International Journal of Public Health

We are happy to announce a new course from the Swiss School of Public Health+ entitled “Qualitative Research in Health: Where Quantitative Methods Can Not Reach”. This is an introductory course, aiming to give participants an understanding of what qualitative research is, to judge whether it is needed for a specific project and to evaluate [...]

  Youth smoking has been traditionally studied in relation to individual, family and peer influences. In the past few years, however, the physical environment of the neighbourhood has also been considered to be an important contributor in tobacco consumption. In a recently published study , researchers examined the relationship of recreational spaces (i.e., plazas and [...]

A while ago, we had published a post presenting you with vintage public health posters which proved to be quite popular! It took me a while to have the idea to look for vintage public health videos and found some gems! Keeping the “cough and sneezes spread diseases” theme, two very funny tv commercials teach [...]

Here at the International Journal of Public Health we are interested in following the latest developments in technology as related to Public Health (and we have a facebook and twitter account to prove it!). We have talked to you in the past for the use of mobile applications for health (not only once but twice). [...]

Did the title of this post leave you wondering? Was your initial reaction “how can GIS be connected to public health?”. Think again! The physical and social environment that surround us play an important role in our wellbeing and -therefore- the geographic concept of place cannot be ignored in public health! GIS provide a standard [...]

A while ago, we had posted about a study we published, regarding an online registry fro knowledge translation methods and tools (available for FREE download on pdf and html). We have just published a relevant editorial by one of our Editors, Louise Potvin , discussing this online registry and the need for evidence-based public health. [...]

TV viewing is associated with increased BMI and childhood obesity. Time spent in front of TV or computer screens is also associated with dietary habits such as higher sugar intake or fast food consumption. This relationship, however, could be mediated by social norms in the family. In a study recently published in the International Journal [...]

Health communication strategies are used more and more in prevention interventions for HIV/AIDS. In a recently published systematic review , Zhiwen Xiao , Seth M Noar and Lily Zeng  investigate whether communication strategies have been utilized  in HIV prevention interventions in China. The authors systematically searched the literature up to 2011 and identified 45 relevant [...]

Heatwaves can have a grave impact on human health and life; the 2003 heatwave in Europe, for instance, resulted in more than 70,000 excess deaths. The need to reduce the harm caused by heatwaves has led to various action plans being implemented that could include, for instance, promoting heat protection information through media, opening cooling [...]