TABLE OF CONTENTS
Volume 29, Issue 1 (2008)
Special Section: Health and Human Rights: Critical Historical Perspectives from the Cold War to the New World Order |
Articles |
The Federation's Pages |
Corrigendum
A Roundtable Discussion Begins: National Public Health Institutes–and new Collaboration among them worldwide
National Public Health Institutes FREE
J Public Health Pol 29: 1-2; doi:10.1057/palgrave.jphp.3200171
National Public Health Institutes: Contributing to the Public Good FREE
A new international association surveyed its membership of "national public health institutions" to begin to understand their roles, contributions, and limitations–as a basis for improvement and collaboration worldwide.
Sue Binder, Lola Adigun, Courtenay Dusenbury, Allison Greenspan and Paula Tanhuanpää
J Public Health Pol 29: 3-21; doi:10.1057/palgrave.jphp.3200167
NPHIs and Public Goods: A Perspective from Morocco FREE
The Director of the Institute Pasteur of Morocco explains that consolidation of public health functions into a single agency would encourage a comprehensive approach to public health in Morocco.
Mohammed Hassar
J Public Health Pol 29: 22-25; doi:10.1057/palgrave.jphp.3200166
A Perspective from Mexico FREE
The Director General of the Mexico's National Institute of Public Health describes his institute, one of the oldest and most extensive in the world.
Mario Henry Rodríguez- López
J Public Health Pol 29: 26-31; doi:10.1057/palgrave.jphp.3200168
Special Section: Health and Human Rights: Critical Historical Perspectives from the Cold War to the New World Order
Special Section: Health and Human Rights: Historical Perspectives and Political Challenges FREE
The organizer of this special section, a member of JPHP's Editorial Board, identifies human and documentary sources to extract health implications of human rights. She draws connections among them-as international health agencies, policymakers, advocates, and activists increasingly invoke these concepts, often without her historical sensitivity.
Anne-Emanuelle Birn
J Public Health Pol 29: 32-41; doi:10.1057/palgrave.jphp.3200165
A Perspective on the History of Health and Human Rights: from the Cold War to the Gold War FREE
Examining the emergence of human rights and health on the international development agenda, a veteran participant highlights the convergence of health and human rights in the context of economic globalization. He describes a potential for greater synergy between health and rights, including a role for health practitioners.
Daniel Tarantola
J Public Health Pol 29: 42-53; doi:10.1057/palgrave.jphp.3200159
Jonathan Mann, HIV/AIDS, and Human Rights FREE
These historians trace important and unanticipated results emerging from AIDS pandemic–a dialogue between public health and human rights sparked by Jonathan Mann, whose memory continues to stimulate public health practitioners and activists.
Elizabeth Fee and Manon Parry
J Public Health Pol 29: 54-71; doi:10.1057/palgrave.jphp.3200160
Articles
Multilevel Analysis of Individual and Community Predictors of Smoking Prevalence and Frequency in China: 1991–2004 FREE
A study over 13 years of cigarette smoking by individuals in 4000 households in China consistently points to predictors crucial for tobacco control programs.
Zhenfeng Pan and Dongsheng Hu
J Public Health Pol 29: 72-85; doi:10.1057/palgrave.jphp.3200163
The Impact of Corporate Practices on Health: Implications for Health Policy FREE
Case studies of three products illustrate the role of corporate policies and practices in producing health and disease. Surely discouraging harmful corporate practices by changing corporate behavior might be a proximal target in primary prevention.
Nicholas Freudenberg and Sandro Galea
J Public Health Pol 29: 86-104; doi:10.1057/palgrave.jphp.3200158
Editorial Comment: Beyond Social Determinants FREE
Anthony Robbins
J Public Health Pol 29: 105; doi:10.1057/palgrave.jphp.3200169
Australian Pharmaceutical Policy: Price Control, Equity, and Drug Innovation in Australia FREE
Australia has had an aggressive public policy on pharmaceuticals, implemented in large part though its price control regime that is under fire from the global pharmaceutical industry. The authors describe the regime's effectiveness, thereby explaining the vituperative attacks.
Evan Doran and David Alexander Henry
J Public Health Pol 29: 106-120; doi:10.1057/palgrave.jphp.3200170
Newborn Blood Spot Screening in Four Countries: Stakeholder Involvement FREE
This review of stakeholder involvement in policies about newborn blood spot screening in the United Kingdom, the United States, Australia, and Canada raises questions about the most effective approaches to facilitate inclusiveness in policymaking.
Beth K Potter, Denise Avard and Brenda J Wilson
J Public Health Pol 29: 121-142; doi:10.1057/palgrave.jphp.3200161
The Federation's Pages
WFPHA: World Federation of Public Health Associations FREE
J Public Health Pol 29: 143-147; doi:10.1057/palgrave.jphp.3200164
Corrigendum
Special Section: A Multinational Injury Surveillance System Pilot Project in Africa FREE
Diego E Zavala, Simon Bokongo, Ime A John, Senoga Ismail Mpanga, Robert E Mtonga, Zakari Mohammed Aminu, Walter Odhiambo and Peter Olupot-Olupot
J Public Health Pol 29: 148; doi:10.1057/palgrave.jphp.3200162
