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Mental illness, suicide, and ‘intractable violence’ creating ‘lost...
picture credit: Mark Reldy under Creative Commons Licence We are happy to post the press release for our recently published Supplement entitled “The state of health in the Eastern Mediterranean...
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Looking for candidates for the position of Senior Editor for IJPH!
Could you be the next Senior Editor of the International Journal of Public Health? We are recruiting and are looking for people based in Switzerland! See the full details for this unique...
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Introducing 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...
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Does 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...
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Is smoking transmitted from one generation to another and why should we care?
* This is a guest blog post by Alexi Gugushvili who is a leading author of a recently published article on parental transmission of smoking. Alexi is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Department of...
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Is spirituality a protective health asset for adolescents? New infographic!
It has been a while since the last time we made an infographic…But we are back with one summarising a very interesting study that was recently published in our journal. See below, comment and share!...
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Food 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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Walking in the editors’ shoes! Course on peer-reviewing and journal editing...
When you read a scientific paper or when you write one yourself, have you ever wondered what happens on the other side? What exactly do reviewers and Editors do? How do they make their decisions? What...
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The SSPH+ Global PhD Program in Public Health Sciences is looking for...
Are you an early-stage researcher, holding a Master’s degree and interested in conducting research in Public Health Sciences? The Swiss School of Public Health+ is offering a fantastic Global PhD...
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We have a winner! Best paper on environmental and health equity
A while ago we opened a call for papers called “Environmental and health equity” with the occasion of the EcoHealth Conference (which will be held on 15-18 August 2018 in Cali, Colombia). We...
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Building Local Leadership Collaboratives to Reduce Urban Violence
Growing urbanization and social inequality increases the risk of violence and is preventing urban areas reaching their full potential. So, what can be done to build trust and common ground between...
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IJPH is taking a short break from social media- but we’ll be back!
As a social media junkie enthusiast, “taking a break from social media” is not an expression I ever imagined using for myself! No, I’m not fired (phew) nor am I taking a social media free month ! I...
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Best meeting of the year, aka IJPH Editorial Board Meeting
Coming back to work after 8 months can be challenging but I had the best welcome from the IJPH team! Ok, our Editorial Board Meeting is held annually and serves way more important purposes but it was...
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Meet the Editor! Interview with Olaf von dem Knesebeck
We are happy to host an interview with our new Editor in Chief, Professor Dr. Olaf von dem Knesebeck. If you have any messages for him, comment below and we’ll make sure he gets them! Tell us a bit...
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Call for papers – submit for your chance to win an award!
We are happy to announce a call for papers (and an award* for the best one!) on market-driven forces and public health. The call relates to the 4th Latin American Public Health Meeting that will be...
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A journey of the Young Researcher Editorials
This post is written by Apolline Saucy. Apolline is a PhD candidate in environmental epidemiology at SwissTPH. Her research focuses on the health effects of aircraft noise in Switzerland. In parallel,...
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Meet the (new) Editor: Vasilis Nittas!
We are happy to host an interview with Vasilis Nittas, the new Editor in Chief of our Young Researcher Editorials (YRE) series! Any comments? Share them below or directly with Vasilis on twitter (...
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Words matter! Social versus spatial distancing
“Social distancing” is a term that most of us have not used or given it a second thought until recently. Nowadays, it seems every second phrase we use or hear is that. Social distancing during...
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IJPH to soon become open access!
The news is already out since May 1st…but we are excited not to reshare them! What changes? As you might have read, we will be transitioning to a Gold Open Access model from 1st January 2021. That...
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We have a winner! Best article award on “Market-driven forces and public health”
We are happy to announce the winner of our recent call for paper on Market-driven forces and Public Health. Congratulations to the first author Adriana Ardila-Sierra and her co-author César...
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