The Public Health Reports – Volume: 133, Number: 3 (May/June 2018) issue is now live. Public Health Reports is the official journal of the Office of the U.S. Surgeon General and the U.S. Public Health Service and has been published since 1878. It is published bimonthly, plus supplement issues, through an official agreement with the Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health.

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Surgeon General’s Perspective

• Hurricane Maria and a Generation of Resistencia

Executive Perspective

• Reducing the Risk of Alzheimer’s Disease and Maintaining Brain Health in an Aging Society

Commentary

• Including a Novel Tobacco Product in Oregon’s Indoor Clean Air Act: Lessons Learned for Clean Air Policy, 2015-2016

Case Study/Practice

• Evaluation of a Mobile Phone App for Providing Adolescents With Sexual and Reproductive Health Information, New York City, 2013-2016

Systematic Review

• Naming Institutionalized Racism in the Public Health Literature: A Systematic Literature Review

Public Health Evaluation

• Longitudinal Evaluation of Quality Improvement and Public Health Accreditation Readiness in Nebraska Local Health Departments, 2011-2016
• The Evidence Base for the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program Constructs
• Tree-Related Injuries Associated With Response and Recovery From Hurricane Sandy, New Jersey, 2011-2014

Research

• Estimated Cost to a Restaurant of a Foodborne Illness Outbreak
• Alcohol Consumption and Chronic Liver Disease Mortality in New Mexico and the United States, 1999-2013
• Improved Health and Insurance Status Among Cigarette Smokers After Medicaid Expansion, 2011-2016
• Identifying Algorithms to Improve the Accuracy of Unverified Diagnosis Codes for Birth Defects
• Identifying Barriers to Collaboration Between Primary Care and Public Health: Experiences at the Local Level
• Variation in Birth Outcomes by Mother’s Country of Birth Among Hispanic Women in the United States, 2013
• Health Care Utilization and Expenditures Attributable to Cigar Smoking Among U.S. Adults, 2000-2015
• Cost Analysis of Single-Dose Hepatitis B Revaccination Among Infants Born to Hepatitis B Surface Antigen-Positive Mothers and Not Responding to the Initial Vaccine Series

NCHS Dataline

• NCHS Dataline