The European Journal of Public Health

Editorials

Johan P. Mackenbach

Europe's precious children
Eur J Public Health 2005 15: 555-556; doi:10.1093/eurpub/cki218 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Martin McKee

European health policy: where now?
The European Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on September 29, 2005
Eur J Public Health 2005 15: 557-558; doi:10.1093/eurpub/cki173 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Viewpoint

Staffan Janson

Curbing the childhood obesity epidemic
Eur J Public Health 2005 15: 559; doi:10.1093/eurpub/cki214 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Cécile Knai, Tim Lobstein, and Martin McKee

Childhood obesity: the case for binding international legislation
Eur J Public Health 2005 15: 559-561; doi:10.1093/eurpub/cki215 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [ Complete Reference List] [Request Permissions]  

Caroline Braet and Myriam Van Winckel

Curbing obesity: prevention and treatment
Eur J Public Health 2005 15: 561-563; doi:10.1093/eurpub/cki216 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Claude Marcus

A checklist for curbing childhood obesity
Eur J Public Health 2005 15: 563; doi:10.1093/eurpub/cki217 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Obesity

Cathy Banwell, Sarah Hinde, Jane Dixon, and Beverly Sibthorpe

Reflections on expert consensus: a case study of the social trends contributing to obesity
The European Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on September 1, 2005
Eur J Public Health 2005 15: 564-568; doi:10.1093/eurpub/cki034 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

A. Puig Ribera, J. McKenna, and C. Riddoch

Attitudes and practices of physicians and nurses regarding physical activity promotion in the Catalan primary health-care system
The European Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on July 28, 2005
Eur J Public Health 2005 15: 569-575; doi:10.1093/eurpub/cki045 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

T. Lobstein and L. A. Baur

Policies to prevent childhood obesity in the European Union
The European Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on August 10, 2005
Eur J Public Health 2005 15: 576-579; doi:10.1093/eurpub/cki068 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Alcohol and Drugs

R. Siliquini, A. Morra, E. Versino, and G. Renga

Recreational drug consumers: who seeks treatment?
The European Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on July 21, 2005
Eur J Public Health 2005 15: 580-586; doi:10.1093/eurpub/cki031 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Gail Gilchrist and David S. Morrison

Prevalence of alcohol related brain damage among homeless hostel dwellers in Glasgow
The European Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on September 14, 2005
Eur J Public Health 2005 15: 587-588; doi:10.1093/eurpub/cki036 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Michael J.A. Kelleher, Patrick J. Keown, Colin O'Gara, Francis Keaney, Michael Farrell, and John Strang

Dying for heroin: the increasing opioid-related mortality in the Republic of Ireland, 1980–1999
Eur J Public Health 2005 15: 589-592; doi:10.1093/eurpub/cki048 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Martin Lindström

Social capital, the miniaturisation of community and consumption of homemade liquor and smuggled liquor during the past year: A population-based study
The European Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on August 2, 2005
Eur J Public Health 2005 15: 593-600; doi:10.1093/eurpub/cki056 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Smoking

Susanne R. Rasmussen, Eva Prescott, Thorkild I. A. Sørensen, and Jes Søgaard

The total lifetime health cost savings of smoking cessation to society
The European Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on July 13, 2005
Eur J Public Health 2005 15: 601-606; doi:10.1093/eurpub/cki024 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Mette Rasmussen, Mogens T. Damsgaard, Bjørn E. Holstein, Lis H. Poulsen, and Pernille Due

School connectedness and daily smoking among boys and girls: the influence of parental smoking norms
The European Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on August 26, 2005
Eur J Public Health 2005 15: 607-612; doi:10.1093/eurpub/cki039 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Fabio Parazzini, Liliane Chatenoud, Cristina Maffioletti, Francesca Chiaffarino, and Donatella Caserta

Periconceptional smoking and male : female ratio of newborns
The European Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on August 10, 2005
Eur J Public Health 2005 15: 613-614; doi:10.1093/eurpub/cki052 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Health Services Research

Kjell Johansson, Preben Bendtsen, and Ingemar Åkerlind

Advice to patients in Swedish primary care regarding alcohol and other lifestyle habits: how patients report the actions of GPs in relation to their own expectations and satisfaction with the consultation
The European Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on August 10, 2005
Eur J Public Health 2005 15: 615-620; doi:10.1093/eurpub/cki046 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Kristin Andersson, Arne Melander, Carin Svensson, Owe Lind, and J. Lars G. Nilsson

