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      An Integrated Framework for Assessing the Value of Community-Based Prevention

      Committee on Valuing Community-Based, Non-Clinical Prevention Programs,Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice,Institute of Medicine

      During the past century the major causes of morbidity and mortality in the United States have shifted from those related to communicable diseases to those due to chronic diseases. Just…

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      Monitoring HIV Care in the United States: A Strategy for Generating National Estimates of HIV Care and Coverage

      Institute of Medicine,Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice,Committee to Review Data Systems for Monitoring HIV Care

      In September 2010, the White House Office of National AIDS Policy commissioned an Institute of Medicine (IOM) committee to respond to a two-part statement of task concerning how to monitor…

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      Gulf War and Health

      Committee on Gulf War and Health: A Review of the Medical Literature Relative to the Gulf War Veterans' Health,National Academy of Sciences

      Summarizes the status of health effects in veterans deployed to the Persian Gulf irrespective of exposure information. This book reviews, evaluates, and summarizes both peer-reviewed scientific and medical literature addressing…

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      Sodium Intake in Populations: Assessment of Evidence

      Institute of Medicine,Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice,Food and Nutrition Board,Committee on the Consequences of Sodium Reduction in Populations

      States that there is no consistent evidence between sodium intake and either a beneficial or adverse effect on direct health outcomes other than some CVD outcomes and all-cause mortality. This…

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      Assessing the Use of Agent-Based Models for Tobacco Regulation

      Institute of Medicine,Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice,Committee on the Assessment of Agent-Based Models to Inform Tobacco Product Regulation

      Tobacco consumption continues to be the leading cause of preventable disease and death in the United States. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulates the manufacture, distribution, and marketing of…

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      Veterans and Agent Orange: Update 2008

      Committee to Review the Health Effects in Vietnam Veterans of Exposure to Herbicides,Institute of Medicine

      This book updates and evaluates the available scientific evidence regarding statistical associations between diseases and exposure to dioxin and other chemical compounds in herbicides used in Vietnam, focusing on new…

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      Hepatitis and Liver Cancer: A National Strategy for Prevention and Control of Hepatitis B and C

      Committee on the Prevention and Control of Viral Hepatitis Infection,Institute of Medicine

      The global epidemic of hepatitis B and C is a serious public health problem. Hepatitis B and C are the major causes of chronic liver disease and liver cancer in…

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      Accounting for Social Risk Factors in Medicare Payment: Identifying Social Risk Factors

      National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Institute of Medicine,Board on Health Care Services,Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice,Committee on Accounting for Socioeconomic Status in Medicare Payment Programs

      Recent health care payment reforms aim to improve the alignment of Medicare payment strategies with goals to improve the quality of care provided, patient experiences with health care, and health…

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      Monitoring HIV Care in the United States: Indicators and Data Systems

      Committee on Review Data Systems for Monitoring HIV Care,Institute of Medicine

      The number of people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) in the United States is growing each year largely due both to advances in treatment that allow HIV-infected individuals to live longer…

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      Gulf War and Health

      Committee on Gulf War and Health: Physiologic, Psychologic, and Psychosocial Effects of Deployment-Related Stress

      Summarizes the status of health effects in veterans deployed to the Persian Gulf irrespective of exposure information. This book reviews, evaluates, and summarizes both peer-reviewed scientific and medical literature addressing…

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      Toward Health Equity and Patient-Centeredness: Integrating Health Literacy, Disparities Reduction, and Quality Improvement: Workshop Summary

      Roundtable on Health Disparities,Forum on the Science of Health Care Quality Improvement and Implementation

      To receive the greatest value for health care, it is important to focus on issues of quality and disparity, and the ability of individuals to make appropriate decisions based on…

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      Review of the Proposal for the Gulf Long-Term Follow-Up Study: Highlights from the September 2010 Workshop: Workshop Report

      Committee to Review the Federal Response to the Health Effects Associated with the Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill,Institute of Medicine

      The Gulf of Mexico oil spill is unprecedented not only in its size but also in the use of chemical dispersants and controlled burns to remove the oil. The National…

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      The Safety and Quality of Abortion Care in the United States

      National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Health and Medicine Division,Board on Health Care Services,Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice,Committee on Reproductive Health Services: Assessing the Safety and Quality of Abortion Care in the U.S.

      Abortion is a legal medical procedure that has been provided to millions of American women. Since the Institute of Medicine first reviewed the health implications of national legalized abortion in…

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      The National Children’s Study Research Plan: A Review

      Panel to Review the National Children's Study Research Plan,National Research Council,Institute of Medicine

      The National Children’s Study (NCS) is planned to be the largest long-term study of environmental and genetic effects on children’s health ever conducted in the United States. This book evaluates…

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      Ranking Vaccines: A Prioritization Framework: Phase I: Demonstration of Concept and a Software Blueprint

      Institute of Medicine,Board on Global Health,Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice,Committee on Identifying and Prioritizing New Preventive Vaccines for Development

      As a number of diseases emerge or reemerge thus stimulating new vaccine development opportunities to help prevent those diseases, it can be especially difficult for decision makers to know where…

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      U.S. Health in International Perspective: Shorter Lives, Poorer Health

      Panel on Understanding Cross-National Health Differences Among High-Income Countries,Committee on Population,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,National Research Council,Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice

      The United States is among the wealthiest nations in the world, but it is far from the healthiest. Although life expectancy and survival rates in the United States have improved…

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      Ending the Tobacco Problem: A Blueprint for the Nation

      Committee on Reducing Tobacco Use: Strategies, Barriers, and Consequences,National Academy of Sciences

      The nation has made tremendous progress in reducing tobacco. This book generates a blueprint for the nation in the struggle to reduce tobacco use. It reviews prevention and treatment interventions…

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      Local Government Actions to Prevent Childhood Obesity

      The prevalence of childhood obesity is so high in the United States that it may reduce the life expectancy of today’s generation of children. Local Government Actions to Prevent Childhood…

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      Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Diagnosis and Assessment

      Subcommittee on Posttraumatic Stress Disorder of the Committee on Gulf War and Health,Committee on Gulf War and Health: Physiologic, Psychologic, and Psychosocial Effects of Deployment-Related Stress,Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice,Institute of Medicine,National Academy of Sciences

      Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Diagnosis and Assessment (2006)

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      Review of the Draft Interagency Report on the Impacts of Climate Change on Human Health in the United States

      National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Institute of Medicine,Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate

      The U.S. National Climate Assessment identified a number of ways in which climate change is affecting, and is likely to affect, people, infrastructure, natural resources, and ecosystems. Those impacts, in…

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      Ranking Vaccines: A Prioritization Software Tool: Phase II: Prototype of a Decision-Support System

      Institute of Medicine,Board on Global Health,Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice,Committee on Identifying and Prioritizing New Preventive Vaccines for Development, Phase II

      Extends the proof-of-concept presented in the Phase I report, which was based on multi-attribute utility theory. This title refines a beta version of the model developed in the Phase I…

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      Ranking Vaccines: Applications of a Prioritization Software Tool: Phase III: Use Case Studies and Data Framework

      National Academy of Engineering,Institute of Medicine,Board on Global Health,Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice,Committee on Identifying and Prioritizing New Preventive Vaccines for Development, Phase III

      SMART Vaccines - Strategic Multi-Attribute Ranking Tool for Vaccines - is a prioritization software tool developed by the Institute of Medicine that utilizes decision science and modeling to help inform…

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