68 matches found for How People Learn Brain,Mind,Experience,and School Expanded Edition. in 1 Introduction
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... In his welcoming remarks, Admiral Brett Giroir, assistant secretary for health at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), underscored the importance of improving brain health across the life span, from birth through old age. Brain health affects ... across all ages, genders, races, and ethnicities. Enriching the body of scientific knowledge around brain health and cognitive ability has the potential to improve quality of life and longevity for many millions of Americans and their families. The Centers for ... Control and Prevention estimate that as many as 5 million Americans were living with Alzheimer’s disease in 2014. That same year, more than 800,000 ... . Each year, more than 795,000 people in the United States have a stroke. Developing more effective treatment strategies for brain injuries and illnesses is essential, but brain health is not focused exclusively on disease, disorders, and vulnerability. It is equally important to better ... the ways our brains grow, learn, adapt, and heal. Addressing all of these domains to optimize brain health will require consideration about how to define brain health and resilience and about ... to identify key elements to measure those concepts. Understanding the interactions between the brain, the body, and socioenvironmental forces is also fundamental to improving brain health....
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... To promote the improvement of brain health for all Americans, this conversation must extend beyond the realm of public health. It is critical to bring together expertise across sectors&#...
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...care providers, mental health experts, the business community, educators, first responders, military, law enforcement personnel, and athletes—to explore how the brain develops and changes throughout the life span. HHS is currently tackling issues related to brain health ... the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health (see Box 1-1). Giroir said that HHS will work with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and
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...BOX 1-1Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion Initiatives Related to Brain Health
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...The Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion within the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health of the Department of Health and Human Services has several ongoing initiatives with components related to brain health.
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...Healthy People 2030 is the latest iteration of an initiative that has been under way for many decades, setting forth goals and objectives to improve the health of the country. It provides a road map for health promotion and disease prevention that includes multiple brain ... objectives and goals over time. The previous version, Healthy People 2020, looked at issues such as traumatic brain injury, suicide, depression, substance use ... , severe mental illness, dementia, and cognitive decline as well as developmental screening for young people.
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...The Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans (second edition) was released in 2018 at the American Heart Association annual meeting. The 2018 Physical Activity Advisory Committee helped develop the science base ...
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...The Dietary Guidelines for Americans is released by the office every 5 years and is updated as nutrition science evolves. A 2020 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee is evaluating how components of diet are linked to brain health. ... For example, it is looking at how various dietary patterns consumed at different stages of life may influence neurocognitive development and health.
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...The office co-hosted a Healthy Aging Summit in 2018 and is convening a series of regional workshops around the country in anticipation of the next Healthy Aging Summit in 2021.
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...SOURCE: As presented by Richard Olson, director of the Division of Prevention Science at the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion at the workshop Brain Health Across the Life Span on September 24, 2019.
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... Medicine to host a companion workshop focused on bringing these voices to the table and outlining ways that key sectors of society can apply the latest scientific evidence to educate the public about brain health. This work will help to ... that America is positioned to lead the world in advancing the science, policies, and programs to improve brain health across the age spectrum, from premature infancy through old age....
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... health throughout the life span, from birth through old age, a public workshop titled Brain Health Across the Life Span was convened on September 24 and 25, 2019, by the Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice in the Health and Medicine Division of the National Academies. The workshop ... the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health. The workshop was structured into seven sessions held over 2 days, featuring invited presentations and discussions that focused on the following questions:...
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... What are accepted definitions of brain health and resilience?...
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... What are the key elements to measure the status of brain health and its resilience across the life span?...
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... What additional research questions can be addressed to increase our understanding of brain plasticity throughout the life span?...
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... with the policies of the National Academies, the workshop did not attempt to establish any conclusions or develop recommendations about needs and future directions, focusing instead on issues identified by the speakers and workshop participants. In addition, the organizing committee’s ...
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... organized into seven chapters based on the order of topics presented at the workshop. The overall workshop was structured to begin with definitions and then broaden the scope to discuss brain health in various contexts. Throughout the workshop, participants generated definitions and ways to measure ... health and resilience, which are discussed throughout the Proceedings. Chapter 2 provides an overview of the fundamentals of brain health and resilience, specifically focused on how to define these terms. Recognizing...
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... that brain health and resilience cannot be defined in isolation, Chapter 3 looks at the role of brain–body interactions in brain health, while Chapter 4 explores the ... of biology and behavior. Chapter 5 provides methodological insights for measuring brain health at many levels, and describes possible pathways toward precision neuroscience. Chapter 6 broadens the discussion further, examining brain health in the social context. ... 7 explores brain health across the life span, with a focus on ways forward in brain health measurement and research. The planning committee biographies can be found in Appendix A, the agenda for the workshop is in Appendix B, and the references are found ...
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