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      Vaccine Safety Forum: Summaries of Two Workshops

      Board on Health Promotion and Disease Prevention,Institute of Medicine

      On November 6, 1995, the Institute of Medicine’s Vaccine Safety Forum convened a workshop on detecting and responding to adverse events following vaccination. Workshop speakers and participants discussed the difficulties…

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      Scientific and Policy Considerations in Developing Smallpox Vaccination Options: A Workshop Report

      Institute of Medicine,National Academy of Sciences

      At the World Health Assembly in May 1980, the World Health Organization declared the world free of smallpox. Smallpox vaccination of civilians is now indicated only for laboratory workers directly…

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      Forging a Poison Prevention and Control System

      Committee on Poison Prevention and Control,National Academy of Sciences

      Poisoning is a far more serious health problem in the US than has generally been recognized. This book recommends a poison control system with a strong public health infrastructure, a…

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      Using Performance Monitoring to Improve Community Health: Conceptual Framework and Community Experience

      Board on Health Promotion and Disease Prevention,Institute of Medicine,National Academy of Sciences

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      Characterizing Exposure of Veterans to Agent Orange and Other Herbicides Used in Vietnam: Interim Findings and Recommendations

      Institute of Medicine,Board on Health Promotion and Disease Prevention,Committee on the Assessment of Wartime Exposure to Herbicides in Vietnam

      From 1962 to 1971, US military forces sprayed more than 19 million gallons of herbicides over Vietnam to strip the thick jungle canopy that helped conceal opposition forces, to destroy…

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      Immunization Safety Review: Vaccines and Autism

      Immunization Safety Review Committee,National Academy of Sciences

      In recent years a number of concerns have been raised about the safety of and need for certain immunizations. This report summarizes the findings of an 11-member independent committee convened…

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      Damp Indoor Spaces and Health

      Committee on Damp Indoor Spaces and Health,National Academy of Sciences

      Examines the relationship between damp or moldy indoor environments and adverse health outcomes and discusses issues such as how and where buildings get wet. A review finds evidence of an…

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      Gulf War and Health: Volume 2: Insecticides and Solvents

      Institute of Medicine,Board on Health Promotion and Disease Prevention,Committee on Gulf War and Health: Literature Review of Pesticides and Solvents

      Provides an assessment of the scientific literature on potential health effects of exposure to certain biological, chemical, and environmental agents associated with the Gulf War.

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      The Future of the Public’s Health in the 21st Century

      Committee on Assuring the Health of the Public in the 21st Century,Institute of Medicine,National Academy of Sciences

      Reaffirms the vision of Healthy People 2010, and outlines a systems approach to assuring the nation’s health in practice, research, and policy. This book discusses the need for a shift…

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      Who Will Keep the Public Healthy?: Workshop Summary

      Institute of Medicine,Board on Health Promotion and Disease Prevention,Committee on Educating Public Health Professionals for the 21st Century

      The workshop on Educating Public Health Professionals was held May 22, 2003 and over 100 representatives attended. This report includes the workshop presentations, recommendations, workshop agendas, and more.

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      Complementary and Alternative Medicine in the United States

      Committee on the Use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine by the American Public,National Academy of Sciences

      Integration of complementary and alternative medicine therapies (CAM) with conventional medicine is occurring in hospitals and physicians offices, health maintenance organizations (HMOs) are covering CAM therapies, insurance coverage for CAM…

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      Public Financing and Delivery of HIV/AIDS Care: Securing the Legacy of Ryan White

      Committee on the Public Financing and Delivery of HIV Care,National Academy of Sciences

      Examines the standard of care for HIV patients and assesses the extent the system used for financing and delivering care allows individuals with HIV to receive it. This book recommends…

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      Medicolegal Death Investigation System: Workshop Summary

      Institute of Medicine,Board on Health Promotion and Disease Prevention,Committee for the Workshop on the Medicolegal Death Investigation System,National Academy of Sciences

      The US Department of Justice’s National Institute of Justice (NIJ) asked the Institute of Medicine (IOM) of The National Academies to conduct a workshop that would examine the interface of…

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      New Vaccine Development: Establishing Priorities

      Division of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention,Division of International Health,National Academy of Sciences

      Using data from the World Health Organization and other international agencies, this book analyzes disease burdens, pathogen descriptions, geographic distribution of diseases, alternative control measures and treatments, and prospects for…

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      Veterans and Agent Orange: Length of Presumptive Period for Association Between Exposure and Respiratory Cancer

      Commitee to Review the Health Effects in Vietnam Veterans of Exposure to Herbicides,Board on Health Promotion and Disease Prevention,Institute of Medicine,National Academy of Sciences

      From 1962 to 1971, US military forces sprayed herbicides over Vietnam to strip the thick jungle canopy that helped conceal opposition forces, to destroy crops that enemy forces might depend…

