In this issue

	In this issue Carlos Alvarez-Dardet and John R Ashton J Epidemiol Community Health 2006; 60: 281. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

The JECH gallery

	Health protection: a contemporary issue worldwide John R Ashton J Epidemiol Community Health 2006; 60: 315. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Contrasts in public transport Anne Ellaway and Sally Macintyre J Epidemiol Community Health 2006; 60: 344. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Aphorism of the month

	Community organisers beware: there is no such thing as an unorganised community Lowell Levin J Epidemiol Community Health 2006; 60: 284. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Continuing professional education

	Evaluating the effectiveness of public health interventions: the role and activities of the Cochrane Collaboration Elizabeth Waters, Jodie Doyle, Nicki Jackson, Faline Howes, Ginny Brunton, and Ann Oakley J Epidemiol Community Health 2006; 60: 285-289. doi:10.1136/jech.2003.015354 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	A brief conceptual tutorial of multilevel analysis in social epidemiology: using measures of clustering in multilevel logistic regression to investigate contextual phenomena Juan Merlo, Basile Chaix, Henrik Ohlsson, Anders Beckman, Kristina Johnell, Per Hjerpe, L Råstam, and K Larsen J Epidemiol Community Health 2006; 60: 290-297. doi:10.1136/jech.2004.029454 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Editorials

	Tuberculosis, migration, and medical examination: lessons from history John Welshman and Alison Bashford J Epidemiol Community Health 2006; 60: 282-284. doi:10.1136/jech.2005.038604 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Research reports

	Air pollution and cardiovascular admissions association in Spain: results within the EMECAS project F Ballester, P Rodríguez, C Iñíguez, M Saez, A Daponte, I Galán, M Taracido, F Arribas, J Bellido, F B Cirarda, A Cañada, J J Guillén, F Guillén-Grima, E López, S Pérez-Hoyos, A Lertxundi, S Toro for the EMECAS group J Epidemiol Community Health 2006; 60: 328-336. doi:10.1136/jech.2005.037978 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Child abuse registration, fetal growth, and preterm birth: a population based study Nick Spencer, Ann Wallace, Ratna Sundrum, Claire Bacchus, and Stuart Logan J Epidemiol Community Health 2006; 60: 337-340. doi:10.1136/jech.2005.042085 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Long term health outcomes after injury in working age adults: a systematic review C M Cameron, E V Kliewer, D M Purdie, and R J McClure J Epidemiol Community Health 2006; 60: 341-344. doi:10.1136/jech.2005.041046 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Changing drinking pattern does not influence health perception: a longitudinal study of the atherosclerosis risk in communities study Marsha L Eigenbrodt, Flávio D Fuchs, David J Couper, David C Goff, Jr, Catherine Paton Sanford, Richard G Hutchinson, and Zoran Bursac J Epidemiol Community Health 2006; 60: 345-350. doi:10.1136/jech.2005.039735 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Mortality after acute myocardial infarction according to income and education Jeppe N Rasmussen, Søren Rasmussen, Gunnar H Gislason, Pernille Buch, Steen Z Abildstrom, Lars Køber, Merete Osler, Finn Diderichsen, Christian Torp-Pedersen, and Mette Madsen J Epidemiol Community Health 2006; 60: 351-356. doi:10.1136/jech.200X.040972 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Quality of life at older ages: evidence from the English longitudinal study of aging (wave 1) Gopalakrishnan Netuveli, Richard D Wiggins, Zoe Hildon, Scott M Montgomery, and David Blane J Epidemiol Community Health 2006; 60: 357-363. doi:10.1136/jech.2005.040071 [Abstract] [Full text] [web only appendix] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Theory and methods

	What does self rated health measure? Results from the British Whitehall II and French Gazel cohort studies Archana Singh-Manoux, Pekka Martikainen, Jane Ferrie, Marie Zins, Michael Marmot, and Marcel Goldberg J Epidemiol Community Health 2006; 60: 364-372. doi:10.1136/jech.2005.039883 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Evidence based public health policy and practice

	Population level policy options for increasing the prevalence of smokefree homes George Thomson, Nick Wilson, and Philippa Howden-Chapman J Epidemiol Community Health 2006; 60: 298-304. doi:10.1136/jech.2005.038091 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Child care and social support modify the association between maternal depressive symptoms and early childhood behaviour problems: a US national study Li-Ching Lee, Carolyn T Halpern, Irva Hertz-Picciotto, Sandra L Martin, and Chirayath M Suchindran J Epidemiol Community Health 2006; 60: 305-310. doi:10.1136/jech.2005.040956 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Increasing child pedestrian and cyclist visibility: cluster randomised controlled trial C A Mulvaney, D Kendrick, M C Watson, and C A C Coupland J Epidemiol Community Health 2006; 60: 311-315. doi:10.1136/jech.2005.038216 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Cumulative false positive recall rate and association with participant related factors in a population based breast cancer screening programme Xavier Castells, Eduard Molins, and Francesc Macià J Epidemiol Community Health 2006; 60: 316-321. doi:10.1136/jech.2005.042119 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Explaining the recent decrease in coronary heart disease mortality rates in Ireland, 1985–2000 Kathleen Bennett, Zubair Kabir, Belgin Unal, Emer Shelley, Julia Critchley, Ivan Perry, John Feely, and Simon Capewell J Epidemiol Community Health 2006; 60: 322-327. doi:10.1136/jech.2005.038638 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]