Northwest Public Health is a biannual journal for public health practitioners, academicians, policy makers and others interested in creating the conditions that keep the public healthy. We promote the discussion of public health issues, ideas, and innovations in the Pacific Northwest.

Northwest Public Health is published online and in print twice a year (in May and October) by the University of Washington School of Public Health and Community Medicine.

Aaron Katz, Editor-in-Chief
Judith Yarrow , Managing Editor

Editorial Board
Peer Reviewers

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School of Public Health and Community Medicine

The UW School of Public Health and Community Medicine (SPHCM) has five departments—Biostatistics, Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, Epidemiology, Health Services, and Pathobiology—and multiple interdisciplinary programs, centers, and institutions. The School's emphasis is on strong academic programs in the public health disciplines and extensive multidisciplinary collaboration. The combination of discipline-oriented academic programs, strong interdisciplinary research, and community-based public health activities provides a setting for faculty and students to apply in-depth expertise to important public health problems.