Journal of Public Health

Editorial:

Jim Connelly

The fragile Welfare State: what future?
J Public Health Med 1997 19: 375. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

For Debate:

D. J. Watmough, S. Bhargava, A. Memon, F. Syed, S. Roy, and P. Sharma

Does breast cancer screening depend on a wobbly hypothesis?
J Public Health Med 1997 19: 375-379. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Articles:

Anita Sims, Paul Redgrave, Andy Layzell, Mike Grimsley, Steve Wisher, and David Martin

Funding a primary care led NHS: achieving a model for more equitable allocation of healthcare resources at a sub-district level
J Public Health Med 1997 19: 380-386. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Simon Read, Michael King, and James Watson

Sexual dysfunction in primary medical care: prevalence, characteristics and detection by the general practitioner
J Public Health Med 1997 19: 387-391. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

H. Ghannem and A. Hadj Fredj

Prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors in the urban population of Soussa in Tunisia
J Public Health Med 1997 19: 392-396. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

James Munro, John Brazier, Rachel Davey, and Jon Nicholl

Physical activity for the over-65s: could it be a cost-effective exercise for the NHS?
J Public Health Med 1997 19: 397-402. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Padmanabhan Badrinath, Nicholas Edward Day, and Diane Stockton

Population-based survival trends for leukaemia in East Anglia, United Kingdom
J Public Health Med 1997 19: 403-407. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

John Wright, Philip Ayres, and Peter Hill

Public health in hospitals: new steps in old directions
J Public Health Med 1997 19: 408-412. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Marion R. S. Bain, James W. T. Chalmers, and David H. Brewster

Routinely collected data in national and regional databases - an under-used resource
J Public Health Med 1997 19: 413-418. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

G. Flannelly, M. K. Campbell, P. Meldrum, D. J. Torgerson, A. Templeton, and H. C. Kitchener

Immediate colposcopy or cytological surveillance for women with mild dyskaryosis: a cost effectiveness analysis
J Public Health Med 1997 19: 419-423. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Richard Reading and Christine Allen

The impact of social inequalities in child health on health visitors' work
J Public Health Med 1997 19: 424-430. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Selena F. Gray, Ian C. Spencer, Paul G. Spry, Sara T. Brookes, Ian A. Baker, Tim J. Peters, John M. Sparrow, and David L. Easty

The Bristol shared care glaucoma study – validity of measurements and patient satisfaction
J Public Health Med 1997 19: 431-436. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

David Clark, Helen Malson, Neil Small, Trish Daniel, and Karen Mallett

Needs assessment and palliative care: the views of providers
J Public Health Med 1997 19: 437-442. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

John Welshman

The Medical Officer of Health in England and Wales, 1900–1974: watchdog or lapdog?
J Public Health Med 1997 19: 443-450. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Diane C. Smith and Lindsey Davies

Who contributes to the public health function?
J Public Health Med 1997 19: 451-456. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

A. Morrison, C. M. Mackie, L. Elliott, L. M. Elliott, L. Gruer, and A. Bigrigg

The Sexual Health Help Centre: a service for young people
J Public Health Med 1997 19: 457-463. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jacqueline D. Gray and D. P. Forster

Factors associated with utilization of specialist palliative care services: a population based study
J Public Health Med 1997 19: 464-469. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

From the PHLS Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre

Quarterly Communicable Disease Review April to June 1997
J Public Health Med 1997 19: 470-475. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Correspondence:

Andres Magnusson

Do beef-eaters have an increased risk of dementia and early death?
J Public Health Med 1997 19: 476. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Slobodan Lang

Abandoned elderly population, a new category of people suffering in war
J Public Health Med 1997 19: 476-477. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

J. Walsworth-Bell

Will the delayed implementation of ICD-10 interfere with purchasers' needs assessment?
J Public Health Med 1997 19: 477-478. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Robert West and Dee Jones

Cardiac rehabilitation
J Public Health Med 1997 19: 478-479. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

William Tarnow-Mordi, Janet Tucker, Chris McCabe, Gareth Parry, M. Malek, Edmund Hey, Charles Normand, Miranda Mugford, Henry Halliday, On behalf of the UK Neonatal Staffing Study, funded by the NHS Executive Mother and Child Health Programme, and On behalf of the MRC Project for the Economic Evaluation of Surfactant

Issues in cost function specification for neonatal care: an inter-disciplinary perspective
J Public Health Med 1997 19: 479-480. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Reply:

Ciaran O'Neill and Ann Largey

Reply
J Public Health Med 1997 19: 480-481. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Book Reviews:

Martin Allaby

Book Reviews
J Public Health Med 1997 19: 482. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Sheila Parkes

Book Reviews
J Public Health Med 1997 19: 482-483. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Deborah Watmough

Book Reviews
J Public Health Med 1997 19: 483. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Nick Salfield

Book Reviews
J Public Health Med 1997 19: 484. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ian Harvey

Book Reviews
J Public Health Med 1997 19: 484-485. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

J. Van Tam

Book Reviews
J Public Health Med 1997 19: 485. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Mark Pickin

Book Reviews
J Public Health Med 1997 19: 485-486. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Kasturi Sen

Book Reviews
J Public Health Med 1997 19: 486-487. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Editors' Note:

Editors' Note
J Public Health Med 1997 19: 488-489. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Editorial Board Members:

Editorial Board Members
J Public Health Med 1997 19: 489. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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