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      Population and Land Use in Developing Countries: Report of a Workshop

      Committee on Population,National Research Council,National Research Council,Commission on Behavioral & Social Sciences & Education

      Summarizes research by experts from both the natural and social sciences on the effects of population growth on land use. This book also includes case studies of African, Asian, and…

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      Rapid Population Change in China, 1952-1982

      Committee on Population and Demography,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,National Research Council

      Summarizes the changes in fertility, nuptiality, and mortality that have occurred in the People’s Republic of China from the early 1950s to 1982. The data in this report is based…

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      The Role of Diffusion Processes in Fertility Change in Developing Countries

      Committee on Population,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,National Research Council

      The Workshop on the Social Processes Underlying Fertility Change in Developing Countries was held in Washington, DC in January 1998. The 14 papers presented are summarized in chapters on diffusion…

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      Comparative Analysis of Fertility, Breastfeeding, and Contraception

      National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on Population and Demography,Panel on Fertility Determinants

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      The Determinants of Brazil’s Recent Rapid Decline in Fertility

      National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on Population and Demography,Panel on Fertility Determinants

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      Data Priorities for Population and Health in Developing Countries: Summary of a Workshop

      Committee on Population,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

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      Contraception and Reproduction: Health Consequences for Women and Children in the Developing World

      Committee on Population,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Examines how changes in reproductive patterns have affected the health of women and children in the developing world. This book looks at the relationships between contraceptive use, reproductive patterns, and…

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      Welfare, the Family and Reproductive Behavior: Research Perspectives

      Committee on Population,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      The design of welfare programs in an era of reform and devolution to the states must take into account the likely effects of programs on demographic behavior. This work contains…

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      Statistics on U.S. Immigration: An Assessment of Data Needs for Future Research

      Committee on National Statistics and Committee on Population,National Research Council

      Presenting an examination of the adequacy of US immigration data, this volume summarizes data needs in four areas: immigration trends, assimilation and impacts, labor force issues, and family and social…

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      Population Growth and Economic Development: Policy Questions

      Working Group on Population Growth and Economic Development,Committee on Population,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,National Research Council

      Addresses relevant questions like: Will population growth reduce the growth rate of per capita income because it reduces the per capita availability of exhaustible resources?; how about for renewable resources…

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      Contraceptive Use and Controlled Fertility: Health Issues for Women and Children

      Committee on Population,National Research Council,Allan M. Parnell,National Academy of Sciences

      Contains four papers that supplement the book Contraception and Reproduction: Health Consequences for Women and Children in the Developing World . The topics addressed in this title include an analysis…

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      Between Zeus and the Salmon: The Biodemography of Longevity

      National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on Population

      Deals with topics such as the role of the elderly in other species and among human societies past and present. This book also discusses the contribution of theory to our…

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      Changing Numbers, Changing Needs: American Indian Demography and Public Health

      National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on Population

      Presents a summary of what is known about the demography of American Indian and Alaska Native population, their geographic distributions, household structure, employment, and disability and disease patterns. This volume…

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      Premature Death in the New Independent States

      Committee on Population,National Research Council

      To help assess priorities for health policy, the Committee on Population organized two workshops. This volume consists of selected papers presented at the workshops. They assess the reliability of data…

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      Demography of Aging

      Committee on Population,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Draws together art work from the field of the demography of aging. The nine chapters highlight data sources and research approaches, results, and proposed strategies on a topic with major…

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      Cells and Surveys: Should Biological Measures be Included in Social Science Research?

      Committee on Population,National Research Council

      What can social science expect to learn from biological information? This text addresses this issue by questioning what genetic/biological data should be collected, and what ethical and legal concerns could…

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      The Demography of Forced Migration: Summary of a Workshop

      Committee on Population,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education

      To explore a range of issues about internally displaced persons and refugees, the Committee on Population of the National Research Council organized a Workshop on the Demography of Forced Migration…

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      From Death to Birth: Mortality Decline and Reproductive Change

      Committee on Population,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      What factors are responsible for the sharp decline in fertility? This volume contains papers that explore the theoretical, methodological, and empirical dimensions of the fertility-mortality relationship. It includes several case…

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      Racial and Ethnic Differences in the Health of Older Americans

      Committee on Population,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Examines trends in mortality rates and selected causes of disability (cardiovascular disease, dementia) for older people of different racial and ethnic groups. This volume provides an understanding of research bearing…

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      The Aging Population in the Twenty-First Century: Statistics for Health Policy

      Panel on Statistics for an Aging Population,Committee on National Statistics,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,National Research Council

      Examines social, economic, and demographic changes among the aged, as well as many health-related topics: health promotion and disease prevention; quality of life; health care system financing and use; and…

