@BOOK{NAP author = "National Research Council", editor = "Mark H. Moore and Carol V. Petrie and Anthony A. Braga and Brenda L. McLaughlin", title = "Deadly Lessons: Understanding Lethal School Violence", isbn = "978-0-309-08412-3", abstract = "The shooting at Columbine High School riveted national attention on violence in the nation's schools. This dramatic example signaled an implicit and growing fear that these events would continue to occur\u2014and even escalate in scale and severity.\nHow do we make sense of the tragedy of a school shooting or even draw objective conclusions from these incidents? Deadly Lessons is the outcome of the National Research Council's unique effort to glean lessons from six case studies of lethal student violence. These are powerful stories of parents and teachers and troubled youths, presenting the tragic complexity of the young shooter's social and personal circumstances in rich detail. \nThe cases point to possible causes of violence and suggest where interventions may be most effective. Readers will come away with a better understanding of the potential threat, how violence might be prevented, and how healing might be promoted in affected communities. \nFor each case study, Deadly Lessons relates events leading up to the violence, provides quotes from personal interviews about the incident, and explores the impact on the community. The case studies center on: \n\n Two separate incidents in East New York in which three students were killed and a teacher was seriously wounded.\n A shooting on the south side of Chicago in which one youth was killed and two wounded.\n A shooting into a prayer group at a Kentucky high school in which three students were killed.\n The killing of four students and a teacher and the wounding of 10 others at an Arkansas middle school.\n The shooting of a popular science teacher by a teenager in Edinboro, Pennsylvania.\n A suspected copycat of Columbine in which six students were wounded in Georgia.\n\nFor everyone who puzzles over these terrible incidents, Deadly Lessons offers a fresh perspective on the most fundamental of questions: Why?", url = "https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/10370/deadly-lessons-understanding-lethal-school-violence", year = 2003, publisher = "The National Academies Press", address = "Washington, DC" } @BOOK{NAP author = "National Research Council", editor = "Richard J. Bonnie and Robert B. Wallace", title = "Elder Mistreatment: Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation in an Aging America", isbn = "978-0-309-08434-5", abstract = "Since the late 1970s when Congressman Claude Pepper held widely publicized hearings on the mistreatment of the elderly, policy makers and practitioners have sought ways to protect older Americans from physical, psychological, and financial abuse. Yet, during the last 20 years fewer than\n50 articles have addressed the shameful problem that abusers\u2014and sometimes the abused themselves\u2014want to conceal.\nElder Mistreatment in an Aging America takes a giant step toward broadening our understanding of the mistreatment of the elderly and recommends specific research and funding strategies that can be used to deepen it. The book includes a discussion of the conceptual, methodological, and logistical issues needed to create a solid research base as well as the ethical concerns that must be considered when working with older subjects. It also looks at problems in determination of a report's reliability and the role of physicians, EMTs, and others who are among the first to recognize situations of mistreatment. \nElder Mistreatment in an Aging America will be of interest to anyone concerned about the elderly and ways to intervene when abuse is suspected, including family members, caregivers, and advocates for the elderly. It will also be of interest to researchers, research sponsors, and policy makers who need to know how to advance our knowledge of this problem. ", url = "https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/10406/elder-mistreatment-abuse-neglect-and-exploitation-in-an-aging-america", year = 2003, publisher = "The National Academies Press", address = "Washington, DC" } @BOOK{NAP author = "Institute of Medicine and National Research Council", editor = "Maria Hewitt and Susan L. Weiner and Joseph V. Simone", title = "Childhood Cancer Survivorship: Improving Care and Quality of Life", isbn = "978-0-309-08898-5", abstract = "Only more recently has it been realized that the intense effort to care for and cure a child with cancer does not end with survival. Continued surveillance and a variety of interventions may, in many cases, be needed to identify and care for consequences of treatment that can appear early or only after several decades and impair survivors\u2019 health and quality of life. \n\nThe more than two-thirds of childhood cancer survivors who experience late effects -- that is, complications, disabilities, or adverse outcomes -- as a result of their disease, its treatment, or both, are the focus of this report which outlines a comprehensive policy agenda that links improved health care delivery and follow-up, investments in education and training for health care providers, and expanded research to improve the long-term outlook for this growing population now exceeding 270,000 Americans. \n", url = "https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/10767/childhood-cancer-survivorship-improving-care-and-quality-of-life", year = 2003, publisher = "The National Academies Press", address = "Washington, DC" } @BOOK{NAP author = "National Research Council", title = "Conflict and Reconstruction in Multiethnic Societies: Proceedings of a Russian-American Workshop", isbn = "978-0-309-08939-5", abstract = "This report is the proceedings of a December 2001 international symposium in Washington, DC organized by the National