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Volume
8: No. 1, January 2011
BRIEF
Publishing on Policy: Trends in Public Health
Year |
Number of Articles |
1998 |
51 |
1999 |
60 |
2000 |
54 |
2001 |
74 |
2002 |
47 |
2003 |
84 |
2004 |
62 |
2005 |
74 |
2006 |
52 |
2007 |
86 |
2008 |
81 |
Figure 1. Total policy articles published in 16
general public health journals, by year, 1998-2008. The journals are listed in
the Appendix.
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Topic |
Number of Articles |
Genetic testing |
8 |
Advocacy |
11 |
Physical activity |
16 |
Special populations |
16 |
Nutrition |
20 |
Community policy |
20 |
Maternal/women’s health |
27 |
Environmental/disaster |
29 |
Adolescent/child |
33 |
HIV/AIDS |
34 |
Violence/safety |
34 |
Drugs/alcohol |
42 |
School policy |
82 |
Health care |
170 |
Smoking/tobacco |
183 |
Figure 2. Number of articles published on policy topics
in 16 general public health journals, 1998-2008. The journals are listed in
the Appendix.
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