Journal of Public Health

Editorials:

E. G. Jessop

Public health law, politics and history – what evidence hierarchy?
J Public Health Med 2002 24: 151; doi:10.1093/pubmed/24.3.151 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

For Debate:

John Wright, Antony Franks, Phil Ayres, Karen Jones, Tony Roberts, and Paula Whitty

Public health in hospitals: the missing link in health improvement
J Public Health Med 2002 24: 152-155; doi:10.1093/pubmed/24.3.152 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Paul Pilkington

Social capital and health: measuring and understanding social capital at a local level could help to tackle health inequalities more effectively
J Public Health Med 2002 24: 156-159; doi:10.1093/pubmed/24.3.156 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Articles:

Francine Watkins, Neil Bendel, Alex Scott-Samuel, and Margaret Whitehead

Through a glass darkly: what should public health observatories be observing?
J Public Health Med 2002 24: 160-164; doi:10.1093/pubmed/24.3.160 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Sylvia Godden, Azeem Majeed, Allyson Pollock, and Andrew B. Bindman

How are primary care groups approaching clinical governance? A review of clinical governance plans from primary care groups in London
J Public Health Med 2002 24: 165-169; doi:10.1093/pubmed/24.3.165 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Louise Hayes, Martin White, Nigel Unwin, Raj Bhopal, Colin Fischbacher, Jane Harland, and K. G. M. M. Alberti

Patterns of physical activity and relationship with risk markers for cardiovascular disease and diabetes in Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi and European adults in a UK population
J Public Health Med 2002 24: 170-178; doi:10.1093/pubmed/24.3.170 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Stephen Wilkinson, Gordon Taylor, Lorna Templeton, Willm Mistral, Emma Salter, and Peter Bennett

Admissions to hospital for deliberate self-harm in England 1995–2000: an analysis of Hospital Episode Statistics
J Public Health Med 2002 24: 179-183; doi:10.1093/pubmed/24.3.179 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Julia E. Raines and Jeremy Wight

The mortality experience of people admitted to nursing homes
J Public Health Med 2002 24: 184-189; doi:10.1093/pubmed/24.3.184 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ugo Okoli and Kate Mackay

An evaluation of diabetic retinopathy screening models
J Public Health Med 2002 24: 190-195; doi:10.1093/pubmed/24.3.190 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Joe Low, Alastair Smith, Steve George, Paul Roderick, and Carol Davis

How many patients with haematological malignancy need the facilities offered by a district general hospital?
J Public Health Med 2002 24: 196-199; doi:10.1093/pubmed/24.3.196 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

H. Dodhia, N. S. Crowcroft, J. C. Bramley, and E. Miller

UK guidelines for use of erythromycin chemoprophylaxis in persons exposed to pertussis
J Public Health Med 2002 24: 200-206; doi:10.1093/pubmed/24.3.200 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

V. Mohanan Nair

Polio eradication – global initiative; strategy challenged in Kerala, India
J Public Health Med 2002 24: 207-210; doi:10.1093/pubmed/24.3.207 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Pat A. Tookey, Mario Cortina-Borja, and Catherine S. Peckham

Rubella susceptibility among pregnant women in North London, 1996–1999
J Public Health Med 2002 24: 211-216; doi:10.1093/pubmed/24.3.211 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Diane Rowland, Elizabeth Afolabi, and Ian Roberts

Prevention of deaths and injuries caused by house fires: survey of local authority smoke alarm policies
J Public Health Med 2002 24: 217-218; doi:10.1093/pubmed/24.3.217 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Vaseekaran Sivarajasingam, Jonathan Shepherd, Kent Matthews, and Sally Jones

Trends in violence in England and Wales 1995–2000: an accident and emergency perspective
J Public Health Med 2002 24: 219-226; doi:10.1093/pubmed/24.3.219 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

E. Waters and J. Doyle

Evidence-based public health practice: improving the quality and quantity of the evidence
J Public Health Med 2002 24: 227-229; doi:10.1093/pubmed/24.3.227 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Short Report:

David C. Pinder

Monitoring the death rates of general practitioners' patients in a single Health Authority
J Public Health Med 2002 24: 230-231; doi:10.1093/pubmed/24.3.230 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Quarterly Communicable Disease Review:

Sarah O'Brien, Anne-Claire de Benoist, Moira Brett, Alasdair Reid, Barry Evans, Mike Catchpole, Philip Mortimer, Simon Gregor, and Joanne White

January to March 2002 - From the PHLS Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre
J Public Health Med 2002 24: 232-238; doi:10.1093/pubmed/24.3.232 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Correspondence:

E. Duffell and J. Sarangi

Neonatal BCG immunization
J Public Health Med 2002 24: 239; doi:10.1093/pubmed/24.3.239 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jonathan Wyllie and Katherine Eastham

Reply
J Public Health Med 2002 24: 239-240. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Catherine Law

Public health networks
J Public Health Med 2002 24: 240; doi:10.1093/pubmed/24.3.240 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Book Reviews:

Michael Colquhoun

Measurement of clinical performance. Practical approaches in acute myocardial infarction. Edited by Robert West and Robin Norris. Royal College of Physicians of London
J Public Health Med 2002 24: 241; doi:10.1093/pubmed/24.3.241 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

My Favourite Software:

Alistair Lipp

Stats Direct
J Public Health Med 2002 24: 242; doi:10.1093/pubmed/24.3.242 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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