Journal of Public Health

Editorial:

E. G. Jessop

Anecdote bad, story good
J Public Health 2004 26: 219; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdh156 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

History:

Christopher Cook

Interview with Dame Rosemary Rue
J Public Health 2004 26: 220-229; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdh157 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Health promotion:

Christian A. Gericke and Reinhard Busse

Policies for disease prevention in Germany in the European context: a comparative analysis
J Public Health 2004 26: 230-238; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdh149 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Abu Saleh M. Abdullah, Anthony J. Hedley, Sophia S. C. Chan, Winnie W. N. Ho, Tai-Hing Lam, and on behalf of the Hong Kong Council on Smoking and Health Smoking Cessation Health Centre Steering Group

Establishment and evaluation of a smoking cessation clinic in Hong Kong: a model for the future service provider
J Public Health 2004 26: 239-244; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdh147 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Sunita Dodani, Rozina Mistry, Aftab Khwaja, Muna Farooqi, Riaz Qureshi, and Khawar Kazmi

Prevalence and awareness of risk factors and behaviours of coronary heart disease in an urban population of Karachi, the largest city of Pakistan: a community survey
J Public Health 2004 26: 245-249; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdh154 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

C. M. Fischbacher, S. Hunt, and L. Alexander

How physically active are South Asians in the United Kingdom? A literature review
J Public Health 2004 26: 250-258; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdh158 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Health services:

R. Ian Williams, Alan G. Fraser, and Robert R. West

Gender differences in management after acute myocardial infarction: not ‘sexism’ but a reflection of age at presentation
J Public Health 2004 26: 259-263; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdh159 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Pete Pockney, John Primrose, Helen Kinley, Steve George, Val Lattimer, Helen Smith, Paul Little, Adam Lowy, and Roger Kneebone

Impact of the introduction of fee for service payments on types of minor surgical procedures undertaken by general practitioners: observational study
J Public Health 2004 26: 264-267; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdh152 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Mark Ashworth, Kate Cox, Radoslav Latinovic, Judith Charlton, Martin Gulliford, and Gill Rowlands

Why has antibiotic prescribing for respiratory illness declined in primary care? A longitudinal study using the General Practice Research Database
J Public Health 2004 26: 268-274; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdh160 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jenni Burt, Cathy Shipman, Stephen Barclay, Nigel Marshall, Amanda Stimson, and Jason Young

Continuity within primary palliative care: an audit of general practice out-of-hours co-operatives
J Public Health 2004 26: 275-276; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdh161 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Roger Webb, Therese Brammah, Mark Lunt, Michelle Urwin, Tim Allison, and Deborah Symmons

Opportunities for prevention of ‘clinically significant’ knee pain: results from a population-based cross sectional survey
J Public Health 2004 26: 277-284; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdh162 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Health protection:

Elizabeth H. Boxall and Neil Smith

Antenatal screening for HIV; are those who refuse testing at higher risk than those who accept testing?
J Public Health 2004 26: 285-287; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdh148 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Felix Greaves

What are the most appropriate methods of surveillance for monitoring an emerging respiratory infection such as SARS?
J Public Health 2004 26: 288-292; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdh155 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

R. Webb, J. Richardson, A. Esmail, and A. Pickles

Uptake for cervical screening by ethnicity and place-of-birth: a population-based cross-sectional study
J Public Health 2004 26: 293-296; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdh128 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Methods:

Vanessa Rose and Elizabeth Harris

From efficacy to effectiveness: case studies in unemployment research
J Public Health 2004 26: 297-302; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdh146 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Cochrane update:

N. Jackson, E. Waters, and the Guidelines for Systematic Reviews of Health Promotion and Public Health Interventions Taskforce

The challenges of systematically reviewing public health interventions
J Public Health 2004 26: 303-307; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdh164 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Quarterly Communicable Disease Review:

Communicable Disease and Health Protection Quarterly Review: January to March 2004
J Public Health 2004 26: 308-316; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdh165 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Correspondence:

O. L. Lloyd

Risk of congenital anomalies near the Byker waste combustion plant
J Public Health 2004 26: 317; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdh153 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jean Adams and Martin White

Reducing inequalities in non-fatal accidents in England
J Public Health 2004 26: 317-318; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdh150 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Mark McCarthy

Reply
J Public Health 2004 26: 318-319; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdh151 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ian Burnell, Kathleen Thomas, and Iain J. Robbé

Letter
J Public Health 2004 26: 319; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdh166 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Gordon Pledger

Situational awareness in public health
J Public Health 2004 26: 319-320; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdh167 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Gianluca Quaglio, Fabio Lugoboni, and Paolo Mezzelani

HBV vaccination should be performed in service centres for drug users: an Italian experience
J Public Health 2004 26: 320; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdh170 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Book Reviews:

Chris Potter

When food kills: BSE, E.coli, and disaster science. T. Hugh Pennington. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-852517-6 (£26.50) Oxford. 2003, pp. 225.
J Public Health 2004 26: 321; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdh168 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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