International Journal of Public Health Blog
Alcohol is bad for you, even more so if you are a young adolescent. And so are energy drinks. How bad is their combination then? Read our latest study to find out! You can also...
For many people, music festivals are an integral part of summer: friends, music, fun. What could go wrong apart from a bit of mud (which some people claim is part of the charm...
Being greek, I remember very well the time the summer Olympic games “returned” to Athens in 2004, even if I was alredy living away from Greece at the time. I remember a general joyous atmosphere and...
Program on Food Aid and Promotion of Healthy Nutrition – DIATROFI A large-scale initiative implemented in schools of underprivileged areas across Greece incorporating food aid, health promotion and research This is a guest...
It’s infographic time! We hope you like it! Link to study here!
picture credit We are happy to introduce the newest addition to our guest blog posts series by Chris Patterson & Heide Weishaar. Read on, share and comment! * Following the Royal Assent of...
*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 (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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
*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...
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....
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....
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...
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:...
