Books by Institute of Medicine

Documents a body of evidence showing an association of television advertising with the adiposity of children and adolescents aged 2-18. This title notes the prevailing pattern that food and beverage products marketed to children and youth are often high in calories, fat, sugar, and sodium; and are of low nutritional value.

With the goal of ensuring that patients have access to high-quality, affordable cancer care, the Institute of Medicine's (IOM's) National Cancer Policy Forum convened a public workshop, Delivering Affordable Cancer Care in the 21st Century, October 8-9, 2012, in Washington, DC.

Extends the proof-of-concept presented in the Phase I report, which was based on multi-attribute utility theory. This title refines a beta version of the model developed in the Phase I report and presents its next iteration, Smart Vaccines 1.0. It discusses the methods underlying the development, validation, and evaluation of Smart Vaccines 1.0.

Identifies methods to facilitate development of corresponding animal and clinical endpoints, indentifies methods that would maximize bidirectional translation between basic and clinical research and determines the next steps that can be critical for improvement of the development and testing of animal models of disorders of the nervous system.

"Forum on drug discovery, development, and translation."--Cover.

Review of the Child and Adult Care Food Program: Future Research Needs Workshop Agenda session occurred on February 7, 2012 in Washington, D.C.

"The Institute of Medicine (IOM) hosted a two-workshop series titled Workforce Resiliency Programs in September and November of 2011. The workshops were sponsored by the Depatment of Homeland Security's (DHS's) Office of Health Affairs (OHA). The workshops were designed to aid DHS in the development of a strategy to build a long-term resilience initiative for the DHS workforce. " -- p.1

.".the National Cancer Policy Forum (NCPF) of the Institute of Medicine (IOM) held a 2-day workshop on "The Role of Obesity in Cancer Survival and Recurrence," in Washington, DC, on October 31 and November 1, 2011" -- P. 2.

"The resulting workshop on decision making and planning for control of chronic diseases at the country level was held in July 2011." -- p.2