picture credit Who amongst us – parent or not- has not wondered what are the effects on using computers, mobile phones and the internet for… Read more »
*picture credit As part our special issue “Communication Technology, Media Use and the Health of our Kids“, Fong-Ching Chang and colleagues… Read more »
picture credit Racial and ethnic disparities in infant health are common worldwide and of particular interest in countries that are highly ethnically admixed,… Read more »
In developed countries, the vast majority of preventable causes of premature morbidity and mortality in the developed countries are accounted for by… Read more »
Although concerns are often raised about the effects of computer gaming and internet use on social relations amongst adolescents, the results of… Read more »
According to literature, immigrants tend to have poorer health than native-born people. Between 1950 and 1990 an estimated 12 million people left Eastern… Read more »
The World Health Organisation estimates that 2.8% of deaths worldwide are attributable to low fruit and vegetable consumption. Young adults, in particular, tend… Read more »
picture credit As part of our special issue “Communication Technology, Media Use and the Health of our Kids”, we published a new study… Read more »
picture credit Prevalence of obesity among youth has increased and that can be attributed- amongst other factors- to increased lack of physical activity… Read more »
As you most probably know, today is the World AIDS Day so we thought it’d be a good idea to share our most recently published HIV-related papers! –… Read more »
picture credit It is known that socioeconomic inequalities in health prevail in the old age; not a lot is known, however, on how such inequalities have… Read more »
We are happy to announce a Call for Papers on e-cigarettes and public health! We invite primary research documenting the epidemiology of e-cigarette use, the… Read more »
We are happy to announce a call for Systematic Reviews (and an award for the best one!) in connection to the 9th European Conference on Tropical Medicine… Read more »
image credit Setting health targets is a common approach for health systems, in order to coordinate their efforts and to develop and prioritise health… Read more »
Mental disorders, especially depression, are responsible for high absenteeism from work and economic loss. In addition, the relationship between… Read more »
We were happy to be informed that a recent IJPH paper has been identified as a “highly cited paper ” in “Essential Science Indicators”… Read more »
Eleven percent of all HIV diagnoses reported in Europe in 2012 were in people aged 15-24. Many young people lack knowledge about HIV/AIDS modes of transmission… Read more »
According to the WHO , climate change is expected to cause about 250,000 additional deaths per year between 2030 and 2050. When we think about climate… Read more »
The World Bank has recommended decentralization of the health sector for developing countries with large National Ministries of Health. Such a process, however,… Read more »
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… Read more »
