| | From the Editor in Chief Running Away to the Circus Lynne S. Wilcox PMCID: PMC2248787 Editorials Addressing the Caregiving Crisis Rosalynn Carter PMCID: PMC2248780 Looking Back and Looking Forward Jaya K Rao PMCID: PMC2248770 Original Research Peer Reviewed: Relationship Between Body Mass Index and Medical Care Expenditures for North Carolina Adolescents Enrolled in Medicaid in 2004 Paul A. Buescher, J. Timothy Whitmire, and Marcus Plescia PMCID: PMC2248788 Peer Reviewed: “It Is Our Exercise Family”: Experiences of Ethnic Older Adults in a Group-Based Exercise Program Basia Belza, Kuan-Chun Chiang, Leslie Seman, and Jenny Hsin-Chun Tsai PMCID: PMC2248786 Peer Reviewed: Factors Related to Cardiovascular Disease Risk Reduction in Midlife and Older Women: A Qualitative Study Sara C Folta, Jeanne P Goldberg, Rebecca Seguin, Peter N Reed, Miriam E Nelson, and Alice H Lichtenstein PMCID: PMC2248795 Peer Reviewed: A Comprehensive Assessment of the Difficulty Level and Cultural Sensitivity of Online Cancer Prevention Resources for Older Minority Men Daniela B Friedman and Elaine K Kao PMCID: PMC2248790 Peer Reviewed: Discussions by Elders and Adult Children About End-of-Life Preparation and Preferences Anne P Glass and Lusine Nahapetyan PMCID: PMC2248775 Peer Reviewed: Smoking Status as a Predictor of Hip Fracture Risk in Postmenopausal Women of Northwest Texas Anne V Denison and Marjorie R Jenkins PMCID: PMC2248794 Peer Reviewed: Applying the Small-Area Estimation Method to Estimate a Population Eligible for Breast Cancer Detection Services Kirsten Knutson, Weihong Zhang, and Farzaneh Tabnak PMCID: PMC2248789 Peer Reviewed: Dietary Practices, Dining Out Behavior, and Physical Activity Correlates of Weight Loss Maintenance Judy Kruger, Heidi Michels Blanck, and Cathleen Gillespie PMCID: PMC2248784 Peer Reviewed:
para tu Salud: Reduction of Weight and Waistlines by Integrating Exercise Breaks into Workplace Organizational Routine Antronette K Yancey, Agustin Lara, Roberto Tapia-Conyer, Pablo Kuri-Morales, Elena Subirats, Yvonne Flores, Ritesh Mistry, and William J McCarthy PMCID: PMC2248785 Peer Reviewed: Can Newly Acquired Healthy Behaviors Persist? An Analysis of Health Behavior Decay Ray M Merrill, Steven G Aldana, Roger L Greenlaw, Audrey Salberg, Hans A Diehl, and Heike Englert PMCID: PMC2248778 Peer Reviewed: Managed-Medicare Health Club Benefit and Reduced Health Care Costs Among Older Adults Huong Q Nguyen, Ronald T Ackermann, Matthew Maciejewski, Ethan Berke, Marsha Patrick, Barbara Williams, and James P LoGerfo PMCID: PMC2248797 Peer Reviewed: Variation in Quality of Diabetes Care at the Levels of Patient, Physician, and Clinic Patrick J O'Connor, William A Rush, Leif I Solberg, Robin R Whitebird, A Lauren Crain, Gestur Davidson, Paul E Johnson, and Thomas A Louis PMCID: PMC2248776 Peer Reviewed: The Effect of Advanced Access Implementation on Quality of Diabetes Care JoAnn M Sperl-Hillen, Leif I Solberg, Mary C Hroscikoski, A Lauren Crain, Karen I Engebretson, and Patrick J O'Connor PMCID: PMC2248791 Peer Reviewed: Obesity and Diabetes in Jordan: Findings From the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 2004 Henry Walke, Ali H Mokdad, Meyasser Zindah, and Adel Belbeisi PMCID: PMC2248793 Community Case Studies Peer Reviewed: Translating a Community-Based Motivational Support Program to Increase Physical Activity Among Older Adults With Diabetes at Community Clinics: A Pilot Study of Physical Activity for a Lifetime of Success (PALS) Elizabeth A Phelan, Odette Batik, Julie A Walwick, Grace Wang, and James P LoGerfo PMCID: PMC2248781 Peer Reviewed: A Survey of Policies and Local Ordinances Supporting Physical Activity in Hawaii Counties Katie M. Heinrich, Courtney B. Johnson, Yuka Jokura, Blythe Nett, and Jay E Maddock PMCID: PMC2248783 Peer Reviewed: Expanding the Delivery of Clinical Preventive Services Through Community Collaboration: The SPARC Model Douglas Shenson, William Benson, and Andree C, Harris PMCID: PMC2248782 Peer Reviewed: Engaging Partners to Initiate Evaluation Efforts: Tactics Used and Lessons Learned From the Prevention Research Centers Program Demia Sundra Wright, Lynda A Anderson, Ross C Brownson, Margaret K Gwaltney, Jennifer Scherer, Alan W Cross, Robert M Goodman, Randy Schwartz, Tom Sims, and Carol R White PMCID: PMC2248792 Special Topics Peer Reviewed: Depression as a Major Component of Public Health for Older Adults Daniel P Chapman and Geraldine S Perry PMCID: PMC2248771 Peer Reviewed: Eating as an Automatic Behavior Deborah Cohen and Thomas A Farley PMCID: PMC2248777 Peer Reviewed: Developing a Telephone Assessment of Physical Activity (TAPA) Questionnaire for Older Adults Charles J Mayer, Lesley Steinman, Barbara Williams, James LoGerfo, and Tari D Topolski PMCID: PMC2248772 Peer Reviewed: Design and National Dissemination of the StrongWomen Community Strength Training Program Rebecca A Seguin, Christina D Economos, Miriam E Nelson, Raymond Hyatt, Ruth Palombo, and Peter NT Reed PMCID: PMC2248774 Peer Reviewed: Treating Depression in Older Adults: Challenges to Implementing the Recommendations of an Expert Panel Mark Snowden, Lesley Steinman, and John Frederick PMCID: PMC2248773 Tools and Techniques Peer Reviewed: Disaster Preparedness and the Chronic Disease Needs of Vulnerable Older Adults Nancy Aldrich and William F Benson PMCID: PMC2248769 Letter Peer Reviewed: Use of Colonoscopy and Flexible Sigmoidoscopy Among African Americans and Whites in a Low-Income Population Neeraja B Peterson, Harvey J Murff, Jay H Fowke, Yong Cui, Margaret Hargreaves, Lisa B Signorello, and William J Blot PMCID: PMC2248779 Erratum Prev Chronic Dis. 2008 January; 5(1): A29. Published online 2008 January 15. PMCID: PMC2248796 Corrects: Susanne Montgomery, et al. Peer Reviewed: Comparing Self-reported Disease Outcomes, Diet, and Lifestyles in a National Cohort of Black and White Seventh-day Adventists. Prev Chronic Dis. 2007 July; 4(3): A62. |
