International Journal of Public Health Blog
We are happy to share the following announcement with you: The International Journal of Public Health (IJPH) (Impact Factor 2011: 2.539) invites submissions of systematic REVIEWS on internationally relevant public health topics related to...
We recently published a very interesting paper looking at health selection in the context of transitions across employment statuses, with focus on gender differences. The paper, written by Myung Ki and colleagues, uses data...
We are happy to announce the publication of the latest issue of the International Journal of Public Health! In this issue, we publish 10 Original Articles and one Brief Report reporting research results on...
On Saturday, December 1st was World AIDS Day, so we thought it would be a good idea to share some HIV related articles that we have published, coming from Europe, South America, India –...
Today is World Diabetes Day! This year, the focus remains on Diabetes Education and Prevention and we thought it’d be a good idea to provide you with a list of recently published diabetes-related IJPH...
AsI was reading the latest news about Toronto discussing further expanding smoking bans in public places, I thought it would be a good idea to offer you a pack of free studies on smoking,...
We are happy to announce the publication of the latest issue of the International Journal of Public Health! In this issue, we publish 8 Original Articles and one Brief Report reporting research results...
Switzerland’s federal anti-smoking law is weak, allowing smoking in certain restaurants or bars. Nevertheless, fifteen Swiss cantons (including Ticino) have adopted comprehensive smoking bans on a cantonal level. When such bans were introduced in...
In every issue, the Editors in Chief of the International Journal of Public Health, choose an article of outstanding scientific quality and public health relevance and offer it to the readers free of charge!...
Our August issue is out and you can find the table of contents here! In this issue, you will find numerous papers on migrant health (ranging from health in migrant children in Switzerland to...
As the IJPH Blog will soon take a holiday, we’d thought we leave you with a small collection of articles related to summer and heat! – A review on Public health impact of global...
We are happy to announce the online publication of a study on the change of the socioeconomic gradient in health-related behaviour in adolescents in Slovakia. This article is written by Lukas Pitel, Andrea Madarasova...
The HPV vaccination , i.e. vaccination against Human Papilloma virus which causes most cases of cervical cancer, has recently gained fresh news coverage due to various reasons. First off, researchers identified cervical cells...
Have you ever heard of the term “male-female health survival paradox?” It refers to the fact that women live longer than men but -at the same time- have more disabilities and report worse health....
Health and risk behaviours might occur in clusters. For example, someone who eats a lot of fruit might also exercise a lot; similarly, someone who drinks a lot might also engage in dangerous driving....
Watching tv, reading newspapers, surfing the net…as all these activities are done seated, they do not exactly help much with exercise. In addition, they have also been associated to obesity. And this is where...
Have you ever heard of the term “intersectoral action for heatlh” ? It refers to the collaboration between two or more sectors of the public life (like education and health care), in order to...
A while ago (time does fly!) we have talked about Public Health methodology at the International Journal of Public Health and its special section called Hints and Kinks which includes short methodological reports (1000...
Another year has gone by and it would be a great omission not to thank the people who reviewed the submissions for the International Journal of Public Health during 2011! Two hundred and eighty...
New year brought some changes in the Intnerational Journal of Public Health: One of our Editors in Chief since 2001, Thomas Abel, is stepping down from his role to focus more on his own...
