Looks at the challenges of delivering important messages to different audiences. This work, using case studies in the areas of diabetes, mammography, and mass communication campaigns, examines the ways in…

Immunization to protect infants and children from vaccine-preventable diseases is one of the greatest achievements of public health. Immunization is not without risks, however. It is well established, for example…

Influence of Pregnancy Weight on Maternal and Child Health: Workshop Report summarizes a one and a half day workshop convened in May 2006 that reviewed U.S. trends in maternal weight…

Providing nutrient guidelines, this title presents the nutrient functions in the human body, the best method to determine its requirements, and how the nutrient may be related to chronic disease…

What are medical schools teaching students about the behavioral and social sciences? The committee concluded that there is inadequate information available to sufficiently describe behavioral and social science curriculum content…

Whether the result of an oil well blowout, vessel collision or grounding, leaking pipeline, or other incident at sea, each marine oil spill will present unique circumstances and challenges. The…

The globalization of science, engineering, and medical research is proceeding rapidly. The globalization of research has important implications for the U.S. research enterprise, for the U.S. government agencies, academic institutions…

This report was prepared in response to a request from the Economic Research Service (ERS) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). It summarizes the discussions at a February 1998…