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      Design of the National Children’s Study: A Workshop Summary

      Institute of Medicine,National Research Council,Board on Children, Youth, and Families,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on National Statistics

      In the fall of 2012, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) requested that the Committee on National Statistics (CNSTAT) of the NRC and the IOM convene a…

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      Integrating Federal Statistics on Children: Report of a Workshop

      Committee on National Statistics and Board on Children and Families,National Research Council,Institute of Medicine,National Academy of Sciences

      Examines the adequacy of federal statistics on children and families. This volume includes papers on the relevant aspects of health care reform, family and community resources, interpersonal violence, the transition…

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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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      National Children’s Study 2014: An Assessment

      Panel on the Design of the National Children's Study and Implications for the Generalizability of Results,Committee on National Statistics,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Board on Children, Youth, and Families,Institute of Medicine

      The National Children’s Study (NCS) was authorized by the Children’s Health Act of 2000 and is being implemented by a dedicated Program Office in the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute…

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      The Science of Adolescent Risk-Taking: Workshop Report

      Committee on the Science of Adolescence,Board on Children, Youth, and Families,Institute of Medicine,National Research Council

      Adolescence is a time when youth make decisions, both good and bad, that have consequences for the rest of their lives. Some of these decisions put them at risk of…

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      Building Capacity to Reduce Bullying: Workshop Summary

      Committee on Law and Justice,Institute of Medicine

      Bullying - long tolerated as just a part of growing up - finally has been recognized as a substantial and preventable health problem. Bullying is associated with anxiety, depression, poor…

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      From Neurons to Neighborhoods: The Science of Early Childhood Development

      National Research Council,Institute of Medicine,Board on Children, Youth, and Families,Committee on Integrating the Science of Early Childhood Development

      How we raise young children is one of today’s most highly personalized and sharply politicized issues, in part because each of us can claim some level of expertise. The debate…

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      Community Programs to Promote Youth Development

      Institute of Medicine,National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Board on Children, Youth, and Families,Committee on Community-Level Programs for Youth

      After-school programs, scout groups, community service activities, religious youth groups, and other community-based activities have been thought to play a key role in the lives of adolescents. This book offers…

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      Early Childhood Assessment: Why, What, and How

      National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Board on Testing and Assessment,Board on Children, Youth, and Families,Committee on Developmental Outcomes and Assessments for Young Children

      Well-planned and effective assessment can inform teaching and program improvement, and contribute to better outcomes for children. This book addresses these issues by identifying the important outcomes for children from…

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      Toward an Integrated Science of Research on Families: Workshop Report

      Committee on the Science of Research on Families,Institute of Medicine,National Research Council

      Demographic changes, immigration, economic upheavals, and changing societal mores are creating new and altered structures, processes, and relationships in American families today. As families undergo rapid change, family science is…

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      Leveraging Action to Support Dissemination of the Pregnancy Weight Gain Guidelines: Workshop Summary

      National Research Council,Institute of Medicine,Food and Nutrition Board,Board on Children, Youth, and Families,Committee on Implementation of the IOM Pregnancy Weight Gain Guidelines

      As part of the continuing effort of The Institute of Medicine (IOM) and the National Research Council (NRC) to promote the revised pregnancy weight gain guidelines recommended in their 2009…

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      Transforming the Workforce for Children Birth Through Age 8: A Unifying Foundation

      National Research Council,Institute of Medicine,Board on Children, Youth, and Families,Committee on the Science of Children Birth to Age 8: Deepening and Broadening the Foundation for Success

      Children are already learning at birth, and they develop and learn at a rapid pace in their early years. This provides a critical foundation for lifelong progress, and the adults…

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      The Early Childhood Care and Education Workforce: Challenges and Opportunities: A Workshop Report

      Committee on Early Childhood Care and Education Workforce: A Workshop,Institute of Medicine,National Research Council

      Early childhood care and education (ECCE) settings offer an opportunity to provide children with a solid beginning in all areas of their development. The quality and efficacy of these settings…

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      Sports-Related Concussions in Youth: Improving the Science, Changing the Culture

      National Research Council,Institute of Medicine,Board on Children, Youth, and Families,Committee on Sports-Related Concussions in Youth

      Over the years, few subjects at the intersection of medicine and sports have generated as much public interest as sports-related concussions - especially among youth. This book reviews the science…

