The health status of indigenous people is invariably lower than that of the overall population, something that led the World Health Organisation is mandated to devote special attention to the issue of their health. Poor housing conditions (including overcrowding) is a key determinant of the increase in mental health problems among such populations. In a… Read more »
According to the WHO, childhood obesity is one of the most serious Public Health challenges of the 21st century. As obesity (and its consequences like type 2 diabetes) are largely preventable, preventing it is (or should be) of high priority. In order f0r such interventions to be more effective, it is useful to study its… Read more »
Toilet hygiene is crucial for health, but do we do it correctly? And most importantly, do our children do it correctly? The authors of a recently published study tried to answer the latter question, as well as to assess an intervention aiming to improve toilet hygiene in schoolchildren in Turkey. This was a quasi-experimental… Read more »
To e-smoke or not to e-smoke: is that a question? With this title our Editor in Chief, Nino Künzli, introduces and places in context two invited commentaries on e-cigarettes. Both these commentaries come from independent Public Health scientists, who express different views on the subject. Flahault and Etter explain why the think e-cigarettes… Read more »
At the International Journal of Public Health we are regularly publish papers on physical activity (some recent examples here, here and here). Our latest paper on that front looks into the effect of a fitness progam on subjective well-being. This was a 30 minute-twice per week-4 week program that consisted of 6 strength exercises…. Read more »
