TY - BOOK TI - Service Provider Perspectives on Family Violence Interventions DO - 10.17226/9053 PY - 1995 UR - https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/9053/service-provider-perspectives-on-family-violence-interventions PB - The National Academies Press CY - Washington, DC LA - English KW - Behavioral and Social Sciences ER - TY - BOOK TI - Integrating Federal Statistics on Children: Report of a Workshop SN - DO - 10.17226/4941 PY - 1995 UR - https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/4941/integrating-federal-statistics-on-children-report-of-a-workshop PB - The National Academies Press CY - Washington, DC LA - English KW - Behavioral and Social Sciences KW - Health and Medicine AB - Those who make and implement policies for children and families are seriously hampered by several features of the federal statistical system: categorical fragmentation, sampling strategies that follow adults and families rather than children, and lack of longitudinal data on children. This volume examines the adequacy of federal statistics on children and families. It includes papers on the relevant aspects of health care reform, family and community resources, interpersonal violence, the transition to school, and educational attainment and the transition to work. ER - TY - BOOK AU - Institute of Medicine TI - Recommendations for Research on the Health of Military Women: Bibliographies DO - 10.17226/9049 PY - 1995 UR - https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/9049/recommendations-for-research-on-the-health-of-military-women-bibliographies PB - The National Academies Press CY - Washington, DC LA - English KW - Health and Medicine ER - TY - BOOK AU - Institute of Medicine A2 - Carolyn E. Fulco A2 - Catharyn T. Liverman A2 - Laurence E. Earley TI - The Development of Medications for the Treatment of Opiate and Cocaine Addictions: Issues for the Government and Private Sector SN - DO - 10.17226/4906 PY - 1995 UR - https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/4906/the-development-of-medications-for-the-treatment-of-opiate-and-cocaine-addictions PB - The National Academies Press CY - Washington, DC LA - English KW - Health and Medicine AB - Pharmacotherapy, as a means of treating drug addiction in combination with other treatment modalities, has received too little attention from the research community, the pharmaceutical industry, public health officials, and the federal government. Medications to combat drug addiction could have an enormous impact on the medical consequences and socioeconomic problems associated with drug abuse, both for drug-dependent individuals and for American society as a whole. This book examines the current environment for and obstacles to the development of anti-addiction medications, specifically those for treating opiate and cocaine addictions, and proposes incentives for the pharmaceutical industry that would help overcome those obstacles and accelerate the development of anti-addiction medications. ER - TY - BOOK AU - Institute of Medicine A2 - Sarah S. Brown A2 - Leon Eisenberg TI - The Best Intentions: Unintended Pregnancy and the Well-Being of Children and Families SN - DO - 10.17226/4903 PY - 1995 UR - https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/4903/the-best-intentions-unintended-pregnancy-and-the-well-being-of PB - The National Academies Press CY - Washington, DC LA - English KW - Behavioral and Social Sciences KW - Health and Medicine AB - Experts estimate that nearly 60 percent of all U.S. pregnancies—and 81 percent of pregnancies among adolescents—are unintended. Yet the topic of preventing these unintended pregnancies has long been treated gingerly because of personal sensitivities and public controversies, especially the angry debate over abortion. Additionally, child welfare advocates long have overlooked the connection between pregnancy planning and the improved well-being of families and communities that results when children are wanted. Now, current issues—health care and welfare reform, and the new international focus on population—are drawing attention to the consequences of unintended pregnancy. In this climate The Best Intentions offers a timely exploration of family planning issues from a distinguished panel of experts. This committee sheds much-needed light on the questions and controversies surrounding unintended pregnancy. The book offers specific recommendations to put the United States on par with other developed nations in terms of contraceptive attitudes and policies, and it considers the effectiveness of over 20 pregnancy prevention programs. The Best Intentions explores problematic definitions—"unintended" versus "unwanted" versus "mistimed"—and presents data on pregnancy rates and trends. The book also summarizes the health and social consequences of unintended pregnancies, for both men and women, and for the children they bear. Why does unintended pregnancy occur? In discussions of "reasons behind the rates," the book examines Americans' ambivalence about sexuality and the many other social, cultural, religious, and economic factors that affect our approach to contraception. The committee explores the complicated web of peer pressure, life aspirations, and notions of romance that shape an individual's decisions about sex, contraception, and pregnancy. And the book looks at such practical issues as the attitudes of doctors toward birth control and the place of contraception in both health insurance and "managed care." The Best Intentions offers frank discussion, synthesis of data, and policy recommendations on one of today's most sensitive social topics. This book will be important to policymakers, health and social service personnel, foundation executives, opinion leaders, researchers, and concerned individuals. ER -