The European Journal of Public Health

Editorials

Renaldo N. Battista and Louise Lafortune

Health technology assessment and public health: a time for convergence
The European Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on April 19, 2009
Eur J Public Health 2009 19: 227; doi:10.1093/eurpub/ckp054 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Reiner Leidl

Preferences, quality of life and public health
The European Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on February 17, 2009
Eur J Public Health 2009 19: 228-229; doi:10.1093/eurpub/ckp016 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Viewpoints

Ragnar Westerling

The harmonization of the medical speciality in Public Health in the EU countries—a challenge for the profession
The European Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on April 15, 2009
Eur J Public Health 2009 19: 230-232; doi:10.1093/eurpub/ckp043 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Christopher A. Birt and Anders Foldspang

Public health capacity building—not only the property of the medical profession
Eur J Public Health 2009 19: 232-235; doi:10.1093/eurpub/ckp069 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Commentaries

Giovanni Rezza

Chikungunya and West Nile virus outbreaks: what is happening in north-eastern Italy?
The European Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on January 21, 2009
Eur J Public Health 2009 19: 236-237; doi:10.1093/eurpub/ckn135 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Douglas M. Fleming, Alex J. Elliot, Adam Meijer, and W. John Paget

Influenza virus resistance to oseltamivir: what are the implications?
The European Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on February 12, 2009
Eur J Public Health 2009 19: 238-239; doi:10.1093/eurpub/ckp012 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Infectious Diseases

Get checked abstract Anita W. M. Suijkerbuijk, Robert Lindeboom, Jim E. van Steenbergen, Gerard J. B. Sonder, and Yvonne Doorduyn

Effect of Hepatitis A vaccination programs for migrant children on the incidence of Hepatitis A in the Netherlands
The European Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on January 27, 2009
Eur J Public Health 2009 19: 240-244; doi:10.1093/eurpub/ckn145 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Gaby Sroczynski, Eva Esteban, Annette Conrads-Frank, Ruth Schwarzer, Nikolai Mühlberger, Davene Wright, Stefan Zeuzem, and Uwe Siebert

Long-term effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of screening for Hepatitis C virus infection
The European Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on February 5, 2009
Eur J Public Health 2009 19: 245-253; doi:10.1093/eurpub/ckp001 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Gabriel Chodick, Orith Waisbourd-Zinman, Varda Shalev, Ehud Kokia, Mordechai Rabinovich, and Shai Ashkenazi

Potential impact and cost-effectiveness analysis of rotavirus vaccination of children in Israel
The European Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on February 12, 2009
Eur J Public Health 2009 19: 254-259; doi:10.1093/eurpub/ckp005 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract V. Anna Gyarmathy, Alan Neaigus, and Eszter Ujhelyi

Vulnerability to drug-related infections and co-infections among injecting drug users in Budapest, Hungary
The European Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on February 17, 2009
Eur J Public Health 2009 19: 260-265; doi:10.1093/eurpub/ckp009 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Health Behaviours

Get checked abstract Kai Haldre, Kaja Rahu, Mati Rahu, and Helle Karro

Individual and familial factors associated with teenage pregnancy: an interview study
The European Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on January 22, 2009
Eur J Public Health 2009 19: 266-270; doi:10.1093/eurpub/ckn143 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Sven Schneider, Christina Huy, Marc Schuessler, Katharina Diehl, and Stefanie Schwarz

Optimising lifestyle interventions: identification of health behaviour patterns by cluster analysis in a German 50+ survey
The European Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on January 22, 2009
Eur J Public Health 2009 19: 271-277; doi:10.1093/eurpub/ckn144 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Tapio Paljärvi, Sakari Suominen, Markku Koskenvuo, Torsten Winter, and Jussi Kauhanen

The differences in drinking patterns between Finnish-speaking majority and Swedish-speaking minority in Finland
The European Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on February 10, 2009
Eur J Public Health 2009 19: 278-284; doi:10.1093/eurpub/ckp007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Lucia M. Lotrean, Stef Kremers, Carmen Ionut, and Hein de Vries

Gender differences regarding the alcohol–tobacco relationship among Romanian adolescents—a longitudinal study
The European Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on February 12, 2009
Eur J Public Health 2009 19: 285-289; doi:10.1093/eurpub/ckp011 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Health Services Research

