Publishing on policy: Trends in public health

  • Amy A. Eyler
  • , Mariah Dreisinger

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    Abstract

    Our goal was to explore the number and topics of policy articles published in general public health journals. We conducted an audit of articles in 16 public health journals from 1998 through 2008. Results showed no trends for the decade studied; only 3.7% of all articles published in these journals were policy-related, and the topics most represented were smoking/tobacco, health care, and school policy. As policy research on public health issues continues to develop, researchers have an opportunity to increase dissemination through publication in general public health journals.

    Original languageEnglish
    Article numberA22
    JournalPreventing chronic disease
    Volume8
    Issue number1
    StatePublished - Jan 2011

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