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

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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
Poverty through healthcare expenses in China

Effective financial protection for healthcare expenditures for families with a chronic patient in rural China is lacking, even though there is a high coverage rate with the New Cooperative Medical Schemes.

BMC Public Health 2012, 12:988
Plain cigarette packs may put off smokers

Branded cigarette packs are rated as significantly more appealing, better tasting, and smoother than plain packs and are associated with greater smoker style and sophistication, indicating that plain packaging may reduce the appeal of smoking

BMC Public Health 2012, 12:737
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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".

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