Thanks to the participation of many people throughout the chiropractic profession, the special public health issue of the Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics was a success! The first annual issue was published in the July/August edition of the journal and offers a wide range of public health topics from childhood obesity to adverse events (see below for the table of contents). This issue also offers articles that discuss alternate research approaches through concepts in population health and qualitative methods.
The collaborative editorial offers a wide variety of public health insights from key participants in the chiropractic profession. The article touches on the chiropractic profession's current involvement in public health, reflects on past barriers that prevented participation in the public health movement, and summarizes selected chiropractic and public health topics. Topics include: how the profession participates in preventive health services, health promotion, immunization, geriatrics, health care in a military environment, and interdisciplinary care. This editorial is offered free full-text on the journal Web site; please feel free to download and share it with others:
http://download.journals.elsevierhealth.com/pdfs/journals/0161-4754/PIIS0161475408001784.pdf
Through the generosity of the National University of Health Sciences and Elsevier, the CHC section will receive extra copies of this special issue of the JMPT for distribution at the APHA Annual Meeting. In addition, Dynamic Chiropractic has highlighted this special issue on the front page of its September edition – this will help us to get the word out just in time for the APHA meeting: http://www.dynamicchiropractic.com/mpacms/dc/article.php?id=53396
We are already beginning to prepare for the 2009 issue, and you are invited to submit your public health related research articles. Articles for the 2009 public health-themed issue of the JMPT can be submitted throughout this year and should be submitted no later than February 1, 2009. Guidelines for submissions can be found at: www.jmptonline.org or by contacting the editor at cjohnson@nuhs.edu .
Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics
Volume 31, Issue 6, Pages 397-488 (July 2008)
Table of Contents
EDITORIAL
Chiropractic and Public Health: Current State and Future Vision
Claire Johnson, DC, MSEd, Rand Baird, DC, MPH, Paul E. Dougherty, DC, Gary Globe, MBA, DC, PhD, Bart N. Green, DC, MSEd, Michael Haneline, DC, MPH, Cheryl Hawk, DC, PhD, H. Stephen Injeyan, MSc, PhD, DC, Lisa Killinger, DC, Deborah Kopansky-Giles, DC, Anthony J. Lisi, DC, Silvano A. Mior, DC, and Monica Smith, DC, PhD
http://download.journals.elsevierhealth.com/pdfs/journals/0161-4754/PIIS0161475408001784.pdf
ORIGINAL ARTICLES
Adherence to Radiography Guidelines for Low Back Pain: A Survey of Chiropractic Schools Worldwide
Carlo Ammendolia, DC, PhD, John A.M. Taylor, DC, Victoria Pennick, RN, MHSc, Pierre Côté, DC, PhD, Sheilah Hogg-Johnson, PhD, and Claire Bombardier, MD
Adverse Effects of Spinal Manipulative Therapy in Children Younger Than 3 Years: A Retrospective Study in a Chiropractic Teaching Clinic
Joyce E. Miller, DC, and Kate Benfield, MChiro
Ontario Chiropractors’ Knowledge, Attitudes, and Beliefs About Intimate Partner Violence Among Their Patients: A Cross-Sectional Survey
Heather M. Shearer, DC, and Mohit Bhandari, MD
Nutrition and Youth Soccer for Childhood Overweight: A Pilot Novel Chiropractic Health Education Intervention
Robert A. Leach, DC, MS, and Joyce M. Yates, EdD
LITERATURE REVIEW–PUBLIC HEALTH
Is It Time for a Population Health Approach to Neck Pain?
J. David Cassidy, DC, PhD, DrMedSc, and Pierre Côté, DC, PhD
Chiropractic Treatment of Pregnancy-Related Low Back Pain: A Systematic Review of the Evidence
Kent J. Stuber, DC, MSc, and Dean L. Smith, DC, PhD
COMMENTARY–PUBLIC HEALTH
Qualitative Methods in Chiropractic Research: One Framework for Future Inquiry
Jon Adams, PhD, Alex Broom, PhD, and Megan Jennaway, PhD
Adverse Events Following Chiropractic Care for Subjects With Neck or Low-Back Pain: Do The Benefits Outweigh the Risks?
Sidney M. Rubinstein, DC, PhD
To access the above articles, please visit the journal online: www.jmptonline.org