Journal of Public Health

Editorial:

E. G. Jessop

Another public health triumph
Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on October 31, 2006
J Public Health 2006 28: 297-298; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdl073 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

For debate:

Stefanie Ettelt, Ellen Nolte, Martin McKee, Odd Arild Haugen, Ingvar Karlberg, Niek Klazinga, Walter Ricciardi, and Juha Teperi

Evidence-based policy? The use of mobile phones in hospital
Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on October 27, 2006
J Public Health 2006 28: 299-303; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdl067 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Field report:

Abdu Mohiddin, Lucinda Cawley, Yimmy Chow, and Ruth Wallis

Life as a league table bottom dweller: teenage pregnancy in Lambeth
Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on November 9, 2006
J Public Health 2006 28: 304-308; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdl069 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Health improvement:

Rosemary Fox

Informed choice in screening programmes: Do leaflets help? A critical literature review
Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on October 23, 2006
J Public Health 2006 28: 309-317; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdl066 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

O. W. Morgan, H. Johnson, C. Rooney, V. Seagroatt, and C. Griffiths

Changes to the daily pattern of methadone-related deaths in England and Wales, 1993–2003
Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on October 23, 2006
J Public Health 2006 28: 318-323; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdl059 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

R. J. O’Connor, L. T. Kozlowski, R. Borland, D. Hammond, and A. McNeill

Relationship between constituent labelling and reporting of tar yields among smokers in four countries
Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on September 14, 2006
J Public Health 2006 28: 324-329; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdl056 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Lesley Patterson, Paul Jarvis, Arpana Verma, Roger Harrison, and Iain Buchan

Measuring children and monitoring obesity: surveys of English Primary Care Trusts 2004–06
Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on October 30, 2006
J Public Health 2006 28: 330-336; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdl070 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Health protection:

Jim McLauchlin, K.A. Grant, and C.L. Little

Food-borne botulism in the United Kingdom
Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on August 17, 2006
J Public Health 2006 28: 337-342; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdl053 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ruth Kipping, Howard Eastcott, and Joyshri Sarangi

Tropical fish poisoning in temperate climates: food poisoning from ciguatera toxin presenting in Avonmouth
Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on October 18, 2006
J Public Health 2006 28: 343-346; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdl064 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

R. R. Kipping, S. Hamilton, M. Roderick, and K. Alexander

Developing audit standards required for outbreaks of communicable diseases—lessons from a mumps outbreak
Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on October 25, 2006
J Public Health 2006 28: 347-350; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdl065 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

A. K. Lyon, M. Bardhan, P. Barker, and P. Wilson

Computer technology and the childhood immunization programme: an investigation of low uptake rates in Coventry Primary Care Trust
Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on September 6, 2006
J Public Health 2006 28: 351-354; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdl050 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Health services:

Bruce J. Willoughby, K. Faulkner, E. C. Stamp, and C. J. Whitaker

A descriptive study of the decline in cervical screening coverage rates in the North East and Yorkshire and the Humber Regions of the UK from 1995 to 2005
Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on October 24, 2006
J Public Health 2006 28: 355-360; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdl062 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

S. de Lusignan, J. Belsey, N. Hague, N. Dhoul, and J. van Vlymen

Audit-based education to reduce suboptimal management of cholesterol in primary care: a before and after study
Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on October 11, 2006
J Public Health 2006 28: 361-369; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdl052 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

A. Ryan, S. Wilson, S. Greenfield, S. Clifford, R. J. McManus, and H. M. Pattison

Range of self-tests available to buy in the United Kingdom: an Internet survey
Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on October 18, 2006
J Public Health 2006 28: 370-374; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdl051 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

B. J. Moran

Decision-making and technical factors account for the learning curve in complex surgery
Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on July 26, 2006
J Public Health 2006 28: 375-378; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdl048 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Health information:

J. Adams and M. White

Removing the health domain from the Index of Multiple Deprivation 2004—effect on measured inequalities in census measure of health
Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on October 25, 2006
J Public Health 2006 28: 379-383; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdl061 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Cochrane update:

Rebecca Armstrong, Elizabeth Waters, Helen Roberts, Sandy Oliver, and Jennie Popay

The role and theoretical evolution of knowledge translation and exchange in public health
Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on November 2, 2006
J Public Health 2006 28: 384-389; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdl072 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

QCDR:

From the Health Protection Agency

Communicable Disease and Health Protection Quarterly Review: April to June 2006
J Public Health 2006 28: 390-393; doi:10.1093/jpubhealth/fdl075 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Correspondence:

Oliver Morgan and David Pencheon

Make it boring: letter to the Journal of Public Health
Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on September 25, 2006
J Public Health 2006 28: 394-395; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdl058 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Khalid Hussain, Julien Al-Shakarchi, Anys Mahmoudi, Ali Al-Mawlawi, and Tim Marshall

Mobile phones and driving: a follow-up
Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on September 14, 2006
J Public Health 2006 28: 395-396; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdl057 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Georgios Lyratzopoulos

Inappropriate lack of stratification by elective or emergency operation status and missing information on important confounders
Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on September 1, 2006
J Public Health 2006 28: 396-397; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdl054 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Andy Judge (on behalf of Jiri Chard, Ian Learmonth and Paul Dieppe)

Reply: Inappropriate lack of stratification by elective or emergency operation status and missing information on important confounders
Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on November 1, 2006
J Public Health 2006 28: 397; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdl071 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Book Reviews:

Daniel Farewell

Study design and statistical analysis: a practical guide for clinicians. Mitchell H. Katz. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0521826756 (hardback) ($95.00); ISBN 0521534070 (paperback) ($39.99).
Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on October 13, 2006
J Public Health 2006 28: 398; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdl063 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Errata:

Errata
J Public Health 2006 28: 399; doi:10.1093/jpubhealth/fdl049 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

J Public Health 2006 28: 400; doi:10.1093/jpubhealth/fdl060 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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