1. Fearing growing old

   • David Sharp

   Editorial and Commentaries Pages: 1 - 2

2. Literature in brief

   • Michael A. Polis
   • Josiah D. Rich
   • David Ozonoff

   BookReview Pages: 3 - 13

3. Updating the infection risk reduction hierarchy: Preventing transition into injection

   • David Vlahov
   • Crystal M. Fuller
   • Don C. Des Jarlais

   Special Feature: Hepatitis C Virus Pages: 14 - 19

4. Hepatitis C incidence—a comparison between injection and noninjection drug users in New York City

   • Crystal M. Fuller
   • Danielle C. Ompad
   • David Vlahov

   OriginalPaper Pages: 20 - 24

5. Prevalence of HIV, syphilis, hepatitis B, and hepatitis C among entrants to Maryland correctional facilities

   • Liza Solomon
   • Colin Flynn
   • John Vertefeuille

   OriginalPaper Pages: 25 - 37

6. The content and comprehensiveness of hepatitis C education in methadone maintenance and drug-free treatment units

   • Shiela M. Strauss
   • Janetta M. Astone
   • Don C. Des Jarlais

   OriginalPaper Pages: 38 - 47

7. Factors associated with liver biopsy performance in HCV-HIV coinfected injecting drug users with HCV viremia: Results from a five-year longitudinal assessment

   • Dominique Rey
   • Maria-Patrizia Carrieri
   • the MANIF 2000 Study Group

   OriginalPaper Pages: 48 - 57

8. Indications of immune protection from hepatitis C infection

   • Campbell K. Aitken
   • Scott Bowden
   • Nick Crofts

   OriginalPaper Pages: 58 - 60

9. Experience corps commentary

   • John W. Rowe
   • Robert Kahn

   Special Feature: Health Promotion in the Urban Elderly Pages: 61 - 63

10. A social model for health promotion for an aging population: Initial evidence on the experience corps model

    • Linda P. Fried
    • Michelle C. Carlson
    • Scott Zeger

    OriginalPaper Pages: 64 - 78

11. Short-term impact of experience Corps^® participation on children and schools: Results from a pilot randomized trial

    • George W. Rebok
    • Michelle C. Carlson
    • Meghan D. Rasmussen

    OriginalPaper Pages: 79 - 93

12. Experience corps: Design of an intergenerational program to boost social capital and promote the health of an aging society

    • Thomas A. Glass
    • Marc Freedman
    • Linda P. Fried

    OriginalPaper Pages: 94 - 105

13. Modeled cost-effectiveness of the experience corps baltimore based on a pilot randomized trial

    • Kevin D. Frick
    • Michelle C. Carlson
    • Linda P. Fried

    OriginalPaper Pages: 106 - 117

14. Public funding of US Syringe Exchange Programs

    • Don C. Des Jarlais
    • Courtney McKnight
    • Judith Milliken

    Various Topics Pages: 118 - 121

15. A syringe prescription program to prevent infectious disease and improve health of injection drug users

    • Josiah D. Rich
    • Michelle McKenzie
    • Michael D. Stein

    OriginalPaper Pages: 122 - 134

16. The changing profile of the urban uninsured: Exploring implications of rise in the number of moderate-income uninsureds

    • Sanjay K. Pandey
    • Joel C. Cantor

    OriginalPaper Pages: 135 - 149

17. Risk factors for overweight in five- to six-year-old Hispanic-American children: A pilot study

    • Adolfo J. Ariza
    • Edwin H. Chen
    • Katherine Kaufer Christoffel

    OriginalPaper Pages: 150 - 161