International Journal of Public Health Blog
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...
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...
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:...
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...
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...
Mental disorders, especially depression, are responsible for high absenteeism from work and economic loss. In addition, the relationship between socioeconomic status (SES) and depression is well known and there is a social gradient...
Eleven percent of all HIV diagnoses reported in Europe in 2012 were in people aged 15-24. Many young people lack knowledge about HIV/AIDS modes of transmission and ways of prevention. To approach this vulnerable...
According to the WHO , climate change is expected to cause about 250,000 additional deaths per year between 2030 and 2050. When we think about climate change, we usually think about temperature rise....
The World Bank has recommended decentralization of the health sector for developing countries with large National Ministries of Health. Such a process, however, also poses challenges and might have negative effects. In Philippines, decentralisation...
The health status of indigenous people is invariably lower than that of the overall population, something that led the World Health Organisation is mandated to devote special attention to the issue of their health....
According to the WHO, childhood obesity is one of the most serious Public Health challenges of the 21st century. As obesity (and its consequences like type 2 diabetes) are largely preventable, preventing it is...
Toilet hygiene is crucial for health, but do we do it correctly? And most importantly, do our children do it correctly? The authors of a recently published study tried to answer the latter...
To e-smoke or not to e-smoke: is that a question? With this title our Editor in Chief, Nino Künzli, introduces and places in context two invited commentaries on e-cigarettes. Both these commentaries...
At the International Journal of Public Health we are regularly publish papers on physical activity (some recent examples here, here and here). Our latest paper on that front looks into the effect of...
Young people are usually perceived as healthy and resilient. They do, however, face health-related issues, such as drug and alcohol (ab)use, mental health problems, sexually transmitted infections, pregnancies etc. Due to factors such as...
News in the smoking ban front seem to have been steadily good: As of today, 179 countries have signed the WHO’s Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC), which compels the signatories to enact...
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is one of the leading causes of death worldwide. According to the World Health Organisation, more than 80% of those deaths occur in low and middle income countries. In such...
According to the World Health Organisation “children represent the future and ensuring their healthy growth and development ought to be a prime concern of all societies”. However, regional, ethnic and social factors might present...
