Journal of Public Health

Editorial:

Norman Vetter

The postman’s dilemma
Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on February 15, 2006
J Public Health 2006 28: 1-2; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdi081 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Health improvement:

Martin Frisher, Heath Heatlie, and Mathew Hickman

Prevalence of problematic and injecting drug use for Drug Action Team areas in England
Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on January 25, 2006
J Public Health 2006 28: 3-9; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdi073 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Amelia A. Lake, John C. Mathers, Andrew J. Rugg-Gunn, and Ashley J. Adamson

Longitudinal change in food habits between adolescence (11–12 years) and adulthood (32–33 years): the ASH30 Study
Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on February 10, 2006
J Public Health 2006 28: 10-16; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdi082 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

I. L. Gee, A. F. R. Watson, J. Carrington, P. R. Edwards, M. van Tongeren, P. McElduff, and R. E. Edwards

Second-hand smoke levels in UK pubs and bars: do the English Public Health White Paper proposals go far enough?
Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on January 25, 2006
J Public Health 2006 28: 17-23; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdi076 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Sally J. Haw, Laurence Gruer, Amanda Amos, Candace Currie, Colin Fischbacher, Geoffrey T. Fong, Gerard Hastings, Sally Malam, Jill Pell, Calum Scott, and Sean Semple

Legislation on smoking in enclosed public places in Scotland: how will we evaluate the impact?
Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on February 17, 2006
J Public Health 2006 28: 24-30; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdi080 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Health services:

Robin Singaroyan, C. Alison Seed, and Robin M. Egdell

Is a target culture in health care always compatible with efficient use of resources? A cost-effectiveness analysis of an intervention to achieve thrombolysis targets
Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on January 25, 2006
J Public Health 2006 28: 31-34; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdi072 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Julia A. Evans, Hugh J. N. Bethell, and Sally C. Turner

NSF for CHD: 3 years of 12-month follow-up audit after cardiac rehabilitation
Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on October 26, 2005
J Public Health 2006 28: 35-38; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdi064 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Mark Strong, Ravi Maheswaran, and John Radford

Socioeconomic deprivation, coronary heart disease prevalence and quality of care: a practice-level analysis in Rotherham using data from the new UK general practitioner Quality and Outcomes Framework
Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on January 25, 2006
J Public Health 2006 28: 39-42; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdi065 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Health protection:

Florencia G. Palis, Rica Joy Flor, Hilary Warburton, and Mahabub Hossain

Our farmers at risk: behaviour and belief system in pesticide safety
Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on January 25, 2006
J Public Health 2006 28: 43-48; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdi066 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Tanya Trayers, Rosemary Deem, Kenneth R. Fox, Chris J. Riddoch, Andy R. Ness, and Debbie A. Lawlor

Improving health through neighbourhood environmental change: are we speaking the same language? A qualitative study of views of different stakeholders
Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on January 25, 2006
J Public Health 2006 28: 49-55; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdi075 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Geoffrey J. Barnes and Catherine Quigley

Flu vaccination in nursing homes: a survey of nursing-home managers
Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on January 25, 2006
J Public Health 2006 28: 56-60; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdi074 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

J. McLauchlin, C. L. Little, K. A. Grant, and V. Mithani

Scombrotoxic fish poisoning
Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on October 25, 2005
J Public Health 2006 28: 61-62; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdi063 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Epidemiology:

Michikazu Sekine, Tarani Chandola, Pekka Martikainen, David McGeoghegan, Michael Marmot, and Sadanobu Kagamimori

Explaining social inequalities in health by sleep: the Japanese civil servants study
Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on November 14, 2005
J Public Health 2006 28: 63-70; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdi067 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Peter Congdon

Estimating diabetes prevalence by small area in England
Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on January 25, 2006
J Public Health 2006 28: 71-81; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdi068 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Communicable Disease:

From the Health Protection Agency

Communicable Disease and Health Protection Quarterly Review: July to September 2005
J Public Health 2006 28: 82-84; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdi088 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Correspondence:

Wai-On Phoon

Oral history: Alwyn Smith
J Public Health 2006 28: 85; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdi084 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Book review:

Daragh Fahey

Building Better Health. A Handbook Of Behavioural Change. David Jenkins. Pan American Health Organisation, 2003, pp. 378, $40.00. ISBN 92-75-11590-7.
J Public Health 2006 28: 86; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdi083 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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