Introduction

The Journal of Public Health Policy is committed to providing an accessible source of scholarly articles on the epidemiologic and social foundations of public health policy, rigorously edited, and progressive.

The Journal publishes articles from all over the world that can inform policy in other communities, countries or regions. Our aim is to provide a platform to inform debates about public health policy globally.

WFPHA member information

The Journal of Public Health Policy is formally affiliated with the World Federation of Public Health Associations (www.wfpha.org). To find out more, including how to subscribe at the special WFPHA rate, please go to the WFPHA page.

News

JPHP article selected for Faculty of 1000 Medicine

Faculty of 1000 Medicine (www.f1000medicine.com) is a revolutionary literature awareness service that identifies and evaluates the most important articles published in Medicine based on the recommendations of a Faculty of over 2000 peer-nominated leading researchers and clinicians.

‘In the name of global health: trends in academic institutions’ (Published JPHP Volume 29/4) has recently been selected as a recommended article for Faculty of 1000 Medicine. It has been evaluated by Faculty member Kelley Lee. Read her commentary on this recommended article.
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We're very pleased to announce that the Journal of Public Health Policy impact factor has increased to 1.436 and its category rankings in both the JCR Science Edition and the Social Science Edition have improved (see left).

President Obama: Protect everyone’s health while paying for everyone’s health care

Along with so many others in the United States, we celebrate a new opportunity, with the election of President Barak Obama, to reform our health system. But, as we did in 1994 (when the Clinton era health reform debates raged, and long before we were the Co-Editors of this journal), we urge everyone involved to consider how to make improving health among the highest priorities in medical care reform. It may sound obvious, but history proves quite the opposite:
protecting and improving the health of the public rarely features in debates about ‘health reform’, nor in legislative proposals.

To read the rest of our Editorial, click here.

To read the full text of our 1994 contribution to JPHP on this crucial set of issues click here.