Repeat prescriptions: refill adherence in relation to patient and prescriber characteristics, reimbursement level and type of medication
The European Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on August 26, 2005
Eur J Public Health 2005 15: 621-626; doi:10.1093/eurpub/cki053 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Health Inequalities

W. Rathmann, B. Haastert, A. Icks, G. Giani, R. Holle, C. Meisinger, and A. Mielck The KORA Study Group

Sex differences in the associations of socioeconomic status with undiagnosed diabetes mellitus and impaired glucose tolerance in the elderly population: the KORA Survey 2000
The European Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on July 28, 2005
Eur J Public Health 2005 15: 627-633; doi:10.1093/eurpub/cki037 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Kristiina Manderbacka

Exploring gender and socioeconomic differences in treatment of coronary heart disease
The European Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on July 28, 2005
Eur J Public Health 2005 15: 634-639; doi:10.1093/eurpub/cki050 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Life Course Perspectives

Sarah L. Stewart-Brown, Lynn Fletcher, and Michael E.J. Wadsworth

Parent–child relationships and health problems in adulthood in three UK national birth cohort studies
The European Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on August 10, 2005
Eur J Public Health 2005 15: 640-646; doi:10.1093/eurpub/cki049 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Merete Osler, Anne-Marie Nybo Andersen, Rikke Lund, and Bjørn Holstein

Effect of grandparent's and parent's socioeconomic position on mortality among Danish men born in 1953
The European Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on August 10, 2005
Eur J Public Health 2005 15: 647-651; doi:10.1093/eurpub/cki066 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Cancer

Kun Chen, Weiping Yu, Xinyan Ma, Kaiyan Yao, and Qinting Jiang

The association between drinking water source and colorectal cancer incidence in Jiashan County of China: a prospective cohort study
The European Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on July 28, 2005
Eur J Public Health 2005 15: 652-656; doi:10.1093/eurpub/cki027 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

S. Tognazzo, A. Andolfo, E. Bovo, A.R. Fiore, A. Greco, S. Guzzinati, D. Monetti, C.F. Stocco, and P. Zambon

Quality control of automatically defined cancer cases by the automated registration system of the Venetian Tumour Registry: Quality control of cancer cases automatically registered
The European Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on July 28, 2005
Eur J Public Health 2005 15: 657-664; doi:10.1093/eurpub/cki035 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Thank you

Johan Mackenbach, Martin McKee, Staffan Janson, Anita Kallin, and Walter Ricciardi

Thank you
Eur J Public Health 2005 15: 665-666; doi:10.1093/eurpub/cki220 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Book Reviews

Dr Jane Wilde

Hardina D, Analytical skills for community organisation practice. Columbia University Press, 2002. 380 pp. $50.00. ISBN 0-231-12180-6
The European Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on October 31, 2005
Eur J Public Health 2005 15: 667; doi:10.1093/eurpub/cki176 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Andrew J Hall

Hawker J, Begg N, Blair I, Reintjes R, Weinberg J, Communicable disease control handbook. Blackwell Science, 2001. $49.95. 362 pp. ISBN 0-632-05649-5
The European Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on October 31, 2005
Eur J Public Health 2005 15: 667; doi:10.1093/eurpub/cki177 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Boika Dimitrova

Carr A J, Higginson I J, Robinson P G, (editors). Quality of life. London: BMJ Books, 2003. 133 pp. ISBN 0-7279-1544-4
The European Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on October 17, 2005
Eur J Public Health 2005 15: 668; doi:10.1093/eurpub/cki178 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Robert Beaglehole

Valdiserri R O, (editor). Dawning answers. How the HIV/AIDS epidemic has helped to strengthen public health. Oxford University Press, 2003. $39.95. 209 pp. ISBN 0195147405
The European Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on October 17, 2005
Eur J Public Health 2005 15: 668-669; doi:10.1093/eurpub/cki179 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

European Public Health Association

Gunnar Tellnes, Dineke Zeegers Paget, and Marc Danzon

President's column: EUPHA is growing
The European Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on October 31, 2005
Eur J Public Health 2005 15: 670-671; doi:10.1093/eurpub/cki205 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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