Program Director and associate professor of public health James Macinko was recently appointed to the editorial board of the Journal Of Ambulatory Care Management. Professor Macinko is guest-editor of an upcoming special edition of the journal focusing on "innovations in Primary Health Care in the Americas".

In addition, Professor Macinko is co-author of two recent publications in the journal: "The impact of primary healthcare on population health in low- and middle-income countries" assesses 36 peer-reviewed studies of the impact of primary healthcare on health outcomes in low- and middle-income countries. "Primary care and avoidable hospitalizations: Evidence from Brazil" provides evidence of the effectiveness of family-based, community-oriented primary healthcare programs on the reduction of ambulatory care sensitive hospitalizations in Brazil.