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We live in a strange world, where obesity figures seem to be high all over the developed world and -at the same time- information and options for healthy… Read more »
We live in a strange world, where obesity figures seem to be high all over the developed world and -at the same time- information and options for healthy… Read more »
We are happy to announce two new courses offered by the Swiss School of Public Health+. “Analysis of data with measurements below the detection… Read more »
The HPV vaccination , i.e. vaccination against Human Papilloma virus which causes most cases of cervical cancer, has recently gained fresh news coverage… Read more »
Have you ever heard of the term “male-female health survival paradox?” It refers to the fact that women live longer than men but -at the same time-… Read more »
R is a free open-source statistical software, used by many researchers. The Swiss School of Public Health+ (SSPH+) is happy to offer a course on the use… Read more »
A few weeks ago, we had discussed whether about mobile applications used in public health. Today, I would like to share with you yet another very interesting… Read more »
We are happy to announce this year’s Swiss Public Health Conference, which is organized by Public Health Schweiz and the Institute for Social and… Read more »
The HBSC is a cross-national study that has been researching health behaviour amongst 11-15 year olds since 30 years! Data is collected every 4 years in 43… Read more »
It’s been a while, but finally the Students’ Den corner of our blog is being revived! The following post is written by Dickie Wallace, who has been… Read more »
About a month ago, we dedicated a blog post to our favourite Public Health blogs. This blog post came with the promise to be updated soon! So, after some easter… Read more »
We have already talked about social media in Public Health. Now it is time to see the newest ways to access Public Health related information using platforms… Read more »
We are happy to announce the new course of the Swiss School of Public Health + entitled “Genes: Are they key to Public Health?”. This course… Read more »
Every blogger or blog follower has a ritual of always checking a few blogs no matter what! Some people prefer to do it via a feed reader but I am doing it the… Read more »
Health and risk behaviours might occur in clusters. For example, someone who eats a lot of fruit might also exercise a lot; similarly, someone who drinks a lot… Read more »
Watching tv, reading newspapers, surfing the net…as all these activities are done seated, they do not exactly help much with exercise. In addition, they… Read more »
We are happy to announce a new course from the Swiss School of Public Health +, entitled “How to pass your research protocol through an ethics review… Read more »
Have you ever heard of the term “intersectoral action for heatlh” ? It refers to the collaboration between two or more sectors of the public life… Read more »
A while ago (time does fly!) we have talked about Public Health methodology at the International Journal of Public Health and its special section called Hints… Read more »
The Swiss School of Public Health+ announced a media training workshop on communication skills, to be taught on October 29th and 30th in Bern, Switzerland. The… Read more »
Yes, it is back. It seemed that our last post presenting creative public health studies is still very popular, so I thought I would make a sequel! After… Read more »