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The COVID-19 pandemic spurred a rapid expansion of wastewater-based infectious disease surveillance systems to monitor and anticipate disease trend...

During public health emergencies (PHEs) involving chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear threats or emerging infectious diseases, medical c...

A growing body of research indicates that social determinants of health have a significant impact on health care utilization and outcomes. Research...

In November 2018, an ad hoc planning committee at the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine planned two sister workshops held i...

Antimicrobial resistance is a health problem that threatens to undermine almost a century of medical progress. Moreover, it is a global problem tha...

The National Academies Global Forum on Innovation in Health Professional Education hosted a Fall 2022 workshop series to explore the various needs ...

The Roundtable on Population Health Improvement of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine convened a workshop at Hunter Coll...

The mental health and well-being of health professionals is a topic that is broad, exceptionally relevant, and urgent to address. It is both a loca...

Continuing education, continuing professional development, and high-value continuing professional development exist along a continuum. Continuing e...

The field of health literacy has evolved from early efforts that focused on individuals to its current recognition that health literacy is a multid...

Every community is affected by traumatic brain injury (TBI). Causes as diverse as falls, sports injuries, vehicle collisions, domestic violence, an...

Building communication capacity is a critical piece of preparing for, detecting, and responding to infectious disease threats. The International He...

More than 2 million Americans below age 24 self-identify as being of American Indian or Alaska Native descent. Many of the serious behavioral, emot...

The National Academies Forum on Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) hosted a hybrid public workshop in May 2023 to explore what is needed to better serve ...

The National Academies Roundtable on Population Health Improvement hosted a workshop in February 2022, A Population Health Workforce to Meet 21st C...

The National Academies Forum on Microbial Threats and Forum on Neuroscience and Nervous System Disorders hosted a hybrid public workshop in June 20...

Between 2020-2023, many health systems and organizations created formal positions to improve diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) and health equi...

Artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), and deep learning (DL) are promising tools that can be used to develop algorithms to better un...

Health literacy, cultural competence, and language access services are distinct but inextricably linked concepts for delivering equitable care to a...

The National Cancer Policy Forum of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine held a public workshop, Incorporating Weight Mana...

While much progress has been made on achieving the Millenium Development Goals over the last decade, the number and complexity of global health cha...

The ability to see deeply affects how human beings perceive and interpret the world around them. For most people, eyesight is part of everyday comm...

The U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA) administers the Social Security Disability Insurance program and the Supplemental Security Income pro...

The social determinants of mental health involve the economic, social, and political conditions into which one is born that influence a person's me...