Preventing Chronic Disease highlights health communications Volume 7: No. 2, March 2010

Volume 7: No. 2, March 2010
This issue of Preventing Chronic Disease highlights health communications. With the emergence of “Web 2.0,” one of the common approaches to health communications is connectivity through networks. In a communications network, new technologies allow for interactive information sharing, interoperability, and collaboration through the use of Web-based communities, hosted services, Web applications, social networking sites, video-sharing sites, wikis, and blogs.

Any network, regardless of its size or intricacy, depends on the interactions of the smallest veins. To represent this idea, the cover art for this issue is a leaf, a natural network. Although it appears to be a simple object on the surface, it could not exist without the intricate network of veins that keep it healthy. When all of the pathways are open and functioning, the plant thrives, and the pathways can support not just that one leaf but a large network of leaves that nourish the plant as a whole. If any part of the network is compromised and cannot function properly, the leaves are at risk and the plant could wither.


Table of Contents
ORIGINAL RESEARCH


PEER REVIEWED
A27: Food Access, Availability, and Affordability in 3 Los Angeles Communities, Project CAFE, 2004-2006
Andrea Misako Azuma, Susan Gilliland, Mark Vallianatos, Robert Gottlieb
http://www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2010/mar/08_0232.htm?s_cid=pcd72a27_e


PEER REVIEWED
A28: A Promotores de Salud Intervention to Reduce Cardiovascular Disease Risk in a High-Risk Hispanic Border Population, 2005-2008
Héctor G. Balcázar, Hendrik de Heer, Lee Rosenthal, Melissa Aguirre, Leticia Flores, Flor A. Puentes, Victor M. Cardenas, Maria O. Duarte, Melchor Ortiz, Leslie O. Schulz
http://www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2010/mar/09_0106.htm?s_cid=pcd72a28_e


PEER REVIEWED
A29: Family History of Lung Cancer and Contemplation of Smoking Cessation
Chad A. Bousman, Lisa Madlensky
http://www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2010/mar/09_0098.htm?s_cid=pcd72a29_e


PEER REVIEWED
A30: Perceptions of Cardiovascular Health in Underserved Communities
Lucinda L. Bryant, Nancy P. Chin, Lesley A. Cottrell, Joyce M. Duckles, I. Diana Fernandez, D. Marcela Garces, Thomas C. Keyserling, Colleen R. McMilin, Karen E. Peters, Carmen D. Samuel-Hodge, Shin-Ping Tu, Maihan B. Vu, Annette L. Fitzpatrick
http://www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2010/mar/09_0004.htm?s_cid=pcd72a30_e


PEER REVIEWED
A31: Profiles of 800,000 Users of the National Cancer Institute’s Cancer Information Service Since the Debut of Online Assistance, 2003-2008
Nigel Bush, Robin Vanderpool, Ludmila Cofta-Woerpel, Phyllis Wallace
http://www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2010/mar/09_0047.htm?s_cid=pcd72a31_e


PEER REVIEWED
A32: Cognitive Health Messages in Popular Women’s and Men’s Magazines, 2006-2007
Daniela B. Friedman, James N. Laditka, Sarah B. Laditka, Anna E. Mathews
http://www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2010/mar/09_0021.htm?s_cid=pcd72a32_e


PEER REVIEWED
A33: Comparison of Small-Area Analysis Techniques for Estimating Prevalence by Race
Melody S. Goodman
http://www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2010/mar/09_0026.htm?s_cid=pcd72a33_e


PEER REVIEWED
A34: A New Public Health Tool for Risk Assessment of Abnormal Glucose Levels
Guozhong He, Tetine Sentell, Dean Schillinger
http://www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2010/mar/09_0044.htm?s_cid=pcd72a34_e


PEER REVIEWED
A35: Impact of a Multimedia Campaign to Increase Intention to Call 9-1-1 for Stroke Symptoms, Upstate New York, 2006-2007
Janine M. Jurkowski, Dayna M. Maniccia, Deborah A. Spicer, Barbara A. Dennison
http://www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2010/mar/09_0087.htm?s_cid=pcd72a35_e


PEER REVIEWED
A36: Changes in Tobacco Quitlines in the United States, 2005-2006
Paula A. Keller, Annamaria Feltracco, Linda A. Bailey, Zhanhai Li, Jeff Niederdeppe, Timothy B. Baker, Michael C. Fiore
http://www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2010/mar/09_0095.htm?s_cid=pcd72a36_e


PEER REVIEWED
A37: Pedometer Use Among Adults at High Risk of Type 2 Diabetes, Finland, 2007-2008
Eveliina E. Korkiakangas, Maija A. Alahuhta, Päivi M. Husman, Sirkka Keinänen-Kiukaanniemi, Anja M. Taanila, Jaana H. Laitinen
http://www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2010/mar/09_0035.htm?s_cid=pcd72a37_e


PEER REVIEWED
A38: Health Care Costs and Participation in a Community-Based Health Promotion Program for Older Adults
Charles Mayer, Barbara Williams, Edward H. Wagner, James P. LoGerfo, Allen Cheadle, Elizabeth A. Phelan
http://www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2010/mar/09_0003.htm?s_cid=pcd72a38_e


PEER REVIEWED
A39: Perceptions About Availability and Adequacy of Drinking Water in a Large California School District
Anisha I. Patel, Laura M. Bogart, Kimberly E. Uyeda, Alexa Rabin, Mark A. Schuster
http://www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2010/mar/09_0005.htm?s_cid=pcd72a39_e


PEER REVIEWED
A40: Disturbed Sleep Among Adolescents Living in 2 Communities on the Texas-Mexico Border, 2000-2003
Adriana Pérez, Robert E. Roberts, Maureen Sanderson, Belinda Reininger, Maria Isabel Aguirre-Flores
http://www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2010/mar/09_0022.htm?s_cid=pcd72a40_e


COMMUNITY CASE STUDY

A41: Lack of Choice in Caregiving Decision and Caregiver Risk of Stress, North Carolina, 2005
Katherine H. Winter, MPH; Erin D. Bouldin, MPH; Elena M. Andresen
http://www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2010/mar/09_0037.htm?s_cid=pcd72a41_e


A42: The GirlStars Program: Challenges to Recruitment and Retention in a Physical Activity and Health Education Program for Adolescent Girls Living in Public Housing
Maisha Douyon, Maria Chavez, Doris Bunte, C. Robert Horsburgh, Lee Strunin
http://www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2010/mar/08_0248.htm?s_cid=pcd72a42_e



A43: Availability, Affordability, and Accessibility of a Healthful Diet in a Low-Income Community, Central Falls, Rhode Island, 2007-2008
Marissa Sheldon, Kim M. Gans, Ryan Tai, Tiffiney George, Eliza Lawson, Deborah N. Pearlman
http://www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2010/mar/08_0257.htm?s_cid=pcd72a43_e


SPECIAL TOPIC


A44: Designing Competencies for Chronic Disease Practice
Amy Slonim, Fran C. Wheeler, Kathleen M. Quinlan, Suzanne M. Smith
http://www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2010/mar/08_0114.htm?s_cid=pcd72a44_e


ERRATUM


A45: Erratum, Vol 7: Issue 1
http://www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2010/mar/09_0240.htm?s_cid=pcd72a45_e