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From the page: Call for Papers: Social Networks, Health, and Mental Health
Guest Editors: Andrew V. Papachristos, PhD and Alexander C. Tsai, MD, PhD

Social scientists have long observed that the social environment and inter-personal relationships exert substantive influences on health and health-related behaviors. In particular, the past decade has seen a growing interest in the how social networks influence health behaviors including: smoking, obesity, suicide, interpersonal violence, drug use, and communicable diseases and pathogens. For this Special Issue, Social Science & Medicine will assemble a collection of empirical, conceptual, and systematic review articles that will make novel contributions to advancing social science inquiry into how social networks affect health and mental health.

The London School of Hygiene short course on The Epidemiological Evaluation of Vaccines runs from 8-19 July 2013 in London. This course provides an understanding of the methods used in the evaluation of vaccines; from early human trials through to assessment of population impact and policy. It aims to address issues in high, medium and low income countries.

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