International Journal of Public Health Blog
A while ago we opened a call for papers called “Development and Public Health: Challenges for Latin America” with the opportunity of the 2nd Latin America Meeting of Public Health (which will be held at...
Alcohol is bad for you, even more so if you are a young adolescent. And so are energy drinks. How bad is their combination then? Read our latest study to find out! You can also...
While looking back at the posts from previous July(s) to update our “on this month” series, I came across this post from 2012 where I have collected papers related to summer for those of...
We are happy to introduce you to our new issue! Browse the table of contents here and let us know what you think!
Our new -and very exciting- issue was just published. I let the infographic make the talking! Enjoy and let us know what you think! For the table of contents please click here!
Happy New Year everyone! Our Editors and all of us at the Editorial Office wish you much health and happiness for 2016! We are back and we come bearing gifts! Our first issue of...
Today is December 1st, a day that has been known as World AIDS Day since 1988! This year’s ‘Think Positive: Rethink HIV’campaign is challenging people to rethink outdated stereotypes, challenge myths and be positive about...
We are happy to announce the arrival of the last IJPH issue of 2015 (by the way: where did this year go?!) In this issue we have two Editorials. One of those led to...
*picture credit With the refugee crisis becoming more and more dramatic and coming from a country that currently receives 7,000 refugees per day I can’t help but thinking what more can we do and...
picture credit A few weeks ago, we announced the winner of our call for reviews on Global Health. Since we had a lot of very good submissions, we thought it’d be fair to...
We are very happy to announce our new and increased impact factor of 2.7! Our 5 year impact factor is 2.88! We would like to thank our authors, reviewers and readers for the...
Long before facebook introduced the “On this day” app (an app that shows you what you did on facebook on the exact date one, two or x years ago), I had developed the habit...
Boat planks in a church in Noto/ Sicily, April 2015 (photo by Oliver Razum) Ten days ago, while much of the news -at least in Europe- were occupied by the birth of a princess,...
We are very happy to reintroduce our “Meet the Blogger” section with the contribution of Dr. James Woodall. James is a Reader in Health Promotion and currently co-directs the Centre for Health Promotion Research...
Spring has come in Switzerland. The sun might have distracted me a bit and I forgot to introduce you to our latest issue. Let me make up for it: Blog readers, this is IJPH’s...
picture credit UPDATE 1st December 2015 With the occasion of the ongoing Paris Climate Change Conference, we thought it’d be a good idea to update our post on Climate Change from earlier this year. Since...
I decided to make another post on Public Health Fun because, well, it is fun! Without further ado, here are my latest discoveries: – I came across this website, from the School of Community...
picture credit Are you about to finish your Masters in Public Health (MPH)? Are you hoping to publish your thesis in a peer-reviewed journal? Ever wondered what are your chances of having it...
Time flies! You can tell that by looking at old pictures. I avoid doing that, so I prefer looking at my old blog posts. It has been almost one year since I last blogged...
picture credit Prevalence of obesity among youth has increased and that can be attributed- amongst other factors- to increased lack of physical activity and sedentary behaviours, to which technological advances have also contributed:...
