TABLE OF CONTENTS
Volume 28, Issue 3 (2007)
Theory is the EYE of Practice
Articles
Men's Perception of Maternal Mortality in Nigeria
In ground breaking research, the authors reveal ways in which men's attitudes affect women's perinatal care. This study from Ibadan, Nigeria differentiated men by social class, geographical location, age, education, religion, marital and parental status. Among many other findings we learn that half of the study participants thought abortion should be prohibited.
Taiwo O Lawoyin, Olusheyi O C Lawoyin and David A Adewole
J Public Health Pol 28: 299-318; doi:10.1057/palgrave.jphp.3200143
Commentary: Gender and Health
The editor of African Women's Health (2000) explains what is unique in the approach taken by the authors in the lead article. She notes the results should be invaluable to Nigerian health policy-makers who wish to lower extraordinarily high maternal mortality rates (800 per 100,000 live births).
Meredeth Turshen
J Public Health Pol 28: 319-321; doi:10.1057/palgrave.jphp.3200141
Commentary: From Scarcity to Abundance: Pandemic Vaccines and Other Agents for "Have Not" Countries
Following Fedson's "Preparing for Pandemic Vaccination: An International Policy Agenda for Vaccine Development" in Volume 26:1, these authors explain how, within a few months of the onset of a new pandemic, several billion doses of live-attenuated and recombinant hemagglutinin H5 vaccines could be provided to "have not" countries, provided a new and disruptive system of "top-down" management could be organized.
David S Fedson and Peter Dunnill
J Public Health Pol 28: 322-340; doi:10.1057/palgrave.jphp.3200147
High-Impact Medical Journals and Peace: A History of Involvement
The authors studied the positions of five leading general medical journals (The Lancet, BMJ, JAMA, New England Journal of Medicine, and Annals of Internal Medicine) on collective violence since World War II. A continuous increase in the proportion of war-related articles suggests that by taking an active editorial stance towards the issues of war and peace, these journals influence the scientific and medical community and society to promote peace.
Joshua D Bloom, Dario Sambunjak and Egbert Sondorp
J Public Health Pol 28: 341-355; doi:10.1057/palgrave.jphp.3200145
Do Standard Measures of Deprivation Reflect Health Inequalities in Older People?
Based on an ecological study using data from all 100 neighborhoods in Sheffield in 2004, these authors suggest caution should be used when using conventional deprivation/poverty measures to select older populations to be targeted for services. Their analysis demonstrated that the deprivation indicator that correlated best with the subjective health rating of people aged 75+ is educational qualification. They examined the relationship between different deprivation indicators and both self-rated health and emergency admission rates of older people to determine which indicators best predict the health of people in this age group.
Nisreen Alwan, Margaret Wilkinson, Dorothy Birks and John Wright
J Public Health Pol 28: 356-362; doi:10.1057/palgrave.jphp.3200137
The Federation Pages
WFPHA: World Federation of Public Health Associations FREE
WFPHA updates readers on its new strategic plan, including leadership for a global exchange on practice, education/training, and research in global public health, and to develop and implement policies to improve the health of populations; and summarizes annual reports.
J Public Health Pol 28: 363-375; doi:10.1057/palgrave.jphp.3200144
Letters
The Alchemy of Abstinence-Only Education: Will the New Study be Sufficient to End it?
Deborah R McFarlane
J Public Health Pol 28: 376-378; doi:10.1057/palgrave.jphp.3200142
Health vs. Medicine: Least We Forget
Narhar Shankar Deodhar
J Public Health Pol 28: 379-384; doi:10.1057/palgrave.jphp.3200139
