The Public Health Reports, May June 2015 issue is now live on www.publichealthreports.org. The official journal of the U.S. Public Health Service and the U.S. Surgeon General since 1878, PHR serves as an informative and accessible resource for practitioners, professors, scholars, and students of public health. Published in collaboration with the Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health (ASPPH), the bi-monthly, peer-reviewed journal provides important research and presents key discussions on the major issues confronting the public health community.

In every issue, the Surgeon Generals’ Perspective and From the Schools and Programs of Public Health articles are open for all to read. Each week, a different article will be featured and open for viewing to non-subscribers.

Articles this issue include the following:

Surgeon General’s Perspectives

• Surgeon General’s Perspectives: Improving the Physical and Emotional Health of Adolescents to Ensure Success in Adulthood

Executive Perspective

• Adolescent Health and Teen Pregnancy in the United States: A Progress Report *
• Integrating Ethics for the Nation’s Health *

Brief Reports

• Successful Implementation and Results of an HPV Vaccination Program in Geneva Canton, Switzerland *
• Self-Reported Use of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Benefits to Purchase Soda in a Public Health Center Population: Los Angeles County, California, 2012 *

Research

• Developmental Disabilities and Socioeconomic Outcomes in Young Adulthood *
• Legionnaires’ Disease and Associated Comorbid Conditions as Causes of Death in the U.S., 2000–2010 *
• The Economic Burden of Exposures to Secondhand Smoke for Child and Adult Never Smokers Residing in U.S. Public Housing *
• Using Smartphone Apps in STD Interviews to Find Sexual Partners *
• Comparative Mortality Among People Diagnosed with HIV Infection or AIDS in the U.S., 2001–2010 *
• Food Insecurity and Health: Data from the Veterans Aging Cohort Study *
• The Descriptive Epidemiology of Yersiniosis: A Multistate Study, 2005–2011 *

Law and The Public’s Health

• Taken to Court: Defending Public Health Authority to Access Medical Records During an Outbreak Investigation *

From the Schools and Programs of Public Health

• Integrating Classroom, Community, Mixed-Methods Research, and Community-Based Participatory Research to Teach Public Health Practice

A Message from the Editor

Erratum

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