關鍵公共衛生(CPH)致力于傳播公共衛生、健康促進和相關領域的關鍵研究。它匯集了來自社會科學家和衛生研究人員的國際學術成果，為理論和實踐提供批判性分析，并探索關于公共衛生的新思路。CPH鼓勵跨學科的關注和創新的分析。它致力于探索和辯論公平、權力、社會正義和衛生壓迫等問題。該雜志發表實證研究文章、簡短報告和評論文章。所有提交的稿件都要經過編輯的初步評審，如果需要進一步考慮，還需要由該領域的獨立專家評審人員進行匿名雙盲同行評審。CPH最初的名稱是“激進社區醫學”，自1979年以來一直存在，為公眾健康和相關領域的“前沿”思考提供了一個專門的論壇。1990年，該雜志更名為《關鍵公共衛生》，并于1998年成為一份完全國際化的學術期刊，歡迎來自世界各地的高質量投稿。

Critical Public Health ( CPH ) is devoted to the dissemination of critically-engaged research in public health, health promotion and related fields. It brings together international scholarship from social scientists and health researchers to provide critical analyses of theory and practice and to explore new ways of thinking about public health. CPH encourages an interdisciplinary focus and innovative analyses. It is committed to exploring and debating issues of equity, power, social justice and oppression in health. The journal publishes empirical research articles, short reports and commentary articles. All submitted manuscripts are subject to initial appraisal by the Editors, and if appropriate for further consideration, to anonymous double blind peer review by independent expert referees in the field.Originally titled Radical Community Medicine, CPH has been in existence since 1979 to provide a dedicated forum for 'cutting edge' thinking about public health and related fields. In 1990 the journal was renamed Critical Public Health and became a fully international scholarly journal in 1998, welcoming high quality contributions from around the world.