Editorials:

N Freudenberg

Time for a national agenda to improve the health of urban populations
Am J Public Health 2000 90: 837-840. [PDF]  

M Allukian, Jr

The neglected epidemic and the surgeon general's report: a call to action for better oral health
Am J Public Health 2000 90: 843-845. [PDF]  

A Sommer and MN Akhter

It's time we became a profession
Am J Public Health 2000 90: 845-846. [PDF]  

Journal Article:

HW Cohen and ME Northridge

Getting political: racism and urban health
Am J Public Health 2000 90: 841-842. [PDF]  

LO Gostin, Z Lazzarini, VS Neslund, and MT Osterholm

Water quality laws and waterborne diseases: Cryptosporidium and other emerging pathogens
Am J Public Health 2000 90: 847-853. [Abstract] [PDF]  

MF Jacobson and KD Brownell

Small taxes on soft drinks and snack foods to promote health
Am J Public Health 2000 90: 854-857. [Abstract] [PDF]  

DP Andrulis

Community, service, and policy strategies to improve health care access in the changing urban environment
Am J Public Health 2000 90: 858-862. [Abstract] [PDF]  

LC Leviton, E Snell, and M McGinnis

Urban issues in health promotion strategies
Am J Public Health 2000 90: 863-866. [Abstract] [PDF]  

AT Geronimus

To mitigate, resist, or undo: addressing structural influences on the health of urban populations
Am J Public Health 2000 90: 867-872. [Abstract] [PDF]  

RL Guyer

Breath of Life: stories of asthma from an exhibition at the National Library of Medicine
Am J Public Health 2000 90: 874-879. [PDF]  

DR Simmes, MR Blaszcak, PS Kurtin, NL Bowen, and RK Ross

Creating a community report card: the San Diego experience
Am J Public Health 2000 90: 880-882. [PDF]  

PP Reynolds

Dr Louis T. Wright and the NAACP: pioneers in hospital racial integration
Am J Public Health 2000 90: 883-892. [Abstract] [PDF]  

H Markel

For the welfare of children: the origins of the relationship between US public health workers and pediatricians
Am J Public Health 2000 90: 893-899. [Abstract] [PDF]  

W Chavkin, D Romero, and PH Wise

State welfare reform policies and declines in health insurance
Am J Public Health 2000 90: 900-908. [Abstract] [PDF]  

C Merzel

Gender differences in health care access indicators in an urban, low-income community
Am J Public Health 2000 90: 909-916. [Abstract] [PDF]  

O Carrasquillo, AI Carrasquillo, and S Shea

Health insurance coverage of immigrants living in the United States: differences by citizenship status and country of origin
Am J Public Health 2000 90: 917-923. [Abstract] [PDF]  

DE Nelson, BL Thompson, NJ Davenport, and LJ Penaloza

What people really know about their health insurance: a comparison of information obtained from individuals and their insurers
Am J Public Health 2000 90: 924-928. [Abstract] [PDF]  

RJ Ledogar, A Penchaszadeh, CC Garden, and Garden Iglesias

Asthma and Latino cultures: different prevalence reported among groups sharing the same environment
Am J Public Health 2000 90: 929-935. [Abstract] [PDF]  

MC Doherty, B Junge, P Rathouz, RS Garfein, E Riley, and D Vlahov

The effect of a needle exchange program on numbers of discarded needles: a 2-year follow-up
Am J Public Health 2000 90: 936-939. [Abstract] [PDF]  

RH Secker-Walker, BS Flynn, LJ Solomon, JM Skelly, AL Dorwaldt, and T Ashikaga

Helping women quit smoking: results of a community intervention program
Am J Public Health 2000 90: 940-946. [Abstract] [PDF]  

N de Jong, MJ Paw, LC de Groot, GJ Hiddink, and WA van Staveren

Dietary supplements and physical exercise affecting bone and body composition in frail elderly persons
Am J Public Health 2000 90: 947-954. [Abstract] [PDF]  

LI Iezzoni, EP McCarthy, RB Davis, and H Siebens

Mobility impairments and use of screening and preventive services
Am J Public Health 2000 90: 955-961. [Abstract] [PDF]  

DA Christakis, L Mell, JA Wright, R Davis, and FA Connell

The association between greater continuity of care and timely measles-mumps-rubella vaccination
Am J Public Health 2000 90: 962-965. [Abstract] [PDF]  

PG Moorman, H Kuwabara, RC Millikan, and B Newman

Menopausal hormones and breast cancer in a biracial population
Am J Public Health 2000 90: 966-971. [Abstract] [PDF]  

MF Spann, JM Blondell, and KL Hunting

Acute hazards to young children from residential pesticide exposures
Am J Public Health 2000 90: 971-973. [Abstract] [PDF]  

ML Shew, WL Hellerstedt, RE Sieving, AE Smith, and RM Fee

Prevalence of home pregnancy testing among adolescents
Am J Public Health 2000 90: 974-976. [Abstract] [PDF]  

RH Miller and HS Luft

A reply to Sullivan's reanalysis of managed care plan performance since 1980
Am J Public Health 2000 90: 984-985. [PDF]  

TE Stenvig

Objectivity and advocacy are not contradictory goals
Am J Public Health 2000 90: 987-988. [PDF]  

A Ellaway and S Macintyre

Social capital and self-rated health: support for a contextual mechanism
Am J Public Health 2000 90: 988. [PDF]  

P Scuffham and D Battistutta

Misperceptions of "objective measurements"?
Am J Public Health 2000 90: 988-989. [PDF]  

Letters to the Editor:

K Colchico, P Zybert, and CE Basch

Effects of after-school physical activity on fitness, fatness, and cognitive self-perceptions: a pilot study among urban, minority adolescent girls
Am J Public Health 2000 90: 977-978. [PDF]  

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