Computations of Confidence Intervals for Estimates in the United States National Hospital Discharge Survey, 1979–2000

Yao-Hua Luo, PhD,Matthew Zack, MD

An Innovative Approach to Enhancing the Surveillance Capacity of State-based Diabetes Prevention and Control Programs: The Diabetes Indicators and Data Sources Internet Tool (DIDIT)

Qaiser Mukhtar, PhD,Erica R. Brody, MPH,Prachi Mehta, DrPH,Jenny Camponeschi, MS

The Challenge of Preventing Cardiovascular Disease in Tunisia

Hassen Ghannem, MD, MSc

The Nutrition and Physical Activity Program to Prevent Obesity and Other Chronic Diseases: Monitoring Progress in Funded States

Sue Lin Yee, MA, MPH,Pam Williams-Piehota, PhD,,Asta Sorensen, MA,Amy Roussel, PhD

Sex Differences in Stroke Recovery

Sue-Min Lai, PhD, MS, MBA,Pamela W. Duncan, PhD,Paul Dew, MD, MPH,John Keighley, MS

Anthropometric Changes Using a Walking Intervention in African American Breast Cancer Survivors: A Pilot Study

Diane B. Wilson, EdD, MS, RD,Jerlym S. Porter, MS,Gwen Parker, MS,James Kilpatrick, PhD

Adherence to Oral Hypoglycemic Agents in Hawaii

Rachel Lee,Deborah A. Taira, ScD

Community-based Participatory Research in the California Health Interview Survey

E. Richard Brown, PhD,Sue Holtby, MPH,Elaine Zahnd, PhD,George B. Abbott, MD, MPH

Diabetes and Mexicans: Why the Two Are Linked

Reynaldo Martorell, PhD

Extending Our Reach

Lynne S. Wilcox, MD, MPH

Development of a Brief Survey on Colon Cancer Screening Knowledge and Attitudes Among Veterans

Michael S. Wolf, PhD, MPH,Alfred Rademaker, PhD,Charles L. Bennett, MD, PhD,M. Rosario Ferreira, MD

A Diabetes Prevention Assessment Tool for American Indians

Christopher A. Taylor, PhD, RD,Kathryn S. Keim, PhD, RD,Dale R. Fuqua, PhD,Christine A. Johnson, PhD

Quit and Reduction Rates for a Pilot Study of the American Indian Not On Tobacco (N-O-T) Program

Kimberly Horn, EdD,Tim McGloin, MSPH,Geri Dino, PhD,Karen Manzo, MPH

Transforming a Master of Public Health Program to Address Public Health Practice Needs

Lynn D. Woodhouse, EdD, MEd, MPH, CHES,Alberto C. Cardelle, PhD, MPH,Steven W. Godin, PhD, MPH, CHES,Steven E. Shive, PhD, MPH, MA, CHES

Secular Trends in Age at Menarche, Smoking, and Oral Contraceptive Use Among Israeli Girls

Gabriel Chodick, PhD, MHA,Michael Huerta, MD, MPH,Ran D. Balicer, MD,Nadav Davidovitch, MD, MPH

The Role of State Public Health Agencies in Addressing Less Prevalent Chronic Conditions

Fran C. Wheeler, PhD,Lynda A. Anderson, PhD,Cynthia Boddie-Willis, MD, MPH,Patricia H. Price, DO

Provision of School-based Preventive Oral Health Services to Medicaid Beneficiaries

Anne R. Redmond, MPH, CHES,Nancy Martin, MS, RDH

Old Black Water

Lynne S. Wilcox, MD, MPH

When Chronic Conditions Become Acute: Prevention and Control of Chronic Diseases and Adverse Health Outcomes During Natural Disasters

Ali H. Mokdad, PhD,George A. Mensah, MD,Samuel F. Posner, PhD,Eddie Reed, MD

Identifying Best Practices for WISEWOMAN Programs Using a Mixed-Methods Evaluation

Melanie Besculides, DrPH,Heather Zaveri,Rosanne Farris, PhD,Julie Will, PhD

Reducing Health Disparities: What Is Being Done, What Works

William Baldyga, DrPH, MA,Karen Petersmarck, PhD, MPH

Knowledge and Perceptions of Diabetes in an Appalachian Population

Irene Tessaro, MA, MSN, DrPH,Shannon L. Smith, MA,Sheila Rye, MS

The Border Health Strategic Initiative From a Community Perspective

Victoria E. Steinfelt

Using Paid Radio Advertisements to Promote Physical Activity Among Arkansas Tweens

Appathurai Balamurugan, MD, MPH,Ernest J. Oakleaf, PhD,David Rath, MA, RD, LD

Predictors of Self-rated Health Status Among Texas Residents

Lorraine J. Phillips, MSN, RN, FNP,Renee L. Hammock, RN, MSN, FNP-C,Jimmy M. Blanton, MPAff

