Archives of Public Health is a multi-speciality public health journal, dedicated to publishing sound science that has clear policy implications in the field of population health. The journal aims to better the health of populations by contributing to public health knowledge, enhancing the interaction between research, policy and practice, and stimulating population health monitoring and indicator development. The journal particularly welcomes submissions on the following speciality topics: Health information systems Burden of disease methodology and applications Health policy monitoring and evaluation, including health impact assessments The social, structural and behavioural determinants of population health and health inequalities Methodologies in population health research and knowledge translation.