Table of contents

Feature section: interventions

Essays

• Essay: Good intentions and received wisdom are not good enough: the need for controlled trials in public health (8 December, 2010) Free

  Sally Macintyre
• Essay: Can we reduce health inequalities? An analysis of the English strategy (1997–2010) (1 April, 2011)

  Johan P Mackenbach

Theory and methods

• Theory and methods: Alternatives to randomisation in the evaluation of public-health interventions: statistical analysis and causal inference (6 August, 2009)

  S Cousens, J Hargreaves, C Bonell, B Armstrong, J Thomas, B R Kirkwood, R Hayes
• Theory and methods: Alternatives to randomisation in the evaluation of public health interventions: design challenges and solutions (12 February, 2009)

  C P Bonell, J Hargreaves, S Cousens, D Ross, R Hayes, M Petticrew, B R Kirkwood

Evidence-based public health policy and practice

• Evidence-based public health policy and practice: Reduced acute hospitalisation with the healthy housing programme (30 January, 2011)

  Gary Jackson, Simon Thornley, Jude Woolston, Dean Papa, Alan Bernacchi, Tracey Moore

Commentaries

• Commentary: Reflections from the antipodes on the English strategy to reduce health inequalities and Mackenbach's analysis (4 May, 2011)

  Tony Blakely, Kristie Carter
• Commentary: Public health evaluation: which designs work, for whom and under what circumstances? (9 June, 2011)

  Laurence Moore, Graham F Moore
• Commentary: Does housing policy influence health? (4 May, 2011)

  Tony Blakely, Michael G Baker, Philippa Howden-Chapman