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October 2017

AJPH EDITOR’S CHOICE

107(10), pp. 1526–1526
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AJPH GLOBAL NEWS

107(10), pp. 1527–1527
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AJPH BOOK & MEDIA

GLOBAL HEALTH

Global Health and the “Inequality Machine”
Socioeconomic Factors, Health Policy, Global Health
Ted Schrecker
107(10), pp. 1529–1530
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INEQUALITIES

107(10), pp. 1531–1532
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AJPH EDITORIALS

RURAL HEALTH

Despair in the American Heartland? A Focus on Rural Health
Rural Health, Other Race/Ethnicity, Socioeconomic Factors, Race/Ethnicity, Geography
Paul Campbell Erwin
107(10), pp. 1533–1534
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PREEXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS

107(10), pp. 1534–1535
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YEARS OF LIFE LOST

Years of Life Lost, Age Discrimination, and the Myth of Productivity
Ethics, Socioeconomic Factors, Health Policy, Epidemiology, Disability, Aging
M. Harvey Brenner
107(10), pp. 1535–1537
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TRANSGENDER

On Being Transnational and Transgender: Human Rights and Public Health Considerations
Human Rights, Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgender Persons, Injury/Emergency Care/Violence, Immigration
Don Operario and Tooru Nemoto
107(10), pp. 1537–1538
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PUBLIC HEALTH OF CONSEQUENCE

Can Population Health Science Counter In-Kind Dangerous Oversimplifications? A Public Health of Consequence, October 2017
Writing/Reviewing/Publishing, Other Statistics/Evaluation/Research, Statistics/Evaluation/Research, Epidemiology
Sandro Galea and Roger D. Vaughan
107(10), pp. 1538–1540
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AJPH RURAL HEALTH

PREMATURE DEATHS

The Epidemic of Despair Among White Americans: Trends in the Leading Causes of Premature Death, 1999–2015
Substance Use, Chronic Disease, Rural Health, Other Race/Ethnicity, Mental Health, Drugs, Other Chronic Disease, Alcohol, Race/Ethnicity, Epidemiology
Elizabeth M. Stein, Keith P. Gennuso, Donna C. Ugboaja and Patrick L. Remington
107(10), pp. 1541–1547
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SUICIDE

Urban–Rural Differences in Suicide in the State of Maryland: The Role of Firearms
Mortality, Rural Health, Mental Health, Statistics/Evaluation/Research, Epidemiology
Paul S. Nestadt, Patrick Triplett, David R. Fowler and Ramin Mojtabai
107(10), pp. 1548–1553
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TOBACCO

Rural Versus Urban Use of Traditional and Emerging Tobacco Products in the United States, 2013–2014
Tobacco, Substance Use, Rural Health, Tobacco Control, Other Tobacco
Megan E. Roberts, Nathan J. Doogan, Cassandra A. Stanton, Amanda J. Quisenberry, Andrea C. Villanti, Diann E. Gaalema, Diana R. Keith, Allison N. Kurti, Alexa A. Lopez, Ryan Redner, Antonio Cepeda-Benito and Stephen T. Higgins
107(10), pp. 1554–1559
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LIFE EXPECTANCIES

107(10), pp. 1560–1562
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DISPARITIES

Leveraging Interest to Decrease Rural Health Disparities in the United States
Rural Health, Public Health Practice
Michael Meit and Alana Knudson
107(10), pp. 1563–1564
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CAUSES

Deaths of Despair: Why? What to Do?
Mortality, Urban Health, Rural Health, Other Race/Ethnicity, Statistics/Evaluation/Research, Race/Ethnicity
F. Douglas Scutchfield and C. William Keck
107(10), pp. 1564–1565
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CONTEXT

Despair as a Cause of Death: More Complex Than It First Appears
Mortality, Rural Health, Statistics/Evaluation/Research
Ana V. Diez Roux
107(10), pp. 1566–1567
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AJPH PREEXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS

PREVENTION OPTIMISM

Individual Versus Community-Level Risk Compensation Following Preexposure Prophylaxis of HIV
Prevention, HIV/AIDS, Social Science
Martin Holt and Dean A. Murphy
107(10), pp. 1568–1571
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PREEXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS VALUES

HIV Preexposure Prophylaxis and Condomless Sex: Disentangling Personal Values From Public Health Priorities
Prevention, Sexual Health, HIV/AIDS
Sarah K. Calabrese, Kristen Underhill and Kenneth H. Mayer
107(10), pp. 1572–1576
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HIV

Antiretroviral Drugs as the Linchpin for Prevention of HIV Infections in the United States
Government, Prevention, Public Health Practice, HIV/AIDS
Taraz Samandari, Norma Harris, Janet C. Cleveland, David W. Purcell and Eugene McCray
107(10), pp. 1577–1579
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PRIMARY CARE

