Tag Archives: alcohol

#PHTwitJC 25: Does alcohol price affect drinking behaviour?

Posted on May 17, 2013 by carotomes

On Thursday 23rd May at 8pm #PHTwitJC will be discussing this paper: A C Wagenaar et al (2009) Effects of beverage alcohol price and tax levels on drinking: a meta-analysis of 1003 estimates from 112 studies, Addiction, 104, 179–190 PDF … Continue reading →

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#PHTwitJC 25: Cast your votes!

Posted on May 8, 2013 by carotomes

Public health is everywhere. Whenever I read the paper, turn on the news, there is always something health-related to be debated and discussed.  And this is one of the many reasons why I enjoy working in public health – theres … Continue reading →

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#PHTwitJC 21: Summary and Discussion

Posted on February 3, 2013 by carotomes

Thanks to everyone who contributed to the lively discussion and appraisal of the following papar: Effectiveness of screening and brief alcohol intervention in primary care (SIPS trial): pragmatic cluster randomised controlled trial, British Medical Journal, http://www.bmj.com/content/346/bmj.e8501. The full transcripts are … Continue reading →

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#PHTwitJC 21: Alcohol Interventions in Primary Care

Posted on January 25, 2013 by carotomes

The next live Twitter Public Health Journal Club will take place on Wednesday 30th January 2013 at 8pm (GMT)  Thank you to those who voted. The winning paper with 43% of the votes this month is: E Kaner, M Bland, … Continue reading →

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Poll for #PHTwitJC January Journal Club is Open

Posted on January 16, 2013 by carotomes

Happy New Year!! #PHTwitJC will be taking place at 8pm (GMT) on Wednesday 30th January Apologies for the delay in getting this month’s journal club off the ground – December and January have been extremely busy months… but we are … Continue reading →

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