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      Gulf War and Health: Updated Literature Review of Sarin

      Institute of Medicine,Board on Health Promotion and Disease Prevention,Committee on Gulf War and Health: Updated Literature Review of Sarin,National Academy of Sciences

      Because of concerns about the veterans’ health problems the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) requested that the Institute of Medicine (IOM) review the scientific and medical literature on the health…

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      Implications of Genomics for Public Health: Workshop Summary

      Institute of Medicine,Board on Health Promotion and Disease Prevention,Committee on Genomics and the Public's Health in the 21st Century,National Academy of Sciences

      Genomics is the study of the entire human genome. Genomics explores not only the actions of single genes, but also the interactions of multiple genes with each other and with…

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      Risk Communication and Vaccination: Workshop Summary

      Institute of Medicine,Board on Health Promotion and Disease Prevention

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      Who Will Keep the Public Healthy?: Educating Public Health Professionals for the 21st Century

      Institute of Medicine,Committee on Educating Public Health Professionals for the 21st Century

      Offers an overview of the public health education, assessing its readiness to provide the training and education needed to prepare men and women to face 21st century challenges. This work…

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      Vaccine Safety Research, Data Access, and Public Trust

      Committee on the Review of the National Immunization Program's Research Procedures and Data Sharing Program,National Academy of Sciences

      The Vaccine Safety Datalink (VSD) is a large, linked database of patient information that was developed jointly by CDC and private managed care organizations in 1991. This work reviews aspects…

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      Gulf War Veterans: Treating Symptoms and Syndromes

      Committee on Identifying Effective Treatments for Gulf War Veterans' Health Problems,Board on Health Promotion and Disease Prevention,Institute of Medicine

      Ten years after the end of the Gulf War, questions continue to be raised about the health of U.S. service personnel who fought in that war. A primary concern is…

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      Immunization Safety Review: Sv40 Contamination of Polio Vaccine and Cancer

      Immunization Safety Review Committee,National Academy of Sciences

      The Immunization Safety Review Committee was established by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) to evaluate the evidence on possible causal associations between immunizations and certain adverse outcomes, and to then…

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      Immunization Safety Review: Hepatitis B Vaccine and Demyelinating Neurological Disorders

      Immunization Safety Review Committee,National Academy of Sciences

      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…

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      Clearing the Smoke: Assessing the Science Base for Tobacco Harm Reduction

      Committee to Assess the Science Base for Tobacco Harm Reduction

      Despite overwhelming evidence of tobacco’s harmful effects and pressure from anti-smoking advocates, surveys show that about one-quarter of various adults in the United States are smokers. This book addresses the…

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      Extending Life, Enhancing Life: A National Research Agenda on Aging

      Committee on a National Research Agenda on Aging,Division of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention,Institute of Medicine

      Provides practical solutions to the problems of dementia, disability, and loss of independence. This book specifies 15 research priorities in five key areas of investigation: basic biomedicine - to understand…

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      Clearing the Air: Asthma and Indoor Air Exposures

      Committee on the Assessment of Asthma and Indoor Air,Division of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention,Institute of Medicine

      Examines how indoor pollutants contribute to asthma - its causation, prevalence, triggering, and severity. This book discusses asthma among the general population and in sensitive subpopulations including children, low-income individuals…

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      Preventing Childhood Obesity: Health in the Balance

      Committee on Prevention of Obesity in Children and Youth,National Academy of Sciences

      Given the trajectory toward a healthier childhood, we begin the 21st-century with a shocking development - an epidemic of obesity in children and youth. This book explores the causes of…

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      Immunization Safety Review: Measles, Mumps, Rubella, Vaccine and Autism

      Immunization Safety Review Committee

      Immunization is widely regarded as one of the most effective and beneficial tools for protecting the public’s health. In the United States, immunization programs have resulted in the eradication of…

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      Immunization Safety Review: Vaccinations and Sudden Unexpected Death in Infancy

      Immunization Safety Review Committee

      Addresses the concern that vaccination might play a role in sudden unexpected infant death (SIDS). This book examines epidemiologic evidence focusing on three outcomes: SIDS, sudden unexpected death in infancy…

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      Immunization Safety Review: Influenza Vaccines and Neurological Complications

      Immunization Safety Review Committee

      Argues that the evidence favored rejection of a causal relationship between influenza vaccines and exacerbation of multiple sclerosis. This work also argues that the evidence about the effects of influenza…

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      Calling the Shots: Immunization Finance Policies and Practices

      Committee on Immunization Finance Policies and Practices,Division of Health Care Services and Division of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention,Institute of Medicine,National Academy of Sciences

      Examines the basic strategies that finance the national immunization system in health care climate. This book explores the evolution of the system in light of changing US demographics, development of…

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      The Smallpox Vaccination Program: Public Health in an Age of Terrorism

