Preventive medicine
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Preventive medicine · Nov 2021
EditorialBehavior change, health, and health disparities 2021: Rural addiction and health.
This Special Issue of Preventive Medicine (PM) is the 8th in a series on behavior change, health, and health disparities. This is a topic of critical importance to improving U. S. population health. ⋯ As in prior Special Issues in this series, we devote considerable space to the ongoing U. S. opioid epidemic while also examining selected issues in rural health disparities involving tobacco use, cancer, and cardiovascular disease. Across each of these topics we have recruited contributions from accomplished investigators, clinicians, and policymakers to acquaint readers with recent advances while also noting knowledge gaps and unresolved challenges.