The Journal Club gives members a regular forum to critically appraise recent research relevant to public health. Sessions are held at lunchtime, usually from 12.00 noon to 1.30 p.m.
Sessions
| Date | Paper discussed |
|---|---|
| 21 October 2026 | Age-specific findings on lifestyle and trajectories of cognitive function |
| 9 July 2026 | Stop and Play: a digital health intervention for reducing excessive screen time among preschoolers |
| 25 November 2025 | Parenting for Lifelong Health |
| 6 August 2025 | Journal Club session |
| 2 July 2025 | Journal Club session |
| June 2025 | Building capacity for local public health: an academic and public health partnership in response to COVID-19 |
| May 2025 | Health financing challenges in Southeast Asian countries for universal health coverage |
| April 2025 | Health literacy, mental health and quality of life in freshmen students |
| 12 March 2025 | The Impact of Caregiver Burden on Quality of Life in Family Caregivers of Patients with Advanced Cancer: A Moderated Mediation Analysis of the Role of Psychological Distress and Family Resilience |
| 5 February 2025 | Impact of Low Health Literacy on Patients’ Health Outcomes: A Multicenter Cohort Study |
| 8 January 2025 | Time to publication for results of clinical trials |
| December 2024 | Contextualising the revised Patient Perception of Patient-Centeredness scale |
| November 2024 | Unpacking the black box of suicide: adolescent girls in India |
| 22 August 2024 | Effects of combined dietary intervention and physical-cognitive exercise on cognitive function and cardiometabolic health of postmenopausal women with obesity: a randomised controlled trial |
| 12 July 2024 | The Long-Term Health Consequences of Child Physical Abuse, Emotional Abuse, and Neglect: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis |
| April 2024 | Seasonal RTS,S/AS01E malaria vaccination with or without chemoprevention |
| 12 February 2024 | Individualized target fortification of breast milk with protein, carbohydrates, and fat for preterm infants: A double-blind randomized controlled trial |
| 26 January 2024 | The effect of early and systematic integration of palliative care in oncology on quality of life and health care use near the end of life: A randomised controlled trial |
| 12 December 2023 | The economic impact of non-communicable diseases among households in South Asia and their coping strategy: A systematic review |
| 31 October 2023 | Effectiveness of school-based sexual and reproductive health education among adolescent girls in urban areas of Odisha, India: a cluster randomized trial |
| 23 June 2023 | Dapagliflozin in Patients with Heart Failure and Reduced Ejection Fraction |
| 30 March 2023 | Cost-effectiveness of community health systems strengthening: quality improvement interventions at community level to realise maternal and child health gains in Kenya |
| 28 February 2023 | Impact of Strategies for Preventing Obesity and Risk Factors for Eating Disorders among Adolescents: A Systematic Review |
| 30 January 2023 | Adolescents’ online appearance preoccupation: a five-year longitudinal study |
| 17 November 2022 | Efficacy of a tetravalent dengue vaccine in children |
| 31 October 2022 | Community perspectives on maternal and child health during nutrition and economic transition |
| 8 July 2022 | Long-term survival and health-related quality of life after in-hospital cardiac arrest |
| 20 May 2022 | Impact of economic crises on mental health care |
| 19 April 2022 | Childhood leprosy and delays in diagnosis |
| 22 March 2022 | Support for healthcare professionals during COVID-19 |
| 8 March 2022 | Journal Club session |
| 15 February 2022 | Safety and efficacy of the BNT162b2 mRNA COVID-19 vaccine |
| 1 February 2022 | Adverse outcomes in COVID-19 and diabetes |
| 14 December 2021 | Lessons from severe pre-eclampsia causing a maternal near-miss |
| 30 November 2021 | A quality-of-life questionnaire for infertile women |
| 16 November 2021 | Comparative accuracy of ultrasound and mammography in breast cancer detection |
| 2 September 2021 | COVID-19 and healthcare workers: a systematic review and meta-analysis |
| 10 May 2021 | Lecture and journal club: Critical appraisal of a journal article |
| 22 July 2016 | Critical review of a health economics article |
Where only a month is shown, it is the month the invitation was circulated.
