Author: Committee on Health Insurance Status and Its Conse
Publisher: National Academies Press
Keywords: health, care, consequences, crisis, uninsured, america
Number of Pages: 236
Published: 2009-07-01
List price: $44.00
ISBN-10: 0309127890
ISBN-13: 9780309127899
Book DescriptionWhen policy makers and researchers consider potential solutions to the crisis of uninsurance in the United States, the question of whether health insurance matters to health is often an issue. This question is far more than an academic concern. It is crucial that U.S. health care policy be informed with current and valid evidence on the consequences of uninsurance for health care and health outcomes, especially for the 45.7 million individuals without health insurance. From 2001 to 2004, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) issued six reports, which concluded that being uninsured wa
Author: Committee on Gulf War and Health: Literature Revie
Publisher: National Academies Press
Keywords: insecticides, solvents, volume, health, war, gulf
Number of Pages: 616
Published: 2003-12-10
List price: $85.00
ISBN-10: 030908458X
ISBN-13: 9780309084581
Committee report on the relationship between the use of insecticides and solvents in the Gulf War and the illnesses of veterans. Reviews epidemiologic literature and cannot conclude of any connection from published studies. Volume 1 of this study, c2000, was listed in approval week 2001-3.
Author: Committee on the Roles of Academic Health Centers
Publisher: National Academies Press
Keywords: change, century, leading, centers, health, academic
Number of Pages: 216
Published: 2004-06-03
List price: $39.00
ISBN-10: 0309088933
ISBN-13: 9780309088930
Policymakers will need to create incentives to support innovation and change in AHCs. In response, AHCs will need to increase the level of co-ordination and integration across their roles and the individual organizations that comprise the AHC if they are to successfully undertake the types of changes needed. "Academic Health Centers" lays out a strategy to start a continuing and long-term process of change.
Author: Committee on Gulf War and Health: Updated Literatu
Publisher: National Academies Press
Keywords: review, depleted, uranium, literature, updated, war, health, gulf
Number of Pages: 284
Published: 2008-09-29
List price: $59.00
ISBN-10: 0309119197
ISBN-13: 9780309119191
The 1991 Persian Gulf War was considered a brief and successful military operation with few injuries and deaths. A large number of returning veterans, however, soon began reporting health problems that they believed to be associated with their service in the gulf. Under a Congressional mandate, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) is reviewing a wide array of biologic, chemical, and physical agents to determine if exposure to these agents may be responsible for the veterans’ health problems.In a 2000 report, "Gulf War and Health, Volume 1: Depleted Uranium, Sarin, Pyridostigmine Bromide, and
Author: Committee on Educating Public Health Professionals
Publisher: National Academies Press
Keywords: public, century, professionals, educating, healthy, health
Number of Pages: 320
Published: 2004-09-15
List price: $42.95
ISBN-10: 030908542X
ISBN-13: 9780309085427
Columbia Univ., New York City, NY. Provides an overview of the past, present, and future of public health education, assessing its readiness to offer the training and education necessary to prepare for the 21st century. Discusses the role of public health, government agencies, and education in the health and well being for future generations.
Author: Committee on the Health Effects of Indoor Allergen
Publisher: National Academies Press
Keywords: health, effects, allergens, indoor, division, promotion, committee, adverse, assessing, controlling
Number of Pages: 350
Published: 1993-01-01
List price: $89.25
ISBN-10: 0309048311
ISBN-13: 9780309048316
Developed by medical, public health, and engineering professionals working together, this unique volume summarizes what is known about indoor allergens, how they affect human health, the magnitude of their effect on various populations, and how they can be controlled. The book addresses controversies, recommends research directions, and suggests how to assist and educate allergy patients, as well as professionals. 6 x 9. Index. Approx.
Author: Committee on Engineering and the Health Care Syste
Publisher: National Academies Press
Keywords: health, care, partnership, engineering, new, delivery, system, building
Number of Pages: 276
Published: 2005-09-20
List price: $39.00
ISBN-10: 030909643X
ISBN-13: 9780309096430
In a joint effort between the National Academy of Engineering and the Institute of Medicine, this books attempts to bridge the knowledge/awareness divide separating health care professionals from their potential partners in systems engineering and related disciplines. The goal of this partnership is to transform the U.S. health care sector from an underperforming conglomerate of independent entities (individual practitioners, small group practices, clinics, hospitals, pharmacies, community health centers et. al.) into a high performance "system" in which every participating unit recognizes its
