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| 1. | Name: | American Journal of Public Health | |||||||||
| 2. | Medical Marijuana Position: | No Stated Position to the question "Should marijuana be a medical option?" | |||||||||
| 3. | Reasoning: | "No stated position" (2004) | |||||||||
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| A. Description | "The American Journal of Public Health (AJPH) is the No. 1 publication dedicated to original work in research, research methods, and program evaluation in the field of public health. This prestigious journal also regularly publishes authoritative editorials and commentaries and serves as a forum for the analysis of health policy."
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| B. Mission | "to advance public health research, policy, practice, and education"
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| C. Structure: | peer-reviewed journal, non-profit 501(c)(3) | ||||||||||
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"APHA represents more than 70 public health professions. Journal readers are administrators and planners (19%), educators and information specialists (13%), physicians (8%), epidemiologists (8%), nurses (6%), scientists (5%), consultants (5%). Others include researchers, dietitians, and environmentalists. They work in a variety of health care settings--30% in educational institutions, 28% in health agencies, associations, or organizations, 7% in clinics, 6% in health care facilities, 6% in research organizations, 5% in consulting firms, and 4% in government agencies other than health."
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| E. Sr. Executive: | Georges Benjamin, MD, FACP | ||||||||||
| F. Title: | Executive Editor/Executive Director | ||||||||||
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| H: # of offices: | 1 | ||||||||||
| I: Staff: | 50+ | ||||||||||
| 6. | Relevant Affiliations: | The American Public Health Association publishes American Journal of Public Health. Stanford University Libraries' HighWire Press (TM) assists in the publication of AJPH Online. |
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