JPHMP Direct is the multimedia companion site of the Journal of Public Health Management and Practice, featuring exclusive interviews with journal authors, as well as series of original columns, videos, podcasts and much more, designed to engage a deeper conversation with public health thought leaders, researchers, practitioners, students and readers. The Journal of Public Health Management and Practice (JPHMP) publishes articles which focus on evidence-based public health practice and research. The journal publishes a wide range of population health topics including research to practice; emergency preparedness; bioterrorism; infectious disease surveillance; environmental health; community health assessment, chronic disease prevention and health promotion, and academic-practice linkages. Recognized as the leading practice based public health journal, the Journal of Public Health Management and Practice has recently published focus issues defining the public health workforce, performance management and bridging the research to practice gap. The journal is a bi-monthly peer-reviewed publication guided by a multidisciplinary editorial board of administrators, practitioners and scientists.