Advancing and Improving Preventing Chronic Disease: Public Health Research, Practice, and Policy

Welcome to Volume 9 of Preventing Chronic Disease: Public Health Research, Practice, and Policy (PCD). Each year, I review our progress and articulate our plans for the next year, and I am excited to report that we have accomplished what we set out to do this past year and more. In 2012, we will realize the results of working during the past 2 years to accelerate our production process and more rapidly publish an increasing number of quality submissions. We now also cover a broader range of important and emerging topics and are implementing new e-publishing technologies. PCD is moving forward to achieve its mission to facilitate the exchange of information between public health researchers, practitioners, and policy makers to ensure that effective chronic disease prevention and health promotion interventions and policies are readily available to all.