TABLE OF CONTENTS
Volume 27, Issue 1 (2006)
Theory is the EYE of Practice
Editorial
Top of pageArticles and Commentaries
Mystery of Seasonality: Getting the Rhythm of Nature
As a student of time series in epidemiology, our own Statistical Editor uses recent weather-related disasters to explore the ever problematic issue of seasonality in health.
Elena N Naumova
J Public Health Pol 27: 2-12; doi:10.1057/palgrave.jphp.3200061
Preparation and Response in Case of Natural Disasters: Cuban Programs and Experience
Having recently joined our Editorial Board, Dr. Mas explains how Cuba learned to prepare for and respond to natural disasters with such success that United Nations leaders point to Cuba as a model.
Pedro Mas Bermejo
J Public Health Pol 27: 13-21; doi:10.1057/palgrave.jphp.3200056
Quebec's Approach to Population Health: An Overview of Policy Content and Organization
When authors outside Canada explore its provincial health systems, Quebec's gets disproportionately less attention. Bernier explains from within how and why Quebec's public health programs may be ahead of the other nine Canadian provinces.
Nicole F Bernier
J Public Health Pol 27: 22-37; doi:10.1057/palgrave.jphp.3200057
Vaccine Innovation: Lessons from World War II
An examination of the US Army's approach to vaccine development during World War II reveals unprecedented innovation and a close and effective relationship between researchers and end users.
Kendall Hoyt
J Public Health Pol 27: 38-57; doi:10.1057/palgrave.jphp.3200064
Commentary
"Vaccine Innovation: Lessons from World War II"... for the Current G8 War on "Neglected" Diseases
A leader of recent efforts to create and distribute new and improved vaccines draws critical lessons for today from the World War II era.
Roy Widdus
J Public Health Pol 27: 58-60; doi:10.1057/palgrave.jphp.3200065
Environmental and Occupational Causes of Cancer Re-visited
Doll and Peto's early review of environmental and workplace contributions to cancer causation still dominates the conventional wisdom. The authors argue that this topic deserves new attention from researchers and policymakers, and explain why.
Richard W Clapp, Genevieve K Howe and Molly Jacobs
J Public Health Pol 27: 61-76; doi:10.1057/palgrave.jphp.3200055
Fighting a Tobacco-Tax Rollback: A Political Analysis of the 1994 Cigarette Contraband Crisis in Canada
From the point of view of those intent on reducing tobacco use, principally from the health sector, the 1994 decision to rollback Quebec's tobacco tax was a serious setback. The authors explore how it happened and why.
Eric Breton, Lucie Richard, France Gagnon, Marie Jacques and Pierre Bergeron
J Public Health Pol 27: 77-99; doi:10.1057/palgrave.jphp.3200060
WFPHA: World Federation of Public Health Associations www.wfpha.org
J Public Health Pol 27: 100-104; doi:10.1057/palgrave.jphp.3200063
Book Review
Book Review
Sergut Wolde-Johannes and Phyllis Freeman
J Public Health Pol 27: 105-111; doi:10.1057/palgrave.jphp.3200062
Letters to the Editors
Letter to the Editors Responding to Gould Article in Journal Issue no. 26
Andrew L Stoler
J Public Health Pol 27: 112-114; doi:10.1057/palgrave.jphp.3200058
Ellen Gould Responds
Ellen Gould
J Public Health Pol 27: 115-118; doi:10.1057/palgrave.jphp.3200059
Supporting Real Advances in Public Health Through FDA Regulation
Michael S Givel
J Public Health Pol 27: 119-120; doi:10.1057/palgrave.jphp.3200066
