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Deaf Sign Language Users, Health Inequities, and Public Health: Opportunity for Social Justice

Volume 8: No. 2, March 2011 SPECIAL TOPIC Deaf Sign Language Users, Health Inequities, and Public Health: Opportunity for Social Justice Steven Barnett, MD; Michael McKee, MD, MPH; Scott R. Smith, MD, MPH; Thomas A. Pearson, MD, PhD, MPH Suggested citation for this article: Barnett S, McKee M, Smith SR, Pearson TA. Deaf sign language Read More >

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Barriers to Colorectal Cancer Screening: Physician and General Population Perspectives, New Mexico, 2006

Volume 8: No. 2, March 2011 ORIGINAL RESEARCH Barriers to Colorectal Cancer Screening: Physician and General Population Perspectives, New Mexico, 2006 Richard M. Hoffman, MD, MPH; Robert L. Rhyne, MD, MPH; Deborah L. Helitzer, ScD; S. Noell Stone, MPH; Andrew L. Sussman, PhD, MCRP; Elizabeth E. Bruggeman, PhD, MA; Robyn Viera; Teddy D. Warner, PhD Read More >

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Development of a Community-Based Participatory Colorectal Cancer Screening Intervention to Address Disparities, Arkansas, 2008-2009

Volume 8: No. 2, March 2011 COMMUNITY CASE STUDY Development of a Community-Based Participatory Colorectal Cancer Screening Intervention to Address Disparities, Arkansas, 2008-2009 Karen Yeary, PhD; Eric Flowers, MPH; Gemessia Ford, MPH; Desiree Burroughs; Jackie Burton; Delores Woods; Chara Stewart, MPH; Paulette Mehta, MD; Paul Greene, PhD; Ronda Henry-Tillman, MD Suggested citation for this article: Read More >

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Facilitators and Barriers to Implementing a Local Policy to Reduce Sodium Consumption in the County of Los Angeles Government, California, 2009

Volume 8: No. 2, March 2011 ORIGINAL RESEARCH Facilitators and Barriers to Implementing a Local Policy to Reduce Sodium Consumption in the County of Los Angeles Government, California, 2009 Lauren N. Gase, MPH; Tony Kuo, MD, MSHS; Diane O. Dunet, PhD; Paul A. Simon, MD, MPH Suggested citation for this article: Gase LN, Kuo T, Read More >

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Upstream Ecological Risks for Overweight and Obesity Among African American Youth in a Rural Town in the Deep South, 2007

Volume 8: No. 1, January 2011 ORIGINAL RESEARCH Upstream Ecological Risks for Overweight and Obesity Among African American Youth in a Rural Town in the Deep South, 2007 Alison J. Scott, MS, MHS, PhD; Rebecca F. Wilson, MPH Suggested citation for this article: Scott AJ, Wilson RF. Upstream ecological risks for overweight and obesity among Read More >

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Moving Multiunit Housing Providers Toward Adoption of Smoke-Free Policies

Volume 8: No. 1, January 2011 COMMUNITY CASE STUDY Moving Multiunit Housing Providers Toward Adoption of Smoke-Free Policies Barbara Pizacani, PhD, MPH; Diane Laughter, MPH; Kylie Menagh, MPH; Michael Stark, PhD; Linda Drach, MPH; Colleen Hermann-Franzen Suggested citation for this article: Pizacani B, Laughter D, Menagh K, Stark M, Drach L, Hermann-Franzen C. Moving multiunit Read More >

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Using Resident Health Advocates to Improve Public Health Screening and Follow-Up Among Public Housing Residents, Boston, 2007-2008

Volume 8: No. 1, January 2011 ORIGINAL RESEARCH Using Resident Health Advocates to Improve Public Health Screening and Follow-Up Among Public Housing Residents, Boston, 2007-2008 Jo-Anna Rorie, CNM, MSN, MPH; Adriana Smith, MPH; Tegan Evans, MPH; C. Robert Horsburgh Jr, MD, MUS; Daniel R. Brooks, ScD, MPH; Rachel Goodman; Doris Bunte, MA; Lee Strunin, PhD; Read More >

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Observations and Recommendations From the Mobilizing Action Toward Community Health (MATCH) Expert Meeting

Volume 7: No. 6, November 2010 ESSAY Observations and Recommendations From the Mobilizing Action Toward Community Health (MATCH) Expert Meeting David A. Kindig, MD, PhD; Bridget C. Booske, PhD; Kirstin Q. Siemering, DrPH; Brenda L. Henry, PhD; Patrick L. Remington, MD, MPH Suggested citation for this article: Kindig DA, Booske BC, Siemering KQ, Henry BL, Read More >

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Multisector Partnerships in Population Health Improvement

Volume 7: No. 6, November 2010 SPECIAL TOPIC Multisector Partnerships in Population Health Improvement Julie Woulfe; Thomas R. Oliver, PhD, MHA; Susan J. Zahner, DrPH, RN; Kirstin Q. Siemering, DrPH Suggested citation for this article: Woulfe J, Oliver TR, Zahner SJ, Siemering KQ. Multisector partnerships in population health improvement. Prev Chronic Dis 2010;7(6). http://www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2010/nov/10_0104.htm. Accessed Read More >

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Improving Population Health: The Business Community Imperative

Volume 7: No. 6, November 2010 SPECIAL TOPIC Improving Population Health: The Business Community Imperative Andrew Webber, Suzanne Mercure Suggested citation for this article: Webber A, Mercure S. Improving population health: the business community imperative. Prev Chronic Dis 2010;7(6). http://www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2010/nov/10_0086.htm. Accessed [date]. PEER REVIEWED Abstract Information on the economic effect of poor population health is Read More >

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