Table of Contents
Editorial
Hepatitis C and public health
Joav Merrick, MD, MMedSc, DMSc
Review Articles
Eosinophil cationic protein in pediatric asthma
Eugenia Panagiotopoulou, MD, Michael B. Anthracopoulos, MD, PhD, FAAP and Kostas N. Priftis, MD, PhD
Are WHO/Euro system framework functions applicable to public health services?
Itamar Grotto, MD, MPH, PhD2 and Alex Leventhal, MD, MPH, MPA
Advancing youth tobacco use cessation in developing countries: Practical considerations
Steve Sussman, PhD and David S. Black, MPH
Postpartum depression: Effects on the mother-infant relationship and child development
Deana B. Davalos, PhD, Alana M. Campbell, BS and Amanda L. Pala
Typical and atypical expression of distress: A study on cry
Gianluca Esposito, PhD and Paola Venuti, PhD
Original Articles
New psychosocial methods in child health care: Can we make a difference under routine conditions?
Dagmar Lagerberg, PhD, Margaretha Magnusson, MD and Claes Sundelin, MD
Watching health threats on the news: Predicting health risk perceptions, fear and behavior intentions
Marijke Lemal, MA and Jan Van den Bulck, PhD, DSc
Body esteem in British children: Differences due to weight status, ethnicity and gender
Michael J. Duncan, PhD1, Yahya Al-Nakeeb, PhD, Lorayne Woodfield, PhD and Alan M. Nevill, PhD
Causes and consequences of childhood burn: Experience from 100 cases in Bangladesh
Selim Ahmed, MBBS, FCPS, Aminur Rahman, MBBS, DCM, MMed, Maleeha Hussain, MBBS, MPhil and Fazlur Rahman, MBBS, MPhil, PhD
Attitude of secondary school children towards people with HIV/AIDS. An insight into the stigma and discrimination problem in the English speaking Caribbean
Alok Kumar, MBBS, MD, Geeta Kumari, MSW, MA Richard Carter, MSc and Carmita Douglin, MSc
Does prolonged bottle use effect obesity indexes among preschool children?
Constantine I. Vardavas, RN, MPH, Manolis Linardakis, MSc and Anthony G. Kafatos, MD, PhD
Psychological and socio-demographic determinants of obsessionality ratings among the general population
Bruce D. Kirkcaldy, MA, PhD, FBPsS and Rainer Georg Siefen, Priv. Doz, MD, Dipl Psychol
Knowledge and attitudes toward anorexia nervosa and self body image among young and older women in Israel
Liat Korn, PhD and Racheli Magnezi, PhD, MBA
Case Reports
Detection of a rare hereditary persistence of fetal hemoglobin in a tribal family in Orissa, India
Ranbir S. Balgir, M.Sc.Hons., Ph.D