Public Health Reviews

The first issue of Public Health Reviews entitled The New Public Health has now been published! The journal website is now up and running at www.publichealthreviews.eu.

The first issue, The New Public Health, comprised of articles from invited authors, recognises the rapid evolution of public health over the past thirty years, and the need to broaden the base of professional studies in public health within the scope of civil society as much as within health care and medicine. The issue includes topics such as health care reform in Europe, health care innovations in the US, achievements in the sphere of infectious disease, public health workforce shortages in the developing world and micronutrient deficiency, among others.

The Public Health Reviews Journal, which had been published for many years in Israel, was dormant for some time after the owner/publisher retired. In 2008, a proposal to bring it back to life was made, the PHR rights were purchased by EHESP School of Public Health, and a distinguished international Editorial Board was established with institutional support from ASPHER, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, and the Braun School of Public Health, Jerusalem, among others.

In the inaugural issue of the revived journal, we seek to address a wide audience from the myriad of disciplines that comprise the work of public health. We hope to reach public health educators, researchers, students, policy-makers, and practitioners worldwide with evidence-based theoretical and experimental knowledge.

PHR seeks to provide systematic reviews of important topics in public health in order to assist in translation of science into practice, in Europe and globally. The journal will place emphasis on the integration of current state of the art knowledge translational issues, and interdisciplinary approaches, describing evidence-based policy and best practices, for the benefit of a wide audience, including SPH faculty and students, public health professionals, scientists, policy makers, and practitioners. PHR will strive to be agenda setting, offering recommendations for the advancement of the field of public health in Europe and around the world.

The first issue, The New Public Health, will be followed by an issue on Ageing due to come out at the end of 2010, an issue on Cardiovascular Issues in early 2011, an issue on Education in Public Health in late 2011, and once entitled Healthy Europe 2020 at the beginning of 2012. Each issue will focus on one selected theme, while being open to non-thematic reviews. In order to reach a wider audience, Public Health Reviews will be available freely online, with printed copies provided for a fee.

The journal is currently registered in Academic Search Complete and will soon be registered in other online systems as well. Public Health Reviews hopes to reach a large audience, spreading the basic concepts of public health in Europe and around the world!

If your school would like to receive a paper copy of the first issue, please send your name and address to mailto:office@aspher.org. You can also dowload all of the articles from the first issue free of charge from www.publichealthreviews.eu.