Monthly Archives: June 2013

Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice launches today

A medical journal that started life as a one-man project from his Auckland home, has influenced pharmaceutical policy in nations around the world. Today Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice (JoPPP) transfers to publish with BioMed Central, and also marks a new chapter for the journal, which was started five years ago by The University… Read more »

The Long and Many Roads to Recovery

“We know very little about long-term recovery from alcohol and other drug use disorders” points out Dr Stephan Arndt, Editor-in-Chief of Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy in his guest blog Looking away from addiction and towards recovery. This is one of a blog series highlighting the role research plays in helping people recover from… Read more »

Health Literacy in Public Health: Call for Papers

Archives of Public Health is inviting submissions for a new thematic series on Health Literacy in Public Health. The journal is seeking original manuscripts that present empirical research on health literacy applied to the field of public health including: • Measurement of health literacy in community settings or at population level • Links between health… Read more »