Public Health RSS feed: Articles in Press. Public Health is an international, multidisciplinary peer-reviewed journal. It publishes original papers, reviews and short reports on all aspects of the science, philosophy, and practice of public health. It is aimed at all public health practitioners and researchers and those who manage public health services and systems. This includes public health doctors, nurses, dentists, pharmacists, demographers, epidemiologists, health education and promotion specialists, environmental health specialists, and other specialists and scientists in the field of public health. It will also be of interest to anyone involved in provision of public health programmes, the care of populations or communities and those who contribute to public health systems in any way. Published monthly, Public Health considers submissions on any aspect of public health across age groups and settings. These include: • Public health practice and impact • Epidemiology (environmental & toxicological) - fundamental and applied • Need or impact assessments • Health service effectiveness, management and re-design • Health Protection including control of communicable diseases • Screening • Health promotion and disease prevention • Evaluation of public health programmes or interventions • Public health governance, audit and quality • Public health law • Public health policy and comparisons • Capacity in public health systems and workforce This is not an exhaustive list and the Editors will consider articles on any issue relating to public health. Public Health also publishes invited articles, reviews and supplements from leading experts on topical issues http://www.publichealthjrnl.com//inpress?rss=yesElsevier Inc.en © 2011 The Royal Society for Public Health. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Public Health0033-35062012-01-27 © 2011 The Royal Society for Public Health. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. healthpermissions@elsevier.comhttp://www.publichealthjrnl.com/article/PIIS0033350611004057/abstract?rss=yesSummary: Objective: To estimate the prevalence of pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) in a high-risk rural area of central India.Study design: Retrospective analysis of primary data.Methods: In total, 10,963 sputum smears were screened from Hindu tribes (n = 4032), Hindu non-tribal (n = 5445) and Muslim communities (n = 1486) between 2004 and 2009. Smears were recorded as positive or negative for tubercle bacilli following staining with acid-fast bacilli, in accordance with the guidelines of the World Health Organization. Age- and gender-specific prevalence rates and relative risks (RR) were calculated using Statistical Package for the Social Sciences Version 13.0.Results: The prevalence of TB was found to be significantly higher in Hindu tribes compared with Hindu castes and Muslims (P < 0.005). The overall RR of developing smear-positive disease was 1.4-fold higher (95% confidence interval 1.1–1.7; P < 0.005) in males than females in all the study groups. The highest prevalence of TB was observed in subjects aged 15–34 years.Conclusions: Hindu tribes and males of working age are still at high risk of smear-positive TB.Prevalence of smear-positive pulmonary tuberculosis in different ethnic groups in India: Evaluation of public health - Corrected ProofP. Raj, R. Prakash, G. Mishra, T.D. Singh, S. Poojary, N.K. Mehra, P.K. Tiwari10.1016/j.puhe.2011.12.016Public Health (2012)2012-01-27Public Health2012-01-27ORIGINAL RESEARCHhttp://www.publichealthjrnl.com/article/PIIS0033350611003659/abstract?rss=yesSummary: The Multicenter AIDS Cohort (MACS), initiated in 1983 at the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, the University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health, Northwestern University School of Medicine, and the UCLA School of Public Health, continues to conduct studies and publish key papers on the natural history of untreated and treated HIV infection in 6972 men-who-have-sex-with-men. Through May 2011, 1,490,995 specimens have been collected, 86,883 person-years of data accrued and 1195 scientific papers published in international journals.The multicenter AIDS Cohort Study, 1983 to … - Corrected ProofR. Detels, L. Jacobson, J. Margolick, O. Martinez-Maza, A. Muñoz, J. Phair, C. Rinaldo, S. Wolinsky10.1016/j.puhe.2011.11.013Public Health (2011)2011-12-29Public Health2011-12-29MINISYMPOSIUM