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      Reducing Underage Drinking: A Collective Responsibility

      Committee on Developing a Strategy to Reduce and Prevent Underage Drinking,Board on Children, Youth, and Families,National Research Council

      Reducing Underage Drinking addresses the problem of alcohol abuse by young people and proposes a new way to combat underage alcohol use. It explores the ways in which many different…

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      Confronting Commercial Sexual Exploitation and Sex Trafficking of Minors in the United States

      National Research Council,Institute of Medicine,Committee on Law and Justice,Board on Children, Youth, and Families,Committee on the Commercial Sexual Exploitation and Sex Trafficking of Minors in the United States

      Every day in the United States, children and adolescents are victims of commercial sexual exploitation and sex trafficking. This title examines commercial sexual exploitation and sex trafficking of US citizens…

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      After-School Programs to Promote Child and Adolescent Development: Summary of a Workshop

      Board on Children, Youth, and Families,Committee on Community-Level Programs for Youth,Institute of Medicine,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education

      This report summarizes the presentations and discussion at a workshop entitled Opportunities to Promote Child and Adolescent Development During the After-School Hours, convened on October 21, 1999. The workshop was…

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      A Study of Interactions: Emerging Issues in the Science of Adolescence: Workshop Summary

      Program Committee for a Workshop on the Synthesis of Research on Adolescent Health and Development,Board on Children, Youth, and Families,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Institute of Medicine,National Research Council

      Scholars–and adults in general–have pondered for centuries the mysterious processes that influence the ways in which children gradually become adults. The development of professional organizations and journals devoted to adolescence…

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      Investing in the Health and Well-Being of Young Adults

      Board on Children, Youth, and Families,Institute of Medicine,National Research Council,Committee on Improving the Health, Safety, and Well-Being of Young Adults

      Young adulthood - ages approximately 18 to 26 - is a critical period of development with long-lasting implications for a person’s economic security, health and well-being. Young adults are key…

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      Working Families and Growing Kids: Caring for Children and Adolescents

      Committee on Family and Work Policies,National Research Council

      An informative mix of data and discussion, this text presents conclusions and recommendations for policies that can respond to the new conditions shaping America’s working families. The book also evaluates…

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      Children’s Health, the Nation’s Wealth: Assessing and Improving Child Health

      Committee on Evaluation of Children's Health,National Research Council,Institute of Medicine,National Academy of Sciences

      Provides an examination of the information about children’s health that is needed to help policy makers and program providers at the federal, state, and local levels. This book describes what…

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      Juvenile Crime, Juvenile Justice

      Panel on Juvenile Crime: Prevention, Treatment, and Control,Committee on Law and Justice,Board on Children, Youth, and Families,National Research Council,Institute of Medicine

      Presents recommendations for addressing the various aspects of America’s youth crime problem. This book explores desistance - the probability that delinquency or criminal activities decrease with age - and evaluates…

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      Influence of Pregnancy Weight on Maternal and Child Health: Workshop Report

      Committee on the Impact of Pregnancy Weight on Maternal and Child Health,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      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…

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      Preventing Teen Motor Crashes: Contributions from the Behavioral and Social Sciences: Workshop Report

      National Research Council,Transportation Research Board,Institute of Medicine,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Board on Children, Youth, and Families

      From a public health perspective, motor vehicle crashes are among the most serious problems facing teenagers. Even after more than six months of being licensed to drive alone, teens are…

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      Studying Media Effects on Children and Youth: Improving Methods and Measures, Workshop Summary

      Program Committee for a Workshop on Improving Research on Interactive Media and Children's Health,National Research Council

      The presence and intensity of media influences television, radio, music, computers, films, videos, and the Internet are increasingly recognized as an important part of the social ecology of children and…

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      Weight Gain During Pregnancy: Reexamining the Guidelines

      Committee to Reexamine IOM Pregnancy Weight Guidelines,Institute of Medicine,National Research Council

      Weight Gain During Pregnancy explores relationships between weight gain during prenancy and a variety of factors and places this in the context of the health of the infant and the…

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      Depression in Parents, Parenting, and Children: Opportunities to Improve Identification, Treatment, and Prevention

      Committee on Depression, Parenting Practices, and the Healthy Development of Children,National Research Council,Institute of Medicine

