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On March 20 and 21, 2023, the Board on Science Education at the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine hosted a workshop titled Effective Health Communication within the Current Information Environment and the Role of the Federal Government. Workshop speakers and participants, a majority of whom were working in government agencies in federal health communication or leadership positions, joined both in person in Washington, D.C. as well as virtually to explore the current health information environment as it pertains to public trust and behavior change, explore how federal health agencies can communicate effectively within the current information environment and what is needed to support effective health communication moving forward. This publication summarizes the presentations and discussion of the workshop.
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ISBN Paperback: 0-309-70857-5
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https://doi.org/10.17226/27210
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2023. Effective Health Communication Within the Current Information Environment and the Role of the Federal Government: Proceedings of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
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The United States has a complex system of laws and policies that attempt to regulate the distribution, manufacture, and use of a variety of non-legal drug substances as part of its overall criminal justice system. Laws regarding drug use have disproportionately impacted individuals and communities of color at every step of the journey through the criminal justice system, including arrest, conviction, sentencing, and incarceration. These disparities have clear outcomes for both individual and community health. To examine the effects of drug control policies on the health of individuals and communities of color, the Roundtable on the Promotion of Health Equity held a workshop on October 8, 2018, in Washington, DC. This publication summarizes the presentations and discussions of the workshop.
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ISBN Paperback: 0-309-27387-0
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https://doi.org/10.17226/26401
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2023. The Effects of Drug Control Policies on Individual and Community Health for People of Color: Proceedings of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
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Racially and ethnically minoritized populations and tribal communities often face preventable inequities in health outcomes due to structural disadvantages and diminished opportunities around health care, employment, education, and more. Federal Policy to Advance Racial, Ethnic, and Tribal Health Equity analyzes how past and current federal policies may create, maintain, and/or amplify racial, ethnic, and tribal health inequities. This report identifies key features of policies that have served to reduce inequities and makes recommendations to help achieve racial, ethnic, and tribal health equity.
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ISBN Paperback: 0-309-69774-3
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https://doi.org/10.17226/26834
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2023. Federal Policy to Advance Racial, Ethnic, and Tribal Health Equity. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
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The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) provides health care and other benefits to eligible veterans with physical and mental injuries or illnesses (conditions) related to their military service. When the scientific information needed to connect a veterans service or a particular military exposure with their diagnosed condition is nonexistent, impossible to obtain, or incomplete, VA may make a presumption of service connection using a formalized decision process.
In 2022, VA instituted a series of changes intended to ensure the presumption decision process was more scientifically based, fair, consistent, transparent, timely, and veteran-centric. The PACT Act of 2022 called for a National Academies committee to review the VA revised process document used to identify medical conditions to evaluate for presumption status, the factors that such an evaluation entails, and the governance process for the review and approval of a presumption recommendation. This resulting report, Review of the Department of Veterans Affairs Presumption Decision Process, contains the committee findings, conclusions, and recommendations.
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ISBN Paperback: 0-309-70701-3
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https://doi.org/10.17226/27166
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2023. Review of the Department of Veterans Affairs Presumption Decision Process. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
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Spatial justice is about equitable access to parks, housing, and more. During societal emergencies, including pandemics and climate change, the relationship between people and places requires greater attention and action to integrate the knowledge of people with lived experience, especially historically marginalized communities. On September 20 and 21, 2021, the National Academies Roundtable on Population Health Improvement hosted a virtual workshop to explore the nature, use, design of, threats, and changes to places as a resource for health and public spaces as a shared resource. This Proceedings document summarizes workshop discussions.
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ISBN Paperback: 0-309-69944-4
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https://doi.org/10.17226/26858
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2023. Spatial Justice as a Driver of Health in the Context of Societal Emergencies: Proceedings of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
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The National Academies Roundtable on Health Literacy, in collaboration with the HHS Office of Minority Health (OMH), hosted a workshop in April 2023 to explore the use of community health workers and youth ambassadors in promoting health literacy in their communities. Held in observation of National Minority Health Month, workshop discussions highlighted the effectiveness of including youth and young adults in community-based interventions, and lessons learned from implementing similar grant programs under the OMH Advancing Health Literacy to Enhance Equitable Community Responses to COVID-19 and the National Infrastructure for Mitigating the Impact of COVID-19 within Racial and Ethnic Minority Communities. This Proceedings of a Workshop-in Brief summarizes the discussions held during the workshop.
