When size matters: advantages of weighted effect coding in observational studies
We are happy to host this guest blog post introducing two recently published Hints & Kinks* papers, written by the authors of the most cited IJPH… Read more »
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Differences in self-rated congitive disability between first and second generation immigrant children
Although there is some international ambiguity, studies in the US show more frequently a self-reported health advantage among immigrants. In… Read more »
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Foreign background and response rates in epidemiological surveys
Low response rates present a common problem in epidemiological surveys. People with foreign background might show lower… Read more »
Logistic Regression: New course from the SSPH+ !
The Swiss School of Public Health+ has just announced a new course for the upcoming Spring: this will be a 3 day course on… Read more »
Analysis of clustered data: new course from the Swiss School of Public Health+!
Do you have to deal with clustered data and would like to know how to define the appropriate analysis methods for your dataset? Do… Read more »
Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses: a Practical Approach. New course from the Swiss School of Public Health+
We are happy to announce the upcoming course from the Swiss School of Public Health+ (SSPH+) on Systematic Reviews and… Read more »
New courses from the Swiss School of Public Health!
We are happy to announce two new courses offered by the Swiss School of Public Health+. “Analysis of data with… Read more »
HPV vaccination in the news and in IJPH! Free article within!
The HPV vaccination , i.e. vaccination against Human Papilloma virus which causes most cases of cervical cancer, has… Read more »
Public Health Methodology continued: we still take it seriously!
A while ago (time does fly!) we have talked about Public Health methodology at the International Journal of Public Health and its… Read more »
Comparing a web-based and a paper version of a questionnaire. Is there a winner?
In the past we have talked about online games in public health, social media in public health and we do have a blog which I guess… Read more »