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Previous Letters and Commentaries

Edition Letter or Commentary
2006 Commentary
by Michael O. Leavitt, 
The Secretary of Health and Human Services
 
2006 A National Action Agenda: Eliminating Health Disparities
by Admiral John O. Agwunobi, M.D., M.B.A., M.P.H.,
Assistant Secretary for Health,
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
 
2006 Children’s Health Insurance
by Marian Wright Edelman,
President and Founder,
Children’s Defense Fund
 
2006 Tobacco at a Crossroads: An Opportunity to Translate Progress into Fundamental Change
by Matthew L. Myers,
President,
Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids
 
2006

Variations in the Costs and Quality of Medical Care: Is More Always Better?
by Elliott S. Fisher, M.D. M.P.H.,
Professor of Medicine and of Community and Family Medicine,
Dartmouth Medical School for the
Dartmouth Atlas Project
 

2006 Improving America’s Health: Personal and Public Solutions
by Thomas C. Ricketts, Ph.D., M.P.H.,
Professor of Health Policy and Administration and Social Medicine,
School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
 
2006 Taking Health Ranking to the Next Level: The Wisconsin County Health Rankings
by Patrick L. Remington, M.D., M.P.H. and Bridget C. Booske, Ph.D., M.H.S.A.,
University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
 
2006 Washington’s Healthiest State Campaign
by Washington Health Foundation
 
2006 Healthy Vision 2010 Summits
by Texas Medical Association
 
2006 We Can Take Action Toward Better Health for All Americans Now
by John M. Clymer,
President,
Partnership for Prevention
 
2006 Reducing Disease Burden: Engaging the Public
by Georges C. Benjamin, M.D., F.A.C.P.,
Executive Director,
American Public Health Association
 
2006 Fetal and Infant Mortality Review: A Tool That Communities Can Use To Identify and Address Issues Related To Disparity in Infant Health Outcomes
by the National Fetal and Infant Mortality Review Program (NFIMR)
 
   
2005 Commentary
by Michael O. Leavitt, 
The Secretary of Health and Human Services
 
2005 The Importance of Creating A Smokefree Environment: Great Progress, More Work Ahead
by John L. Kirkwood,
President and Chief Executive Officer,
American Lung Association
 
2005

How Do Health Care Systems Recover, and Even Improve, After a Catastrophe?
by Frederick P. Cerise, M.D., M.P.H.,
Secretary,
Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals
 

2005 Teen Pregnancy in America
by Sarah Brown, Director,
National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy
 
2005 Putting Patients First with Personal Health Information Technology
by Myrl Weinberg, CAE,
President,
National Health Council
 
2005 Healthy Workforce = Healthy Business = Healthy State
by John M. Clymer,
President,
Partnership for Prevention
 
2005 Investing in Prevention to Improve Our Health
by Georges C. Benjamin, M.D., F.A.C.P.,
Executive Director,
American Public Health Association
   

 

 


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