TABLE OF CONTENTS
Volume 29, Issue 3 (2008)
Articles
Sticks and Stones (illustration)
Eleanor Rubin
J Public Health Pol 29: 264; doi:10.1057/jphp.2008.24
Commentary
Genocide: can we predict, prevent, and protect?
After reading An Ordinary Man by Paul Rusesabagina with Tom Zoellner, our commenter suggests that because we can predict when and where genocide is developing, and use public health to deter use of hate language and incitement.
Elihu D Richter
J Public Health Pol 29: 265-274; doi:10.1057/jphp.2008.20
Epidemiology and the Macrosocial Determinants of Health
To understand the effects of macrosocial determinants on health, the authors challenge epidemiologists to study elements of social policy, such as taxation. Such studies will make an increasingly important contribution to public health.
Sara Putnam and Sandro Galea
J Public Health Pol 29: 275-289; doi:10.1057/jphp.2008.15
Commentary: Population-level Risk Factors, Population Health, and Health Policy
This commentary urges attention to population-level factors that affect health, adding a practical element to the article on macrosocial determinants of health.
Elena N Naumova and Steven A Cohen
J Public Health Pol 29: 290-298; doi:10.1057/jphp.2008.21
Commentary: Macrosocial Determinants, Epidemiology, and Health Policy: should politics and economics be banned from social determinants of health research?
After considering the reasons that epidemiologists have restricted their studies, these authors find reason for optimism in the new interest in macrosocial factors.
Carles Muntaner and Haejoo Chung
J Public Health Pol 29: 299-306; doi:10.1057/jphp.2008.23
Population Health and the Hardcore Smoker: Geoffrey Rose Revisited
Challenging the "hardening hypothesis," these Canadian authors note that Geoffrey Rose's model predicts that the effect of policy interventions, and changes in social norms, will shift the population-level risk distribution for continuing to smoke, making it more likely that all smokers will quit.
Michael O Chaiton, Joanna E Cohen and John Frank
J Public Health Pol 29: 307-318; doi:10.1057/jphp.2008.14
Clustering Countries to Evaluate Health Outcomes Globally
Country clusters can and should be used to study societal conditions that contribute to changes in health outcomes over time.
Sue Thomas Hegyvary, Devon M Berry and Alejandro Murua
J Public Health Pol 29: 319-339; doi:10.1057/jphp.2008.13
Happy Hours and Other Alcohol Discounts in Cafés: Prevalence and Effects on Underage Adolescents
Discounts are used to promote alcohol sales to adolescents in the Netherlands, affecting both attitudes and consumption.
Joris van Hoof, Marieke van Noordenburg and Menno de Jong
J Public Health Pol 29: 340-352; doi:10.1057/jphp.2008.2
Community Wellbeing in an Unwell World: Trends, Challenges, and Possibilities
This essay explores the changing nature of the concept of community wellbeing and its richness for enhancing measurement of societal progress beyond indicators focused more narrowly on economic growth.
John Wiseman and Kathleen Brasher
J Public Health Pol 29: 353-366; doi:10.1057/jphp.2008.16
The Federation's Pages
WFPHA: World Federation of Public Health Associations www.wfpha.org FREE
J Public Health Pol 29: 367-370; doi:10.1057/jphp.2008.17
Book Review
The Man Who Hated Work and Loved Labor: The Life and Times of Tony Mazzocchi
Anthony Robbins and Phyllis Freeman
J Public Health Pol 29: 371-373; doi:10.1057/jphp.2008.22
Letters: National Institutes of Public Health
NPHIs as Focal Points for Leadership in Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases
David L Heymann
J Public Health Pol 29: 374-376; doi:10.1057/jphp.2008.19
