The Public Health Reports September/October 2016 issue is now live on phr.sagepub.com 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) and SAGE Publications, the bi-monthly, peer-reviewed journal provides important research resource for the public health community.

PHR publishes bi-monthly on major topics in public health, such as infectious diseases and immunization, tobacco control, injuries and violence, chronic disease control, public health methodology, and issues of interest to state and local health departments. The journal has departments focused on public health law and public health schools and education, and features special commentaries by the Surgeon General and executives within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Articles this issue include the following:

Surgeon General’s Perspective

• Food Insecurity: A Public Health Issue

Executive Perspective

• Pregnancy Intention—More Important Than Ever

Commentary

• Identifying and Addressing the Daily Needs of Contacts of an Ebola Patient During Investigation, Monitoring, and Movement Restriction, Ohio

Brief Report

• Communication Between Infectious Disease Physicians and US State and Local Public Health Agencies: Strengths, Challenges, and Opportunities
• Identifying Patients for Overdose Prevention With ICD-9 Classification in the Emergency Department, Massachusetts, 2013-2014

Case Studies/Practice

• Church-Based HIV Screening in Racial/Ethnic Minority Communities of California, 2011-2012

Research

• Characteristics of Pregnant Women With Hepatitis B Virus Infection in 5 US Public Health Jurisdictions, 2008-2012
• The 2013 HIV Continuum of Care in Tennessee: Progress Made, but Disparities Persist
• Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Rates of Traumatic Injury in Arizona, 2011-2012

Spotlight on Veterans’ Health: After the War

• The Importance of Taking a Military History
• Cigarette Smoking and Sociodemographic, Military, and Health Characteristics of Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom Veterans: 2009-2011 National Health Study for a New Generation of US Veterans

Law and the Public’s Health

• Human Papillomavirus and Mandatory Immunization Laws: What Can We Learn From Early Mandates?

A Message From the Editor

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