Journal of Public Health

Editorials:

Sian Griffiths and David Haslam

Putting public health practice into primary care practice: practical implications of implementing the changes in Shifting the balance of power in England
J Public Health Med 2002 24: 243-245; doi:10.1093/pubmed/24.4.243 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Articles:

Michiyo Iwami and Roland Petchey

A CLAS act? Community-based organizations, health service decentralization and primary care development in Peru
J Public Health Med 2002 24: 246-251; doi:10.1093/pubmed/24.4.246 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Martin C. Gulliford

Availability of primary care doctors and population health in England: is there an association?
J Public Health Med 2002 24: 252-254; doi:10.1093/pubmed/24.4.252 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

F. Lloyd, E. A. Gilman, G. R. Law, and R. A. Cartwright

Leukaemia incidence near coastal features
J Public Health Med 2002 24: 255-260; doi:10.1093/pubmed/24.4.255 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Alison Cooke and Lisa Gray

Evaluating the quality of Internet-based information about alternative therapies: development of the BIOME guidelines
J Public Health Med 2002 24: 261-267; doi:10.1093/pubmed/24.4.261 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

A. Newnham and H. Møller

Trends in the incidence of cutaneous malignant melanomas in the south east of England, 1960–1998
J Public Health Med 2002 24: 268-275; doi:10.1093/pubmed/24.4.268 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Mary M. Haines, Anne McMunn, James Y. Nazroo, and Yvonne J. Kelly

Social and demographic predictors of parental consultation for child psychological difficulties
J Public Health Med 2002 24: 276-284; doi:10.1093/pubmed/24.4.276 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

M. C. Thomas, M. Walker, L. T. Lennon, A. G. Thomson, F. C. Lampe, A. G. Shaper, and P. H. Whincup

Non-attendance at re-examination 20 years after screening in the British Regional Heart Study
J Public Health Med 2002 24: 285-291; doi:10.1093/pubmed/24.4.285 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

David Fone, Sandra Hollinghurst, Gwyn Bevan, Edward Coyle, and Stephen Palmer

Information for clinical governance: analysis of routine hospital activity data in Wales
J Public Health Med 2002 24: 292-298; doi:10.1093/pubmed/24.4.292 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Andy Howe, Vicci Owen-Smith, and Judith Richardson

The impact of a television soap opera on the NHS Cervical Screening Programme in the North West of England
J Public Health Med 2002 24: 299-304; doi:10.1093/pubmed/24.4.299 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Judith Richardson, Vicci Owen-Smith, and Andy Howe

The effect of ‘Alma's’ death on women attending for a cervical smear: a questionnaire survey
J Public Health Med 2002 24: 305-306; doi:10.1093/pubmed/24.4.305 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Stephen Abbott

Prescribing welfare benefits advice in primary care: is it a health intervention, and if so, what sort?
J Public Health Med 2002 24: 307-312; doi:10.1093/pubmed/24.4.307 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

M. D. Tobin, J. Milligan, R. Shukla, B. Crump, and P. R. Burton

South Asian ethnicity and risk of childhood accidents: an ecological study at enumeration district level in Leicester
J Public Health Med 2002 24: 313-318; doi:10.1093/pubmed/24.4.313 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Elizabeth Davies and Peter Littlejohns

Views of Directors of Public Health about NICE Appraisal Guidance: results of a postal survey
J Public Health Med 2002 24: 319-325; doi:10.1093/pubmed/24.4.319 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Abdel-hamid Afana, Odd Steffen Dalgard, Espen Bjertness, and Berthold Grunfeld

The ability of general practitioners to detect mental disorders among primary care patients in a stressful environment: Gaza Strip
J Public Health Med 2002 24: 326-331; doi:10.1093/pubmed/24.4.326 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Short Report:

Phil J. Webster-Harrison, Andy G. Barton, Hilary P. Sanders, Susan D. Anderson, and Frank Dobbs

Alcohol awareness and unit labelling
J Public Health Med 2002 24: 332-333; doi:10.1093/pubmed/24.4.332 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Quarterly Communicable Disease Review:

Jeremy Hawker and Kevin Fenton

April to June 2002 - From the PHLS Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre
J Public Health Med 2002 24: 334-340; doi:10.1093/pubmed/24.4.334 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Correspondence:

Geof Rayner

Future role of public health medicine
J Public Health Med 2002 24: 341; doi:10.1093/pubmed/24.4.341 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Frank Houghton

First, first among equals, or equals? Challenging the medical role in public health
J Public Health Med 2002 24: 341-342; doi:10.1093/pubmed/24.4.341-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Frada Eskin

Reply
J Public Health Med 2002 24: 342. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

L. J. Kinlen and P. Tiplady

The ‘Seascale cluster’
J Public Health Med 2002 24: 342-343; doi:10.1093/pubmed/24.4.342-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Richard Wakeford

Childhood cancer in Seascale
J Public Health Med 2002 24: 343-344; doi:10.1093/pubmed/24.4.343 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Martin Schweiger

More than one reason to immunize health care workers
J Public Health Med 2002 24: 344; doi:10.1093/pubmed/24.4.344 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Book Reviews:

Steve George

Teaching Epidemiology: a guide for teachers in epidemiology, public health and clinical medicine, second edition. Jørn Olsen, Rodolfo Saracci and Dimitrious Trichopoulos (eds). Oxford University Press, in collaboration with the International Epidemiology Association and the European Educational Programme in Epidemiology. Pp. 394. ISBN: 0 19 850969 3 (hardback); 0 19 236066 0 (paperback)
J Public Health Med 2002 24: 345-346; doi:10.1093/pubmed/24.4.345 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

My Favourite Software:

Alison Hill and Kate Saffin

My favourite software: using templates in Word
J Public Health Med 2002 24: 347; doi:10.1093/pubmed/24.4.347 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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