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Annual report to the nation on the status of cancer, part I: national cancer statistics.external icon Henley SJ, Ward EM, Scott S, Ma J, Anderson RN, Firth AU, Thomas CC, Islami F, Weir HK, Lewis DR, Sherman RL, Wu M, Benard VB, Richardson LC, Jemal A, Cronin K, Kohler BA.

Annual report to the nation on the status of cancer, part II: progress toward Healthy People 2020 objectives for 4 common cancers.external icon Henley SJ, Thomas CC, Lewis DR, Ward EM, Islami F, Wu M, Weir HK, Scott S, Sherman RL, Ma J, Kohler BA, Cronin K, Jemal A, Benard VB, Richardson LC.

Prevalence of potentially unnecessary bimanual pelvic examinations and Papanicolaou tests among adolescent girls and young women aged 15–20 years in the United States.external icon Qin J, Saraiya M, Martinez G, Sawaya GF.

2019 ASCCP risk-based management consensus guidelines for abnormal cervical cancer screening tests and cancer precursors.external icon Perkins RB, Guido RS, Castle PE, Chelmow D, Einstein MH, Garcia F, Huh WK, Kim JJ, Moscicki AB, Nayar R, Saraiya M, et al; 2019 ASCCP Risk-Based Management Consensus Guidelines Committee.

An expanded agenda for the primary prevention of breast cancer: charting a course for the future.external icon White MC, Kavanaugh-Lynch MMHE, Davis-Patterson S, Buermeyer N.

Effectiveness of interventions to increase colorectal cancer screening among American Indians and Alaska Natives. Haverkamp D, English K, Jacobs-Wingo J, Tjemsland A, Espey D.

Insurance coverage, employment status, and financial well-being of young women diagnosed with breast cancer.external icon Tangka FKL, Subramanian S, Jones M, Edwards P, Flanigan T, Kaganova Y, Smith KW, Thomas CC, Hawkins NA, Rodriguez J, Fairley T, Guy GP.

Pain among cancer survivors. Gallaway MS, Townsend JS, Shelby D, Puckett MC.

Screening for lung cancer—10 states, 2017. Richards TB, Soman A, Thomas CC, VanFrank B, Henley SJ, Gallaway MS, Richardson LC.

Racial/ethnic disparities in prostate cancer incidence, distant stage diagnosis, and mortality by U.S. census region and age group, 2012–2015.external icon Iyengar S, Hall IJ, Sabatino SA.

Prevalence of Prediabetes Among Adolescents and Young Adults in the United States, 2005-2016external icon. Andes LJ, Cheng YJ, Rolka DB, Gregg EW, Imperatore G.

Prevalence of diabetes by race and ethnicity in the United States, 2011-2016external icon. Cheng YJ, Kanaya AM, Araneta MRG, Saydah SH, Kahn HS, Gregg EW, Fujimoto WY, Imperatore G.

Trends In Rates Of Infections Requiring Hospitalization Among Adults With Versus Without Diabetes In The U.S., 2000-2015. external iconHarding JL, Benoit SR, Gregg EW, Pavkov ME, Perreault L.

Trends in cancer mortality among people with vs without diabetes in the USA, 1988-2015. external iconHarding JL, Andes LJ, Gregg EW, Cheng YJ, Weir HK, Bullard KM, Burrows NR, Imperatore G.

Trends in Incidence of Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes Among Youths – Selected Counties and Indian Reservations, United States, 2002-2015. external iconDivers J, Mayer-Davis EJ, Lawrence JM, Isom S, Dabelea D, Dolan L, Imperatore G, Marcovina S, Pettitt DJ, Pihoker C, Hamman RF, Saydah S, Wagenknecht LE.

Using natural experimental studies to guide public health action: turning the evidence-based medicine paradigm on its head. external iconOgilvie D, Adams J, Bauman A, Gregg EW, Panter J, Siegel KR, Wareham NJ, White M.

Eye Care Among US Adults at High Risk for Vision Loss in the United States in 2002 and 2017.external icon Saydah SH, Gerzoff RB, Saaddine JB, Zhang X, Cotch MF.

Prevalence of diagnosed diabetes in American Indian and Alaska Native adults, 2006-2017. external iconBullock A, Sheff K, Hora I, Burrows NR, Benoit SR, Saydah SH, Hardin CL, Gregg EW.

Trends in Emergency Department Visits and Inpatient Admissions for Hyperglycemic Crises in Adults With Diabetes in the U.S., 2006-2015. external iconBenoit SR, Hora I, Pasquel FJ, Gregg EW, Albright AL, Imperatore G.

