Centers for Disease Control and Prevention -- for your mobile device is a peer-reviewed electronic journal established to provide a forum for public health researchers and practitioners to share study results and practical experience. The journal is published by the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, one of eight centers within the CDC.
The mission of the journal is to address the interface between applied prevention research and public health practice in chronic disease prevention. PCD focuses on preventing diseases such as cancer, heart disease, diabetes, and stroke, which are among the leading causes of death and disability in the United States. This valuable information can now be quickly disseminated to the handhelds of the medical community.
Key Features:
- To promote dialogue between researchers and practitioners on research findings and practical experience
- To encourage interdisciplinary approaches that examine more than one dimension of a public health intervention
- To advance the fields of chronic disease prevention and health promotion by exploring new theories and concepts
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