Writing a journal article… and getting it published!
One of the major stresses of PhD students and researchers in general, is getting their work published in peer reviewed journals. I am sure there are more than enough of us that at some...
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IJPH now on twitter!
After thinking and blogging about the use of social media in Public Health, it was bound to happen…The International Journal of Public Health has now a twitter account! Make sure you follow us for...
Housing for Health Promotion: Special issue from the International Journal of Public Health
The latest issue of the Inernational Journal of Public Health was a special issue! Entitled Housing for Health Promotion , it covers a wide range of subjects related to housing and health! From the...
News on Physical Activity from GAPA!
Hello everyone! We are back and we would like to wish to each and every one of you a very happy and creative new year! We start off 2012 with an interesting announcement! The...
Early Christmas present! Most downloaded IJPH articles available free of charge!
Ho, ho, ho! Are you in the holiday mood yet? Well, we are! So -just before we go away for a few days- we decided to show our appreciation to our readers by providing...
New Public Health courses from the Swiss School of Public Health+!
The Swiss School of Public Health + (SSPH+) has announced new courses! Click on the links below for more details! 02.02.2012-03.02.2012 Statistical Methods for Epidemiology Register Online Prof. Timothy Lash, Aarhus University Hospital &...
Announcement: 4th International Student Medical Congress, Kosice, 26-29 June 2012
Here at the International Journal of Public Health, we are very interested in activities organised by and/ or for students. We are, therefore, happy to announce the 4th International Student Medical Congress, which will...
December 1st: A world day worth remembering
Yesterday was the World AIDS Day , a day for raising awareness about HIV/AIDS that has been observed since 1988 on December 1st each year. This year, world AIDS day was about getting to...
PSA testing: IJPH published research, critical appraisal and new USPSTF recommendations.
A while ago, we informed you about an IJPH article on Prostate Specific Antigen Testing (PSA).In this article, the authors reported reduction in prostate cancer mortality in the population of Tyrol, where more than...
Launch of the UCL Institute of Health Equity
The Internatonal Journal of Public Health is very much focused on social inequalities in health! We recently published a special issue on the subject, as well as a Supplement on social determinants of child...
A taste from the past: vintage public health campaign posters!
We have discussed before about the use of social media in Public Health, what seems to be the way forward in Public Health campaings. But what about the way backward (in time, that is;...
Landscape and Health: Effects, Potential and Strategies: International Conference soon to be held in Switzerland!
Urbanisation is a problem that has been recently recognised by the WHO as posing major dangers to health: with more than 50% of the world’s population living in urban areas, it is inevitable that...
Bad science explained: watch the video by Dr Ben Goldacre!
We have previously talked about how seing something published doesn’t make it true. In that same post, I had recommended a list of online sources that deal with issues of studies of dubious methodology...
International Journal of Public Health: New issue out now!
We are happy to announce the publication of the October issue of the International Journal of Public Health! After publishing a special issue on Health of Ethnic Minorities, IJPH continues to refelct on the...
New era for Archives of Public Health!
Archives of Public Health, a long standing Public Health Journal and the official journal of the Belgian Association of Public Health, just announced its collaboration with BioMed Central! Archives of Public Health is “an...
Bringing Public Health research and practice closer: Public Health Training Center to be established at Yale!
It seems that the International Journal of Public Health is not alone in its endavour to bridge the gap between Public Health Reseach and Practice! Yale has just announced that establishment of a Public...
SSPH + award for best published Phd article in Public Health in 2011
The Swiss School of Public Health + announced this year’s winner for the “best published PhD article in Public Health”. Sereina Herzog, a PhD student at the Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine at...
Public Health knowledge transfer between research and practice: IJPH’s ambitious endeavor
Today the Managing Editor of the International Journal of Public Health, Anke Berger, introduces us to a new exciting section of the journal. ——————————————————————————————————————————————— Public health is by definition closely related to the welfare...
New article on Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) testing – free access!
Prostate-Specific Antigen (PSA) test is used as a screening test for prostate cancer. Like with other screening methods, however, its is controversial and according to the CDC “currently, there is not enough evidence to...
What do you eat in a day?
Let’s say someone asked you to collect everything you plan to eat and drink today and take a picture. How would that look like? And what difference would your age, ethnicity, occupation, education, social...