The Complex Road Ahead for Preexposure Prophylaxis: A Primary Care Physician Perspective
Health Service Delivery, Prevention, Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgender Persons, Sexual Health, HIV/AIDS, Access to Care
Richard E. Greene
107(10), pp. 1580–1581
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AJPH PERSPECTIVES

SNAP

Obesity Prevention in the Supermarket—Choice Architecture and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
Prevention, Nutrition/Food, Socioeconomic Factors, Health Policy, Social Science
Anne N. Thorndike and Cass R. Sunstein
107(10), pp. 1582–1583
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MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS

Musculoskeletal Disorders: A Neglected Group at Public Health and Epidemiology Meetings?
Chronic Disease, Health Promotion, Public Health Practice, Other Chronic Disease, Epidemiology
Anthony V. Perruccio, Calvin Yip, Elizabeth M. Badley and J. Denise Power
107(10), pp. 1584–1585
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HOUSING

Low-Income Housing Tax Credit: Optimizing Its Impact on Health
Government, Housing and Health, Environment, Socioeconomic Factors
Marc Shi, Barbara A. Samuels and Craig Evan Pollack
107(10), pp. 1586–1588
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POLICE

Effect of Police Training and Accountability on the Mental Health of African American Adults
Other Race/Ethnicity, Mental Health, Race/Ethnicity, African Americans/Blacks
Hans Oh, Jordan DeVylder and Geoffrey Hunt
107(10), pp. 1588–1590
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AUTOMATED VEHICLES

Will Automated Driving Technologies Make Today’s Effective Restraint Systems Obsolete?
Prevention, Injury/Emergency Care/Violence, Epidemiology
Damien Subit, Philippe Vézin, Sébastien Laporte and Baptiste Sandoz
107(10), pp. 1590–1592
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MEDICAID

Consumer-Directed Health Care for Medicaid Patients: Past and Future Reforms
Health Reform, Health Policy
Phillip M. Singer, Daniel B. Nelson and Renuka Tipirneni
107(10), pp. 1592–1594
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BREXIT

Brexit: Severe Risks to Britain’s National Health Service
Health Reform, Health Policy, Global Health
John J. Park, Martin McKee and Rifat Atun
107(10), pp. 1594–1596
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WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION

The World Health Organization, Public Health Ethics, and Surveillance: Essential Architecture for Social Well-Being
Ethics, Surveillance, Statistics/Evaluation/Research
Amy L. Fairchild, Angus Dawson, Ronald Bayer and Michael J. Selgelid
107(10), pp. 1596–1598
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E-CIGARETTES

Using All Means to Protect Public Health in Israel From Emerging Tobacco Products
Tobacco, Substance Use, Government, Tobacco Control, Other Tobacco, Health Policy, Health Law
Eran Kopel, Nadav Davidovitch and Hagai Levine
107(10), pp. 1599–1600
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HEALTH REFORM

A Way Forward for Bipartisan Health Reform? Democrat and Republican State Legislator Priorities for the Goals of Health Policy
Surveys, Health Reform, Statistics/Evaluation/Research, Health Policy
Christina Pagel, David W. Bates, Don Goldmann and Christopher F. Koller
107(10), pp. 1601–1603
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AJPH PUBLIC HEALTH OF CONSEQUENCE

POLITICS

107(10), pp. 1604–1605
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AJPH PLACED-BASED INTERVENTIONS

INEQUALITIES

Growing Economic Inequality Sustains Health Disparities
Socioeconomic Factors
William A. Vega and William M. Sribney
107(10), pp. 1606–1607
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AJPH LAW & ETHICS

PATIENT PORTALS

Legal, Practical, and Ethical Considerations for Making Online Patient Portals Accessible for All
Ethics, Other Race/Ethnicity, Socioeconomic Factors, Health Policy, Health Law, Race/Ethnicity
Courtney R. Lyles, Jim Fruchterman, Mara Youdelman and Dean Schillinger
107(10), pp. 1608–1611
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AJPH POLICY

DENTAL MEDICAID

Children’s Access to Dental Care Affected by Reimbursement Rates, Dentist Density, and Dentist Participation in Medicaid
Government, Low-Income Children, Health Service Delivery, Insurance, Child and Adolescent Health, Health Financing, Access to Care, Dental/Oral Health
Natalia I. Chalmers and Robert D. Compton
107(10), pp. 1612–1614
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AJPH METHODS

LIFE TABLE

Standard Period Life Table Used to Compute the Life Expectancy of Diseased Subpopulations: More Confusing Than Helpful
Other Statistics/Evaluation/Research, Chronic Disease, Statistics/Evaluation/Research, Public Health Practice, Other Chronic Disease, Epidemiology
Linda Perron, Marc Simard, Jacques Brisson, Denis Hamel and Ernest Lo
107(10), pp. 1615–1620
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AJPH SURVEILLANCE

