Public health interventions tend to be complex, programmatic, and context dependent. The
evidence for their effectiveness must be sufficiently comprehensive to encompass that …

An interdisciplinary interrogation of primary evidence linking social capital and mental health
sought to establish:(1)'quality of evidence'(assessed in terms of study design, methods used …

Despite the advances of modern epidemiology, the field remains limited in its ability to
explain why certain outcomes occur and to generate the kind of findings that can be …

Why has breastfeeding re-asserted itself over the last twenty years, and why are the
government, the scientific and medical communities, and so many mothers so invested in …

This glossary seeks to define and explain some of the main concepts underpinning
evidence based public health. It draws on the published literature, experience gained over …

Avec la collaboration de Jocelyne Saint-Arnaud L'ampleur des moyens utilisés par les
institutions mandatées pour la prévention de la maladie et la promotion de la santé n'est pas …

In this chapter, we address, selectively, how applied linguists and those concerned with
discourse analysis in particular, have recently approached the study of health care …

PURPOSE: The purpose of this commentary is to explain how social constructions of black
sexuality are relevant to research targeting black sexual behavior and the ostensibly new …

Background Epidemiology has contributed in many ways to identifying various risk factors
for disease and to promoting population health. However, there is a continuing debate about …

Ethnicity/race is a much-studied variable in epidemiology. There has been little consensus
about what self-reported ethnicity/race represents, but it is a measure of some combination …