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Volume 16

ISSN: 1545-1151

Just Released July 11th, 2019

State-Level and County-Level Estimates of Health Care Costs Associated with Food Insecurity
A Community-Wide Collaboration to Reduce Cardiovascular Disease Risk: The Hearts of Sonoma County Initiative
A Cohort Review Approach Evaluating Community Health Worker Programs in New York City, 2015–2017

Last Week’s Articles

Estimating the Relative Impact of Clinical and Preventive Community-Based Interventions: An Example Based on the Community Transformation Grant Program
An Objective Walkability Index for Public Health and Planning in Peel Region, Ontario, Canada
Facilitators and Barriers to the Implementation of the HPV VACs (Vaccinate Adolescents Against Cancers) Program: A Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research Analysis

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