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Editorial Back

Selen Gray and Gabriel M. Leung
Evidence for public health practice
J Public Health 2009 31: 461; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdp113 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Perspectives Back

Martin McKee and Richard Coker
Trust, terrorism and public health
Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on October 28, 2009
J Public Health 2009 31: 462-465; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdp091 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Sian Griffiths and Joseph Lau
The influence of SARS on perceptions of risk and reality
Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on November 2, 2009
J Public Health 2009 31: 466-467; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdp094 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Isabel Oliver and Deirdre Lewis
Public trust is necessary to protect the population from threats to public health
Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on November 6, 2009
J Public Health 2009 31: 468-469; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdp097 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Amanda Burls
Trust me, I am a policy maker
Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on October 28, 2009
J Public Health 2009 31: 470-471; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdp098 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Healthy Improvement Back

Russell Jago, Janice L. Thompson, Angie S. Page, Rowan Brockman, Kim Cartwright, and Kenneth R. Fox
Licence to be active: parental concerns and 10–11-year-old children's ability to be independently physically active
Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on June 8, 2009
J Public Health 2009 31: 472-477; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdp053 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data]   Creative Commons License OPEN ACCESS  

Vanessa Abrahamson and Rosalind Raine
Health and social care responses to the Department of Health Heatwave Plan
Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on June 20, 2009
J Public Health 2009 31: 478-489; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdp059 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Aleksandra Jovic-Vranes, Vesna Bjegovic-Mikanovic, and Jelena Marinkovic
Functional health literacy among primary health-care patients: data from the Belgrade pilot study
Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on May 19, 2009
J Public Health 2009 31: 490-495; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdp049 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Haomiao Jia and Erica I. Lubetkin
The statewide burden of obesity, smoking, low income and chronic diseases in the United States
Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on February 27, 2009
J Public Health 2009 31: 496-505; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdp012 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jonathan P. Shepherd, Iona Shepherd, Robert G. Newcombe, and David Farrington
Impact of antisocial lifestyle on health: chronic disability and death by middle age
Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on June 3, 2009
J Public Health 2009 31: 506-511; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdp054 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Healthy Service Quality Back

Martin Gulliford, Radoslav Latinovic, Judith Charlton, Paul Little, Tjeerd van Staa, and Mark Ashworth
Selective decrease in consultations and antibiotic prescribing for acute respiratory tract infections in UK primary care up to 2006
Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on September 4, 2009
J Public Health 2009 31: 512-520; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdp081 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF]   Creative Commons License OPEN ACCESS  

P. Clarkson, M. Abendstern, C. Sutcliffe, J. Hughes, and D. Challis
Reliability of needs assessments in the community care of older people: impact of the single assessment process in England
Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on April 16, 2009
J Public Health 2009 31: 521-529; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdp035 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Wang Junfang, Zhou Biao, Zheng Weijun, Shuangshuang Zhang, Wu Yinyin, and Kun Chen
Perceived unmet need for hospitalization service among elderly Chinese people in Zhejiang province
Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on February 6, 2009
J Public Health 2009 31: 530-540; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdp007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Chris J. Green, Roy Maxwell, Julia Verne, Richard M. Martin, and Jane M. Blazeby
The influence of NICE guidance on the uptake of laparoscopic surgery for colorectal cancer
Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on March 25, 2009
J Public Health 2009 31: 541-545; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdp027 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Hannah Wong, Robert C. Wu, George Tomlinson, Michael Caesar, Howard Abrams, Michael W. Carter, and Dante Morra
How much do operational processes affect hospital inpatient discharge rates?
Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on May 22, 2009
J Public Health 2009 31: 546-553; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdp044 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

C. J. Gibson, J. Weiss, M. Goodrich, and T. Onega
False-positive mammography and depressed mood in a screening population: findings from the New Hampshire Mammography Network
Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on July 2, 2009
J Public Health 2009 31: 554-560; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdp064 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Health Protection Back

Jos Vandelaer, Jeffrey Partridge, and Bal Krishna Suvedi
Process of neonatal tetanus elimination in Nepal
Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on May 13, 2009
J Public Health 2009 31: 561-565; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdp039 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

I. Jung, M. Kulldorff, K. P. Kleinman, W. K. Yih, and R. Platt
Using encounters versus episodes in syndromic surveillance
Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on May 13, 2009
J Public Health 2009 31: 566-572; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdp040 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Q. Y. Liao, W. W. T. Lam, V. T. Dang, C. Q. Jiang, V. Udomprasertgul, and R. Fielding
What causes H5N1 avian influenza? Lay perceptions of H5N1 aetiology in South East and East Asia
Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on May 7, 2009
J Public Health 2009 31: 573-581; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdp043 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Health Intelligence Back

Sarah E. Rodgers, Ronan A. Lyons, Rohan Dsilva, Kerina H. Jones, Caroline J. Brooks, David V. Ford, Gareth John, and Jean-Philippe Verplancke
Residential Anonymous Linking Fields (RALFs): a novel information infrastructure to study the interaction between the environment and individuals' health
Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on May 15, 2009
J Public Health 2009 31: 582-588; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdp041 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Occasional Article Back

Ruairidh Milne and Catherine Law
The NIHR public health research programme: developing evidence for public health decision-makers
Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on November 5, 2009
J Public Health 2009 31: 589-592; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdp095 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Cochrane Update Back

Rebecca Armstrong, Jodie Doyle, Ruhi Saith, and Laurie Anderson
Enhancing methodological developments for Cochrane Public Health Reviews: the role of exemplar reviews
Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on November 15, 2009
J Public Health 2009 31: 593-595; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdp100 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

NICE Update Back

Amanda Killoran, Patti White, Tricia Younger, Alastair Fischer, and Louise Millward
NICE Public health guidance: what's new?
Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on November 15, 2009
J Public Health 2009 31: 596-598; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdp103 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Book Reviews Back

Sharon Hillier
Donaldsons' Essential Public Health. Third Edition
Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on August 17, 2009
J Public Health 2009 31: 599; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdp084 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Paul Pilkington
Concepts of Epidemiology: Integrating the Ideas, Theories, Principles and Methods of Epidemiology. Second Edition
Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on March 25, 2009
J Public Health 2009 31: 599-600; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdp028 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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