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      Welfare, the Family, and Reproductive Behavior: Report of a Meeting

      Committee on Population,National Research Council and Institute of Medicine,National Academy of Sciences,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education

      The design of welfare programs in an era of reform and devolution to the states must take into account the likely effects of programs on demographic behavior. This book of…

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      Critical Perspectives on Schooling and Fertility in the Developing World

      Committee on Population

      Assesses the evidence, and possible mechanisms, for the associations between women’s education, fertility preferences, and fertility in developing countries, and how these associations vary across regions. This book discusses the…

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      Beyond Six Billion: Forecasting the World’s Population

      National Research Council,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on Population,Panel on Population Projections

      Focusing on fertility as one key to accurate projections, this book examines the transition from high, constant fertility to low fertility levels and discusses whether developing countries eventually attain the…

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      Beyond Six Billion: Forecasting the World’s Population

      Panel on Population Projections,Committee on Population,National Research Council

      Focusing on fertility as one key to accurate projections, this book examines the transition from high, constant fertility to low fertility levels and discusses whether developing countries eventually attain the…

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      Improving Data on America’s Aging Population: Summary of a Workshop

      Committee on National Statistics,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education

      The Committee on National Statistics and the Committee on Population, at the request of the NIA, convened a workshop in March 1996 to discuss data on the aging population that…

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      Forced Migration and Mortality

      Roundtable on the Demography of Forced Migration,Committee on Population,National Research Council

      Explores the mortality patterns in humanitarian emergencies of forced migration, by examining four recent case studies: Rwanda, North Korea, Kosovo and Cambodia. The text highlights the need for research in…

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      The Consequences of Maternal Morbidity and Maternal Mortality: Report of a Workshop

      National Research Council,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on Population

      In 1997 the committee published Reproductive Health in Developing Countries: Expanding Dimensions, Building Solutions, a report that recommended actions to improve reproductive health for women around the world. This title…

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      Research Ethics in Complex Humanitarian Emergencies: Summary of a Workshop

      Roundtable on the Demography of Forced Migration,Committee on Population,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Situations involving conflict and forced migration have become increasingly commonplace in world. The Roundtable on the Demography of Forced Migration, under the aegis of the Committee on Population of the…

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      Demographic Assessment Techniques in Complex Humanitarian Emergencies: Summary of a Workshop

      Roundtable on the Demography of Forced Migration,Committee on Population,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Explores the applicability of various methods in different types of emergency settings, how to improve existing methodologies and develop new ones, and the difficulties encountered by personnel in the field…

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      Future Directions for the Demography of Aging: Proceedings of a Workshop

      National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on Population

      Almost 25 years have passed since the Demography of Aging (1994) was published by the National Research Council. Future Directions for the Demography of Aging is, in many ways, the…

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      Initial Steps in Rebuilding the Health Sector in East Timor

      Roundtable on the Demography of Forced Migration,National Research Council,Program on Forced Migration and Health at the Mailman School of Public Health,Columbia University,National Academy of Sciences

      In May 2002 Timor Leste (East Timor) emerged as a new nation after centuries of foreign rule and decades of struggle for independence. Its birth was a painful one; a…

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      Psychosocial Concepts in Humanitarian Work with Children: A Review of the Concepts and Related Literature

      Roundtable on the Demography of Forced Migration,National Research Council,Program on Forced Migration and Health at the Mailman School of Public Health,Committee on Population,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education

      Concerned with reviewing psychosocial concepts in research related to humanitarian work, this report emphasises on research related to children affected by prolonged violence and armed conflict.

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      New Directions in the Sociology of Aging

      National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on Population,Panel on New Directions in Social Demography, Social Epidemiology, and the Sociology of Aging

      The aging of the population of the United States is occurring at a time of major economic and social changes. This book evaluates the contributions of social demography, social epidemiology…

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      Malaria Control During Mass Population Movements and Natural Disasters

      Peter B. Bloland,Holly Ann Williams,Roundtable on the Demography of Forced Migration,National Research Council,Program on Forced Migration and Health at the Mailman School of Public Health Columbia University

      Malaria Control During Mass Population Movements and Natural Disasters provides a basic overview of the state of knowledge of epidemiology of malaria and public health interventions and practices for controlling…

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      Supporting Local Health Care in a Chronic Crisis: Management and Financing Approaches in the Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo

      Roundtable on the Demography of Forced Migration,Program on Forced Migration and Health at the Mailman School of Public Health,Columbia University,Committee on Population,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education

      Supporting Local Health Care in a Chronic Crisis: Management and Financing Approaches in the Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (2006)

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