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Public Health Reports®

Public Health Reports®


eISSN: 14682877 | ISSN: 00333549 | Current volume: 139 | Current issue: 6 Frequency: Bi-monthly
Published since 1878, Public Health Reports is the official journal of the Office of the U.S. Surgeon General and the U.S. Public Health Service. It is published bimonthly, plus supplement issues, through an official agreement with the Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health. The journal is peer-reviewed and publishes original research, reviews, and commentaries related to public health practice and methodology, public health law, and teaching at schools and programs of public health. Journal Issues include regular commentaries by the U.S. Surgeon General and the executives of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Health.

The journal focuses on such topics as disease surveillance, infectious and chronic diseases, occupational disease and injury, immunization, health disparities, substance use disorders, tobacco use, and many other key and emerging public health concerns. In addition to its 6 regular issues, PHR produces supplemental issues several times per year, focusing on specific topics of interest to its readership. The journal's contributors are on the front lines of public health and present their work in a readable and accessible format.

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This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).

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Public Health Reports is dedicated to publishing original research, reviews, and commentaries in the areas of public health practice and methodology, public health law, and teaching at schools and programs of public health. The journal publishes bi-monthly on major topics in public health, such as infectious and chronic diseases, immunization, injuries and violence, substance use disorders, tobacco use, public health methodology, and issues of interest to state and local health departments and schools of public health. Public Health Reports has departments focused on public health law, writing in public health and public health schools and education and features special commentaries by the Surgeon General and the executives within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Supplemental issues are published several times per year, focusing on special topics. Recent supplements have covered HIV care and prevention, syndromic surveillance, and the health of incarcerated populations.

The mission of Public Health Reports is to positively affect the health and wellness of the American public by facilitating the movement of science into public health practice and policy; to publish scholarly manuscripts that describe new and innovative ways to deliver essential services that lead to improved quality, enhanced efficiency, and reduced costs; and to publish evaluations of public health programs that describe models of practice that can be replicated by others or that describe lessons learned.

Editor in Chief
Zygmunt F. Dembek, PhD, MS, MPH Office of the Surgeon General, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, USA
Production Assistant
Scientific Editors
Rasa G. Hamilton HELPS: Hamilton Editing and Language Publishing Services, LLC, USA
Tomas A. Lang, MA Tom Lang Communications and Training International
Jenny Reising Reising Communications
Ellen Taratus, MS Independent Contractor
Raymond K. Whalen, MD Whalen Medical Communications PLLC, USA
Editorial Committee
Irma Arispe, PhD Associate Director for Analysis and Evaluation, National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, US Department of Health and Human Services, USA
Mary Beth Bigley, DrPH, APRN Chief Executive Officer, National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties, USA
Ylisabyth S. Bradshaw, DO, MS Assistant Professor, Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine, USA
Gretchen Buckler, MD, MPH CDR, US Public Health Service, Medical Epidemiologist, Office of Refugee Resettlement, Administration for Children and Families
Daniel B. Carr, MD Professor of Public Health and Community Medicine Emeritus, Tufts University School of Medicine, USA
Kenneth Castro, MD Professor, Hubert Department of Global Health and Department of Epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University
Harrell Chesson, PhD Health Economist, Division of STD Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, US Department of Health and Human Services, USA
S. Deblina Datta, MD, FIDSA CAPT, US Public Health Service, Medical Epidemiologist, Center for Global Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Cherie L. Drenzek, DVM, MS State Epidemiologist, Georgia Department of Public Health, USA
Laurie Elam-Evans, PhD Lead Health Scientist, Immunization Services Division, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Eleanor Fleming, PhD, DDS, MPH, FICD Assistant Dean for Diversity and Inclusion, University of Maryland School of Dentistry
Isaac Chun-Hai Fung, PhD Associate Professor of Epidemiology, Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health, Georgia Southern University, USA
Nicholas A. Giordano, PhD, RN, FAAN Assistant Professor, Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, Emory University, USA
David P. Goldman, MD, MPH RADM, US Public Health Service, Chief Medical Officer, Office of Food Policy and Response, Food and Drug Administration
Ralph J. Groves, MD CDR, US Public Health Service, Senior Medical Epidemiologist, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs, US Department of the Interior
Amy I. Ising, PhD Associate Director, Carolina Center for Health Informatics, Department of Emergency Medicine, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
Patricia Jones, DrPH, MS Director of the Office of Special Populations, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, USA
Ali S. Khan, MD, MPH, MBA Dean, College of Public Health, University of Nebraska Medical Center, USA
Russell Kirby, PhD, MS Professor and Marrell Endowed Chair, Department of Community and Family Health, College of Public Health, University of South Florida, USA
Richard S. Kurz, PhD Dean Emeritus and Adjunct Professor, University of North Texas Health Science Center, School of Public Health, USA
Christina L. La Croix, DO CDR, U.S. Navy, Module Director, Neuroscience, Assistant Professor Psychiatry and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, USA
Boris Lushniak, MD, MPH Dean and Professor, University of Maryland School of Public Health, USA
Rodney Lyn, PhD, MS Dean and Professor, School of Public Health, Georgia State University, USA
Josephine Malilay, PhD, MD Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, US Department of Health and Human Services (Ret.), USA
Michael Meit, MA, MPH Director of Research and Programs, Center for Rural Health Research, East Tennessee State University College of Public Health, USA
Eyal Oren, PhD, MS Professor, Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, San Diego State University, USA
Krista Powell, MD, MPH CDR, US Public Health Service, Attending Physician, US Department of Veterans Affairs
Elliot G. Raizes, MD HIV Care and Treatment Branch Chief, Division of Global HIV/TB, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, USA
Dhitinut (DT) Ratnapradipa, MSc, PhD, MPA, MCHES Professor, Environmental Health, Department of Clinical Research and Public Health, Creighton University School of Medicine, USA
Puja Seth, PhD Principal Deputy Director, Division of STD Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, USA
Carrie Shapiro-Mendoza, PhD, MPH Branch Chief, Division of Reproductive Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Nathaniel H. Smith, MD, MPH Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, US Department of Health and Human Services (Ret.), USA
Anne C. Spaulding MD, MPH Associate Professor of Epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health, USA
Contributing Editors
Scott Burris, JD Professor of Law, Beasley School of Law, Temple University
Associate Editors
Stephen J. Bertke, PhD Statistician, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, US Department of Health and Human Services, USA
Paul "PJ" Jung, MD, MPH, FACPM RADM, U.S. Public Health Service, Assistant Commandant, Health Safety & Work-Life, U.S. Coast Guard
Lisa M. Lee, PhD, MA, MS Associate Vice President for Research and Innovation, Scholarly Integrity and Compliance, and Research Professor, Department of Population Health Sciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, USA
LaTonia Richardson, PhD, MS Liaison to the CDC/ATSDR Statistical Advisory Group, Statistician, Division for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, USA
Ross D. Silverman, JD, MPH Professor of Health Policy and Management, Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health, and Professor of Public Health and Law, Robert H. McKinney School of Law, Indiana University, USA
US Department of Health and Human Services
Xavier Becerra Secretary of Health and Human Services
US Public Health Service
Rachel L. Levine, MD Assistant Secretary for Health
Vivek H. Murthy, MD, MBA Vice Admiral, USPHS, US Surgeon General
Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health
Thomas A. LaVeist, PhD Chair, Board of Directors
Laura Magaña Valladares, PhD, MS President and Chief Executive Officer
Erin K. Williams Director of Publications
Centers For Disease Control And Prevention
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