Filling the Public Health Science Gaps for Diabetes With Natural Experiments. external iconGregg EW, Duru OK, Shi L, Mangione CM, Siegel KR, Ramsay A, Thornton PL, Clauser S, Ali MK

A systematic review of trends in all-cause mortality among people with diabetes. external iconChen L, Islam RM, Wang J, Hird TR, Pavkov ME, Gregg EW, Salim A, Tabesh M, Koye DN, Harding JL, et al.

Factors contributing to the rising national cost of glucose-lowering medicines for diabetes during 2005-2007 and 2015-2017. external iconZhou X, Shrestha SS, Shao H, Zhang P.

implementing lifestyle change interventions to prevent type 2 diabetes in US Medicaid programs: cost effectiveness, and cost, health, and health equity impact. external iconLaxy M, Zhang P, Ng BP, Shao H, Ali MK, Albright A, Gregg EW.

National- and state-level trends in nontraumatic lower-extremity amputation among U.S. Medicare beneficiaries with diabetes, 2000-2017. external iconHarding JL, Andes LJ, Rolka DB, Imperatore G, Gregg EW, Li Y, Albright A.

National trends in the prevalence of chronic kidney disease among racial/ethnic and socioeconomic status groups, 1988-2016. external iconVart P, Powe NR, McCulloch CE, Saran R, Gillespie BW, Saydah S, Crews DC.

Tracking of obesity among 2‐ to 9‐year‐olds in an electronic heath record database from 2006 to 2018external iconFreedman DS, Goodman AB, King RJ, Blanck HM. 

Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Intake Among Adults, by Residence in Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Counties in 12 States and the District of Columbia, 2017external icon. Imoisili O, Park S, Lundeen EA, Pan L, O’Toole T, Siegel KR, Blanck HM.

Correlates of Infrequent Plain Water Intake Among US High School Students: National Youth Risk Behavior Survey, 2017external icon. Park S, Onufrak S, Cradock A, Patel A, Hecht C, Merlo C, Blanck HM

Sugar-sweetened beverage intake among pregnant and non-pregnant women of reproductive age. external iconLundeen EA, Park S, Woo Baidal JA, Sharma AJ, Blanck HM.

The High Obesity Program: A collaboration between public health and cooperative extension services to address obesityKahin SA, Murriel AL, Pejavara A, O’Toole T, Petersen R.

Differences in perceived neighborhood environmental supports and barriers for walking between US adults with and without a disabilityexternal icon. Omura JD, Hyde ET, Whitfield GP, Hollis ND, Fulton JE, Carlson SA.

Association of Daily Step Count and Step Intensity with Mortality Among US Adultsexternal icon. Saint-Maurice PF, Troiano RP, Bassett DR Jr, Graubard BI, Carlson SA, Shiroma EJ, Fulton JE, Matthews CE.

Physical Activity Before and During Pregnancy — Colorado Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System, 2012-2015.  Ussery EN, Hyde ET, Bombard JM, Juhl AL, Kim SY, Carlson SA.

Associations Between the National Walkability Index and Walking Among US Adults – National Health Interview Survey, 2015external icon. Watson KB, Whitfield GP, Thomas JV, Berrigan D, Fulton JE, Carlson SA.

Landscape Analysis of Breastfeeding-Related Physician Education in the United Statesexternal icon. Meek JY, Nelson JM, Hanley LE, Onyema-Melton N, Wood JK.

Factors associated with anaemia in a nationally representative sample of nonpregnant women of reproductive age in Nepalexternal icon. Ford ND, Bichha RP, Parajuli KR, Paudyal N, Joshi N, Whitehead RD Jr, Chitekwe, S, Mei Z, Flores-Ayala R, Adhikari DP, Rijal S, Jefferds ME.

Associations between Bottle-Feeding during Infancy and Obesity at Age 6 Years Are Mediated by Greater Infancy Weight Gainexternal icon. Ventura AK, Li R, Xu X.

An Integrated infant and young child feeding and small-quantity lipid-based nutrient supplementation program is associated with improved gross motor and communication scores of children 6-18 months in the Democratic Republic of Congoexternal icon. Addo OY, Tripp K, Nanama S, Albert B, Sandalinas F, Nanema A, Jefferds ME, Clayton HB, Whitehead RD Jr, Garg A, Kupka R, Locks LM.

Binge Drinking by Occupation Groups among Currently Employed U.S. Adults in 32 States, 2013-2016external icon. Shockey TM, Esser MB.

Bridging the divide between epilepsy and mental health to drive solutionsexternal icon. Kobau R, Manderscheid R, Owens S, LaFrance Jr WC,  Sajatovic M.

Characteristics and Health Status of Informal Unpaid Caregivers — 44 States, District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico, 2015–2017. Edwards VJ, Bouldin ED, Taylor CA, Olivari BS, McGuire LC.