      Committee on Smallpox Vaccination Program Implementation

      The Smallpox Vaccination Programme: Public Health in an Age of Terrorism

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      Veterans and Agent Orange: Update 2002

      Committee to Review the Health Effects in Vietnam Veterans of Exposure to Herbicides,National Academy of Sciences

      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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      Veterans and Agent Orange

      Committee to Review the Health Effects in Vietnam Veterans of Exposure to Herbicides,National Academy of Sciences

      Evaluates evidence regarding the statistical association between exposure to herbicides used in Vietnam and various adverse health outcomes suspected to be linked with such exposure. This book is suitable for…

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      Tuberculosis in the Workplace

      Committee on Regulating Occupational Exposure to Tuberculosis,Division of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention,National Academy of Sciences

      Whilst occupational risk of tuberculosis has been declining in recent years, vigilance is still needed in the work place. This text reviews the effectivness of control measures, and discusses whether…

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      Gulf War and Health

      Committee on Gulf War and Health,Literature Review of Selected Environmental Particulates, Pollutants, and Synthetic Chemical Compounds,Institute of Medicine

      Evaluates the long-term, human health effects associated with exposure to selected environmental agents, pollutants, and synthetic chemical compounds believed to have been present during the Gulf War. This title reviews…

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      Measuring What Matters: Allocation, Planning, and Quality Assessment for the Ryan White Care Act

      Committee on the Ryan White CARE Act: Data for Resource Allocation,Planning and Evaluation,National Academy of Sciences

      The Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency (CARE) Act, enacted in 1990, provides funding to cities, states, and other public and private entities to provide care and support services to…

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      Reducing the Burden of Injury: Advancing Prevention and Treatment

      Committee on Injury Prevention and Control,Institute of Medicine

      Describes the cost and magnitude of the injury problem in America and looks at the response by the public and private sectors, including: data and surveillance needs; research priorities; trauma…

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      Ending Neglect: The Elimination of Tuberculosis in the United States

      Committee on the Elimination of tuberculosis in the United States,Division of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention

      Provides important background on the pathology of tuberculosis, its history and status in the US, and the public and private response. This book explains how the US can act with…

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      New Treatments for Addiction: Behavioral, Ethical, Legal, and Social Questions

      Committee on Immunotherapies and Sustained-Release Formulations for Treating Drug Addiction,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      New and improved therapies to treat and protect against drug dependence and abuse are urgently needed. This book helps develop medications that can block or significantly attenuate the psychoactive effects…

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      Promoting Health: Intervention Strategies from Social and Behavioral Research

      Committee on Capitalizing on Social Science and Behavioral Research to Improve the Public's Health,Division of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention

      Rapid advancements in medical technologies, improvements in pharmaceuticals, and other developments in biomedical research have helped develop cures for many illnesses and improve the lives of those with chronic diseases…

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      Oral Contraceptives and Breast Cancer

      Committee on the Relationship Between Oral Contraceptives and Breast Cancer,Division of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention,National Research Council,Institute of Medicine

      Talks about the connection of use oral contraceptives (OCs) with breast cancer. This book is useful for obstetricians/gynecologists and other health professionals, their patients who use OCs, contraceptive manufacturers, women’s…

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      No Time to Lose: Getting More from HIV Prevention

      Committee on HIV Prevention Strategies in the United States,Division of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention,Institute of Medicine

      The United States must refocus its efforts to contain the spread of HIV and AIDS in a way that would prevent as many new HIV infections as possible. This work…

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      The Arctic Aeromedical Laboratory’s Thyroid Function Study: A Radiological Risk and Ethical Analysis

      Committee on the Evaluation of 1950s Air Force Human Health Testing in Alaska Using Radioactive Iodine-131,Commission on Geosciences, Environment and Resources,Commission on Life Sciences,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      In 1956 and 1957, the US Air Force’s former Arctic Aeromedical Laboratory conducted a study of the role of the thyroid in human acclimatization to cold. This book evaluates the…

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      Critical Needs and Gaps in Understanding Prevention, Amelioration, and Resolution of Lyme and Other Tick-Borne Diseases: The Short-Term and Long-Term Outcomes: Workshop Report

      Committee on Lyme Disease and Other Tick-Borne Diseases: The State of the Science,Institute of Medicine

      A single tick bite can have debilitating consequences. Lyme disease is the most common disease carried by ticks in the United States, and the number of those afflicted is growing…

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      Mitochondrial Replacement Techniques: Ethical, Social, and Policy Considerations

      National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Institute of Medicine,Board on Health Sciences Policy,Committee on the Ethical and Social Policy Considerations of Novel Techniques for Prevention of Maternal Transmission of Mitochondrial DNA Diseases

      Mitochondrial replacement techniques (MRTs) are designed to prevent the transmission of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) diseases from mother to child. While MRTs, if effective, could satisfy a desire of women seeking…

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