International Journal of Public Health Blog
R is a free open-source statistical software, used by many researchers. The Swiss School of Public Health+ (SSPH+) is happy to offer a course on the use of R. The course will be...
A few weeks ago, we had discussed whether about mobile applications used in public health. Today, I would like to share with you yet another very interesting use of mobile applications, which I found...
We are happy to announce this year’s Swiss Public Health Conference, which is organized by Public Health Schweiz and the Institute for Social and Preventive Medicine of the Universtity of Lausanne. The Conference...
The HBSC is a cross-national study that has been researching health behaviour amongst 11-15 year olds since 30 years! Data is collected every 4 years in 43 different countries and the research is conducted...
It’s been a while, but finally the Students’ Den corner of our blog is being revived! The following post is written by Dickie Wallace, who has been researching the use of social media by...
About a month ago, we dedicated a blog post to our favourite Public Health blogs. This blog post came with the promise to be updated soon! So, after some easter holidays, here are some...
We have already talked about social media in Public Health. Now it is time to see the newest ways to access Public Health related information using platforms other than our computers. The rise of...
We are happy to announce the new course of the Swiss School of Public Health + entitled “Genes: Are they key to Public Health?”. This course provides an introduction into studying the genetic architecture...
Every blogger or blog follower has a ritual of always checking a few blogs no matter what! Some people prefer to do it via a feed reader but I am doing it the old-fashioned...
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...
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...
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...
The Swiss School of Public Health+ announced a media training workshop on communication skills, to be taught on October 29th and 30th in Bern, Switzerland. The aim of the workshop is to help students...
Yes, it is back. It seemed that our last post presenting creative public health studies is still very popular, so I thought I would make a sequel! After last’s years study on fondue, the...
The Swiss School of Public Health + has announced a new course called “Conducting Qualitative Research in Health: An Introduction to Qualitative Research Methods”. The course is an excellent introduction to qualitative research methods...
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...
Linked to the October 2011 special issue on “Migrants and ethnic minorities in Europe: new challenges for public health research and practice”, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) is pleased to announce the online...