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ISBN Ebook: 0-309-70635-1
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https://doi.org/10.17226/27146
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2023. Engaging Community Health Workers/Youth Ambassadors to Improve Health Literacy: Proceedings of a Workshop—in Brief. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
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Governments, philanthropic organizations, and private industry fund human health and medical research. Various funding sources might bias research so that the results are more favorable to their agents. Funders may influence investigative scope, specific questions posed, experimental design, and principal investigator appointments. Reporting, analysis, dissemination, and communication and data availability, reanalysis, and replication can also experience bias from a funding source. To explore structures, processes, and principles to ensure high-quality health research independent of sponsor influence, the National Academies Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice and the Board on Health Sciences Policy hosted a public virtual workshop in December 2022 that examined the sources of funding for health research and evidence on whether they influence the quality and outcomes of resulting health research. The workshop also discussed models, process, and principles used to protect the independence and quality of research. This Proceedings summarizes the discussions held during the workshop.
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ISBN Paperback: 0-309-70352-2
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https://doi.org/10.17226/27056
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2023. Sponsor Influences on the Quality and Independence of Health Research: Proceedings of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
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The National Academies Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice, Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology, and Board on Children Youth and Families convened a workshop in August 2022 to explore the impact of specific environmental exposures in utero, infancy, early childhood, and adolescence. Experts in epidemiology, toxicology, dose response methodology, and exposure science explored gaps in knowledge around vulnerabilities to environmental hazards as well as opportunities to inform public policy moving forward. This Proceedings of the workshop summarizes important discussions held during the virtual event and outlines recommendations for ways the Environmental Protection Agency can incorporate new research methods into its risk assessments.
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ISBN Paperback: 0-309-69802-2
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https://doi.org/10.17226/26848
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2023. Children's Environmental Health: Proceedings of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
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The Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act (CARA; P.L. 114-198) was signed into law in 2016 to help address the challenges of overdose deaths and opioid use disorder, and to expand access to evidence-based treatment. Among these efforts was the authorization of four grant programs to be overseen by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).
In 2018, SAMHSA requested that the National Academies establish a committee to conduct a review of the four programs, which focus primarily on opioids, but occasionally include treatment and recovery services for co-occurring substance use disorders. The review resulted in three consensus study reports over five years. This third and final report aims to (1) understand the processes of the four grant programs; actions taken by grantees and their partners; impacts to clients, patients, the community, and public; and structural or environmental changes that might have resulted from grant funding, and (2) analyze how future congressionally mandated evaluations can be structured and carried out to better support policy makers.
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ISBN Paperback: 0-309-69753-0
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https://doi.org/10.17226/26831
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2023. Review of Four CARA Programs and Preparing for Future Evaluations. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
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ISBN Ebook: 0-309-70415-4
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National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2017. 2016 Year in Review: Roundtable on Population Health Improvement. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
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National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2019. 2018 Year in Review: Roundtable on Population Health Improvement. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
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National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2020. 2019 Year in Review: Roundtable on Population Health Improvement. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
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National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2022. Roundtable on Population Health Improvement: 2021 Annual Report. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
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National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2018. Roundtable on Population Health Improvement: 2017 Annual Report. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
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National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2021. Roundtable on Population Health Improvement: 2020 Annual Report. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
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Economic factors are an important driver of health. On December 16, 2021, the National Academies Roundtable on Population Health Improvement hosted a workshop to explore research, practices, and policies (being considered or already implemented at the federal, state, and local level) relevant to the health and economic stability of families and of workers (e.g., in the care economy). This Proceedings document summarizes workshop discussions.
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ISBN Paperback: 0-309-69994-0
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https://doi.org/10.17226/26877
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2023. Economics of Caring: Improving Population Health by Valuing Care Workers: Proceedings of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
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The Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice's Roundtable on Population Health Improvement was established in February 2013 to bring together philanthropy, community-based organizations, health care delivery, governmental public health, academia, and business in a wide-ranging dialogue about what is needed to improve health in the United States and across diverse populations. In 2022, the Roundtable on Population Health Improvement hosted workshops and webinars designed to illuminate issues of importance to leaders and policy makers, practitioners, and researchers in the health and social sectors; explore promising and innovative solutions for and approaches to population health improvement; and facilitate new and generative connections among people and organizations.
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ISBN Ebook: 0-309-70414-6
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National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2023. Roundtable on Population Health Improvement: Annual Report 2022. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
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The year 2020 presented extraordinary challenges to organizations working to improve population health - from public health agencies at all levels of government to health systems to community-based non-profit organizations responding to health-related social needs. To improve understanding of how different domains in the population health field are responding to and being changed by two major crises (racial injustice and the COVID-19 pandemic), the Roundtable on Population Health Improvement of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine held a workshop from September 21-24, 2020, titled Population Health in Challenging Times: Insights from Key Domains. The workshop had sessions organized by themes: academic public health and population health; the social sector; health care, governmental public health; philanthropy; and cross-sector work. Each panel discussion highlighted difficulties and opportunities, both internal to the respective institutions and sectors, and at the interface with peers and partners, especially communities. This publication summarizes the presentations and panel discussions from the workshop.
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ISBN Paperback: 0-309-46927-9
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https://doi.org/10.17226/26143
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2023. Population Health in Challenging Times: Insights from Key Domains: Proceedings of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
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