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      Elder Abuse and Its Prevention: Workshop Summary

      National Research Council,Institute of Medicine,Board on Global Health,Forum on Global Violence Prevention

      Presents the summary of a workshop convened in April 2013 by the Institute of Medicine’s Forum on Global Violence Prevention.

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      Preventing Intimate Partner Violence in Uganda, Kenya, and Tanzania: Summary of a Joint Workshop by the Institute of Medicine, the National Research Council, and the Uganda National Academy of Sciences

      National Research Council,Institute of Medicine,Board on Global Health,Forum on Global Violence Prevention

      Globally, between 15-71 percent of women will experience physical and/or sexual abuse from an intimate partner at some point in their lifetime. Too often this preventable form of violence is…

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      Contagion of Violence: Workshop Summary

      National Research Council,Institute of Medicine,Board on Global Health,Forum on Global Violence Prevention

      The past 25 years have seen a major paradigm shift in the field of violence prevention, from the assumption that violence is inevitable to the recognition that violence is preventable…

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      The Evidence for Violence Prevention Across the Lifespan and Around the World: Workshop Summary

      National Research Council,Institute of Medicine,Board on Global Health,Forum on Global Violence Prevention

      Presents the summary of a workshop convened in January 2013 by the Institute of Medicine’s Forum on Global Violence Prevention to explore value and application of the evidence for violence…

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      Financing Investments in Young Children Globally: Summary of a Joint Workshop by the Institute of Medicine, National Research Council, and The Centre for Early Childhood Education and Development, Ambedkar University, Delhi

      National Research Council,Institute of Medicine,Board on Global Health,Board on Children, Youth, and Families,Forum on Investing in Young Children Globally

      In January 2014, the Board on Children, Youth, and Families of the Institute of Medicine and the National Research Council, in collaboration with the IOM Board on Global Health, launched…

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      The Cost of Inaction for Young Children Globally: Workshop Summary

      National Research Council,Institute of Medicine,Board on Global Health,Board on Children, Youth, and Families,Forum on Investing in Young Children Globally

      The Cost of Inaction for Young Children Globally is the summary of a workshop hosted by the Institute of Medicine Forum on Investing in Young Children Globally in April 2014…

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      Scaling Program Investments for Young Children Globally: Evidence from Latin America and the Caribbean: Summary of a Joint Workshop by the Institute of Medicine, the National Research Council, and Funda??o Maria Cecilia Souto Vidigal, S?o Paulo

      National Research Council,Institute of Medicine,Board on Global Health,Board on Children, Youth, and Families,Forum on Investing in Young Children Globally

      This report summarizes a joint workshop convened by the Institute of Medicine and National Research Council with Fundacao Maria Cecilia Souto Vidigal in November 2014 in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The…

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      Medical Innovation in the Changing Healthcare Marketplace: Conference Summary

      National Research Council,Institute of Medicine,Board on Health Care Services,Policy and Global Affairs,Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy

      A wave of new health care innovation and growing demand for health care, coupled with uncertain productivity improvements, could severely challenge efforts to control future health care costs. A committee…

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      Perspectives on Research with H5N1 Avian Influenza: Scientific Inquiry, Communication, Controversy: Summary of a Workshop

      National Research Council,Institute of Medicine,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Committee on Science, Technology, and Law,Board on Global Health

      When, in late 2011, it became public knowledge that two research groups had submitted for publication manuscripts that reported on their work on mammalian transmissibility of a lethal H5N1 avian…

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      Microbial Threats to Health: Emergence, Detection, and Response

      Committee on Emerging Microbial Threats to Health in the 21st Century,National Research Council

      Following up on a high-profile 1992 report from the Institute of Medicine, Microbial Threats to Health examines the state of knowledge and policy pertaining to emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases…

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      Globalization, Biosecurity, and the Future of the Life Sciences

      Committee on Advances in Technology and the Prevention of Their Application to Next Generation Biowarfare Threats,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Biomedical advances have made it possible to manipulate features of living organisms in useful ways. This book examines the trends and objectives of research in public health, life sciences, and…

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      International Animal Research Regulations: Impact on Neuroscience Research: Workshop Summary

      National Research Council,Institute of Medicine,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Institute for Laboratory Animal Research,Policy and Global Affairs

      Animals are widely used in neuroscience research to explore biological mechanisms of nervous system function, to identify the genetic basis of disease states, and to provide models of human disorders…

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      Improving Birth Outcomes: Meeting the Challenge in the Developing World

      Committee on Improving Birth Outcomes,National Research Council

      Birth outcomes have improved worldwide, yet, there is a gap between the outcomes in developing and developed countries. This book addresses the steps needed to reduce that gap. It reviews…

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      Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Testing: Summary of a Workshop

      Committee on Science, Technology, and Law,Forum on Drug Discovery, Development, and Translation,Roundtable on Translating Genomic-Based Research for Health,National Research Council,Institute of Medicine

      Today, scores of companies, primarily in the United States and Europe, are offering whole genome scanning services directly to the public. The proliferation of these companies and the services they…

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      Achieving Sustainable Global Capacity for Surveillance and Response to Emerging Diseases of Zoonotic Origin

      Committee on Achieving Sustainable Global Capacity for Surveillance and Response to Emerging Diseases of Zoonotic Origin,National Research Council

      One of the biggest threats today is the uncertainty surrounding the emergence of a novel pathogen or the re-emergence of a known infectious disease that might result in disease outbreaks…

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      Sustaining Global Surveillance and Response to Emerging Zoonotic Diseases

      H1N1 ( swine flu ), SARS, mad cow disease, and HIV/AIDS are a few examples of zoonotic diseases-diseases transmitted between humans and animals. Zoonotic diseases are a growing concern given…

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      Opportunities to Address Clinical Research Workforce Diversity Needs for 2010

      Committee on Opportunities to Address Clinical Research Workforce Diversity Needs for 2010,Committee on Women in Science and Engineering,National Research Council

      Based on a 2003 workshop, this study describes current public and private programs and recommends ways to recruit and retain more women and underrepresented minorities into clinical research, especially physician-scientists…

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      Potential Risks and Benefits of Gain-of-Function Research: Summary of a Workshop

      National Research Council,Institute of Medicine,Board on Health Sciences Policy,Policy and Global Affairs,Committee on Science, Technology, and Law

      On October 17, 2014, spurred by incidents at U.S. government laboratories that raised serious biosafety concerns, the United States government launched a one-year deliberative process to address the continuing controversy…

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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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      The Infectious Etiology of Chronic Diseases: Defining the Relationship, Enhancing the Research, and Mitigating the Effects, Workshop Summary

      Forum on Microbial Threats

      In recent years, scientists have begun to believe that a substantial portion of chronic diseases, including inflammatory syndromes and cancer, may be causally linked to infectious microorganisms. This volume contains…

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