| | From the Editor in Chief Peas and Primroses Lynne S. Wilcox PMCID: PMC1327695 Essays Developing Academic–Practice Partnerships to Enhance the Integration of Genomics Into Public Health Karen L Edwards, Sarah F Raup, and Kristin Peterson Oehlke PMCID: PMC1327696 Using Evidence-based Community and Behavioral Interventions to Prevent Skin Cancer: Opportunities and Challenges for Public Health Practice Karen Glanz and Mona Saraiya PMCID: PMC1327697 Editorials Blazing a Trail: A Public Health Research Agenda in Genomics and Chronic Disease Colleen M McBride PMCID: PMC1327698 Genomics and the Prevention and Control of Common Chronic Diseases: Emerging Priorities for Public Health Action Muin J Khoury and George A Mensah PMCID: PMC1327699 How Do We Ensure the Quality of the Public Health Workforce? Stephen B Thacker PMCID: PMC1327700 Reducing Health Disparities: What Is Being Done, What Works: FEATURED ABSTRACTS FROM THE 19th NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL William Baldyga and Karen Petersmarck PMCID: PMC1327701 Original Research PEER REVIEWED: Review of State Comprehensive Cancer Control Plans for Genomics Content Debra E Irwin, Erin Shaughnessy Zuiker, Tejinder Rakhra-Burris, and Robert C Millikan PMCID: PMC1327702 PEER REVIEWED: Adherence to Oral Hypoglycemic Agents in Hawaii Rachel Lee and Deborah A Taira PMCID: PMC1327703 PEER REVIEWED: Using the State Plan Index to Evaluate the Quality of State Plans to Prevent Obesity and Other Chronic Diseases Diane O Dunět, Frances D Butterfoss, Robin Hamre, and Sarah Kuester PMCID: PMC1327704 PEER REVIEWED: Development of a Brief Survey on Colon Cancer Screening Knowledge and Attitudes Among Veterans Michael S Wolf, Alfred Rademaker, Charles L Bennett, M. Rosario Ferreira, Nancy C Dolan, Marian Fitzgibbon, Terry C Davis, Franklin Medio, Dachao Liu, and June Lee PMCID: PMC1327705 PEER REVIEWED: Secular Trends in Age at Menarche, Smoking, and Oral Contraceptive Use Among Israeli Girls Gabriel Chodick, Alfred Rademaker, Michael Huerta, Ran D Balicer, Nadav Davidovitch, and Itamar Grotto PMCID: PMC1327706 PEER REVIEWED: Knowledge and Perceptions of Diabetes in an Appalachian Population Irene Tessaro, Shannon L Smith, and Sheila Rye PMCID: PMC1327707 PEER REVIEWED: Rural Community Knowledge of Stroke Warning Signs and Risk Factors Todd S Harwell, Lynda L Blades, Carrie S Oser, Crystelle C Fogle, Steven D Helgerson, Dorothy Gohdes, Dennis W Dietrich, Anne M Burnett, Nicholas J Okon, Martha J Allen, Daniel V Rodriguez, and Joseph A Russell PMCID: PMC1327708 PEER REVIEWED: State Plan Index: A Tool for Assessing the Quality of State Public Health Plans Frances D Butterfoss and Diane O Dunĕt PMCID: PMC1327709 PEER REVIEWED: Anthropometric Changes Using a Walking Intervention in African American Breast Cancer Survivors: A Pilot Study Diane B Wilson, Jerlym S Porter, Gwen Parker, and James Kilpatrick PMCID: PMC1327710 PEER REVIEWED: Prevalence of Physical Activity in the United States: Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 2001 Caroline A Macera, Sandra A Ham, Michelle M Yore, Deborah A Jones, C Dexter Kimsey, Harold W Kohl, III, and Barbara E Ainsworth, III PMCID: PMC1327711 PEER REVIEWED: Adherence to Heart-Healthy Behaviors in a Sample of the U.S. Population Chris L Bryson, Rosalie R Miller, Anne E Sales, Branko Kopjar, and Stephan D Fihn PMCID: PMC1327712 PEER REVIEWED: Family History, Diabetes, and Other Demographic and Risk Factors Among Participants of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 1999–2002 Ann M Annis, Mark S Caulder, Michelle L Cook, and Debra Duquette PMCID: PMC1327713 Special Topics PEER REVIEWED: Childhood Obesity — What We Can Learn From Existing Data on Societal Trends, Part 2 Roland Sturm PMCID: PMC1327714 PEER REVIEWED: Featured Abstracts From the 19th National Conference on Chronic Disease Prevention and Control PMCID: PMC1327715 Community Case Studies PEER REVIEWED: Capturing Change in a Community–University Partnership: The ¡Sí Se Puede! Project Michele A Kelley, William Baldyga, Fabiola Barajas, and Maria Rodriguez-Sanchez PMCID: PMC1327716 PEER REVIEWED:
Blood Pressure Sunday: Introducing Genomics to the Community Through Family History Debra Duquette, Velma Theisen, Rosalyn Beene-Harris, Janice Bach, Sharon Kardia, and Catharine Wang PMCID: PMC1327717 PEER REVIEWED: Utah’s Family High Risk Program: Bridging the Gap Between Genomics and Public Health Jenny Johnson, Rebecca T Giles, LaDene Larsen, Joan Ware, Ted Adams, and Steven C Hunt PMCID: PMC1327718 Tools and Techniques Genomics and Public Health: Development of Web-based Training Tools for Increasing Genomic Awareness Sharon LR Kardia, Jennifer Bodzin, Aaron Goldenberg, Toby Citrin, Sarah F Raup, and Janice V Bach PMCID: PMC1327719 Prevention Research Centers: Contributions to Updating the Public Health Workforce Through Training Adele L Franks, Ross C Brownson, Elizabeth A Baker, Terry L Leet, Margret A O'Neall, Carol Bryant, Kelli McCormack Brown, Steven P Hooker, Dennis M Shepard, R. Pate Russell, Kathleen N Gillespie, and Eduardo J Simoes PMCID: PMC1327720 The Asthma Consultative Process: A Collaborative Approach to Integrating Genomics Into Public Health Practice Karen L Edwards, Tabitha A Harrison, and Wylie Burke PMCID: PMC1327721 Book Reviews Health Literacy from A to Z: Practical Ways to Communicate Your Health Message Darren A. DeWalt PMCID: PMC1327722 Human Genome Epidemiology: A Scientific Foundation for Using Genetic Information to Improve Health and Prevent Disease PMCID: PMC1327723 Letters to the Editor A Note on “A Catalog of Biases in Questionnaires” Jeffrey J Harrow PMCID: PMC1327724 A Note on “A Catalog of Biases in Questionnaires” [Response to Letter] Bernard C.K. Choi and Anita W.P. Pak PMCID: PMC1327725 Erratum Prev Chronic Dis. 2005 April; 2(2): A32. Published online 2005 March 15. PMCID: PMC1327726 Corrects: Roland Sturm. PEER REVIEWED: Childhood Obesity — What We Can Learn From Existing Data on Societal Trends, Part 1. Prev Chronic Dis. 2005 January; 2(1): A12. |
