Welcome to the first edition of HEX for 2016. We have included some excellent papers, reporting on a range of clinical topics and research methodologies. The review article by Phillipson and colleagues on current practices to increase Chlamydia screening in the community evaluated the included interventions against social marketing national benchmark criteria. Despite the quality of evidence be...

a City and Hackney Primary Care Trust, St Leonard’s Hospital, Nuttal St, London, England. b Tuberculosis Programme, Pan-American Health Organization, Washington, DC, United States of America. Correspondence to Jose Figueroa-Munoz (e-mail: [email protected]). doi:10.2471/BLT.06.038737 (Submitted: 12 November 2006 – Revised version received: 1 August 2007 – Accepted: 10 August 2007 – Pu...

background health policies are important instruments for improving population health. however, experience suggests that policies designed for the whole population do not always benefit the most vulnerable. participation of vulnerable groups in the policy-making process provides an opportunity for them to influence decisions related to their health, and also to exercise their rights. this paper ...