Journal of Public Health

Editorials:

N. Vetter

Dipilotomy: regulation as a barrier to best practice in the health service
J Public Health Med 2002 24: 75-76; doi:10.1093/pubmed/24.2.75 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Articles:

Jill Dawson, Margaret Thorogood, Sally-Anne Marks, Ed Juszczak, Chris Dodd, Grahame Lavis, and Ray Fitzpatrick

The prevalence of foot problems in older women: a cause for concern
J Public Health Med 2002 24: 77-84; doi:10.1093/pubmed/24.2.77 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

P. M. Barnes and A. Maddocks

Standards in school toilets – a questionnaire survey
J Public Health Med 2002 24: 85-87; doi:10.1093/pubmed/24.2.85 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Sarah Wordsworth and Anthony Scott

Ultrasound scanning by general practitioners: is it worthwhile?
J Public Health Med 2002 24: 88-94; doi:10.1093/pubmed/24.2.88 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Raj Bhopal, Louise Hayes, Martin White, Nigel Unwin, Jane Harland, Salma Ayis, and George Alberti

Ethnic and socio-economic inequalities in coronary heart disease, diabetes and risk factors in Europeans and South Asians
J Public Health Med 2002 24: 95-105; doi:10.1093/pubmed/24.2.95 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Crispin Jenkinson, Richard Mayou, Ann Day, Andrew Garratt, and Ed Juszczak

Evaluation of the Dartmouth COOP Charts in a large-scale community survey in the United Kingdom
J Public Health Med 2002 24: 106-111; doi:10.1093/pubmed/24.2.106 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Trudy Harpham and Roger Few

The Dar Es Salaam Urban Health Project, Tanzania: a multi-dimensional evaluation
J Public Health Med 2002 24: 112-119; doi:10.1093/pubmed/24.2.112 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Mark Strong, Ravi Maheswaran, Peter R. Fryers, and Paul S. White

Are socio-economic inequalities in mortality decreasing in Trent Region, UK? An observational study, 1988–1998
J Public Health Med 2002 24: 120-122; doi:10.1093/pubmed/24.2.120 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Lesley Diack and David F. Smith

Professional strategies of Medical Officers of Health in the post-war period – 1: ‘innovative traditionalism’: the case of Dr Ian MacQueen, MOH for Aberdeen 1952–1974, a ‘bull-dog’ with the ‘hide of a rhinoceros’
J Public Health Med 2002 24: 123-129; doi:10.1093/pubmed/24.2.123 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Susan McLaurin and David F. Smith

Professional strategies of Medical Officers of Health in the post-war period – 2: ‘progressive realism’: the case of Dr R. J. Donaldson, MOH for Teesside, 1968–1974
J Public Health Med 2002 24: 130-135; doi:10.1093/pubmed/24.2.130 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Short Report:

Angela M. C. Rose, Amanda J. Gatto, and John M. Watson

Recent increases in tuberculosis notifications in England and Wales – real or artefact?
J Public Health Med 2002 24: 136-137; doi:10.1093/pubmed/24.2.136 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Quarterly Communicable Disease Review:

Joanne White, Georgia Duckworth, Kevin Fenton, Barry Evans, and Jeremy Hawker

October to December 2001 - From the PHLS Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre
J Public Health Med 2002 24: 138-144; doi:10.1093/pubmed/24.2.138 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Correspondence:

Colin Fischbacher and Andrew McMahon

Operative procedures and high-volume firms
J Public Health Med 2002 24: 145; doi:10.1093/pubmed/24.2.145 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Erika Duffell and Jane Horne

Health care needs assessment in prisons – reply
J Public Health Med 2002 24: 146; doi:10.1093/pubmed/24.2.146 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Book Reviews:

Peter Old

A Chronology of State Medicine, Public Health, Welfare and Related Services in Britain 1066–1999. M. D. Warren. Faculty of Public Health Medicine of the Royal Colleges of Physicians of the United Kingdom. 2000. ISBN: 1 900273 06 3.
J Public Health Med 2002 24: 147; doi:10.1093/pubmed/24.2.147 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Corrigendum:

Corrigendum
J Public Health Med 2002 24: 148; doi:10.1093/pubmed/24.2.148 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

My Favourite Software:

Paul Brindley and Ravi Maheswaran

My favourite software: Geographic Information Systems
J Public Health Med 2002 24: 149; doi:10.1093/pubmed/24.2.149 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Editor's Note:

Editors' Note
J Public Health Med 2002 24: 150; doi:10.1093/pubmed/24.2.150 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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