Editorial: 2nd Special Issue on behavior change, health, and health disparities.

摘要: This Special Issue of Preventive Medicine (PM) is the 2nd that we have organized on behavior change, health, and health disparities. a topic fundamental importance to improving population in U.S. other industrialized countries are trying more effectively manage chronic conditions. There broad scientific consensus personal patterns such as cigarette smoking, substance abuse, physical inactivity/obesity among most important modifiable causes disease its adverse impacts health. As change needs be key component also agreement while these problems extend across socioeconomic strata, they overrepresented economically disadvantaged populations contribute directly growing problem Hence, represents an essential step curtailing unsettling well. In this Issue, devote considerable space current prescription opioid addiction epidemic, crisis was not addressed prior Issue. We continue attention two largest contributors preventable premature death, smoking well risks co-occurrence unhealthy patterns. Across each topics included contributions from highly accomplished policy makers scientists acquaint readers with recent accomplishments remaining knowledge gaps challenges managing problems.