World Journal of Preventive Medicine an open access peer reviewed journal publishes original articles on the science and practice of disease prevention, health promotion, and public health policymaking. Preventive Medicine aims to reward innovation. It will favour insightful observational studies, thoughtful explorations of health data, unsuspected new angles for existing hypotheses, robust randomized controlled trials, and impartial systematic reviews. Journal goal is to publish research that will have an impact on the work of practitioners of disease prevention and health promotion, as well as of related disciplines.