Child labour and child health- A study from Egypt
Last week, a report on child labor in US tobacco fields from Human Rights Watch made it to a lot of news headlines. We might not used in reading… Read more »
Last week, a report on child labor in US tobacco fields from Human Rights Watch made it to a lot of news headlines. We might not used in reading… Read more »
“Patient empowerment” is a term we often hear, but what does it mean? According to the European Network on Patient Empowerment (ENOPE), an… Read more »
HPV has been in the news last week, as FDA approved the first HPV DNA test for primary cervical cancer screening for women over 25 years of age. For… Read more »
It has not been long since our last Public Health Fun post and it’s already time for another (small) update! I just came across another simulation… Read more »
We are happy to present you the second IJPH issue of this year! Twenty-two papers covering a variety of subjects, including smoking, physical activity,… Read more »
“Was it ever gone”? I hear you ask. Hopefully not from our lives; but it was gone from the blog so I thought it was about time for an update! (if… Read more »
After our papers showing that smoking ban in workplaces reduces cardiovascular risk for workers and that smoking ban had no impact on gastronomy… Read more »
Could a nutrition and lifestyle intervention have an effect on immunological parameters in treatment-naive HIV patients? This is what a recently… Read more »
Are you writing or about to start writing your next journal article? Do you consider writing for journals one of the most challenging part of your studies/ job… Read more »
We have recently talked about a new EU smoking law and smoking policies in different countries, amongst which Switzerland. You may have heard about… Read more »
Like every year, our Editors would like to express our appreciation and gratitude to the Reviewers that worked with us… Read more »
Good news in the anti-smoking front! As reported last week, a draft legislation to make tobacco products less attractive to young people in EU has… Read more »
Two different stories on children and technology use have caught my eye recently: One one hand computer coding seems to soon be included in the school… Read more »
Low response rates present a common problem in epidemiological surveys. People with foreign background might show lower response rates, due to factors… Read more »
We are happy to announce the recent publication of a paper stemming from the HBSC study, examining the role of health behaviour and gender in educational… Read more »
If you are interested in social inequalities in Roma people as much as we do (recent examples here, here and here), you might be interested in having two newly… Read more »
In our previous blog post we discussed current rates of smoking across the world. According to this recent study Switzerland, where our Journal is based,… Read more »
This Saturday use a lighter. Not to light a cigarette, of course, but only the virtual candles of the birthday cake of smoking awareness. For on January 11th… Read more »
Happy New Year everyone! We are back for good and this is officially our first post of 2014! Shortly before we left, we had talked about new year’s… Read more »
Ho, ho, ho! This is our last post for 2013 and we are in a festive mood. In case you have not noticed, here is a selfie for you: Apart from our best… Read more »