American Journal Of Public Health Research Articles

The Push to Integrate Mid-Level Providers into Dentistry

The Push to Integrate Mid-Level Providers into Dentistry

One hundred years of the Pan American Journal of Public Health: visualizing its contentCem anos da Revista Pan-Americana de Saúde Pública: visualização do seu conteúdo

Explore how the content of the articles published by the Pan American Journal of Public Health during its 100 years of existence has aligned with the key health issues of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO). A bibliometric analysis was carried out, with visualization of its results. Information on articles published in the Journal was retrieved from PAHO's Institutional Repository for Information Sharing (IRIS) for the first 75 years and Scopus for the last 25 years, until February 2022; References to Governing Bodies documents and statements by the directors were used to establish PAHO's key themes. Initially, 12 573 publications were obtained and 9 289 were considered for analysis for the period 1922 to 1996, and 3 208 for the period 1997 to 2022. For the bibliometric analysis of the Scopus information, indicators such as the authors and their origin, language of publication, and number and origin of citations were considered. For the visualizations, publications were divided into five periods so that they coincided with the periods established for the analysis of PAHO's priority themes. Keyword co-occurrence maps were made to observe the evolution of published topics and relate them to public health approaches in each period. The topics published in the Pan American Journal of Public Health and its precursor bulletins reflect the history of regional public health and its evolution over time, as well as the key health issues of the Pan American Health Organization.

CDC: 50‐fold increase in methamphetamine deaths in past decade

During the last decade, unprecedented increases in methamphetamine‐related deaths have occurred, with a mounting proportion of these deaths involving heroin or fentanyl as well, according to a study published in the current issue of the American Journal of Public Health. In “Methamphetamine‐Related Mortality in the United States: Co‐Involvement of Heroin and Fentanyl, 1999‐2021,” researchers look at data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to examine trends in deaths from 1999 to 2021. They found a 50‐fold increase in the methamphetamine mortality rate, which was accompanied by an increasing proportion of deaths that co‐involved heroin or fentanyl, peaking at 61.2% in 2021. The researchers conclude that harm reduction efforts should be made towards polysubstance users in particular.

A Public Health, Whole-of-Government Approach to National Suicide Prevention Strategies

A Public Health, Whole-of-Government Approach to National Suicide Prevention Strategies

The Burden of Malnutrition: A Population Perspective

Malnutrition in childhood interacting with infectious disease contributes to increased morbidity and mortality as well as to other functional consequences, including impaired cognitive development. Pelletier, in this supplement to his work recently published in the American Journal of Public Health, examines the relationship between childhood nutritional status, based upon anthropometry, and mortality. His study methodology is described. The analysis is based upon seven studies from six different countries and yields a consistent pattern of association between malnutrition and mortality among the studies from multiple countries with varying levels of malnutrition and mortality. These observations are particularly important since they are based upon entire populations rather than just upon children who met the conventional criteria for malnutrition or low anthropometry. Pelletier argues that it is not enough to address only severe malnutrition when attempting to reduce infant and child mortality, but to make an important impact upon mortality, one must also address the burden of milder forms of malnutrition.

A Critique of Principlism

A Critique of Principlism

Commentary] #CapTheCrossBronx: Grassroots Advocacy & Public Health Research to Secure Federal Funding for Reimagining the Cross Bronx Expressway

The Cross Bronx Expressway (CBE) forms a scar through The Bronx. It devastated diverse communities when built in the 1950s and continues to negatively impact the health of Bronx residents through air pollution, noise pollution, and community disruption. In this Policy and Practice report, we discuss how a study on the cost-effectiveness of placing deck parks on the CBE published in the _American Journal of Public Health_ (2018) became an important tool for a grass-roots campaign to secure federal funding.

A Research on Violence Against Women: Are the Trends Growing?

Objectives: Violence against women is a global public health problem. Although there has been much research done on violence against women, there are few studies that provide the current scientific production. Methods: In this study, bibliometric analysis has been used to evaluate the 1984 documents from 1986 to 2020 based on the Scopus database. These documents were analyzed quantitatively by the Bibliometric R Package and the VOS viewer software. In addition, the 20 top-cited papers were analyzed qualitatively. Results: The research findings show that the United States is a leader in this field with the most highly cited articles and also the greatest number of publications followed by the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and South Africa. A total of 1984 documents were collected from the Scopus database and were analyzed in the Bibliometric R Research Package and the VOSviewer software. The results demonstrated that the average citations per year for each document were 23.39% and the annual scientific production growth rate was 16.86%. The keywords analysis indicates that most articles focus on “sexual violence”, “sexual assault”, “intimate partner violence”, “violence against women”, “sexual abuse”, “domestic violence”, “child sexual abuse”, “prevention”, and “rape.” Sources such as the “Journal of Interpersonal Violence”, “Journal of Violence Against Woman”, “Journal of Violence and Victims”, “Psychology of Women Quarterly”, “Journal of Adolescent Health”, “Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology”, “American Journal of Public Health”, “Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology”, and “American Journal of Public Health”, and “The Lancet” are the top most productive in this field. Discussion: Examining the articles showed that the vast majority of women have experienced verbal, sexual, intimate partner violence, cyber harassment, and so on.

Abortion Care Is Health Care: A Public Health of Consequence, September 2022

AffiliationsFarzana Kapadia is the deputy editor of the American Journal of Public Health and associate professor of epidemiology at the School of Global Public Health, New York University, New York, NY.