Characteristics of Persons Who Report Using Only Nicotine-Containing Products Among Interviewed Patients with E-cigarette, or Vaping, Product Use–Associated Lung Injury — Illinois, August–December 2019external icon. Ghinai I, Navon L, Gunn JKL, Duca LM, Brister S, Love S, et al.

Comorbid Chronic Conditions Among Older Adults with Subjective Cognitive Decline, United States, 2015–2017external icon. Taylor CA, Bouldin ED, Greenlund KJ, McGuire LC.

Comorbid Conditions and the Transition Among States of Hip Osteoarthritis and Symptoms in a Community-based Study: A Multi-State Time-to-Event Model Approachexternal icon. Alvarez C, Cleveland RJ, Schwartz TA, Renner JB, Murphy LB, Jordan JM, Callahan LF, Golightly YM, Nelson AE.

County-Level Concentration of Selected Chronic Conditions Among Medicare Fee-for-Service Beneficiaries and Its Association with Medicare Spending in the United States, 2017external icon. Matthews KA, Gaglioti AH, Holt JB, McGuire LC, Greenlund KJ.

Estimated County-Level Prevalence of Selected Underlying Medical Conditions Associated with Increased Risk for Severe COVID-19 Illness — United States, 2018. Razzaghi H, Wang Y, Lu H, Marshall KE, Dowling NF, Paz-Bailey G, Twentyman ER, Peacock G, Greenlund KJ.

Evidence-Based Interventions for High Blood Pressure and Glycemic Control Among Illinois Health Systems. Price JD, Jayaprakash M, McKay CM, Amerson NL, Jimenez PL, Barbour KE, Cunningham TJ.

A National Public Health Agenda for Osteoarthritis: 2020 Updateexternal icon.

Pain Among Cancer Survivors. Gallaway MS, Townsend JS, Shelby D, Puckett MC.

Prevalence of Frequent Mental Distress Among Illinois Adults With Chronic Conditions: Estimates From the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 2011 to 2017external icon. Price JD, Amerson NL, Barbour KE, Emuze DV.

Prevalence of Self-Reported Hypertension and Antihypertensive Medication Use Among Adults — United States, 2017. Samanic CM, Barbour KE, Liu Y, Fang J, Lu H, Schieb L, Greenlund KJ.

Prevalence of Self-Reported Hypertension and Antihypertensive Medication Use by County and Rural-Urban Classification — United States, 2017external icon. Samanic CM, Barbour KE, Liu Y, Wang Y, Fang J, Lu H, Schieb L, Greenlund KJ.

The Public Health Road Map to Respond to the Growing Dementia Crisisexternal icon. Olivari BS, French ME, McGuire LC

Short self-reported sleep duration among caregivers and non-caregivers in 2016external icon. Liu Y, Wheaton AG, Edwards VJ, Xu F, Greenlund KJ, Croft JB.

State-Specific Prevalence and Characteristics of Frequent Mental Distress and History of Depression Diagnosis Among Adults with Arthritis — United States, 2017. Price JD, Barbour KE, Liu Y, Lu H, Amerson NL, Murphy LB, Helmick CG, Calanan RM, Sandoval-Rosario M, Samanic CM, Greenlund KJ, Thomas CW.

Trends in Total Binge Drinks per Adult Who Reported Binge Drinking — United States, 2011–2017. Kanny D, Naimi TS, Liu Y, Brewer RD.

Signs: Postpartum Depressive Symptoms and Provider Discussions About Perinatal Depression – United States, 2018. Bauman BL., Ko JY, Cox S, D’Angel DV, Warner L, Folger S, Barfield WD.

Vital Signs: Prescription Opioid Pain Reliever Use During Pregnancy — 34 U.S. Jurisdictions, 2019. Ko JY, D’Angelo DV, Haight SC, Morrow B, Cox S, Salvesen von Essen B, Strahan AE, Harrison L, Tevendale HD, Warner L, Kroelinger CD, Barfield WD.

Epidemiology of Sudden Death in a Population-Based Study of Infants and Childrenexternal icon. Burns KM, Cottengim C, Dykstra H, Faulkner M, Erck Lambert AB, Heather MacLeod H, Novak A, Parks SE, Russell MW, Shapiro-Mendoza CK, Shaw E, Tian  N, Whittemore V, Kaltman JR, on behalf of the Sudden Death in the Young Case Registry

Characteristics of Women of Reproductive Age with Laboratory-Confirmed SARS-CoV-2 Infection by Pregnancy Status — United States, January 22–June 7, 2020external icon.  Ellington S, Strid P, Tong VT, Woodworth K,  Galang RR,  Zambrano LD,  et al.

Pregnant? Validity of the pregnancy checkbox on death certificates in four states, and characteristics associated with pregnancy checkbox errorsexternal icon. Catalano A, Davis NL, Petersen EE, Harrison C, Kieltyka L, You M, . . . Goodman DA.

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