A Public Health of Consequence: Review of the January 2017 Issue of AJPH

Affiliations

¹ Sandro Galea is Dean and Professor, School of Public Health, Boston University, Boston, MA. Roger Vaughan is an AJPH editor, and is also the Vice Dean and Professor of Biostatistics, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY.

Editorial

Sandro Galea et al. Am J Public Health. 2017 Jan.

. 2017 Jan;107(1):17-18.

doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2016.303540.

¹ Sandro Galea is Dean and Professor, School of Public Health, Boston University, Boston, MA. Roger Vaughan is an AJPH editor, and is also the Vice Dean and Professor of Biostatistics, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY.

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Comment on

Health and Social Conditions of the Poorest Versus Wealthiest Counties in the United States.
Egen O, Beatty K, Blackley DJ, Brown K, Wykoff R. Egen O, et al. Am J Public Health. 2017 Jan;107(1):130-135. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2016.303515. Epub 2016 Nov 17. Am J Public Health. 2017. PMID: 27854531 Free PMC article.
Efficient Allocation of Public Health and Behavior Change Resources: The "Difficulty by Motivation" Matrix.
Resnicow K, Teixeira PJ, Williams GC. Resnicow K, et al. Am J Public Health. 2017 Jan;107(1):55-57. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2016.303526. Am J Public Health. 2017. PMID: 27925833 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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