Academies and the Russian Academy of Sciences. The symposium addressed (1) characteristics of peaceful management of tensions in multiethnic societies, particularly in Russia; (2) policies that have contributed to violence in such societies; (3) steps toward reconciliation; and (4) post-conflict reconstruction. ", url = "https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/10879/conflict-and-reconstruction-in-multiethnic-societies-proceedings-of-a-russian", year = 2003, publisher = "The National Academies Press", address = "Washington, DC" } @BOOK{NAP author = "National Research Council and Institute of Medicine", editor = "Eugene Smolensky and Jennifer Appleton Gootman", title = "Working Families and Growing Kids: Caring for Children and Adolescents", isbn = "978-0-309-08703-2", abstract = "An informative mix of data and discussion, this book presents conclusions and recommendations for policies that can respond to the new conditions shaping America's working families. Among the family and work trends reviewed:\n\n Growing population of mothers with young children in the workforce.\n Increasing reliance of nonparental child care.\n Growing challenges of families on welfare.\n Increased understanding of child and adolescent development.\n\nIncluded in this comprehensive review of the research and data on family leave, child care, and income support issues are: the effects of early child care and school age child care on child development, the impacts of family work policies on child and adolescent well-being and family functioning, the impacts of family work policies on child and adolescent well-being and family functioning the changes to federal and state welfare policy, the emergence of a 24\/7 economy, the utilization of paid family leave, and an examination of the ways parental employment affects children as they make their way through childhood and adolescence.\nThe book also evaluates the support systems available to working families, including family and medical leave, child care options, and tax policies. The committee's conclusions and recommendations will be of interest to anyone concerned with issues affecting the working American family, especially policy makers, program administrators, social scientists, journalist, private and public sector leaders, and family advocates.", url = "https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/10669/working-families-and-growing-kids-caring-for-children-and-adolescents", year = 2003, publisher = "The National Academies Press", address = "Washington, DC" } @BOOK{NAP author = "National Research Council", title = "Safety is Seguridad: A Workshop Summary", isbn = "978-0-309-08706-3", abstract = "Approximately 32.8 million persons of Hispanic descent live in the United States, half of whom were born outside the United States (Therrien and Ramirez, 2000). By the year 2050, it is expected that Hispanics will constitute more than 25 percent of the total U.S. population and approximately 15 percent of the U.S. labor force. These estimates and the fact that 90 percent of Hispanic American men and 60 percent of Hispanic American women participate in the U.S. workforce strongly suggest a need for occupational safety and health information in Spanish.\n\nThe growing presence of Spanish-speaking workers and employers in the United States and the unprecedented 12-percent increase in the overall rate of workplace fatalities among Hispanic workers in 2000 highlights the need to better communicate occupational safety and health information in Spanish to both employees and employers. To address this need the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) is preparing a strategy for developing and disseminating Spanish-language occupational safety and health educational and technical material. To gather information necessary to create this strategic plan the National Research Council (NRC) was asked to host a workshop. The committee commissioned five white papers (see Appendices D-H) and organized a workshop on May 29-30, in San Diego, California.\n\nSafety is Seguridad: A Workshop Summary is a synopsis of the presentations and discussions at the workshop. It does not contain any conclusions and recommendations. The conclusions and recommendations in the white papers represent the views of the authors and not necessarily those of the committee or the NRC. It is intended as input to the NIOSH strategic planning in this area. Chapter 2 discusses the available information and identifies information gaps regarding risks and adverse events for Latino workers. Chapter 3 examines the available health and safety training resource materials for Latino workers, especially for those with little or no English capabilities; in particular, it discusses issues of the linguistic and cultural appropriateness of materials. Chapter 4 considers issues surrounding the assessment of existing materials and the development of new materials. Chapter 5 discusses the various means of conveying information to Spanish-speaking workers, again focusing on cultural appropriateness and ways of maximizing understanding. Chapter 6 summarizes the discussion in the prior chapters and presents some overarching issues raised by the workshop attendees.