      Depression is a widespread condition affecting approximately 7.5 million parents in the U.S. each year and may be putting at least 15 million children at risk for adverse health outcomes…

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      Engaging Schools: Fostering High School Students’ Motivation to Learn

      Committee on Increasing High School Students' Engagement and Motivation to Learn,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      What is it about the school environment - pedagogy, curriculum, climate, organization - that encourages or discourages engagement in school activities? This book reviews research on what shapes adolescents’ school…

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      Early Childhood Intervention: Views from the Field: Report of a Workshop

      Board on Children, Youth, and Families,Committee on Integrating the Science of Early Childhood Development

      On June 24-25, 1999, the Committee on Integrating the Science of Early Childhood Development of the Board on Children, Youth, and Families of the National Research Council/National Academy of Sciences…

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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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      Ethical Considerations for Research on Housing-Related Health Hazards Involving Children

      Committee on Ethical Issues in Housing-Related Health Hazard Research Involving Children, Youth, and Families,National Academy of Sciences

      Explores the ethical issues posed when conducting research designed to identify, understand, or ameliorate housing-related health hazards among children. Such research involves children as subjects and is conducted in the…

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      Reducing the Odds: Preventing Perinatal Transmission of HIV in the United States

      Committee on Perinatal Transmission of HIV,Institute of Medicine

      Evaluates the extent to which state efforts have been effective in reducing the perinatal transmission of HIV. This book is of interest to federal, state, and local health policymakers, prenatal…

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      Deadly Lessons: Understanding Lethal School Violence

      National Research Council

      The shooting at Columbine High School riveted national attention on violence in the nation’s schools. Offering an outcome of the National Research Council’s effort to glean lessons from six case…

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      Strengthening Benefit-Cost Analysis for Early Childhood Interventions: Workshop Summary

      Committee on Strengthening Benefit-Cost Methodology for the Evaluation of Early Childhood Interventions,National Research Council and Institute of Medicine,Institute of Medicine

      The deficiencies that many children experience from birth to school age–in health care, nutrition, emotional support, and intellectual stimulation, for example–play a major role in academic achievement gaps that persist…

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      Growing Up Global: The Changing Transitions to Adulthood in Developing Countries

      Panel on Transitions to Adulthood in Developing Countries,National Research Council

      Highlights the persistent disadvantages for young women relative to young men, the special needs of the poor, and youth living in sub-Saharan Africa, in the context of the transition to…

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      Challenges in Adolescent Health Care: Workshop Report

      Committee on Adolescent Health Care Services and Models of Care for Treatment, Prevention, and Healthy Development,National Research Council,Institute of Medicine

      Several positive and negative lifelong behaviors are established during adolescence including diet and exercise, sexual conduct, practices related to oral health, smoking, drinking, and the use if legal and illegal…

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      Student Mobility: Exploring the Impact of Frequent Moves on Achievement: Summary of a Workshop

      Committee on the Impact of Mobility and Change on the Lives of Young Children, Schools, and Neighborhoods,National Research Council,Institute of Medicine

      Many low-income families struggle with stable housing and frequently have to move due to foreclosures, rent increases, or other financial setbacks. Children in these families can experience lasting negative effects…

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      Adolescent Health Services: Missing Opportunities

      Committee on Adolescent Health Care Services and Models of Care for Treatment, Prevention, and Healthy Development,National Research Council

      Recognizing that health care providers play an important role in fostering healthy behaviors among adolescents, this work examines the health status of adolescents and reviews the separate and uncoordinated programs…

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      Preventing Mental, Emotional, and Behavioral Disorders Among Young People: Progress and Possibilities

      Committee on the Prevention of Mental Disorders and Substance Abuse Among Children, Youth and Young Adults: Research Advances and Promising Interventions,Institute of Medicine

      This update of Reducing Risks for Mental Disorders focuses special attention on the research base and program experience with younger populations that have emerged since 1994. Those involved in prevention…

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      Strategic Approach to the Evaluation of Programs Implemented Under the Tom Lantos and Henry J. Hyde U.S. Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Reauthorization Act of 2008

      Evaluation of Programs Implemented Under the U.S. Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Reauthorization Act of 2008,Institute of Medicine,National Research Council

      At the request of Congress, the Institute of Medicine will evaluate U.S. global programs to address HIV/AIDS. This book outlines the IOM’s strategic approach for this evaluation. –resource home page.

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