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Volume 8: No. 1, January 2011

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Publishing on Policy: Trends in Public Health

Year	Number of Articles
1998	51
1999	60
2000	54
2001	74
2002	47
2003	84
2004	62
2005	74
2006	52
2007	86
2008	81

Figure 1. Total policy articles published in 16 general public health journals, by year, 1998-2008. The journals are listed in the Appendix.

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Topic	Number of Articles
Genetic testing	8
Advocacy	11
Physical activity	16
Special populations	16
Nutrition	20
Community policy	20
Maternal/women’s health	27
Environmental/disaster	29
Adolescent/child	33
HIV/AIDS	34
Violence/safety	34
Drugs/alcohol	42
School policy	82
Health care	170
Smoking/tobacco	183

Figure 2. Number of articles published on policy topics in 16 general public health journals, 1998-2008. The journals are listed in the Appendix.

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BRIEF Publishing on Policy: Trends in Public Health

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Publishing on Policy: Trends in Public Health