The Public Health Reports July/August 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 (ASPPH).

Articles this issue include the following:

Editorial

• Celebrating 140 Years of Public Health Reports

Executive Perspective

• CDC’s Program Evaluation Journey: 1999 to Present

Commentary

• Toward a Public Health Surveillance System for Behavioral Health

Reports and Recommendations

• Recommendations on How to Manage Anticipated Communication Dilemmas Involving Medical Countermeasures in an Emergency

Brief Report

• Beliefs About Behavioral Determinants of Obesity in Appalachia, 2011-2014

Public Health Methodology

• Using HIV Surveillance Data to Link People to HIV Medical Care, 5 US States, 2012-2015

Systematic Review

• Incorporation of Social Determinants of Health in the Peer-Reviewed Literature: A Systematic Review of Articles Authored by the National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention

Research

• Screening for Latent Tuberculosis Infection Among HIV-Infected Medicaid Enrollees
• The Effect of Incomplete Death Certificates on Estimates of Unintentional Opioid-Related Overdose Deaths in the United States, 1999-2015
• Latent Classes of Substance Use Among American Indian and White Students Living on or Near Reservations, 2009-2013
• Hospitalization Trends and Comorbidities Among People With HIV/AIDS Compared With the Overall Hospitalized Population, Illinois, 2008-2014
• Disparities in Initiation of Direct-Acting Antiviral Agents for Hepatitis C Virus Infection in an Insured Population
• Geography of Microcephaly in the Zika Era: A Study of Newborn Distribution and Socio-environmental Indicators in Recife, Brazil, 2015-2016
• Evaluation of a Healthy Chinese Take-Out Sodium-Reduction Initiative in Philadelphia Low-Income Communities and Neighborhoods
• Do Death Certificates Underestimate the Burden of Rare Diseases? The Example of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Mortality, Sweden, 2001-2013
• Statewide Evaluation of New HIV Diagnoses in Rhode Island: Implications for Prevention
• A Surveillance-Based Hepatitis C Care Cascade, New York City, 2017

Law and the Public’s Health

• Anticipating Industry Arguments: The US Food and Drug Administration’s Authority to Reduce Nicotine Levels in Cigarettes

From the Schools and Programs of Public Health

• Adopting an Anti-Racism Public Health Curriculum Competency: The University of Washington Experience