Get checked abstract Marion C. J. Biermans, Peter Spreeuwenberg, Robert A. Verheij, Dinny H. de Bakker, Pieter F. de Vries Robbé, and Gerhard A. Zielhuis

Striking trends in the incidence of health problems in the Netherlands (2002–05). Findings from a new strategy for surveillance in general practice
The European Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on January 12, 2009
Eur J Public Health 2009 19: 290-296; doi:10.1093/eurpub/ckn130 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Corrado De Vito, Carmelo G. Nobile, Giacomo Furnari, Maria Pavia, Maria De Giusti, Italo F. Angelillo, and Paolo Villari

Physicians’ knowledge, attitudes and professional use of RCTs and meta-analyses: A cross-sectional survey
The European Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on January 7, 2009
Eur J Public Health 2009 19: 297-302; doi:10.1093/eurpub/ckn134 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Ingrid M. Bakker, Berend Terluin, Harm W. J. van Marwijk, Willem van Mechelen, and Wim A. B. Stalman

Test–retest reliability of the PRIME-MD: limitations in diagnosing mental disorders in primary care
The European Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on January 30, 2009
Eur J Public Health 2009 19: 303-307; doi:10.1093/eurpub/ckn149 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Jenny S. W. Lee, Patsy P. H. Chau, Elsie Hui, Felix Chan, and Jean Woo

Survival prediction in nursing home residents using the Minimum Data Set subscales: ADL Self-Performance Hierarchy, Cognitive Performance and the Changes in Health, End-stage disease and Symptoms and Signs scales
The European Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on February 12, 2009
Eur J Public Health 2009 19: 308-312; doi:10.1093/eurpub/ckp006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Leena Forma, Pekka Rissanen, Mari Aaltonen, Jani Raitanen, and Marja Jylhä

Age and closeness of death as determinants of health and social care utilization: a case-control study
The European Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on March 13, 2009
Eur J Public Health 2009 19: 313-318; doi:10.1093/eurpub/ckp028 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Your health

Get checked abstract P. D. Angelopoulos, H. J. Milionis, E. Grammatikaki, G. Moschonis, and Y. Manios

Changes in BMI and blood pressure after a school based intervention: The CHILDREN study
The European Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on February 10, 2009
Eur J Public Health 2009 19: 319-325; doi:10.1093/eurpub/ckp004 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Boika Rechel, Nick Spencer, Clare Blackburn, Richard Holland, and Bernd Rechel

Impact of health reforms on child health services in Europe: the case of Bulgaria
The European Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on March 19, 2009
Eur J Public Health 2009 19: 326-330; doi:10.1093/eurpub/ckp027 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Curt Hagquist

Psychosomatic health problems among adolescents in Sweden—are the time trends gender related?
The European Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on March 19, 2009
Eur J Public Health 2009 19: 331-336; doi:10.1093/eurpub/ckp031 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Kate A. Levin, Carolyn A. Davies, Gail V. A. Topping, Andrea V. Assaf, and Nigel B. Pitts

Inequalities in dental caries of 5-year-old children in Scotland, 1993–2003
The European Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on March 23, 2009
Eur J Public Health 2009 19: 337-342; doi:10.1093/eurpub/ckp035 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Miscellaneous

Get checked abstract Thomas Lund, Karl Bang Christensen, Marjan Vaez, Merete Labriola, Malin Josephson, Ebbe Villadsen, and Margaretha Voss

Differences in sickness absence in Sweden and Denmark: the cross national HAKNAK study
The European Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on December 19, 2008
Eur J Public Health 2009 19: 343-349; doi:10.1093/eurpub/ckn128 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Book Review

Gea de Meer

Dean Baker, Mark J Nieuwenhuijsen (editors). Environmental epidemiology: study methods and application.
The European Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on April 24, 2009
Eur J Public Health 2009 19: 350; doi:10.1093/eurpub/ckp055 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

European Public Health Association

Constantino Sakellarides, Dineke Zeegers Paget, and Erio Ziglio

EUPHA President's Column • EUPHA—ASPHER 2009 Conference • Addressing social determinants of health inequities requires well-performing health systems
Eur J Public Health 2009 19: 351-352; doi:10.1093/eurpub/ckp058 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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