Christine Rooke, who lives in Norfolk, was keen to learn more about her father, Leopold Abram. He was born on December 8th 1913 and grew up in Plumstead, South London. Chrisitne was born in 1947, and her father sadly died … Continue reading
Having trouble viewing this? Please view the online version Welcome to the PHR bulletin – Winter 2013/14 edition In this edition: Funding opportunities Useful resources Large scale evaluation studies Vacancies with the PHR Programme Tackling alcohol misuse Projects recently started Projects … Continue reading
By Joan Kalyango Pneumonia is the leading cause of death among children under five years old worldwide, despite being preventable and treatable, mostly due to poor access to care. Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) contributes more than half of the total deaths … Continue reading
To support World Leprosy Day on 26 January, we thought that we would highlight some of the collections that contain material on leprosy. We hold one file of papers of Stanley George Browne, (1907-1986). These reflect his work and interest … Continue reading
Based in the Section of Public Health, under the direction of Professor Petra Meier, we take a lead in ScHARR’s developing research programme on alcohol and other addictions. Our work is influential in informing current debate on alcohol policy and our Sheffield Alcohol … Continue reading
By Prashant Yadav The risk of a flu pandemic is amongst the top global risks today. Scientists and public health experts seem to agree that it is a question of ‘when’ and not ‘if’ it happens. It has been nearly … Continue reading
We will be in the canteen at Tavistock Place on Monday 27th January 2-3pm to answer any queries you may have on open acces publishing, meeting RCUK, Wellcome funder requirements, covering open access fees, predatory publishers, complying with copyright … Continue reading
SPHR opens Round 2 of its innovative evaluation scheme Round 2 of SPHR’s Public Health Practice Evaluation Scheme (PHPES) is now open. PHPES aims to produce high quality evidence needed by public health practice to improve population health and help reduce … Continue reading
By Warren Kaplan The increase in global spending on medicines has been dramatic, with an approximate per capita increase of 50% between 1995 and 2006. In a recently published paper, Nguyen et al. reviewed the literature on pharmaceutical pricing and … Continue reading
The start of January saw a flurry of ejournal usage statistics collation for the SCONUL statistical return. COUNTER JR1 reports were downloaded, which for LSHTM Library includes from individual publishers, the ingentaconnect platform, and JUSP (Journal Usage Statistics Portal). JR1 reports measure the … Continue reading