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Explores decision-making process for selecting seafood by assessing evidence on availability of specific nutrients (compared to other food sources) to obtain nutritional benefits. This book develops a decision path for US consumers to weigh their seafood choices to obtain nutritional benefits balanced against exposure risks.

Addresses the topic of quality of health care in America. This book evaluates specific policy approaches within the context of improving operational framework of health care system. It offers options for implementing payment incentives to provide value for America's health care investments.

The Richard and Hinda Rosenthal Lectures 2005

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Diagnosis and Assessment (2006)

Examines a number of gene-environment interactions and reviews state of the science in researching such interactions. This book recommends priorities not only for research itself but also for its workforce, resource, and infrastructural needs.

Reusability of Facemasks During an Influenza Pandemic: Facing the Flu

Provides a path by which useful DRS systems can be applied to naval USW problems, and by which ongoing science and technology efforts can be directed toward useful options. This report contains information as described in 5 USC 552(b).

Consists of an executive summary that presents an assessment of the transformation of naval forces for addressing the global war on terrorism (GWOT). This report provides a description of the defense-in-depth framework; and a list of findings and recommendations.

Social science research conducted since the late 1970s has contributed to society's ability to adapt to various types of disasters. But more studies should be pursued that compare how the characteristics of different types of events affect societal response. This book includes more than 30 recommendations for the hazards and disaster community.

Examines the operational structure of EMS by presenting an analysis of the organization, delivery, and financing of these types of services and systems. This book is helpful for emergency care providers, professional organizations, and policy makers looking to address the deficiencies in emergency care systems.

Addresses the difficulty of balancing the roles of hospital-based emergency and trauma care, not simply urgent and lifesaving care, but also safety net care for uninsured patients, public health surveillance, disaster preparation, and adjunct care in the face of increasing patient volume and limited resources.

Examines the challenges associated with the provision of emergency services to children and families and evaluates its progress. This book will be helpful for emergency health care providers, professional organizations, and policy makers looking to address the pediatric deficiencies within their emergency care systems.

The Department of Defense (DoD), through the commanding general of the US Army Medical Research and Materiel Command (USAMRMC), requested that the Institute of Medicine (IOM) conduct a programmatic review of the military Plasmodium falciparum malaria vaccine research and development program. This book presents the committee's findings.

The Senate Committee on the Judiciary directed the Institute of Medicine to assemble the Committee on Asbestos: Selected Health Effects. This book presents the committee's comprehensive distillation of the scientific and medical literature regarding association between asbestos and colorectal, laryngeal, esophageal, and stomach cancers.

Assesses the problem with respect to the causes and outcomes of preterm birth. This book addresses the need for research involving clinical, basic, behavioral, and social science disciplines. It also addresses the health and economic consequences of premature birth.

To explore the scientific rationale for the distributed array of small instruments (DASI), the infrastructure needed to support and make use of such arrays, and proposals for a deployment implementation plan, the NRC held a workshop. This report gives a summary of that workshop focusing on the science and instruments, and on infrastructure issues.

Explores specific programmatic, organizational, and personnel reforms that would increase the effective use of science and technology to meet the US Agency for International Development's goals while supporting larger US foreign policy objectives.

Food Insecurity and Hunger in the United States: An Assessment of the Measure (2006)

The Committee on National Statistics (CNSTAT) was charged with planning and conducting a workshop to study test strategies for the evolutionary acquisition. This book provides the conclusions and recommendations of the CNSTAT following the workshop and its other investigations.

Most people associate fluoride with the practice of adding fluoride to public drinking water supplies for the prevention of tooth decay. However, fluoride can also enter public water systems from natural sources. This book reviews research on various health effects from exposure to fluoride, including studies conducted over the past several years.

Emphasizes five actions to provide prisoners involved in research with protections: expand the definition of 'prisoner'; ensure standards of protection; shift from a category-based to a risk-benefit approach to research review; update the framework to include collaborative responsibility; and, enhance the oversight of research involving prisoners.

Examines proposals to increase organ donation, including policies that presume consent for donation as well as the use of financial incentives such as direct payments, coverage of funeral expenses, and charitable contributions. This book urges federal agencies and others to boost opportunities for people to record their decisions to donate.

Explains the role that animals play in biomedical research and the ways in which scientists, governments, and citizens have tried to balance the experimental use of animals with a concern for living creatures. This book is recommended by the National Science Teacher's Association NST.

Identifies the problems encountered in the transportation of research animals and offers recommendations aimed at local and federal officials to rectify these problems. This book also includes a set of good practices based on the literature on transportation of agricultural animals, universal concepts of physiology, and more.

Clinical practice related to sleep problems and sleep disorders has been expanding rapidly. This book presents an analysis that explores topics such as: improving awareness among the general public and health care professionals; and increasing investment in interdisciplinary somnology and sleep medicine research training and mentoring activities.