Journal of Public Health

Editorial:

Richard Madeley

Happy birthday, Healthy Cities
J Public Health Med 1998 20: 372. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Articles:

Jo E. Asvall

Athens Declaration for Healthy Cities
J Public Health Med 1998 20: 372-374. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

David H. Stone

The clinical epidemiology ward round: can we teach public health medicine at the bedside?
J Public Health Med 1998 20: 377-381. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Annette L. Wood and Sarah J. O'Brien

A primary care perspective of meningococcal disease
J Public Health Med 1998 20: 382-385. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Deborah Wilson and Raj Bhopal

Impact of infection on mortality and hospitalization in the North East of England
J Public Health Med 1998 20: 386-395. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jo Brett, Joan Austoker, and Giok Ong

Do women who undergo further investigation for breast screening suffer adverse psychological consequences? A multi-centre follow-up study comparing different breast creening result groups five months after their last breast screening appointment
J Public Health Med 1998 20: 396-403. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Susan Michie, Abi Allanson, David Armstrong, John Weinman, Martin Bobrow, and Theresa M. Marteau

Objectives of genetic counselling: differing views of purchasers, providers and users
J Public Health Med 1998 20: 404-408. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Mark McCarthy

The contracting round: achieving health gain or financial balance?
J Public Health Med 1998 20: 409-413. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

S. M. Campbell, M. O. Roland, J. A. Quayle, S. A. Buetow, and P. G. Shekelle

Quality indicators for general practice: which ones can general practitioners and health authority managers agree are important and how useful are they?
J Public Health Med 1998 20: 414-421. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

F. L. R. Williams, C. du V. Florey, G. J. Mires, and S. A. Ogston

Episiotomy and perineal tears in low-risk UK primigravidae
J Public Health Med 1998 20: 422-427. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Lorna Kwai Ping Suen

Occupation and risk of hip fracture
J Public Health Med 1998 20: 428-433. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Catherine Snaith

Healthy housing - advice for students
J Public Health Med 1998 20: 434-440. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Shah Ebrahim and George Davey Smith

Lowering blood pressure: a systematic review of sustained effects of non-pharmacological interventions
J Public Health Med 1998 20: 441-448. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Adam Lowy, Ropo Ojo, Anna Stegeman, and Ian Vellacott

Meeting women's need for a flexible abortion service: retrospective study of a specialist day-care unit
J Public Health Med 1998 20: 449-454. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Anna Berglund and Gunilla Lindmark

The impact of obstetric risk factors and socioeconomic characteristics on utilization of antenatal care
J Public Health Med 1998 20: 455-462. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ian Roberts, Leah Li, and Maggie Barker

Trends in intentional injury deaths in children and teenagers (1980–1995)
J Public Health Med 1998 20: 463-466. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Phllip Hanlon, David Walsh, Bruce W. Whyte, Sheila N. Scott, Pauline Lightbody, and Mary L M. Gilhooly

Hospital use by an ageing cohort: an investigation into the association between biological, behavioural and social risk markers and subsequent hospital utilization
J Public Health Med 1998 20: 467-476. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

From the PHLS Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre

Quarterly Communicable Disease Review April to June 1998
J Public Health Med 1998 20: 477-483. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

For debate:

Caron Grainger and Rod Griffiths

Public health leadership - Do we have it? Do we need it?
J Public Health Med 1998 20: 375-376. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Correspondence:

Walid K. H. Fakhoury

The UK Annual Patient Satisfaction Survey: can it really reflect the quality of the NHS?
J Public Health Med 1998 20: 484-485. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jim Paris

Performance assessment
J Public Health Med 1998 20: 485-486. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

A. K. Mukerjee, N. Soltanpoor, and Tony Swan

To reintroduce school BCG or abolish it - the dilemma for the newly formed health authorities
J Public Health Med 1998 20: 486-487. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

J. Clowes and J. Varlow

Does breast cancer screening depend on a wobbly hypothesis?
J Public Health Med 1998 20: 487-488. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

David Watmough

Reply
J Public Health Med 1998 20: 488-489. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Thomas J. Scanlon

Minor surgery and general practice
J Public Health Med 1998 20: 489. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Lesly Finn

Reply
J Public Health Med 1998 20: 489-490. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Book reviews:

Keith Neil

Book Reviews
J Public Health Med 1998 20: 491. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Richard Madeley

Book Reviews
J Public Health Med 1998 20: 491-492. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Editors' Note:

Editors' Note
J Public Health Med 1998 20: 493. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Volume 20 index:

Volume 20 index
J Public Health Med 1998 20: 494. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Editorial Board Members:

Editorial Board Members
J Public Health Med 1998 20: 494. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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