Journal of Public Health

Editorial:

Richard Madeley

Very important changes
J Public Health Med 1998 20: 125. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Commentary:

Olivier Grimaud

The provision of private charitable hospital care in West Africa - a case study
J Public Health Med 1998 20: 125-128. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Charles Normand

Ten popular health economic fallacies
J Public Health Med 1998 20: 129-132. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

For debate:

J. M. Parry, R. C. Foy, and C. B. J. Woodman

How might general practitioner knowledge of patient Helicobacter pylori status change the management of dyspepsia in primary care?
J Public Health Med 1998 20: 133-136. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Colin Green and Ron Akehurst

New therapeutic products and difficult decisions. The case of recombinant factor VIII in the management of haemophilia A
J Public Health Med 1998 20: 137-138. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Articles:

Mike Crilly

Contributory factors to traffic accident deaths identified at coroner's inquest
J Public Health Med 1998 20: 139-143. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Raj Bhopal

The context and role of the US school of public health: implications for the United Kingdom
J Public Health Med 1998 20: 144-148. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

John Pemberton

Social medicine comes on the scene in the United Kingdom, 1936–1960
J Public Health Med 1998 20: 149-153. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Helen Smith

Needs assessment in mental health services: the DISC Framework
J Public Health Med 1998 20: 154-160. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

D. O'Reilly and M. Stevenson

The two communities in Northern Ireland: deprivation and ill health
J Public Health Med 1998 20: 161-168. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Lesly Finn and Sarah Crook

Minor surgery in general practice - setting the standards
J Public Health Med 1998 20: 169-174. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Sylvia Godden and Allyson M. Pollock

How to profile the population's use of health care and social care in one district
J Public Health Med 1998 20: 175-179. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Stephen Horsley, Steve Barrow, Nick Gent, and John Astbury

Informal care and psychiatric morbidity
J Public Health Med 1998 20: 180-185. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ian F. Mackenzie, Rob Nelder, Moira Maconachie, and Gina Radford

‘My ward is more deprived than yours’
J Public Health Med 1998 20: 186-190. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Sally Millership

Distribution of stable iodine in a nuclear emergency - are we prepared?
J Public Health Med 1998 20: 191-195. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Alastair McColl, Paul Roderick, and Cyrus Cooper

Hip fracture incidence and mortality in an English Region: a study using routine National Health Service data
J Public Health Med 1998 20: 196-205. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Anthony Hill and Julian Roberts

Body mass index: a comparison between self-reported and measured height and weight
J Public Health Med 1998 20: 206-210. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jes S. Lindholt, Svend Juul, Eskild W. Henneberg, and Helge Fasting

Is screening for abdominal aortic aneurysm acceptable to the population? Selection and recruitment to hospital-based mass screening for abdominal aortic aneurysm
J Public Health Med 1998 20: 211-217. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Andrew Ferguson, Diane Bennett, and Sarah Conning

Notification of tuberculosis in patients with AIDS
J Public Health Med 1998 20: 218-220. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Gina Netto

‘I forget myself’: the case for the provision of culturally sensitive respite services for minority ethnic carers of older people
J Public Health Med 1998 20: 221-226. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Mike Catchpole, Gervase Hamilton, Jeremy Hawker, Carol Joseph, and From the PHLS Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre

Quarterly Communicable Disease Review October to December 1997
J Public Health Med 1998 20: 227-233. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Correspondence:

Hilal Özcebe and Levent Akin

Community participation in primary health care
J Public Health Med 1998 20: 234-235. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Dorothy McKee

Putting flesh on the bones of epidemiology
J Public Health Med 1998 20: 235-236. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

David H. Brewster and Roger J. Black

Breast, lung and colorectal cancer incidence and survival in South Thames Region, 1987–1992: the effect of social deprivation
J Public Health Med 1998 20: 236-237. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Allyson M. Pollock and Neil Vickers

Reply
J Public Health Med 1998 20: 237-238. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Huw Bowen, David Fone, and Hilary Fielder

Management of chemical incidents
J Public Health Med 1998 20: 238. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Tedros A. Ghebreyesus, Mitiku Haile, Asefaw Getachew, Tesfamariam Alemayehu, Karen H. Witten, Ambachew Medhin, Mekonnen Yohannes, Yemane Asgedom, Yemane Ye-ebiyo, Steven W. Lindsay, and Peter Byass

Pilot studies on the possible effects on malaria of small-scale irrigation dams in Tigray regional state, Ethiopia
J Public Health Med 1998 20: 238-240. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Book Reviews:

Chris Packham

Book Reviews
J Public Health Med 1998 20: 241. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Allen Hutchinson

Book Reviews
J Public Health Med 1998 20: 241-242. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

M. J. Bendall

Book Reviews
J Public Health Med 1998 20: 242. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jennifer Mindell

Book Reviews
J Public Health Med 1998 20: 242-243. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Michael Dewey

Book Reviews
J Public Health Med 1998 20: 243. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Maurice Beaver

Book Reviews
J Public Health Med 1998 20: 243-245. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Keith Neal

Book Reviews
J Public Health Med 1998 20: 245. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Keith Neal

Book Reviews
J Public Health Med 1998 20: 245. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Editorial Board Members:

Editorial Board Members
J Public Health Med 1998 20: 246. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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