In this issue

	Practising public health beyond medicine Carlos Alvarez-Dardet and John R Ashton J Epidemiol Community Health 2004; 58: 533. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

The JECH gallery

	Margaret M Seminario—Labour Leader in the 20th century Deborah F Salerno and Ilise L Feitshans J Epidemiol Community Health 2004; 58: 535. doi:10.1136/jech.2003.008813 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Andrea Kidd Taylor—Ensuring safety for labour Ilise L Feitshans and Deborah F Salerno J Epidemiol Community Health 2004; 58: 573. doi:10.1136/jech.2003.008821 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Aphorism of the month

	Epidemiology and a sense of place John R Ashton J Epidemiol Community Health 2004; 58: 545. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Speaker's corner

	Persistent toxic substances: exposed individuals and exposed populations M Porta J Epidemiol Community Health 2004; 58: 534-535. doi:10.1136/jech.2004.021238 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Continuing professional education

	A glossary for evidence based public health Lucie Rychetnik, Penelope Hawe, Elizabeth Waters, Alexandra Barratt, and Michael Frommer J Epidemiol Community Health 2004; 58: 538-545. doi:10.1136/jech.2003.011585 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Editorials

	Unreported cases of domestic violence against women: towards an epidemiology of social silence, tolerance, and inhibition Enrique Gracia J Epidemiol Community Health 2004; 58: 536-537. doi:10.1136/jech.2003.019604 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Echoes

	A community level syphilis prevention programme: outcome data from a controlled trial M W Ross, N S Chatterjee, and L Leonard J Epidemiol Community Health 2004; 58: 570. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Randomisation in trials: do potential trial participants understand it and find it acceptable? C Kerr, E Robinson, A Stevens, D Braunholtz, S Edwards, and R Lilford J Epidemiol Community Health 2004; 58: 582. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Responses to a fourth dose of Haemophilus influenzae type B conjugate vaccine in early life M H Slack, D Schapira, R J Thwaites, M Burrage, J Southern, D Goldblatt, and E Miller J Epidemiol Community Health 2004; 58: 622. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Research reports

	Fetal growth predicts stress susceptibility independent of parental education in 161 991 adolescent Swedish male conscripts P M Nilsson, J-Å Nilsson, P-O Östergren, and F Rasmussen J Epidemiol Community Health 2004; 58: 571-573. doi:10.1136/jech.2003.015495 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Ethnicity, acculturation, and self reported health. A population based study among immigrants from Poland, Turkey, and Iran in Sweden Eivor Wiking, Sven-Erik Johansson, and Jan Sundquist J Epidemiol Community Health 2004; 58: 574-582. doi:10.1136/jech.2003.011387 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Increasing ethnic differences in mortality in Estonia after the collapse of the Soviet Union Mall Leinsalu, Denny Vågerö, and Anton E Kunst J Epidemiol Community Health 2004; 58: 583-589. doi:10.1136/jech.2003.013755 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Exploring the relation between class, gender, and self rated general health using the new socioeconomic classification. A study using data from the 2001 census Frances Drever, Tim Doran, and Margaret Whitehead J Epidemiol Community Health 2004; 58: 590-596. doi:10.1136/jech.2003.013383 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Relative impact of childhood and adulthood socioeconomic conditions on cause specific mortality in men Øyvind Næss, Bjøgulf Claussen, and George Davey Smith J Epidemiol Community Health 2004; 58: 597-598. doi:10.1136/jech.2003.012229 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Cumulative deprivation and cause specific mortality. A census based study of life course influences over three decades Øyvind Næss, Bjørgulf Claussen, Dag S Thelle, and George Davey Smith J Epidemiol Community Health 2004; 58: 599-603. doi:10.1136/jech.2003.010207 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Impact of smoking on the social gradient in health expectancy in Denmark Henrik Brønnum-Hansen and Knud Juel J Epidemiol Community Health 2004; 58: 604-610. doi:10.1136/jech.2003.012955 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Theory and methods

	Improving estimation of the variance of expectation of life for small populations P B S Silcocks J Epidemiol Community Health 2004; 58: 611-612. doi:10.1136/jech.2003.011338 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Measuring environmental factors can enhance the search for disease causing genes? T Dwyer, A-L Ponsonby, J Stankovich, L Blizzard, and S Easteal J Epidemiol Community Health 2004; 58: 613-615. doi:10.1136/jech.2003.012971 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Do we need an age specific measure of consensual poverty for older adults? Evidence from the poverty and social exclusion survey Lucy K Smith and Ruth M Hancock J Epidemiol Community Health 2004; 58: 616-617. doi:10.1136/jech.2003.011544 [Extract] [Full text] [Web-only Appendix] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Self report in clinical and epidemiological studies with non-English speakers: the challenge of language and culture Sanja M Hunt and Raj Bhopal J Epidemiol Community Health 2004; 58: 618-622. doi:10.1136/jech.2003.010074 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	An alternative approach to quantifying and addressing inequity in healthcare provision: access to surgery for lung cancer in the east of England John Battersby, Julian Flowers, and Ian Harvey J Epidemiol Community Health 2004; 58: 623-625. doi:10.1136/jech.2003.013391 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Evidence based public health policy and practice

	Enhancing the evidence base for health impact assessment J Mindell, A Boaz, M Joffe, S Curtis, and M Birley J Epidemiol Community Health 2004; 58: 546-551. doi:10.1136/jech.2003.012401 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Civil law problems and morbidity P Pleasence, N J Balmer, A Buck, A O’Grady, and H Genn J Epidemiol Community Health 2004; 58: 552-557. doi:10.1136/jech.2003.014076 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Screening for depleted uranium in the United Kingdom armed forces: who wants it and why? Neil Greenberg, Amy C Iversen, Catherin Unwin, L Hull, and S Wessely J Epidemiol Community Health 2004; 58: 558-561. doi:10.1136/jech.2003.014142 [Abstract] [Full text] [Web-only Appendix] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Traffic ticket fixing and driving behaviours in a large French working population E Lagarde, M Chiron, and S Lafont J Epidemiol Community Health 2004; 58: 562-568. doi:10.1136/jech.2003.011833 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Trends in the uptake and delivery of smoking cessation services to smokers in Great Britain John Britton and Sarah Lewis J Epidemiol Community Health 2004; 58: 569-570. doi:10.1136/jech.2003.015271 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters to the editor

	Erroneous, blurred, and mistaken—comments on the care need index Bo Burström, Olle Lundberg, Kristina Sundquist, Marianne Malmström, Sven-Erik Johansson, and Jan Sundquist J Epidemiol Community Health 2004; 58: 626-627. doi:10.1136/jech.2003.016592 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Book reviews

	An introduction to quality assurance in health care John Øvretveit J Epidemiol Community Health 2004; 58: 627. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Distributing health care. Economic and ethical issues Christel Protiere J Epidemiol Community Health 2004; 58: 627. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Social reinsurance. A new approach to sustainable community health financing Gabriel A Picone J Epidemiol Community Health 2004; 58: 627. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Hygieia

	Hygieia J Epidemiol Community Health 2004; 58: 628. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]