BMC Public Health

Section Editors

Mark R Cullen, Stanford University School of Medicine
David J Hunter, Durham University
Omar Khan, University of Vermont
Carl A Latkin, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health
Lea Maes, Ghent University
Silvia Martins, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Fiona Matthews, MRC Biostatistics Unit
Victor Minichiello, University of New England
Martin O'Flaherty, University of Liverpool
Giovanni Rezza, Istituto Superiore di Sanita

Executive Editor

Natalie Pafitis, BioMed Central

Editorial Board | Editorial Team | Instructions for authors | FAQ

Articles

There has been an error retrieving the data. Please try again.

Mental health, socioeconomics and smoking

There are strong socioeconomic and psychosocial gradients in current smoking and smoking cessation, with people in more disadvantaged groups both more likely to be current smokers and have lower quit rates.

BMC Public Health 2013, 13:462
Cervical cancer screening less likely in lesbians

Lesbians are less likely than heterosexual women to participate in cervical cancer screening at recommended intervals, suggesting interventions should be designed to educate this population about cervical cancer risks and the benefits of screening.

BMC Public Health 2013, 13:442
Improving NEWS to enhance comparability

A modified version of the Neighborhood Environment and Walkability Scale (NEWS) scoring protocol improves inter-country comparability and allows pooled analysis of data in investigating associations of perceived neighborhood environment with physical activity and health outcomes.

BMC Public Health 2013, 13:309
Adolescent factors predict adult sickness absence

Sickness absence from school and lower adolescent socio-economic status is predictive of future sickness absence in women, while lower school grades and having unemployed fathers in childhood are predictive of future absence in men.

BMC Public Health 2013, 13:75
Food subsidy programs in HICs

There is limited high quality evidence of the impacts of food subsidy programs on the health and nutrition of people in high income countries (HICs), suggesting further studies are needed to justify investment in these programs.

BMC Public Health 2012, 12:1099
SHS increases risk of meningococcal disease

Evidence from the literature suggests that second hand smoke (SHS) exposure doubles the risk of invasive meningococcal disease in children, which is further increased for children under five and those exposed to maternal smoking during pregnancy.

BMC Public Health 2012, 12:1062
View more articles

RSS

Comments

Promising traffic crash prevention technologies

Comment on: Khorasani-Zavareh et al. BMC Public Health 2013, 13:439
Inaccurate citation

Comment on: Herzog et al. BMC Public Health 2013, 13:154
Correction -- Task Force Affiliation

Comment on: Niederkrotenthaler et al. BMC Public Health 2013, 11:588

Hot topic

Systematic review on measurement properties of questionnaires assessing the neighbourhood environment in the context of youth physical activity behaviour

Reimers AK, Mess F, Bucksch J, Jekauc D and Woll A

BMC Public Health 2013, 13:461

RSS

News from the web

25 May 2013: Homes With Dogs Found To Have More Types Of Bacteria

24 May 2013: Dietary Exposure To Certain Plastics May Play A Hidden Role In Epidemic Increases In Childhood Hypertension

24 May 2013: Human Well-Being Linked To Nature's Benefits

Scope

BMC Public Health is an open access, peer-reviewed journal that considers articles on the epidemiology of disease and the understanding of all aspects of public health. The journal has a special focus on the social determinants of health, the environmental, behavioral, and occupational correlates of health and disease, and the impact of health policies, practices and interventions on the community.

It is journal policy to publish work deemed by peer reviewers to be a coherent and sound addition to scientific knowledge and to put less emphasis on interest levels, provided that the research constitutes a useful contribution to the field.

Editor's profile

Omar Khan, MD is Medical Director of the Eugene DuPont Preventive Medicine & Rehabilitation Institute as well as the Center for Community Health, at ChristianaCare Health System in Delaware (USA), one of the largest healthcare organizations in the country. He is Chair of the Global Health Working Group of the Delaware Health Sciences Alliance and Chair-Elect of the International Health section of the American Public Health Association. He is also on the faculty of Jefferson Medical College & University of Pennsylvania.

"Public Health is perhaps the most comprehensive of the health sciences. The best PH journals thus have some important challenges, including: maintaining excellence in the breadth of PH; and enhancing access to content pertinent to global health (one of the fastest-growing health disciplines). BMC Public Health has managed to achieve both, with a) an impressive Impact Factor; b) groundbreaking, innovative articles in PH; c) leveraging the Open Access model to ensure not only free readership in the developing world, but to provide an important outlet for publication as well.

When I lead workshops on scientific writing, I find BMC’s help, advice and tools to be invaluable. BMC Public Health is fast becoming a top publication journal of choice among academics and practitioners of public health".

RSS