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Future Directions for the Demography of Aging
Almost 25 years have passed since the Demography of Aging (1994) was published by the National Research Council. Future Directions for the Demography of Aging is, in many ways, the …
Essential Health Care Services Addressing Intimate Partner Violence
A National Academies committee was tasked with identifying essential health care services for women related to intimate partner violence (IPV) during steady state conditions, …
Critical Perspectives on Racial and Ethnic Differences in Health in Late Life
In their later years, Americans of different racial and ethnic backgrounds are not in equally goodor equally poorhealth. There is wide variation, but on average older Whites are …
Cells and Surveys
What can social science, and demography in particular, reasonably expect to learn from biological information? There is increasing pressure for multipurpose household surveys to …
Treatment for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Military and Veteran Populations
Prior to the military conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, wars and conflicts have been characterized by such injuries as infectious diseases and catastrophic gunshot wounds. …
Antivirals for Pandemic Influenza
Planning for an influenza pandemic, whether it occurs in the near or distant future, will need to take into account many constantly evolving factors. The Institute of Medicine …
Cognitive Rehabilitation Therapy for Traumatic Brain Injury
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) may affect 10 million people worldwide. It is considered the "e;signature wound"e; of the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. These injuries …
Community-Driven Relocation
Between 1980 and mid-2023, 232 billion-dollar disasters occurred in the U.S. Gulf Coast region, with the number of disasters doubling annually since 2018. The variety and frequency …
Ending the Tobacco Problem
The nation has made tremendous progress in reducing tobacco use during the past 40 years. Despite extensive knowledge about successful interventions, however, approximately …
Assessing Fitness for Military Enlistment
The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) faces short-term and long-term challenges in selecting and recruiting an enlisted force to meet personnel requirements associated with diverse …
Respiratory Health Effects of Airborne Hazards Exposures in the Southwest Asia Theater of Military Operations
More than 3.7 million U.S. service members have participated in operations taking place in the Southwest Asia Theater of Military Operations since 1990. These operations include …
Framework for Equitable Allocation of COVID-19 Vaccine
In response to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and the societal disruption it has brought, national governments and the international community have invested …