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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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