A Journal of the American College of Preventive Medicine and the Association for Prevention Teaching and Research

The American Journal of Preventive Medicine is the official journal of the American College of Preventive Medicine and the Association for Prevention Teaching and Research. It publishes articles in the areas of prevention research, teaching, practice and policy. Original research is published on interventions aimed at the prevention of chronic and acute disease and the promotion of individual and community health.

Of particular emphasis are papers that address the primary and secondary prevention of important clinical, behavioral and public health issues such as injury and violence, infectious disease, women's health, smoking, sedentary behaviors and physical activity, nutrition, diabetes, obesity, and substance use disorders. Papers also address educational initiatives aimed at improving the ability of health professionals to provide effective clinical prevention and public health services. Papers on health services research pertinent to prevention and public health are also published. The journal also publishes official policy statements from the two co-sponsoring organizations, review articles, media reviews, and editorials. Finally, the journal periodically publishes supplements and special theme issues devoted to areas of current interest to the prevention community.

For information on the American College of Preventive Medicine (ACPM) and the Association for Prevention Teaching and Research (APTR), visit their web sites at the following URLs:
http://www.acpm.org/ and
http://www.aptrweb.org

Abstracting and Indexing

Social Planning/Policy and Development Abstracts
PubMed/Medline
Embase
PsycINFO
Sociological Abstracts
Health Promotion and Education and the Cancer Prevention and Control Databases of CHID on BRS
Smoking and Health
BIOSIS Citation Index
Chemical Abstracts
Chicano Index
Current Contents
Dev Med Child Neurol
Health Plan Adminis
International Nursing Index
Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts
Nutrition Research Newsletter
Research Alert
Web of Science
Tropical Diseases Bulletin
APNScan
Scopus

Instructions to Authors

Author and Reviewer Resource Center

Author Instructions and Editorial Policies
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Reviewer Information
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Reviewer Checklist
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Guide to Peer Review
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Editorial Board
Editor-in-Chief

Matthew L. Boulton, MD, MPH
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

Senior Associate Editors

Dr. William Wadland
Michigan State University Department of Family Medicine, East Lansing, Michigan, United States

Dr. Robert B. Wallace
The University of Iowa College of Public Health, Iowa City, Iowa, United States

Associate Editors

Laura Power, MD, MPH
University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, Michigan

Patrick Remington, MD, MPH
University of Wisconsin Madison, Madison, Wisconsin

Statistics Editor

Niko Kaciroti
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan

Editorial Board

Ross C. Brownson
Saint Louis, MO

Frank J. Chaloupka
Chicago, IL

Ana V. Diez Roux
Philadelphia, PA

Eric A. Finkelstein
Singapore

Howard Frumkin
Atlanta, GL

Sandro Galea, MD, MPH, PhD
Boston, MA

Karen Glanz
Philadelphia, PA

Beverly B. Green, MD, MPH
Seattle, WA

Jeffrey R. Harris
Seattle, WA

Thomas P. Houston
Columbus, OH

Neal D. Kohatsu, MD, MPH
Sacramento, CA, United States

Thomas E. Kottke
St. Paul, MN

Sara Luckhaupt, MD, MPH
Cincinnati, OH, United States

Michael D. Parkinson
Pittsburgh, PA

Deborah Pearlman
Providence, RI

K. Srinath Reddy, MD
New Delhi, India

Carol W. Runyan
Chapel Hill, NC

James F. Sallis
San Diego, CA

Steven M. Teutsch
Los Angeles, CA

Richard K. Zimmerman
Pittsburgh, PA

Editorial Office Staff

Managing Editor

Jillian B. Morgan MPH
University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, Michigan

Associate Managing Editor

Julie Fielding, MLIS
University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, Michigan

Peer Review Coordinator/Communications Specialist

Stacy Wennstrom, MA
Ann Arbor, MI

Editorial Assistant

Matthew Redding

Editorial Specialist

Sara McAdory-Kim
Minneapolis, MN

Past Editors- and Co-Editors-in-Chief

Robert L. Berg, MD
(1989-1990)

Nemat O. Borhani, MD, MPH
(Jan 1985 - Jun 1986)

C. Hennekens, MD, DrPH
(Jul 1992 - Dec 1994)

John M. Last, MD, DrPH
(Sep 1989 - Dec 1990)

Robert S. Lawrence, MD
(Jan 1990 - Jun 1992)

Kevin Patrick, MD, MS
(Jan 1995 - Dec 2013)

F. Douglas Scutchfield, MD
(Jan 1995 - Dec 1996)

Joseph Stokes III, MD
(Jul 1986 - Aug 1989)

Governing Board

Ayanna V. Buckner, MD, MPH
Atlanta, GA (ACPM)

Rosemary Caron, PhD, MPH
Durham, NH (APTR)

Carolyn G. DiGuiseppi, MD, MPH, PhD
Aurora, CO (ACPM)

James Ebert, MD, MBA, MPH
Kettering, OH (Chair, APTR)

Scott Frank, MD
Cleveland, OH (APTR)

Robert Gilchick, MD, MPH
Los Angeles, CA (ACPM)

Yuri T. Jadotte, MD, PhD, MPH
Stony Brook, NY (ACPM/APTR)

Robin Molella, MD, MPH
Rochester, MN (APTR)

Deborah Porterfield, MD, MPH
Chapel Hill, NC (ACPM)