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AJPM ranks in the top 9 percent of journals in the Public, Environmental and Occupational Health category of Thomson Reuters' Journal Citation Report and the top 11 percent of General and Internal Medicine journals. MORE
Sponsoring Societies
The American College of Preventive Medicine (ACPM) is the national professional society for physicians committed to disease prevention and health promotion.
The Association for Prevention Teaching and Research (APTR) is the professional organization for the academic medical and public health community dedicated to prevention research and interprofessional education.
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In This Issue
Trends in Use of Medications For Smoking Cessation in Medicare, 2007–2012 
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Clinical guidelines recommend smoking-cessation medications, but they are subject to safety warnings from the FDA. This study investigated trends in smoking-cessation medication utilization in Medicare from 2007 to 2012. The use of smoking-cessation medications was found to be low, with only sixteen percent of tobacco users filling a prescription during this time frame. The proportion of beneficiaries who filled prescriptions for varenicline increased in 2007 but sharply declined corresponding to public warnings about adverse effects, although the same trends did not occur for bupropion or nicotine-replacement therapy. MORE
Human Papillomavirus Vaccination and Sexual Disinhibition in Females: A Systematic Review
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Some parents believe human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination increases the chance of risky sexual behaviors among adolescents. This paper summarizes the evidence available on adolescent girls and women engaging in risky sexual activity following HPV vaccination. Studies measured changes in sexual behaviors, including age at sexual debut, risky sexual behaviors, use of condoms and contraception, sexually transmitted infection rates, HIV rates, and pregnancy terminations. Available data showed either no association between vaccination status and the outcomes of interest or a positive association with safer sexual behaviors. MORE
Time Spent Outdoors, Depressive Symptoms, and Variation by Race and Ethnicity
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Few population-based studies have directly examined the relationship between time spent outdoors and mental health or how these experiences differ by race and ethnicity. This study examined the relationship between time spent outdoors and depression among American adults. Findings provide evidence that time spent outdoors is associated with fewer depressive symptoms, but this benefit may not be equally distributed by race and ethnicity, particularly given differences in occupational experiences and neighborhood environments. Analyses also reveal differences in time spent outdoors among different racial and ethnic groups. MORE
Adverse Outcomes to Early Middle Age Linked With Childhood Residential Mobility
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Links between childhood residential mobility and adverse outcomes are incompletely understood. A national cohort of people, born in Denmark in 1971–1997, were followed, and residential moves during each age year between birth and age 14 years were examined. Incidence rate ratios for attempted suicide, violent criminality, psychiatric illness, substance misuse, and natural and unnatural deaths were estimated. Elevated risks were observed for all examined outcomes, with excess risk seen among those exposed to multiple relocations in a year. Risks grew incrementally with increasing age of exposure to mobility. MORE
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Latest Supplements
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One of the challenges facing the U.S. healthcare system is the ability to comprehensively serve those with relatively rare and complex disorders, particularly for those conditions that most impact communities that are historically disadvantaged and underserved. The papers in this supplement provide an initial assessment of the state of health care for those living with sickle cell disease (SCD), with the goal of informing understanding of the current implementation of interventions and the potential to capture and monitor health outcomes. MORE
From Congressional legislation to corporate action, Americans are surrounded by policy decisions that can profoundly affect the most important determinants of health. The goal of this supplement is to influence policy researchers to identify and undertake economic research that generates the key evidence needed to inform policy. This Supplement covers a broad range of issues and methodologic approaches to illustrate the many ways that economics has been used in public health while also suggesting additional opportunities for using economics to better inform and accelerate public health's impact. MORE
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The public health community plays an essential role in improving quality of life and addressing the needs of cancer survivors through interventions to prevent recurrences, second cancers, and the side effects or consequences of cancer treatment. This collection of articles provides an overview of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s recent research, surveillance, and programmatic activities over the past decade to identify and address the needs of cancer survivors in the context of public health. MORE
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This special issue represents a unique collaboration between two scientific journals: the American Journal of Preventive Medicine and Vaccine. The primary aim is to provide an educational resource regarding vaccine safety, efficacy, and implementation to inform health care professionals and policy makers and to promote the optimal use of some of medicine’s most highly valued interventions. Although the topics cover a broad spectrum of important issues in vaccine science, the overarching theme revolves around identifying barriers to vaccination and providing insights that will help foster continued and further success. MORE
The Integrative Medicine in Preventive Medicine Education program was made possible by a grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). The American College of Preventive Medicine (ACPM) received funding as the coordinating center, and a dozen preventive medicine residency programs participated. This supplement identifies the curricular innovations that these residency programs developed in the area of integrative medicine, while adhering to the definitions, objectives, and core competencies established by the steering committee. MORE
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Latest Theme
Economic Burden of Breast Cancer in Younger Women in the United States
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The papers presented in this theme issue provide health outcomes and economic cost data needed to make informed clinical and health promotion decisions related to breast cancer among younger women. With the availability of these data, healthcare decision makers, public health programs, and researchers will have state-of-the-art economic burden data on breast cancer among younger women to support prevention activities. MORE