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The primary federal program designed to ensure that all states are capable of participating the nation's research enterprise fall under the general rubric of the Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCOR). This book assesses the effectiveness of EPSCOR.

Presents the summary of a workshop convened in April 2013 by the Institute of Medicine Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice Roundtable on Health Literacy. This title discusses implementation approaches and shares tools that could be used in implementing specific literacy strategies.

Presents the summary of a workshop convened in 2012 by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) Roundtable on Environmental Health Sciences, Research, and Medicine to discuss the human health impact of shale gas extraction through the lens of a health impact assessment.

A report that was presented at the workshop, held in Woods Hole, Massachusetts on July 25-26, 2011, on the issue of sustainability and health as well as the linkages that are present between the two.

The IOM report Accelerating Progress in Obesity Prevention: Solving the Weight of the Nation recognized the importance of the school environment in addressing the epidemic. This title offers a summary of the workshop's presentations and discussions prepared from the workshop transcript and slides.

An international workshop was convened in 2009, by the S Institute of Medicine (IOM) Forum on Neuroscience and Nervous Systems Disorders and the Uganda National Academy of Sciences (UNAS) Forum on Health and Nutrition. This title outlines the presentations and discussions by panelists and participants of the plenary sessions of the workshop.

Presents the summary of a workshop hosted by the Institute of Medicine\'s (IOM\'s) Forum on Neuroscience and Nervous System Disorders in Spring 2012 to explore commonalities across neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), and frontotemporal dementia (FTD).

Addresses data reporting and analytical capacities that must be available to capture the measures and for demonstrating the value of the measures to improving population health. This book provides recommendations for how the measures can be used across sectors of the public health and health care systems.

In 2006 the Institute of Medicine (IOM) established the Roundtable on Value & Science-Driven Health Care which has since accelerated the development of a learning health system- one in which science, informatics, incentives, and culture are aligned to create a continuous learning loop. This title deals with this topic.

A workshop on international health literacy efforts that feature presentations and discussion about health literacy interventions from various countries as well as other topics related to international health literacy was held. This title summarizes the findings and discussions at the workshop.

In 2006 the National Institutes of Health (NIH) established the Clinical and Translational Science Awards (CTSA) Program, recognizing the need for a new impetus to encourage clinical and translational research. This title deals with this research.

Reviews the status of physical activity and physical education in the school environment, including before, during, and after school. This book examines the influences of physical activity and physical education on the short and long term physical, cognitive and brain, and psychosocial health and development of children and adolescents.

Chronic multisymptom illness (CMI) is a serious condition that imposes an enormous burden of suffering on our nation's veterans. This title recommends how best to disseminate this information throughout the VA to improve the care and benefits provided to veterans.

The Economics of Genomic Medicine: Workshop Summary

Documents a body of evidence showing an association of television advertising with the adiposity of children and adolescents aged 2-18. This title notes the prevailing pattern that food and beverage products marketed to children and youth are often high in calories, fat, sugar, and sodium; and are of low nutritional value.

With the goal of ensuring that patients have access to high-quality, affordable cancer care, the Institute of Medicine's (IOM's) National Cancer Policy Forum convened a public workshop, Delivering Affordable Cancer Care in the 21st Century, October 8-9, 2012, in Washington, DC.

Extends the proof-of-concept presented in the Phase I report, which was based on multi-attribute utility theory. This title refines a beta version of the model developed in the Phase I report and presents its next iteration, Smart Vaccines 1.0. It discusses the methods underlying the development, validation, and evaluation of Smart Vaccines 1.0.

Identifies methods to facilitate development of corresponding animal and clinical endpoints, indentifies methods that would maximize bidirectional translation between basic and clinical research and determines the next steps that can be critical for improvement of the development and testing of animal models of disorders of the nervous system.

"Forum on drug discovery, development, and translation."--Cover.