International Journal of Public Health

Ho, ho, ho! Are you in the holiday mood yet? Well, we are! So -just before we go away for a few days- we decided to show our appreciation to our readers by providing free of charge access (scroll to the bottom of the page) to the most downloaded articles!

Subjects covered range from methodology, to climate change , social determinants of health and obesity and reflect the fields of interest of our readers, who have downloaded these articles more than others!

Let us know if you enjoyed our present! Thank you for your support and we wish you a very Merry Christmas! May 2012 bring health, love and smiles to you and your loved ones!

The Swiss School of Public Health + (SSPH+) has announced new courses! Click on the links below for more details!

02.02.2012-03.02.2012

Statistical Methods for Epidemiology
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Prof. Timothy Lash, Aarhus University Hospital & Wake Forest University
Location: University of Bern, ISPM

13.02.2012-15.02.2012
Qualitative Research In Health: Where Quantitative Methods Can Not Reach
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Prof. Brigit Obrist
Location: SwissTPH

05.03.2012-06.03.2012
Introduction to the Statistical Software R
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Dr. Jan Hattendorf
Location: Universiy of Basel

26.03.2012-28.03.2012

Applied Bayesian Statistics in Medical Research and Health-Care Evaluation
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Dr. Thomas Gsponer and Prof. Marcel Zwahlen, ISPM Bern
Location: University of Bern, ISPM

10.04.2012-13.04.2012
Ethics in Biomedical and Public Health Research
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Prof. Dr. Bernice Elger and Dr. Tenzin Wangmo Institute for Biomedical Ethics (IBMB) , University of Basel
Location: University of Basel

24.04.2012-26.04.2012
Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis: a Practical Approach
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Prof. Matthias Egger, ISPM, University of Bern
Location: University of Bern, ISPM

11.06.2012-15.06.2012
Epidemiological Data Analysis: Advanced Methods for Exposure-Response Modeling
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Prof. Joel Schwarz, Harvard School of Public Health, USA and Prof. Martin Röösli, SwissTPH
Location: SwissTPH

Here at the International Journal of Public Health, we are very interested in activities organised by and/ or for students. We are, therefore,  happy to announce the 4th International Student Medical Congress, which will be held in Košice, Slovakia on 26th-29th of June 2o12.

Are you a public health student? Then how about considering submitting an abstract? Please read the FAQ on the congress’ website, for information on dealine for applications, registration, accommodation etc.

We look forward to see the outcomes of this Congress and share them with our readers!

Yesterday was the World AIDS Day , a day for raising awareness about HIV/AIDS that has been observed since 1988 on December 1st each year.

This year, world AIDS day was about getting to zero, ie zero infections, zero discrimination, zero AIDS-related deaths.   UN officials said that for the end of the AIDS pandemic is within reach. Of course there is still some way to go and research on HIV/AIDS is ongoing.

At the International Journal of Public Health, we regularly publish articles on HIV/AIDS, focusing mainly on surveillance and socioeconomic factors. The most recent ones are about  surveillance of other sexually transmitted infections among people with HIV , factors associated with HIV testing amonst immigrants , and intervention projects.

Let us know your thought about this special day! And don’t forget to visit this very informative page , full of up to date facts and myth busters about HIV/AIDS!