Journal of Public Health

Editorials:

Edmund Jessop

Be the best – Copy EXACTLY!
J Public Health Med 2003 25: 87; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdg019 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

For Debate:

Mark Charny

From the outside looking in
J Public Health Med 2003 25: 88-90; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdg020 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Peter J. Aspinall

Who is Asian? A category that remains contested in population and health research
J Public Health Med 2003 25: 91-97; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdg021 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Articles:

Andrew Stevens, Ruairidh Milne, and Amanda Burls

Health technology assessment: history and demand
J Public Health Med 2003 25: 98-101; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdg022 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ruairidh Milne, Andrew Clegg, and Andrew Stevens

HTA responses and the classic HTA report
J Public Health Med 2003 25: 102-106; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdg023 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jennifer Mindell and Michael Joffe

Health impact assessment in relation to other forms of impact assessment
J Public Health Med 2003 25: 107-112; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdg024 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Rachel E. Rowe and Jo Garcia

Social class, ethnicity and attendance for antenatal care in the United Kingdom: a systematic review
J Public Health Med 2003 25: 113-119; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdg025 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Shigeyuki Nakaji, Domhnall MacAuley, Siobhan O'Neill, Oonagh McNally, David Baxter, and Kazuo Sugawara

Life expectancies in the United Kingdom and Japan
J Public Health Med 2003 25: 120-124; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdg026 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

William Hamilton, Alison Round, Rebecca Goodchild, and Cindy Baker

Do community based self-reading sphygmomanometers improve detection of hypertension? A feasibility study
J Public Health Med 2003 25: 125-130; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdg027 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Lynne Murray, Matt Woolgar, Joseph Murray, and Peter Cooper

Self-exclusion from health care in women at high risk for postpartum depression
J Public Health Med 2003 25: 131-137; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdg028 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

R. Suckling, M. Ferris, and C. Price

Risk identification, assessment and management in public health practice: a practical approach in one public health department
J Public Health Med 2003 25: 138-143; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdg029 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Alison Blenkinsopp, Claire Anderson, and Miriam Armstrong

Systematic review of the effectiveness of community pharmacy-based interventions to reduce risk behaviours and risk factors for coronary heart disease
J Public Health Med 2003 25: 144-153; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdg030 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ali Montazeri, Mehregan Haji-Mahmoodi, and Soghra Jarvandi

Breast self-examination: do religious beliefs matter? A descriptive study
J Public Health Med 2003 25: 154-155; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdg031 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Richard S. Tingay, Chuan Jin Tan, Neil C.-W. Tan, Stephen Tang, Pei Fen Teoh, Rebecca Wong, and Martin C. Gulliford

Food insecurity and low income in an English inner city
J Public Health Med 2003 25: 156-159; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdg032 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

S. Banerjee, A. Patwardhan, and V. V. Savant

Mass photokeratitis following exposure to unprotected ultraviolet light
J Public Health Med 2003 25: 160; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdg033 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Nick Raithatha, Richard Holland, Simon Gerrard, and Ian Harvey

A qualitative investigation of vaccine risk perception amongst parents who immunize their children: a matter of public health concern
J Public Health Med 2003 25: 161-164; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdg034 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

J. McGregor, P. J. Marks, A. Hayward, Y. Bell, and R. C. B. Slack

Factors influencing hepatitis B vaccine uptake in injecting drug users
J Public Health Med 2003 25: 165-170; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdg035 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Short Reports:

J. Baird, M. Hammond, and M. Barker

Implementation of universal antenatal screening for HIV and hepatitis B – lessons for future work
J Public Health Med 2003 25: 171-173; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdg036 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jenni Burt, Richard Hooper, and Lynda Jessopp

The relationship between use of NHS Direct and deprivation in southeast London: an ecological analysis
J Public Health Med 2003 25: 174-176; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdg038 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Quarterly Communicable Disease Review:

Communicable Disease and Health Protection Quarterly Review: October to December 2002
J Public Health Med 2003 25: 177-182; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdg037 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Correspondence:

Vicci Owen-Smith, Andy Howe, and Judith Richardson

Television soap opera and the NHS cervical screening programme: follow-up data
J Public Health Med 2003 25: 183; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdg039 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Sarah Head and Dinesh Sethi

District-wide diabetic retinopathy screening
J Public Health Med 2003 25: 184; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdg041 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jean Adams and Martin White

Evidence concerning social capital and health inequalities is still lacking
J Public Health Med 2003 25: 184-185; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdg046 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Book Reviews:

Viv Speller

Social Marketing: Improving the Quality of Life. Philip Kotler, Ned Roberto and Nancy Lee. Sage Publications. Pp. 438
J Public Health Med 2003 25: 186; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdg040 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

List of Referees:

List of referees
J Public Health Med 2003 25: 187; doi:10.1093/pubmed/25.2.187 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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