TABLE OF CONTENTS
Volume 27, Issue 2 (2006)
Theory is the EYE of Practice
Editorial
Editorial
Anthony Robbins and Freeman Phyllis
J Public Health Pol 27: 123; doi:10.1057/palgrave.jphp.3200077
Articles
Survive, Help, Learn: Experience of a Medical Journal in War and Post-War Times
Editors at the Croatian Medical Journal explore the journal's experience and comment on the obligations of a journal in wartime.
Dario Sambunjak and Ana Ivani
J Public Health Pol 27: 124-135; doi:10.1057/palgrave.jphp.3200070
Commentary
Impact of War on the Household Environment and Domestic Activities: Vital Lessons from the Civil War in Lebanon
A physician who came of age during the seventeen years of civil war in Lebanon presents the daily challenges to households as seen through his adult eyes, and those of his father – an Associate Professor of Environmental Health, American University of Beirut, at the start of the war – a professor emeritus by its close.
Sari A Acra
J Public Health Pol 27: 136-145; doi:10.1057/palgrave.jphp.3200073
Why does Sweden have the Lowest Childhood Injury Mortality in the World? The Roles of Architecture and Public Pre-School Services
The authors examine how and why mortality from injuries to children declined over a long period in Sweden.
Bjarne Jansson, Antonio Ponce De Leon, Niaz Ahmed and Vibeke Jansson
J Public Health Pol 27: 146-165; doi:10.1057/palgrave.jphp.3200076
The Good News About Smoking: How do US Newspapers Cover Tobacco Issues?
How news coverage has affected public perceptions of smoking. Coverage emphasized successes rather than setbacks, and newspaper editors lent support to tobacco control positions.
Katherine Clegg Smith, Melanie Wakefield and Elizabeth Edsall
J Public Health Pol 27: 166-181; doi:10.1057/palgrave.jphp.3200079
Motor Vehicle Deaths: Failed Policy Analysis and Neglected Policy
A distinguished scholar of motor vehicle injuries suggests that the increase in sales of sports utility vehicles in the US best explains the slowing of improvements in motor vehicle-related deaths.
Leon S Robertson
J Public Health Pol 27: 182-189; doi:10.1057/palgrave.jphp.3200074
Commentary
In What Direction is the Canadian Healthcare System Evolving?
A long-time member of JPHP's editorial board, commenting on the article by Bernier in the last issue, considers the consequences of a recent court decision that appears to open the public Canadian healthcare system to private enterprises.
Raynald Pineault
J Public Health Pol 27: 190-195; doi:10.1057/palgrave.jphp.3200069
Editoral: The Publishing Gap Between Rich and Poor: the Focus of AuthorAID
The Editors explain the 'publishing gap' problem that AuthorAID is intended to address: what it is and why it persists. In the WFPHA Special Section readers will find a summary of what we propose can be done about it.
Phyllis Freeman and Anthony Robbins
J Public Health Pol 27: 196-203; doi:10.1057/palgrave.jphp.3200071
WFPHA: World Federation of Public Health Associations www.wfpha.org
The WFPHA pages incorporate a message from the President, Cuauhtémoc Ruiz Matus; Special Reports on Global Health Watch and on AuthorAID; an invitation to the 11th World Congress on Public Health, scheduled for August in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; plus a Call for Resolutions on Global Public Health Issues.
J Public Health Pol 27: 204-210; doi:10.1057/palgrave.jphp.3200075
Reviews
Film Review: The Constant Gardener
Anthony Robbins
J Public Health Pol 27: 211-212; doi:10.1057/palgrave.jphp.3200072
Thanks To Reviewers
Thanks To Reviewers
J Public Health Pol 27: 213-214; doi:10.1057/palgrave.jphp.3200078
Corrigendum
Confronting the Epidemic: The Need for Global Solutions
NJ Rigby, S Kumanyika and WP James
J Public Health Pol 27: 215; doi:10.1057/palgrave.jphp.3200080
