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 –...
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World Diabetes Day: Read our diabetes-related articles from around the world!
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...
Health, migration and border management: new article in IJPH
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...
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...
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...
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...
Socioeconomic inequalities in health betweeen Roma and non-Roma in Serbia: new article in the IJPH!
The International Journal of Public Health is very much interested in work relating to socioeconomic inequalities in health. In the past, we have published a themed issue on that subject, while relevant papers appear...
Comparing a web-based and a paper version of a questionnaire. Is there a winner?
In the past we have talked about online games in public health, social media in public health and we do have a blog which I guess is the biggest proof that we are very...
International Journal of Public Health: new issue out now!
The second issue of the International Journal of Public Health for 2011 is now published! You can have a look at the table of contents here! With ten original articles, two brief reports and...
Hot off the press: Hard times or good times? Inequalities in the health effects of economic change
The economic crisis of the last years, often referred to as “great recession” has raised many discussions on how it could affect our health. The World Health Organization issued a statement on the matter...
Public Health Methodology. We take it seriously!
– How many epidemiologists does it take to change a light bulb? – Six. One to change it and five to critique the methods. This made me laugh out loud. Methodology in Public Health...
Health of ethnic minorities in Europe- and not only.
In an ever changing world like ours, migration is a reality that every country has to face, one way or another. According to the International Organization for Migration (IMO), the total number of international...
