| | Other Issues: previous | next | latest | archiveFrom the Editor in Chief Fresh Perspectives Lynne S. Wilcox PMCID: PMC2578772 Editorials Lessons Learned From a Binational Survey to Examine Women’s Health Status in the US-Mexico Border Region Brian C. Castrucci, Evelyn Delgado, Vincent Fonseca, R.J. Dutton, and Fouad Berrahou PMCID: PMC2578792 Improving Ways to Generate and Use Local Data to Create and Strengthen Binational Programs Jorge S Hernández PMCID: PMC2578787 Reproductive Health Surveillance in the US-Mexico Border Region: Beyond the Border (and Into the Future) Milton Kotelchuck PMCID: PMC2578788 The Past, Present, and Future of Reproductive Health Surveillance in the US-Mexico Border Region Jill A McDonald PMCID: PMC2578776 Exchanging Information About Reproductive and Sexual Health on the US-Mexico Border: A Good Example of Collaboration Patricia Uribe Zúñiga PMCID: PMC2578761 Original Research Peer Reviewed: Mortality Patterns in the West Bank, Palestinian Territories, 1999-2003 Niveen ME Abu-Rmeileh, Abdullatif Husseini, Rita Giacaman, Omar Abu-Arqoub., and Mutasem Hamad PMCID: PMC2578778 Peer Reviewed: Validation of the Spanish Translation of the Patient Assessment of Chronic Illness Care (PACIC) Survey Nirav R Shah, Abraham Aragones, Eric W Schaefer, David Stevens, Marc N Gourevitch, and Russell E Glasgow PMCID: PMC2578783 Peer Reviewed: Screening High School Students for Eating Disorders: Results of a National Initiative S. Bryn Austin, Najat J. Ziyadeh, Sara Forman, Lisa A. Prokop, Anne Keliher, and Douglas Jacobs PMCID: PMC2578782 Peer Reviewed: Identifying Adolescent Metabolic Syndrome Using Body Mass Index and Waist Circumference Sarah M Camhi, JoAnn Kuo, and Deborah R Young PMCID: PMC2578768 Peer Reviewed: Cervical Cancer Screening Among Women Who Gave Birth in the US-Mexico Border Region, 2005: The Brownsville-Matamoros Sister City Project for Women’s Health Brian C Castrucci, Alonso Echegollen Guzmán, Mona Saraiya, Steven S Coughlin, Kayan L Lewis, Ginger L Gossman, Hillary Foulkes, Gita Mirchandani, Brian R Smith, Jill A. McDonald, Juan Acuña, Luz Correa-Nieto Canedo, and Imelda M Garcia PMCID: PMC2578779 Peer Reviewed: Attempted Breastfeeding Before Hospital Discharge on Both Sides of the US-Mexico Border, 2005: The Brownsville-Matamoros Sister City Project for Women’s Health Brian C Castrucci, Leticia E Piña Carrizales, Denise V D'Angelo, Jill A McDonald, Juan Acuña, Hillary Foulkes, Ginger L Gossman, Kathy Clatanoff, Kayan Lewis, Gita Mirchandani, Indu B. Ahluwalia, Tracy Erickson, and Brian Smith PMCID: PMC2578764 Peer Reviewed: A New Evaluation Tool to Obtain Practice-Based Evidence of Worksite Health Promotion Programs Diane O Dunet, Phillip B. Sparling, James Hersey, Pamela Williams-Piehota, Mary D Hill, Michele Reyes, Carl Hanssen, and Frances Lawrenz PMCID: PMC2578781 Peer Reviewed: Strategies of Asian, Hispanic, and Non-Hispanic White Parents to Influence Young Adolescents’ Intake of Calcium-Rich Foods, 2004 and 2005 Marla Reicks, Miriam Edlefsen, Dena Goldberg, Garry Auld, Margaret A Bock, Carol J Boushey, Christine Bruhn, Mary Cluskey, Scottie Misner, Beth Olson, Changzheng Wang, and Sahar Zaghloul PMCID: PMC2578790 Peer Reviewed: Characteristics of Young Women Who Gave Birth in the US-Mexico Border Region, 2005: The Brownsville-Matamoros Sister City Project for Women’s Health Jill A. McDonald, Francisco Gerardo Galván González, Gita G Mirchandani, Brian C Castrucci, Ginger L Gossman, Kayan L Lewis, Mauro Ruiz, and Alonso Echegollen Guzmán PMCID: PMC2578766 Peer Reviewed: Prenatal HIV Testing in the US-Mexico Border Region, 2005: The Brownsville-Matamoros Sister City Project for Women’s Health Christopher H Johnson, Ginger L Gossman, Castrucci Brian C, Kayan L Lewis, Gita G Mirchandani, Carillo Garza Carlos Alberto, McDonald Jill A, and Joanna J Nichols PMCID: PMC2578780 Peer Reviewed: Promising Practices in Promotion of Healthy Weight at Small and Medium-Sized US Worksites Pamela Williams-Piehota, James Hersey, Jennifer Alexander, Karen Bandel Isenberg, Adrienne Rooks, Phillip B Sparling, Mary D Hill, and Diane O Dunet PMCID: PMC2578769 