Students’ Den: Web based surveys, social epidemiology and internet freedom
I am happy to introduce Students’ Den, a new section in our blog, that aims to give Public Health students the opportunity to elaborate on a subject of their choice. We look forward to your comments...
View ArticleStudents’ Den: The concept of activity space and its use in health research:...
In this week’s Students’ Den, Martine Shareck gives us an introduction to the concept of activity space and its potential use in health research. Enjoy reading and join the discussion! Thank you...
View ArticleStudents’ Den: “All work and no play … ?” A project investigating the public...
Closing our first series of students’ articles, Stephanie Alexander offers an interesting introduction to a somewhat different Public Health topic: children’s play. We would very much like to have...
View ArticleMeet the Blogger! Kishan Karrippanon of Youth Health 2.0 talks about his...
Today we are introducing a new section in the blog called “Meet the Blogger”. In this section, invited Public Health bloggers will be contributing posts about their own research and/ or their...
View ArticleMeet the Blogger! Tamara Bugembe of African Child Health talks about her...
After successfully initiating the Meet the Blogger* section of our Blog with an interview with Kishan Karripannon, it is now time to meet another public health blogger, Dr. Tamara Bugembe and learn...
View ArticleMeet the Blogger! Marie Ennis-O’Connor talks about blogging and breast cancer...
After two very interesting interviews with Kishan Karripannon and Tamara Bugembe, we continue our series of Meet the Blogger* with a guest blog post of blogger Marie Ennis-O’Connor. Marie...
View ArticleUse of Social Media in Public Health teaching: 5 reasons why and some words...
A while ago, we asked on Twitter whether people used Social Media for Public Health teaching. We received some interesting answers (which led to this post), amongst which was this one by Dr....
View ArticleFactors influencing publication of your MPH master’s thesis in a scientific...
picture credit Are you about to finish your Masters in Public Health (MPH)? Are you hoping to publish your thesis in a peer-reviewed journal? Ever wondered what are your chances of having it...
View ArticleGuest blog post! The ABC of Growth Monitoring and Promotion in India
picture credit In today’s guest blog post, Ishu Kataria* talks about growth monitoring in India The ABC of Growth Monitoring and Promotion: My experiences in the field Growth refers to regular...
View ArticleChronic conditions and disability in Brazil: new guest blog post!
*This is a guest blogpost regarding our recently published study “Contribution of chronic conditions to gender disparities in disability in the older population in Brazil, 2013″. This paper is our...
View ArticleAcute effects of fine particulate air pollution in Latin America: a...
* This is a guest blog post regarding our recently published paper entitled “Short-term effects of fine particulate matter pollution on daily health events in Latin America: a systematic review and...
View ArticleGuest blog post: Ambient air quality standards differ around the world –...
This is a guest blog post by Meltem Kutlar Joss on a paper we recently published. Meltem is a senior scientific collaborator and project leader at the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute in...
View ArticleStudents’ Den! Male suicide: a call for a more comprehensive and holistic...
We are happy to host this guest blog post by Amina Hamza in our Students’ Den series. Male suicide; a call for a more comprehensive and holistic approach I recently graduated from the University of...
View ArticleIntroducing a new IJPH series! Young Researcher Editorial: Open Space for...
This is a guest blog post by Mahmoud Hassan, doctoral student of Epidemiology at the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute. Mahmoud is the Editor in Chief of the new IJPH “Young Researcher...
View ArticleDoes being socially vulnerable make our health more vulnerable?
* This is a guest blogpost by Isabel Iguacel. Isabel is a psychologist, nurse, economist and PhD student at the University of Zaragoza, Spain. She is the lead author of our recently published paper...
View ArticleFood advertising in TV continues to be a threat for controlling weight...
*This is a guest blog post by Karimen León-Flández, MD, MPH, PhD. Karimen is the lead author of a recently published IJPH paper on marketing techniques in television advertisements of food and drinks...
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