Journal of Public Health

Editorial:

E. G. Jessop

People like us
Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on April 8, 2005
J Public Health 2005 27: 131-132; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdi027 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

For debate:

Sara Allin, Elias Mossialos, Walter Holland, and Martin McKee

The Wanless report and decision-making in public health
Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on March 17, 2005
J Public Health 2005 27: 133-134; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdi014 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Oral history:

Christopher Cook

Oral History – Professor Alwyn Smith
Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on April 8, 2005
J Public Health 2005 27: 135-142; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdi023 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Health improvement:

James Gilligan and Bandy Lee

The Resolve to Stop the Violence Project: reducing violence in the community through a jail-based initiative
Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on April 8, 2005
J Public Health 2005 27: 143-148; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdi011 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

James Gilligan and Bandy Lee

The Resolve to Stop the Violence Project: transforming an in-house culture of violence through a jail-based programme
Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on April 8, 2005
J Public Health 2005 27: 149-155; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdi018 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Haomiao Jia and Erica I. Lubetkin

The impact of obesity on health-related quality-of-life in the general adult US population
Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on April 8, 2005
J Public Health 2005 27: 156-164; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdi025 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Health services:

Veena C. de Souza and David P. Strachan

Relationship between travel time to the nearest hospital and survival from ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms: record linkage study
Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on March 4, 2005
J Public Health 2005 27: 165-170; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdi001 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Pauline Monaghan, Liam Murray, Michael Donnelly, Peter McCarron, Roy Spence, and Anna Gavin

Breast cancer services – a population-based study of service reorganization
Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on March 4, 2005
J Public Health 2005 27: 171-175; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdi003 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Miranda J. Pallan, John G. Linnane, and Sam Ramaiah

Evaluation of an independent, radiographer-led community diagnostic ultrasound service provided to general practitioners
Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on March 4, 2005
J Public Health 2005 27: 176-181; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdi006 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Caroline Mulvaney, Andrew Wilson, Carol Coupland, Vicky Hammersley, Jane Dyas, and Robin Carlisle

Does increased use of private health care reduce the demand for NHS care? A prospective survey of General Practice referrals
Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on March 17, 2005
J Public Health 2005 27: 182-188; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdi013 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Kai Ming Chow and Cheuk Chun Szeto

Impact of enforcing the Labour Ordinance, with 1-in-7-day off for hospital doctors, on weekend hospital discharge rate
Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on March 17, 2005
J Public Health 2005 27: 189-191; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdi022 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Health protection:

Helen Hogan, Richard Coker, Alex Gordon, Hilary Pickles, and Margie Meltzer

Screening of new entrants for tuberculosis: responses to port notifications
Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on March 17, 2005
J Public Health 2005 27: 192-195; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdi019 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Sally Millership and Amelia Cummins

Identification of tuberculosis cases by port health screening in Essex 1997–2003
Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on March 17, 2005
J Public Health 2005 27: 196-198; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdi020 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Epidemiology:

P. Hanlon, R. S. Lawder, D. Buchanan, A. Redpath, D. Walsh, R. Wood, M. Bain, D. H. Brewster, J. Chalmers, and David Walsh

Why is mortality higher in Scotland than in England and Wales? Decreasing influence of socioeconomic deprivation between 1981 and 2001 supports the existence of a ‘Scottish Effect’
Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on March 17, 2005
J Public Health 2005 27: 199-204; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdi002 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Lauren Hale

Who has time to sleep?
Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on March 4, 2005
J Public Health 2005 27: 205-211; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdi004 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Helen F. Boardman, Elaine Thomas, Helen Ogden, Peter R. Croft, and David S. Millson

A method to determine if consenters to population surveys are representative of the target study population
Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on March 17, 2005
J Public Health 2005 27: 212-214; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdi017 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Celia McMichael, Elizabeth Waters, and Jimmy Volmink

Evidence-based public health: what does it offer developing countries?
Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on April 8, 2005
J Public Health 2005 27: 215-221; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdi024 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Communicable Disease:

Communicable Disease and Health Protection Quarterly Review: October to December 2004: From the Health Protection Agency, Centre for Infections
J Public Health 2005 27: 222-227; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdi028 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Correspondence:

D. M. Fleming, A. M. Ross, K. W. Cross, H. Kendall, and A. J. Elliot

Concerning: ‘Why has antibiotic prescribing for respiratory illness declined in primary care? A longitudinal study using the General Practice Research Database’
Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on March 4, 2005
J Public Health 2005 27: 228-229; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdi007 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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

Reply
Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on March 18, 2005
J Public Health 2005 27: 229-231; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdi008 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jean Adams

Re: Low A, Low A. Measuring the gap: quantifying and comparing local health inequalities. J Publ Hlth 2004; 26: 388–395
Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on March 17, 2005
J Public Health 2005 27: 231; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdi015 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Anne Low and Allan Low

Reply
Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on March 17, 2005
J Public Health 2005 27: 231-232; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdi016 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Book Reviews:

Catherine Law

Child Public Health. Mitch Blair, Sarah Stewart–brown, Tony Waterston, Rachel Crowther. Oxford University Press, 2003. ISBN 0-19-263-192-6. £29.50
Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on March 17, 2005
J Public Health 2005 27: 233; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdi021 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Robert Arthur

Damp Indoor Spaces and Health. Institute of Medicine: Committee on Damp Indoor Spaces and Health. The National Academy Press. ISBN 0-309-09193-4. Washington, D.C. 2004, pp. 355.
Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on March 18, 2005
J Public Health 2005 27: 234; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdi010 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Christopher C. Potter

Geology and health: closing the gap. H. Catherine W. Skinner and Anthony R. Berger (Eds). New York: Oxford University Press. 2003 (Hardback).
Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on April 8, 2005
J Public Health 2005 27: 234-235; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdi029 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Errata:

Erratum
J Public Health 2005 27: 235; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdi009 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Endpiece:

A. L. H. Moss

Lessons in giving vaccines: soft tissue complications of vaccinations
Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on April 8, 2005
J Public Health 2005 27: 236-237; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdi026 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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