VIOLENT DEATHS

Violent Death Reporting in Maryland: Demographic Variability in Data Completeness
Surveillance, Statistics/Evaluation/Research, Public Health Practice, Injury/Emergency Care/Violence, Social Science
Meghan L. Smith, Adebola A. Akinyemi, Jennifer L. Stanley and Clifford S. Mitchell
107(10), pp. 1621–1623
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Killed by Police: Validity of Media-Based Data and Misclassification of Death Certificates in Massachusetts, 2004–2016
Mortality, Other Statistics/Evaluation/Research, Statistics/Evaluation/Research, Injury/Emergency Care/Violence, Epidemiology, Media
Justin M. Feldman, Sofia Gruskin, Brent A. Coull and Nancy Krieger
107(10), pp. 1624–1626
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AJPH PRACTICE

ORAL HEALTH

Oral Health Integration Into a Pediatric Practice and Coordination of Referrals to a Colocated Dental Home at a Federally Qualified Health Center
Health Service Delivery, Screening, Child and Adolescent Health, Public Health Practice, Other Child and Adolescent Health, Dental/Oral Health
Nandini Sengupta, Sonal Nanavati, Maria Cericola and Lisa Simon
107(10), pp. 1627–1629
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AJPH RESEARCH

SINDOOR

Lead Content of Sindoor, a Hindu Religious Powder and Cosmetic: New Jersey and India, 2014–2015
Prevention, Child and Adolescent Health, Environment, Lead, Other Child and Adolescent Health, Health Education, Race/Ethnicity, Asians, Global Health
Manthan P. Shah, Derek G. Shendell, Pamela Ohman Strickland, John D. Bogden, Francis W. Kemp and William Halperin
107(10), pp. 1630–1632
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ACA

Medicaid Reimbursement for the Female Condom
Women's Health, Birth Control, Prevention, Health Policy, Contraception, Sexual Health, HIV/AIDS
Susan S. Witte, Colleen MacPhee, Natalie Ginsburg and Neha Deshmukh
107(10), pp. 1633–1635
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NICOTINE REPLACEMENT THERAPY

Tobacco Industry Research on Nicotine Replacement Therapy: “If Anyone Is Going to Take Away Our Business It Should Be Us”
Tobacco, Substance Use, Other Statistics/Evaluation/Research, Tobacco Control, Smoking Cessation, Statistics/Evaluation/Research, Other Tobacco, History
Dorie Apollonio and Stanton A. Glantz
107(10), pp. 1636–1642
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PREPAREDNESS

Readiness to Vaccinate Critical Personnel During an Influenza Pandemic, United States, 2015
Immunization/Vaccines, Public Health Practice
Danielle L. Moulia, Stephanie A. Dopson, Sara J. Vagi, Thomas J. Fitzgerald, Amy Parker Fiebelkorn and Samuel B. Graitcer
107(10), pp. 1643–1645
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TRANSGENDER

Living Outside the Gender Box in Mexico: Testimony of Transgender Mexican Asylum Seekers
Human Rights, Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgender Persons, Health Promotion, Gender, Immigration, Refugees, Global Health
Marshall K. Cheney, Mary J. Gowin, E. Laurette Taylor, Melissa Frey, Jamie Dunnington, Ghadah Alshuwaiyer, J. Kathleen Huber, Mary Camero Garcia and Grady C. Wray
107(10), pp. 1646–1652
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YEARS OF LIFE LOST

Assessing Years of Life Lost Versus Number of Deaths in the United States, 1995–2015
Mortality, Statistics/Evaluation/Research, Epidemiology, Aging
Glen B. Taksler and Michael B. Rothberg
107(10), pp. 1653–1659
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COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS

Community Health Worker Support for Disadvantaged Patients With Multiple Chronic Diseases: A Randomized Clinical Trial
Health Service Delivery, Chronic Disease, Public Health Workers, Community Health, Socioeconomic Factors, Other Chronic Disease
Shreya Kangovi, Nandita Mitra, David Grande, Hairong Huo, Robyn A. Smith and Judith A. Long
107(10), pp. 1660–1667
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Community Health Worker Impact on Chronic Disease Outcomes Within Primary Care Examined Using Electronic Health Records
Hispanics/Latinos, Health Service Delivery, Chronic Disease, Public Health Practice, Health Professionals, Other Chronic Disease, Race/Ethnicity, Health Care Facilities/Services
Maia Ingram, Kevin Doubleday, Melanie L. Bell, Abby Lohr, Lucy Murrieta, Maria Velasco, John Blackburn, Samantha Sabo, Jill Guernsey de Zapien and Scott C. Carvajal
107(10), pp. 1668–1674
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AJPH ERRATUM

107(10), pp. e1–e1
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OTHER DEPARTMENTS

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