Mary E. Northridge, PhD, MPH, Editor-in-Chief and
Michael R. Greenberg, PhD, Associate Editor
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The theme of the American PublicHealth Associations 133rd Annual Meeting and Exposition,to be held December 1014, 2005, in Philadelphia, Pa,is "Evidence-Based Policy and Practice." While this is not atheme that is easily imaged on our cover or that lends itselfto advocacy in the same way that other public health topicsmight, it cuts to the core of our mission at the Journal. Overthe past several years, especially, much emphasis has been placedon broadening the sorts of evidence that appear regularly inthe Journal. We have sought to ensure that qualitative as wellas . . . [Full Text]