Energy drink consumption in adolescents: how is it associated with health complaints?
It’s infographic time! We hope you like it! Link to study here!
Category: international journal of public health
IJPH first issue of 2016 is out now!
Happy New Year everyone! Our Editors and all of us at the Editorial Office wish you much health and happiness for 2016! We are back and we come bearing gifts! Our first issue of...
Free papers for Human Rights Day!
Today, December 10th, is the international Human Rights Day! This year, the day is focused on the 50th Anniversary of 2 Convnets, that were adopted in 1966: a) The International Convent on Ecomonical, Social...
Our new issue is out! Smoking, inequalities in health, breast cancer screening and more!
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...
Equity in maternal health care utilization in developing countries: a systematic review
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...
The mental health impact of bed bug infestations: A scoping review
*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 have a winner! A systematic review on concerns about vaccination in low- and middle-income countries
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...
Mood and Food: perceived stress and food intake
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...
More than 5,000 IJPH papers! Get to know us better!
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...
Income inequality and risk of heart attack: longitudinal findings from the US
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...
More than 40% of university students in 23 countries are physically inactive
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...
New IJPH issue out now!
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...
Our latest issue is out! Physical activity, smoking, birth weight, self-rated health and more!
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...
Public Health in a Bundle: Climate change, environment and health!
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...
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...
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...