Conscientious Objection to Emergency Contraception

Conscientious Objection to Emergency Contraception

Approaches to Advancing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Journal Publishing

SPEAKERS: Leonard Jack, Jr, PhD, MSc Editor in Chief, Preventing Chronic Disease Atlanta, Georgia @CDCPCD Sumi Sexton, MD Editor in Chief, American Family Physician Arlington, Virginia @ssextonmd Jesus Ramirez-Valles, PhD, MPH Editor in Chief, Health Education & Behavior San Francisco, California @JRamirezValles Alfredo Morabia, MD, PhD, MPH Editor in Chief, American Journal of Public Health New York, New York @AlfredoMorabia REPORTER: Amy King Editorial Coordinator American Society of Clinical Oncology Alexandria, Virginia At the CSE 2022 Annual Meeting, Leonard Jack, Jr, PhD, secured and led a panel of four journal Editors-in-Chief (EICs) who spoke on establishing and sustaining the expansion of diversity, equitable decision making, and a culture of inclusion in scholarly communications and between journal publishing professionals. These four EICs shared diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts and approaches, particularly addressing the issues of racism and sexism, being implemented at their respective journals. Dr Jack, co-chair of the CSE DEI committee, introduced the panel in person, while the rest of the panelists joined remotely. Dr Jack, EIC of Preventing Chronic Disease: Public Health Research, Practice & Policy (PCD), a journal housed in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), introduced himself and the other three panelists, Sumi Makkar Sexton, MD, EIC of American Family Physician (AFP), Jesus Ramirez-Valles, PhD, EIC of Health Education & Behavior (HE&B) at the Society for Public Health Education, and Alfredo Morabia, MD, EIC of the American Journal of Public Health (AJPH). Dr Sexton started the session off with a presentation on anti-racist […]

City Symphony

City Symphony

Commentary] Diverse Views and Robust Scientific Dialogue Are Essential to Advancing Science

In February 2022 the American Journal of Public Health (AJPH) published an editorial [https://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/10.2105/AJPH.2021.306683?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rfr_id=ori:rid:crossref.org&rfr_dat=cr_pub 0pubmed] by Jodie Briggs and Dr. Donna Vallone, advocating for the censorship of industry-funded science. Juul Labs submitted the below letter in response to AJPH. AJPH informed us that “[t]he policy of the journal is to decline the publication of research that has been funded by the tobacco industry, not even as letters to the Editor.” Accordingly, we have shared our response directly with Ms. Briggs and Dr. Vallone and post it here to invite additional review and commentary from the scientific community.

Naloxone should be more widely available: Study

Naloxone, which reverses the effects of opioids and can completely reverse an overdose, should be more widely available, researchers from the Grayken Center for Addiction at Boston Medical Center wrote last week. In a letter published in the American Journal of Public Health, the researchers called for.

Adding a Correction Factor to the Allocation of Scarce Life-saving Resources in a Pandemic

Adding a Correction Factor to the Allocation of Scarce Life-saving Resources in a Pandemic

Prof K C Dube Poster Award

BACKGROUND-The lack of preparedness among suddenly bereaved persons is shown to be associated with higher mortality among the bereaved than when the deceased had a known pre-existing morbidity(1).Most deaths due to COVID-19 came as a sudden surprise for unprepared family members. However,there are no studies or research that are being conducted regarding the psychopathology of family members of patients who died of COVID-19.AIMS/OBJECTIVES- To study proportion of psychiatric illness in family members of patients who died of COVID-19.To find the association between the death of an earning member & psychiatric illnesses in the family. METHODS-We began a door-to-door survey in an urban locality begetting permission from the Institutional Ethics Committee. After obtaining informed consent, 40 families of COVID-19 patients were identified,whose members were interviewed using a semi-structured proforma. The deaths due to COVID19 occurred between the months of March’21 and June’21 and the interviews were carried during August’21.Data collected was tabulated and analysed statistically and results were obtained.RESULTS -Of the 79 participants 11 had psychiatric illness. The proportion of psychiatric illness was observed to be 13.924% and the most common illnesses observed were depression (54.5%) followed by adjustment disorder (36.7%) and anxiety (18.2%).Of these 79 participants 15 (18.9%) had lost an earning member,of which 4 (26.7%) participants developed a psychiatric illness.The proportion of participants with psychiatric illness who lost an earning member of the family was 26.7% which was more than that in non-earning group (10.9%). But this difference is not statistically significant.CONCLUSION-We observed that family members of patients who died of COVID-19 are more prone for psychopathology. Various psychopathologies were seen in this study of which the most common psychopathology was depression. Further studies are required for the family members of patients who died due to COVID-19.Reference:• Shah SM, Carey IM, Harris T, DeWilde S, Victor CR, Cook DG. The effect of unexpected bereavement on mortality in older couples. American Journal of Public Health. 2013 Jun;103(6):1140-5.

The social media cancer misinformation conundrum.

The social media cancer misinformation conundrum.

Expanding Conflicts of Interest in Public Health Research

Expanding Conflicts of Interest in Public Health Research

The Care Children Deserve

The Care Children Deserve

Distributive Justice as a Means of Combating Systemic Racism in Healthcare

Distributive Justice as a Means of Combating Systemic Racism in Healthcare