IJPH Blog chosen as one of the top 30 Public Health blogs for 2012!
We got an award! We were happily informed that Masters in Public Health Degrees has named our blog one of the top 30 Public Health Blogs for 2012! They write: At the forefront...
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How many public health people does it take to change a lightbulb?
A while ago we reproduced a lightbulb joke, relevant to public health research. We now come back with another one! (source) – How many public health people does it take to change a...
FREE study: Online registry of knowledge translation methods and tools
As part of our special section on Knowledge Synthesis, Translation and Exchange, we recently published a study entitled “Online registry of knowledge translation methods and tools to support evidence-informed public health”. The study is...
Writing and Publishing Qualitative Research: New course from the SSPH+!
We are happy to announce a new course from the Swiss School of Public Health + (SSPH+) entitled “Conducting Qualitative Research in Health: Writing and Getting Published”. This course provides an introduction to writing...
New review: Neighbourhood interventions to promote positive youth development
In this freshly published narrative systematic review, the authors (Josee Lapalme, Sherri Bisset and Louise Potvin) are asking: how do neighbourhood interventions become effective in promoting positive youth development? They addressed this question by...
Blogroll part 3! Recommended Public Health Blogs!
After our first and second Blogrolls, we thought it’s about time we had a third one, albeit short! So here it goes: – As most of you are probably already aware of, PLOS has...
How to Pass Your Research Protocol Through an Ethics Review Committee: New course from the SSPH+!
We are happy to announce a new course from the Swiss School of Public Health +, entitled “How to pass your research protocol through an ethics review committee”. The course will focus on what...
Meet the Blogger! Katherine Welch talks about human trafficking as a Public Health issue.
We continue our series of Meet the Blogger articles, by a contribution from Katherine Welch, in collaboration with the Cancer inCYTES Blog. —————————————————————————————————————————————————— Although largely framed as a legal issue, a social issue, and...
New study: Time trend changes and gender convergence in adolescent drunkenness in Italy
In this newly published study in the International Journal of Public Health, the authors (Alessio Vieno, Michela Lenzi, Massimo Santinello, Franco Cavallo) explore the time trend changes and gender convergence in adolescent drunkenness in...
New study: positive and negative self-rated health: mirror images or alternative concepts?
Self-rated health is a widely used and recognized measure of health status. There is some discussion, however, about a possible conceptual differentiation between positive and negative self-rated health: do their determinants refer to similar...
Genes – Are They Key to Public Health? New course from SSPH+
We are happy to announce a new course organized by the Swiss School of Public Health+, entitled “Genes- Are they key to Public Health?”. The course provides an introduction into studying the genetic architecture...
Life course influences in health: special issue from the International Journal of Public Health, including three free studies!
The International Journal of Public Health has just published a special issue on life course influences on health and health inequalities. Life course research explores the long-term effects of biological, physical and social exposures...
Writing a Journal Article… and Getting it Published: new course from the Swiss School of Public Health+!
Writing and submitting your work for publication is a task that a lot of students and researchers find overwhelming. If you are one of those, we have good news for you! The Swiss School...
FREE study! Public Health adaptation strategies to climate change: a literature review
For those interested in climate change, we are happy to offer you a paper to download for FREE! This paper was recently published in the International Journal of Public Health and is entitled...
Call for Reviews– WIN a travel award to Basel, Switzerland!
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...
Hot off the press: Poor health, employment transitions and gender
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...
Meet the Blogger! Marie Ennis-O’Connor talks about blogging and breast cancer survivorship
After two very interesting interviews with Kishan Karripannon and Tamara Bugembe, we continue our series of Meet the Blogger* with a guest blog post of blogger Marie Ennis-O’Connor. Marie Ennis-O’Connor is a board member of...
Meet the Blogger! Tamara Bugembe of African Child Health talks about her experience!
After successfully initiating the Meet the Blogger* section of our Blog with an interview with Kishan Karripannon, it is now time to meet another public health blogger, Dr. Tamara Bugembe and learn from her...
International Journal of Public Health: New issue out now, including two free papers!
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...
World AIDS day- read relevant IJPH articles!
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 –...