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Preventing Chronic Disease
If you plan to be outside celebrating the holiday, make sure you're safe as temperatures heat up across much of the nation. Learn how to beat the heat.
Among more than 30 million patients receiving care during 2018 through 2022, use of preventive services and new diagnoses of chronic disease declined in 2020 and then rebounded, with some remaining health debt. Read the related study.
Students, submit your manuscripts for publication consideration in PCD’s 2025 Student Paper Contest. Details can be found on the "Calls for Papers" page of our website.
Visit the "Calls for Papers" section of our website to view our current publication opportunities and see if your manuscript is a good fit for PCD.
Volume 21
ISSN: 1545-1151
Manuscripts for these collections may be submitted at any time; however, each collection has its own final submission date. Accepted manuscripts are published on a rolling basis in the order in which they are received.
- Call for Papers | Students Have Their Say: Novel Approaches and Solutions to Current and Emerging Public Health Problems
- Call for Papers | 2025 Student Paper Contest
- Call for Papers | Rural Health Disparities: Contemporary Solutions for Persistent Rural Public Health Challenges
- Call for Papers | Community Engagement and Population Health From Practice to Evaluation
- Call for Papers | Screen-Time Effects on Mental Health, Physical Activity, Nutrition, and Sleep Across the Lifespan
Recent Collections
PCD collections group together published articles under specific topics and themes for rapid dissemination to our readers. Selected collections also include a related PCD Sound Bite podcast.
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