BACKGROUND In the present article, we propose an alternative method for dealing with negative affectivity (NA) biases in research, while investigating the association between a deleterious psychosocial environment at work and poor mental health. First, we investigated how strong NA must be to cause an observed correlation between the independent and dependent variables. Second, we subjectively ...

BACKGROUND This paper reports on research undertaken for the King's Fund inquiry into quality in general practice and examines the health promotion role of the general practitioner. METHODS Literature review of health promotion in general practice focusing on smoking cessation, childhood immunisation, coronary heart disease (CHD) and obesity. In addition the paper draws on interviews with pr...

The literature on employment protection has largely ignored the influence that such policies may have on macroeconomic dynamics. Also, the manner in which exit has been modelled heretofore may understate the effects of these policies. Finally, industrial subsidies to failing plants have largely been ignored as an important element of employment protection. To address these issues, I develop a g...

• Country situational analyses provide rapid assessment of antibiotic use and policies, particularly where infrastructure for routine monitoring is lacking, so help to build political will and government capacity to take action to improve the appropriate use of antibiotics • South East Asian countries have high antibiotic use, and poor implementation of policies to encourage appropriate use • M...

Screening services are a central feature of New Jersey's new civil commitment law. This law, more commonly referred to as the screening law, exemplifies a nationwide trend in civil commitment legislation, attempting to balance liberty interests and the need to treat the mentally ill. Screening services, designated as the preferred process of entry into involuntary hospitalization, were expected...

in-patient care are a period of extremely high risk of self-harm and suicide. Studies in the UK, Denmark, Singapore and Hong Kong show that the risk of suicide is up to 200 times higher than that of the general population around this time. Risk declines rapidly in the subsequent weeks before reaching a relatively steady state at around 6 months after discharge. In England approximately 5% of al...

Kohl and Hootman are the outgoing Editors-in-Chief of the Journal of Physical Activity and Health, a role they have held since 2007. Kohl is with the Dept of Kinesiology and Health Education, University of Texas at Austin, and is the Founder and President of the International Society of Physical Activity and Health. Hootman is with the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health P...