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Editorial Back

Gabriel M. Leung and Selena Gray
Translational public health: rehearsing the evidence until the task is done
J Public Health 2008 30: 217-218; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdn066 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Perspectives Back

Ian McDowell
From risk factors to explanation in public health
Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on July 11, 2008
J Public Health 2008 30: 219-223; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdn051 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Raj Bhopal
Causes in epidemiology: the jewels in the public health crown
Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on July 11, 2008
J Public Health 2008 30: 224-225; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdn052 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

C. Mary Schooling
Explanations in practice
Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on July 11, 2008
J Public Health 2008 30: 226-227; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdn055 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Alistair Woodward
Explanations adequate for public health
Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on July 11, 2008
J Public Health 2008 30: 228-229; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdn053 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ana V. Diez Roux
Towards a realistic and relevant public health: the challenges of useful simplification
Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on July 11, 2008
J Public Health 2008 30: 230-231; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdn054 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ian McDowell
Rejoinder
Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on July 11, 2008
J Public Health 2008 30: 232-233; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdn056 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Health Protection Back

Jin-Feng Wang, George Christakos, Wei-Guo Han, and Bin Meng
Data-driven exploration of ‘spatial pattern-time process-driving forces’ associations of SARS epidemic in Beijing, China
Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on April 26, 2008
J Public Health 2008 30: 234-244; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdn023 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF]   OPEN ACCESS ARTICLE  

A. K. Lyon, T. Davies, M. Tahir, and B. Spraggett
The English Seasonal Flu Immunization Programme for Poultry Workers 2007: a challenging task
Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on June 19, 2008
J Public Health 2008 30: 245-250; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdn046 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Kenneth H. Lamden and Islay Gemmell
General practice factors and MMR vaccine uptake: structure, process and demography
Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on May 16, 2008
J Public Health 2008 30: 251-257; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdn036 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Health Improvement Back

Else-Karin Grøholt, Hein Stigum, and Rannveig Nordhagen
Overweight and obesity among adolescents in Norway: cultural and socio-economic differences
Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on May 8, 2008
J Public Health 2008 30: 258-265; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdn037 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Grigoris Risvas, Demosthenes B. Panagiotakos, Stavroula Chrysanthopoulou, Konstantina Karasouli, Antonia-Leda Matalas, and Antonis Zampelas
Factors associated with food choices among Greek primary school students: a cluster analysis in the ELPYDES study
Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on May 22, 2008
J Public Health 2008 30: 266-273; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdn039 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Anchya Bamana, Sabrina Tessier, and Anne Vuillemin
Association of perceived environment with meeting public health recommendations for physical activity in seven European countries
Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on June 10, 2008
J Public Health 2008 30: 274-281; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdn041 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Screening Back

Gabriel M. Leung, Pauline P. S. Woo, Benjamin J. Cowling, Caroline S. H. Tsang, Annie N. Y. Cheung, Hextan Y. S. Ngan, Kevin Galbraith, and Tai-Hing Lam
Who receives, benefits from and is harmed by cervical and breast cancer screening among Hong Kong Chinese?
Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on May 14, 2008
J Public Health 2008 30: 282-292; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdn034 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Jonathan Karnon, Roy Jones, Carolyn Czoski-Murray, and Kevin J. Smith
Cost-utility analysis of screening high-risk groups for anal cancer
Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on June 17, 2008
J Public Health 2008 30: 293-304; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdn045 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Health Services Back

Elizabeth Davies, Vivian Mak, Jamie Ferguson, Stephen Conaty, and Henrik Møller
Using funnel plots to explore variation in cancer mortality across primary care trusts in South-East England
Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on June 19, 2008
J Public Health 2008 30: 305-312; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdn044 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

H. Dodhia and K. Phillips
Measuring burden of disease in two inner London boroughs using Disability Adjusted Life Years
Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on April 8, 2008
J Public Health 2008 30: 313-321; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdn015 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Tacettin Inandi, Cahit Ozer, Ali Balci, and Sinem Karazincir
Effects of a fixed-payment method on demand for imaging tests in a university hospital
Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on May 20, 2008
J Public Health 2008 30: 322-326; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdn038 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Baiju R. Shah
Utilization of physician services for diabetic patients from ethnic minorities
Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on June 3, 2008
J Public Health 2008 30: 327-331; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdn042 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Chekhov's Corner Back

Bronwen E. J. Goodyer
An assistant ship surgeon's account of cholera at sea
Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on May 23, 2008
J Public Health 2008 30: 332-338; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdn031 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Gabriel Scally
Cholera and the Apollo
Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on June 13, 2008
J Public Health 2008 30: 339; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdn043 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Updates Back

Amanda Killoran, Hugo Crombie, Tricia Younger, Alastair Fischer, and Patti White
NICE public health guidance: what's new?
Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on June 30, 2008
J Public Health 2008 30: 340-341; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdn050 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Cochrane Update Back

Jodie Doyle, Rebecca Armstrong, and Elizabeth Waters
Key issues in Cochrane systematic reviews: cultural and economic considerations
Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on August 7, 2008
J Public Health 2008 30: 342-344; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdn065 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

QCDR Back

From the Health Protection Agency, Centre for Infections
Communicable Disease and Health Protection Quarterly Review:: January to March and April to June 2008
Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on August 5, 2008
J Public Health 2008 30: 345-347; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdn067 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Book reviews Back

David Evans
The Politics of Vaccination: Practice and Policy in England, Wales, Ireland and Scotland, 1800–1874
Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on April 23, 2008
J Public Health 2008 30: 348; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdn032 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Margaret Somerville
Rose's Strategy of Preventive Medicine
Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on May 8, 2008
J Public Health 2008 30: 349; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdn035 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Christopher Potter
Bad Medicine: Doctors Doing Harm since Hippocrates
Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on April 18, 2008
J Public Health 2008 30: 349-350; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdn027 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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