Journal of Public Health

Editorial:

Norman Vetter and David Vetter

Traditional Chinese medicine—is the grass always greener?
Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on February 7, 2007
J Public Health 2007 29: 1-2; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdm004 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

For debate:

Martin McKee

A crisis of governance?
Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on July 26, 2006
J Public Health 2007 29: 3-8; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdl036 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Health improvement:

Katrin Engelhardt, Byung Chul Ahn, Sung-Il Cho, and Hyojee Joung

Predictors of interest in nutrition topics and willingness to participate in local nutrition programmes
Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on June 29, 2006
J Public Health 2007 29: 9-12; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdl024 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jan Gill and Fiona O’May

How ‘sensible’ is the UK Sensible Drinking message? Preliminary findings amongst newly matriculated female university students in Scotland
Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on December 18, 2006
J Public Health 2007 29: 13-16; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdl080 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Melanie Giles, Samantha Connor, Carol McClenahan, John Mallett, Barbara Stewart-Knox, and Marion Wright

Measuring young people’s attitudes to breastfeeding using the Theory of Planned Behaviour
Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on January 4, 2007
J Public Health 2007 29: 17-26; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdl083 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

E. Ellis, M. Grimsley, E. Goyder, L. Blank, and J. Peters

Physical activity and health: evidence from a study of deprived communities in England
Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on January 3, 2007
J Public Health 2007 29: 27-34; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdl089 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jo-Anne Stoltz, Evan Wood, Will Small, Kathy Li, Mark Tyndall, Julio Montaner, and Thomas Kerr

Changes in injecting practices associated with the use of a medically supervised safer injection facility
Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on January 17, 2007
J Public Health 2007 29: 35-39; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdl090 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Health services:

M. Ashworth, D. Lloyd, R. S. Smith, A. Wagner, and G. Rowlands

Social deprivation and statin prescribing: a cross-sectional analysis using data from the new UK general practitioner ‘Quality and Outcomes Framework’
Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on October 27, 2006
J Public Health 2007 29: 40-47; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdl068 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Hitesh Patel, Janakan Srishanmuganathan, Josip Car, and Azeem Majeed

Trends in the prescription and cost of diabetic medications and monitoring equipment in England 1991–2004
Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on November 23, 2006
J Public Health 2007 29: 48-52; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdl076 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

C. L. Hart, D. J. Hole, D. A. Lawlor, and G. Davey Smith

Obesity and use of acute hospital services in participants of the Renfrew/Paisley study
Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on December 18, 2006
J Public Health 2007 29: 53-56; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdl088 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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

The rise and fall of cardiac rehabilitation in the United Kingdom since 1998
Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on December 22, 2006
J Public Health 2007 29: 57-61; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdl091 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Health protection:

Yoshimitsu Takahashi, Koichi Miyaki, and Takeo Nakayama

Analysis of news of the Japanese asbestos panic: a supposedly resolved issue that turned out to be a time bomb
Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on January 16, 2007
J Public Health 2007 29: 62-69; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdl081 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

C. Patrick Ryan

Where do pets fit into human quarantines?
Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on October 24, 2006
J Public Health 2007 29: 70-71; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdl035 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

G. Bhogal, P. J. Tomlins, and P. I. Murray

Penetrating ocular injuries in the home
Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on November 7, 2006
J Public Health 2007 29: 72-74; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdl074 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Gillian Smith, Julia Hippisley-Cox, Sally Harcourt, Mike Heaps, Mike Painter, Alex Porter, and Mike Pringle

Developing a national primary care-based early warning system for health protection—a surveillance tool for the future? Analysis of routinely collected data
Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on December 7, 2006
J Public Health 2007 29: 75-82; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdl078 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jonathan E. Folb and Richard P. D. Cooke

Issues of human rabies immunoglobulin and vaccine: policy versus practice
Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on December 5, 2006
J Public Health 2007 29: 83-87; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdl079 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

R. K. Gupta, H. Zhao, M. Cooke, R. Harling, M. Regan, L. Bailey, and J. S. Nguyen-Van-Tam

Public health responses to influenza in care homes: a questionnaire-based study of local Health Protection Units
Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on January 20, 2007
J Public Health 2007 29: 88-90; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdl082 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

QCDR:

From the Health Protection Agency

Communicable Disease and Health Protection Quarterly Review: July to September 2006
J Public Health 2007 29: 91-94; doi:10.1093/jpubhealth/fdm008 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Correspondence:

J. Ian Blenkharn

Domestic recycling of kitchen wastes: an additional health hazard for householders?
Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on November 23, 2006
J Public Health 2007 29: 95-96; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdl077 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Andrew Carson-Stevens, Lyndsey Cooper, Rosalind Grave, and Iain J. Robbé

Understanding women’s knowledge of breast cancer screening
Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on January 4, 2007
J Public Health 2007 29: 96; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdl092 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Premila Webster and Joan Austoker

Response to: Understanding women’s knowledge of breast cancer screening
Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on January 4, 2007
J Public Health 2007 29: 96-97; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdl093 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

N. Lomax

Concerning: Is screening for tuberculosis acceptable to immigrants? A qualitative study
Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on January 9, 2007
J Public Health 2007 29: 97; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdl084 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Constantinos Mihas, Angeliki Arapaki, Alevizos Alevizos, and Anargiros Mariolis

Concerning: Screening for tuberculosis: more to be done
Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on December 13, 2006
J Public Health 2007 29: 98; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdl085 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Chris Griffiths, Graham Bothamley, Meg McDonald, Pat Sturdy, and Anna Jones

Is screening for tuberculosis acceptable to immigrants? A qualitative study
Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on January 17, 2007
J Public Health 2007 29: 98-99; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdl086 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

D. A. Gorard

Concerning: Generic outpatient referrals
Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on December 19, 2006
J Public Health 2007 29: 99; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdl087 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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