There is a high prevalence of childhood overweight globally, which makes the need for prevention and management intervention more relevant than ever. In a recently published study , results from the “Eat well, be active” intervention are reported. This was a multi-strategy intervention that aimed to reduce obesity in childhood. It was implemented in two… Read more »
We just published a very interesting study by Adrianna Murphy, Nataliia Levchuk, Andrew Stickley, Bayard Roberts and Martin McKee from the European Centre on Health of Societies in Transition from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine in London, the Institute of Demography and Social Sciences in Ukraine and the Stockholm Centre on Health of… Read more »
We got an award! We were happily informed that Masters in Public Health Degrees has named our blog one of the top 30 Public Health Blogs for 2012! They write: At the forefront of public health research, the IJPH provides a global perspective and free academic papers for your reading pleasure. We are thankful… Read more »
2A while ago we reproduced a lightbulb joke, relevant to public health research. We now come back with another one! (source) – How many public health people does it take to change a lightbulb? – None; they never do it themselves but ask clinicians to do it and then tell them what a lousy… Read more »
As part of our special section on Knowledge Synthesis, Translation and Exchange, we recently published a study entitled “Online registry of knowledge translation methods and tools to support evidence-informed public health”. The study is available for free download (pdf and html) and is written by Leslea Peirson, Cristina Catallo and Sunita Chera from Canada. The… Read more »
We are happy to announce a new course from the Swiss School of Public Health + (SSPH+) entitled “Conducting Qualitative Research in Health: Writing and Getting Published”. This course provides an introduction to writing up qualitative research. Using examples from existing articles, participants will learn to extract principles of good writing and communication practice and… Read more »
