Author: National Academies of Sciences

The increasingly diverse ethnic composition of the United States population has created a profound and ongoing demographic shift, and public health...

The U.S. Department of State, through its Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL), provides foreign assistance and supp...

This Proceedings of a Workshop summarizes the presentations and discussions at the Workshop on Improving Consent and Response in Longitudinal Studi...

The field of health literacy has evolved from one focused on individuals to one that recognizes that health literacy is multidimensional. While com...

Delivering high-quality cancer care to all patients presents numerous challenges, including difficulties with care coordination and access. Patient...

The Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA) provides disability compensation to veterans with a service-connected injury, and to receive disability ...

The persistent trends in suicide necessitate action among mental health care providers and payers, researchers, and community leaders. Health care ...

To explore issues related to the effects of disasters on children and youth and lessons learned from experiences during previous disasters, the vir...

Training police in the knowledge and skills necessary to support the rule of law and protect the public is a substantial component of the activitie...

Offshore wind energy development is poised to expand rapidly across the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf over the next decade, as part of a government-...

Immunization against disease is among the most successful global health efforts of the modern era, and substantial gains in vaccination coverage ra...

The opioid epidemic, now several decades in the making, continues to cause pain and suffering for millions of Americans. Each year, thousands of in...

To explore various aspects of faculty development, the Global Forum on Innovation in Health Professional Education of the National Academies of Sci...

The Food and Nutrition Board of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine convened a virtual workshop series that gathered rese...

To facilitate scientific progress and collaboration while also protecting personal privacy, the integrity of research investments, and national sec...

The National Academies Food Forum hosted a public workshop in August 2023 that explored the state of the science on the linkages between dietary pa...

Starting in early childhood, children are capable of learning sophisticated science and engineering concepts and engage in disciplinary practices. ...

A planning committee of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine convened a series of three hybrid workshops to examine the ke...

Nursing homes play a unique dual role in the long-term care continuum, serving as a place where people receive needed health care and a place they ...

Social media has been fully integrated into the lives of most adolescents in the U.S., raising concerns among parents, physicians, public health of...

A National Academies committee hosted a public workshop series in 2023. Speakers invited by the committee discussed the current state of racial and...

Fisheries are essential to the global economy and feed billions around the world; they, support individuals and communities, and sustain cultural h...