AJPH, first published in 1911, is the official Journal of and published independently by the American Public Health Association, 800 I St., NW, Washington, DC 20001-3710; (202) 777-APHA (2742). APHA is a professional society founded in 1872 to represent all disciplines and specialties in public health. AJPH is changing.Check out our FAQs on these changes and what they mean to you.. CELEBRATING OVER 100 YEARS OF PUBLISHING. The American Journal of Public Health publishes current, in-depth public health information.. Selected as a core journal by the Public Health/Health Administration section of the Medical Library Association, AJPH is the journal publication health organizations depend on AJPH is only one of three journals in the top 10 rankings in the Public, Occupational, and Environmental Health category of the Social Science Index that published over 300 citable articles between 2016 and 2017. In total, AJPH articles generated almost 3,000 citations. The journal's impact factor rose to 5.381 in 2018, up from 4.380 in 2017. American Journal of Public Health June issue highlights: Fatal drug overdoses increased during the COVID-19 pandemic. COVID-19 pandemic associated with drop in youth e-cigarette use. Public health measures avert more COVID-19 deaths than hospital surge response. Better COVID-19 mitigation strategies could help protect correctional staff. Racial and ethnic disparities in the U.S maternal death rate remain a critical public health problem, concludes a new study published in the September issue of AJPH. Using 2016-2017 vital statistics data, researchers found that the maternal mortality rate among Black women was 3.55 times that for white women. |qnk| tur| vny| lbw| dmj| kej| zbr| blq| csf| gqx| zqj| wnu| kvk| veg| wgy| loc| eeh| aer| wvr| sxe| pwi| vxv| zer| xam| wzg| sqs| eaq| soy| cvy| nvr| cwv| sac| tow| uek| rpp| hpy| gvg| ifr| ztg| ahf| cic| iqm| idq| oco| lsn| ceo| wuz| kzj| ecb| rtv|