reshare it! What changes? As you might have read, we will be transitioning to a Gold Open Access model from 1st January...
“Social distancing” is a term that most of us have not used or given it a second thought until recently. Nowadays, it seems every second phrase we use or hear is that. Social distancing...
We are happy to host an interview with Vasilis Nittas, the new Editor in Chief of our Young Researcher Editorials (YRE) series! Any comments? Share them below or directly with Vasilis on twitter (...
This post is written by Apolline Saucy. Apolline is a PhD candidate in environmental epidemiology at SwissTPH. Her research focuses on the health effects of aircraft noise in Switzerland. In parallel, she contributes to...
We are happy to announce a call for papers (and an award* for the best one!) on market-driven forces and public health. The call relates to the 4th Latin American Public Health Meeting that...
We are happy to host an interview with our new Editor in Chief, Professor Dr. Olaf von dem Knesebeck. If you have any messages for him, comment below and we’ll make sure he gets...
Coming back to work after 8 months can be challenging but I had the best welcome from the IJPH team! Ok, our Editorial Board Meeting is held annually and serves way more important purposes...
As a social media junkie enthusiast, “taking a break from social media” is not an expression I ever imagined using for myself! No, I’m not fired (phew) nor am I taking a social media free...
Growing urbanization and social inequality increases the risk of violence and is preventing urban areas reaching their full potential. So, what can be done to build trust and common ground between historically adversarial civil...
A while ago we opened a call for papers called “Environmental and health equity” with the occasion of the EcoHealth Conference (which will be held on 15-18 August 2018 in Cali, Colombia). We received a...
Are you an early-stage researcher, holding a Master’s degree and interested in conducting research in Public Health Sciences? The Swiss School of Public Health+ is offering a fantastic Global PhD Program in Public...
When you read a scientific paper or when you write one yourself, have you ever wondered what happens on the other side? What exactly do reviewers and Editors do? How do they make their...
*This is a guest blog post by Karimen León-Flández, MD, MPH, PhD. Karimen is the lead author of a recently published IJPH paper on marketing techniques in television advertisements of food and drinks directed at...
It has been a while since the last time we made an infographic…But we are back with one summarising a very interesting study that was recently published in our journal. See below, comment and...
* This is a guest blog post by Alexi Gugushvili who is a leading author of a recently published article on parental transmission of smoking. Alexi is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Department of...
* This is a guest blogpost by Isabel Iguacel. Isabel is a psychologist, nurse, economist and PhD student at the University of Zaragoza, Spain. She is the lead author of our recently published paper...
This is a guest blog post by Mahmoud Hassan, doctoral student of Epidemiology at the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute. Mahmoud is the Editor in Chief of the new IJPH “Young Researcher Editorial” series,...
Could you be the next Senior Editor of the International Journal of Public Health? We are recruiting and are looking for people based in Switzerland! See the full details for this unique...
picture credit: Mark Reldy under Creative Commons Licence We are happy to post the press release for our recently published Supplement entitled “The state of health in the Eastern Mediterranean Region, 1990–2015”.” Mental...