Peer Reviewed: Assessing Retail Fruit and Vegetable Availability in Urban and Rural Underserved Communities Akiko S Hosler, Deepa T Rajulu, Adrienne E Ronsani, and Bonnie L Fredrick PMCID: PMC2578771 Peer Reviewed: Exploring the Feasibility of Combining Chronic Disease Patient Registry Data to Monitor the Status of Diabetes Care Angela M Kemple, Noelle Hartwick, Marilyn H Sitaker, Jeanne J Harmon, Jan Norman, and Kathleen Clark PMCID: PMC2578765 Peer Reviewed: Enforcement of State Indoor Tanning Laws in the United States Joni A Mayer, Katherine D Hoerster, Latrice C Pichon, Debra A Rubio, Susan I Woodruff, and Jean L Forster PMCID: PMC2578791 Peer Reviewed: Reproductive Health Surveillance in the US-Mexico Border Region, 2003-2006: The Brownsville-Matamoros Sister City Project for Women’s Health Jill A McDonald, Christopher H Johnson, Ruben Smith, Suzanne G Folger, Ana L Chavez, Ninad Mishra, Antonio Hernández Jiménez, Linda R MacDonald, Jorge Sebastián Hernández Rodríguez, and Susie Ann Villalobos PMCID: PMC2578794 Peer Reviewed: Effectiveness of a Multifactorial Cardiovascular Risk Reduction Clinic for Diabetes Patients with Depression Paul A Pirraglia, Wen-Chih Wu, Lisa B Cohen, and Tracey H Taveira PMCID: PMC2578763 Peer Reviewed: Prior Contraceptive Use Among Women Who Gave Birth in the US-Mexico Border Region, 2005: The Brownsville-Matamoros Sister City Project for Women’s Health Kayan L Lewis, Jose L Robles, Suzanne G Folger, Jill A McDonald, Mirna Perez, Lauren Zapata, Polly A Marchbanks, Mauro Ruiz, Ginger Gossman, Brian C Castrucci, and Imelda Garcia PMCID: PMC2578762 Peer Reviewed: Assessing the Professional Development Needs of Public Health Educators in Light of Changing Competencies Anne Roesler Demers and Edward Mamary PMCID: PMC2578793 Peer Reviewed: Awareness, Use, and Perceptions of Low-Carbohydrate Diets Lila J Finney Rutten, Amy Lazarus Yaroch, Uriyoán Colón-Ramos, and Audie A Atienza PMCID: PMC2578775 Peer Reviewed: Objective Physical Activity Accumulation in Bouts and Nonbouts and Relation to Markers of Obesity in US Adults Scott J Strath, Robert G Holleman, Caroline R Richardson, David L Ronis, and Ann M Swartz PMCID: PMC2578774 Community Case Study Peer Reviewed: A Policy and Environmental Response to Overweight in Childhood: The Impact of Gold Medal Schools Brad L Neiger, Rosemary Thackeray, Carl L Hanson, Jonathan W Anderson, Sarah Rigby, and Chelsea Hussey PMCID: PMC2578795 Special Topic Peer Reviewed: Internet-Based Morbidity and Mortality Surveillance Among Hurricane Katrina Evacuees in Georgia Susan T Cookson, Karl Soetebier, Erin L Murray, Geroncio C Fajardo, Alex Cowell, Cherie Drenzek, and Randy Hanzlick PMCID: PMC2578770 Tools and Techniques Peer Reviewed: The National Diabetes Education Program Evaluation Framework: How to Design an Evaluation of a Multifaceted Public Health Education Program Joanne Gallivan, Rachel Greenberg, and Clarice Brown PMCID: PMC2578767 Essay Worms and Germs, Drink and Dementia: US Health, Society, and Policy in the Early 20th Century Lynne S Wilcox PMCID: PMC2578784 Book Reviews Mental Health Care in the African-American Community Jeane W Anastas PMCID: PMC2578789 Health Care Reform Now! A Prescription for Change Michael Givel PMCID: PMC2578777 Errata Prev Chronic Dis. 2008 October; 5(4): A138. Published online 2008 September 15. PMCID: PMC2578785 Corrects: Emily Elstad, et al. Peer Reviewed: Living With Ma’i Suka: Individual, Familial, Cultural, and Environmental Stress Among Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Their Caregivers in American Samoa. Prev Chronic Dis. 2008 July; 5(3): A79. Prev Chronic Dis. 2008 October; 5(4): A139. Published online 2008 September 15. PMCID: PMC2578786 Corrects: Norma Kanarek, et al. Peer Reviewed: Use of Peer Groupings to Assess County Public Health Status. Prev Chronic Dis. 2008 July; 5(3): A93. Prev Chronic Dis. 2008 October; 5(4): A140. Published online 2008 September 15. PMCID: PMC2578773 Corrects: Jeffrey R Harris, et al. Peer Reviewed: Employer Adoption of Evidence-Based Chronic Disease Prevention Practices: A Pilot Study. Prev Chronic Dis. 2008 July; 5(3): A92. |
