The Public Health Reports January/February 2016 issue is now live on www.publichealthreports.org. The official journal of the U.S. Public Health Service and the U.S. Surgeon General since 1878, PHR serves as an informative and accessible resource for practitioners, professors, scholars, and students of public health. Published in collaboration with the Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health (ASPPH), the bi-monthly, peer-reviewed journal provides important research and presents key discussions on the major issues confronting the public health community.

In every issue, the Surgeon General’s Perspective, Message from the Editor, and From the Schools and Programs of Public Health articles are open for all to read.

Articles this issue include the following:

Executive Perspective

• HRSA’s Transformation of Public Health Training

Commentary

• The Shift to High-Impact HIV Prevention by Health Departments in the United States*

Reports and Recommendations

• A Call for Greater Consideration for the Role of Vaccines in National Strategies to Combat Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria: Recommendations from the National Vaccine Advisory Committee
• Overcoming Barriers to Low HPV Vaccine Uptake in the United States: Recommendations from the National Vaccine Advisory Committee

Brief Report

• Hepatitis A Infections Among Food Handlers in the United States, 1993–201*
• Using a Handheld Device for Patient Data Collection: A Pilot for Medical Countermeasures Surveillance*

Case Studies and Practice

• A Tool for Providing Data on Small Areas: Development of Neighborhood Profiles for Santa Clara County, California, 2014*
• Integrating Public Health and Deliberative Public Bioethics: Lessons from the Human Genome Project Ethical, Legal, and Social Implications Program*
• Shifting Resources and Focus to Meet the Goals of the National HIV/AIDS Strategy: The Enhanced Comprehensive HIV Prevention Planning Project, 2010–2013*

Public Health Evaluation

• A Critical Assessment of Officially Reported Chagas Disease Surveillance Data in Mexico*
• Evaluation Framework for HIV Prevention and Care Activities in the Enhanced Comprehensive HIV Prevention Planning Project, 2010–2013*

Systematic Review

• Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Inhaled Toxicants from Waterpipe and Cigarette Smoking*
• Associations Between Social Determinants of Health and Pregnancy Among Young People: A Systematic Review of Research Published During the Past 25 Years*

Research

• Exposure to Suicide in the Community: Prevalence and Correlates in One U.S. State*
• Needs Assessment for Patients with Sickle Cell Disease in South Carolina, 2012*
• Evaluating Shared Laboratory Services: Detecting Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Complex and Drug Resistance Using Molecular and Culture-Based Methods*
• Evaluating Early Case Capture of Pediatric Cancers in Seven Central Cancer Registries in the United States, 2013*
• HIV Testing in Publicly Funded Settings, National Health Interview Survey, 2003–2010*
• The Public Health Nurse Workforce in U.S. State and Local Health Departments, 2012*
• Agreement Between Self-Reported and Confirmed Cancer Diagnoses in New York City Firefighters and EMS Workers, 2001–2011*
• The Impact of the Affordable Care Act on Funding for Newborn Screening Services*
• Prevalence of Diabetes and Health-Related Quality of Life Among Rural-to-Urban Nong Zhuan Fei Migrants in an Urban Area of Northern China, 2013*
• Population-Based Estimates of Decreases in Quality-Adjusted Life Expectancy Associated with Unhealthy Body Mass Index*
• Health Department HIV Prevention Programs That Support the National HIV/AIDS Strategy: The Enhanced Comprehensive HIV Prevention Planning Project, 2010–2013*

Law and The Public’s Health

• Tax-Exempt Hospitals and Community Health Under the Affordable Care Act: Identifying and Addressing Unmet Legal Needs as Social Determinants of Health

From the Schools and Programs of Public Health

• Flipping the Classroom and the Pedagogy: Using Active Learning Principles to Bring Leadership Training in Affirmative Sexuality to Public Health Education
• Mental Health Training in Schools of Public Health: History, Current Status, and Future Opportunities

A Message from the Editor

Letter to the Editor

NCHS Dataline*

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