Author: Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education

Despite efforts to reduce drug consumption in the United States over the past 35 years, drugs are just as cheap and available as they have ever bee...

Addressing climate change is essential and possible, and it offers a host of benefits - from better public health to new economic opportunities. Th...

The delivery of high quality and equitable care for both mothers and newborns is complex and requires efforts across many sectors. The United State...

The rapid growth of home health care has raised many unsolved issues and will have consequences that are far too broad for any one group to analyze...

On July 26, 2011, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued an advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPRM) with the purpose of soli...

Does the public trust science? Scientists? Scientific organizations? What roles do trust and the lack of trust play in public debates about how sci...

Chemistry plays a critical role in daily life, impacting areas such as medicine and health, consumer products, energy production, the ecosystem, an...

Speech and language are central to the human experience; they are the vital means by which people convey and receive knowledge, thoughts, feelings,...

Bullying has long been tolerated as a rite of passage among children and adolescents. There is an implication that individuals who are bullied must...

To derive statistics about crime to estimate its levels and trends, assess its costs to and impacts on society, and inform law enforcement approac...

The Workshop on Integrating New Measures of Trauma into the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's (SAMHSA) Data Collection Pr...

Over the past several decades, fertility rates have fallen substantially in low- and middle-income countries, and efforts to limit fertility, prima...

The United States prides itself on being a nation of immigrants, and the country has a long history of successfully absorbing people from across th...

This report summarizes the proceedings of a workshop convened in June 2010 to critically examine the various databases that could provide national ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Economic Research Service (USDA/ERS) maintains four highly related but distinct geographic classification system...

Instructional materials are a key means to achieving the goals of science educationan enterprise that yields unique and worthwhile benefits to indi...

Since 1969, the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) has been providing policymakers, educators, and the public with reports on acade...

Increasing numbers of evidence-based interventions have proven effective in preventing and treating behavioral disorders in children. However, the ...

Publicly available statistics from government agencies that are credible, relevant, accurate, and timely are essential for policy makers, individua...

Proactive policing, as a strategic approach used by police agencies to prevent crime, is a relatively new phenomenon in the United States. It devel...

Natural gas in deep shale formations, which can be developed by hydraulic fracturing and associated technologies (often collectively referred to as...

The education system in the United States is continually challenged to adapt and improve, in part because its mission has become far more ambitious...

Higher education is a linchpin of the American economy and society: teaching and research at colleges and universities contribute significantly to ...

The Update to the Strategic Plan (USP) is a supplement to the Ten-Year Strategic Plan of the U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) completed...