Age-related Eye Diseases: An Emerging Challenge for Public Health Professionals

Christopher Maylahn, MPH,Dorothy M. Gohdes, MD,Appathurai Balamurugan, MD, MPH,Barbara A. Larsen, MPH, RD

Terminology in “Rural Community Knowledge of Stroke Warning Signs and Risk Factors”

Michael W. Day, RN, MSN, CCRN

Reengineering Vital Registration and Statistics Systems

Kiumarss Nasseri, DVM, PhD, MPH

Statewide Community-based Health Promotion: A North Carolina Model to Build Local Capacity for Chronic Disease Prevention

Marcus Plescia, MD, MPH,Suzanna Young, RD, MPH,Rosemary L. Ritzman, PhD, MSN

The Cost-Effectiveness of 1% Or Less Media Campaigns Promoting Low-Fat Milk Consumption

Margo G. Wootan, DSc,,Bill Reger-Nash, EdD,Steve Booth-Butterfield, EdD,Linda Cooper, MSW, LCSW

Blazing a Trail: A Public Health Research Agenda in Genomics and Chronic Disease

Colleen M. McBride, PhD

Genomics and Public Health: Development of Web-based Training

Sharon L.R. Kardia, PhD,Jennifer Bodzin, MPH,Aaron Goldenberg, MA, MPH,Toby Citrin, JD

Race, Ethnicity, and Linguistic Isolation as Determinants of Participation in Public Health Surveillance Surveys

Michael W. Link, PhD,Ali H. Mokdad, PhD,Herbert F. Stackhouse, MA,Nicole T. Flowers, MD

Childhood Obesity What We Can Learn From Existing Data on Societal Trends, Part 1

Roland Sturm, PhD

Engaging Rural Youth in Physical Activity Promotion Research in an After-School Setting

Nancy O’Hara Tompkins, PhD,James A. Rye, PhD,Sam Zizzi, EdD,Elizabeth Vitullo, MSc, MBA

Genomics and the Prevention and Control of Common Chronic Diseases: Emerging Priorities for Public Health Action

Muin J. Khoury, MD, PhD,George A. Mensah, MD

Minority Populations and Health: An Introduction to Health Disparities in the United States

Sandra Headen, PhD

Evaluation of Community and Organizational Characteristics of Smoke-free Ordinance Campaigns in 15 Wisconsin Cities

David Ahrens, MS,Paul Uebelher, MA,Patrick L. Remington, MD, MPH

Utah s Family High Risk Program: Bridging the Gap Between Genomics and Public Health

Jenny Johnson, CHES,Rebecca T. Giles, MPH, CHES,LaDene Larsen, RN, BSN,Joan Ware, MSPH, RN

Prevention Research Centers: Contributions to Updating the Public Health Workforce Through Training

Adele L. Franks, MD,Ross C. Brownson, PhD,Elizabeth A. Baker, PhD, MPH,Terry L. Leet, PhD

Tracking Healthy Days — A Window on the Health of Older Adults

David G. Moriarty,Rosemarie Kobau, MPH,Matthew M. Zack, MD, MPH,Hatice S. Zahran, MD, MPH

Geocoding and Social Marketing in Alabama’s Cancer Prevention Programs

Julianna W. Miner, MPH,Arica White, MPH,Anne E. Lubenow, MPH,Sally Palmer

From Concept to Practice: Using the School Health Index to Create Healthy School Environments in Rhode Island Elementary Schools

Deborah N. Pearlman, PhD,Elizabeth Dowling, MPH,Cheryl Bayuk,Kathleen Cullinen, MS, RD

State-based Diabetes Surveillance Among Minority Populations

Jay Desai

Pediatric Hospitalizations for Asthma: Use of a Linked File to Separate Person-level Risk and Readmission

Jonathan C. Wallace,Charles E. Denk,Lakota K. Kruse

Featured Abstracts from the 18th National Conference on Chronic Disease Prevention and Control

Increasing Fruit and Vegetable Intake in Homebound Elders: The Seattle Senior Farmers' Market Nutrition Pilot Program

Donna B. Johnson,Sharon Beaudoin,Lynne T. Smith,Shirley A.A. Beresford

Nonadherence to Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening: What Are the Linkages to Chronic Disease Risk?

Steven S. Coughlin,Robert J. Uhler,H. Irene Hall,Peter A. Briss

Using Survey Data for Diabetes Surveillance Among Minority Populations: A Report of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention s Expert Panel Meeting

Nilka Rios Burrows,Jose Lojo,Micheal M. Engelgau,Linda S. Geiss

Osteoporosis and Health-Related Quality-of-Life Outcomes in the Alameda County Study Population

Krista Kotz,Stephane Deleger,Richard Cohen,Alisa Kamigaki