Journal of Public Health

Editorial

E G Jessop

Editorial
Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on May 21, 2007
J Public Health 2007 29: 101-102; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdm035 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Leadership interviews

Aruna Stannard

Faculty of Public Health Leadership interview
Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on May 26, 2007
J Public Health 2007 29: 103-106; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdm034 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Health improvement

Get checked abstract Christopher Gidlow, Lynne H. Johnston, Diane Crone, Clare Morris, Alex Smith, Charlie Foster, and David V.B. James

Socio-demographic patterning of referral, uptake and attendance in Physical Activity Referral Schemes
Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on March 6, 2007
J Public Health 2007 29: 107-113; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdm002 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract D. Collison, C. Dey, G. Hannah, and L. Stevenson

Income inequality and child mortality in wealthy nations
Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on March 13, 2007
J Public Health 2007 29: 114-117; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdm009 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Jackie Gray, Gary Eden, and Maria Williams

Developing the public health role of a front line clinical service: integrating stop smoking advice into routine podiatry services
Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on May 11, 2007
J Public Health 2007 29: 118-122; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdm011 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Tanya Covic, Louise Roufeil, and Suzanne Dziurawiec

Community beliefs about childhood obesity: its causes, consequences and potential solutions
Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on May 16, 2007
J Public Health 2007 29: 123-131; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdm023 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Judith Thornton, Richard Edwards, Roger A. Harrison, Peter Elton, Nick Astbury, and Simon P. Kelly

‘Smoke gets in your eyes’: a research-informed professional education and advocacy programme
Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on May 11, 2007
J Public Health 2007 29: 142-146; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdm019 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Health services

Get checked abstract Godfrey M. Mubyazi, Adiel Mushi, Mathias Kamugisha, Julius Massaga, Kassembe Y. Mdira, Method Segeja, and Kato J. Njunwa

Community views on health sector reform and their participation in health priority setting: case of Lushoto and Muheza districts, Tanzania
Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on April 25, 2007
J Public Health 2007 29: 147-156; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdm016 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Julian Elston and Ken Stein

A rapid needs assessment of the provision of Health Technology Assessment in the south-west peninsula
Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on February 27, 2007
J Public Health 2007 29: 157-164; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdm001 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Huan-Cheng Chang, Hui-Yin Hsiung, Shu-I Chen, Amy Ming-Fang Yen, and Tony Hsiu-Hsi Chen

Comparison of a community outreach service with opportunity screening for cervical cancer using Pap smears
Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on March 27, 2007
J Public Health 2007 29: 165-172; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdm003 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Premila Webster and Joan Austoker

Does the English Breast Screening Programme's information leaflet improve women's knowledge about mammography screening? A before and after questionnaire survey
Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on February 27, 2007
J Public Health 2007 29: 173-177; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdm007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Jeremy Whelan, Catherine Dolbear, Vivian Mak, Henrik Møller, and Elizabeth Davies

Where do teenagers and young adults receive treatment for cancer?
Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on February 27, 2007
J Public Health 2007 29: 178-182; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdm006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Luke Wolfenden, Angela Dalton, Jenny Bowman, Jenny Knight, Sally Burrows, and John Wiggers

Computerized assessment of surgical patients for tobacco use: accuracy and acceptability
Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on April 24, 2007
J Public Health 2007 29: 183-185; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdm015 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Roy Maxwell, Caroline Trotter, Julia Verne, Paul Brown, and David Gunnell

Trends in admissions to hospital involving an assault using a knife or other sharp instrument, England, 1997–2005
Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on May 11, 2007
J Public Health 2007 29: 186-190; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdm018 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract S.H. Wild, C. Fischbacher, A. Brock, C. Griffiths, and R. Bhopal

Mortality from all causes and circulatory disease by country of birth in England and Wales 2001–2003
Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on April 24, 2007
J Public Health 2007 29: 191-198; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdm010 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Janakan Srishanmuganathan, Hitesh Patel, Josip Car, and Azeem Majeed

National trends in the use and costs of anti-obesity medications in England 1998–2005
Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on May 10, 2007
J Public Health 2007 29: 199-202; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdm013 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

QCDR

From the Health Protection Agency, Centre for Infections

Communicable Disease and Health Protection Quarterly Review: October to December 2006
J Public Health 2007 29: 203-207; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdm029 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Correspondence

F. Popham, J. J. Walker, and R. Mitchell

Could using general health and longstanding limiting illness as a joint health outcome add to understanding in social inequalities research?
Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on April 18, 2007
J Public Health 2007 29: 208-210; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdm017 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Karen Gully, Rhys Williams, Nathan Lester, and Sarah Aitken

Measuring children and monitoring childhood obesity
Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on May 10, 2007
J Public Health 2007 29: 210-212; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdm014 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Mohammad Saidul Islam and Sharmin Shams Farah

Misleading promotion of drugs in Bangladesh: evidence from drug promotional brochures distributed to general practioners by the pharmaceutical companies
Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on May 18, 2007
J Public Health 2007 29: 212-213; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdm024 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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