\n ", url = "https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/10641/safety-is-seguridad-a-workshop-summary", year = 2003, publisher = "The National Academies Press", address = "Washington, DC" } @BOOK{NAP author = "Institute of Medicine", title = "Medicolegal Death Investigation System: Workshop Summary", isbn = "978-0-309-08986-9", abstract = "The US Department of Justice's National Institute of Justice (NIJ) asked the Institute of Medicine (IOM) of The National Academies to conduct a workshop that would examine the interface of the medicolegal death investigation system and the criminal justice system. NIJ was particularly interested in a workshop in which speakers would highlight not only the status and needs of the medicolegal death investigation system as currently administered by medical examiners and coroners but also its potential to meet emerging issues facing contemporary society in America. Additionally, the workshop was to highlight priority areas for a potential IOM study on this topic.To achieve those goals, IOM constituted the Committee for the Workshop on the Medicolegal Death Investigation System, which developed a workshop that focused on the role of the medical examiner and coroner death investigation system and its promise for improving both the criminal justice system and the public health and health care systems, and their ability to respond to terrorist threats and events. Six panels were formed to highlight different aspects of the medicolegal death investigation system, including ways to improve it and expand it beyond its traditional response and meet growing demands and challenges. This report summarizes the Workshop presentations and discussions that followed them.", url = "https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/10792/medicolegal-death-investigation-system-workshop-summary", year = 2003, publisher = "The National Academies Press", address = "Washington, DC" } @BOOK{NAP author = "Institute of Medicine", title = "The Future of the Public's Health in the 21st Century", isbn = "978-0-309-08704-9", abstract = "The anthrax incidents following the 9\/11 terrorist attacks put the spotlight on the nation's public health agencies, placing it under an unprecedented scrutiny that added new dimensions to the complex issues considered in this report.\nThe Future of the Public's Health in the 21st Century reaffirms the vision of Healthy People 2010, and outlines a systems approach to assuring the nation's health in practice, research, and policy. This approach focuses on joining the unique resources and perspectives of diverse sectors and entities and challenges these groups to work in a concerted, strategic way to promote and protect the public's health.\nFocusing on diverse partnerships as the framework for public health, the book discusses:\n\n The need for a shift from an individual to a population-based approach in practice, research, policy, and community engagement.\n The status of the governmental public health infrastructure and what needs to be improved, including its interface with the health care delivery system.\n The roles nongovernment actors, such as academia, business, local communities and the media can play in creating a healthy nation.\n\nProviding an accessible analysis, this book will be important to public health policy-makers and practitioners, business and community leaders, health advocates, educators and journalists.", url = "https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/10548/the-future-of-the-publics-health-in-the-21st-century", year = 2003, publisher = "The National Academies Press", address = "Washington, DC" } @BOOK{NAP author = "Institute of Medicine", editor = "Kristine Gebbie and Linda Rosenstock and Lyla M. Hernandez", title = "Who Will Keep the Public Healthy?: Educating Public Health Professionals for the 21st Century", isbn = "978-0-309-08542-7", abstract = "Bioterrorism, drug--resistant disease, transmission of disease by global travel . . . there\u2019s no shortage of challenges facing America\u2019s public health officials. Men and women preparing to enter the field require state-of-the-art training to meet these increasing threats to the public health. But are the programs they rely on provide the high caliber professional training they require?\n\nWho Will Keep the Public Healthy? provides an overview of the past, present, and future of public health education, assessing its readiness to provide the training and education needed to prepare men and women to face 21st century challenges. Advocating an ecological approach to public health, the Institute of Medicine examines the role of public health schools and degree--granting programs, medical schools, nursing schools, and government agencies, as well as other institutions that foster public health education and leadership. Specific recommendations address the content of public health education, qualifications for faculty, availability of supervised practice, opportunities for cross--disciplinary research and education, cooperation with government agencies, and government funding for education. \n\nEight areas of critical importance to public health education in the 21st century are examined in depth: informatics, genomics, communication, cultural competence, community-based participatory research, global health, policy and law, and public health ethics. The book also includes a discussion of the policy implications of its ecological framework.\n", url = "https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/10542/who-will-keep-the-public-healthy-educating-public-health-professionals", year = 2003, publisher = "The National Academies Press", address = "Washington, DC" } @BOOK{NAP author = "Institute of Medicine", editor = "Marilyn J. Field and Richard E. Behrman", title = "When Children Die: Improving Palliative and End-of-Life Care for Children and Their Families", isbn = "978-0-309-08437-6", abstract = "The death of a child is a special sorrow. No matter the circumstances, a child\u2019s death is a life-altering experience. Except for the child who dies suddenly and without forewarning, physicians, nurses, and other medical personnel usually play a central role in the lives of children who die and their families. At best, these professionals will exemplify \u201cmedicine with a heart.\u201d At worst, families\u2019 encounters with the health care system will leave them with enduring painful memories, anger, and regrets. \nWhen Children Die examines what we know about the needs of these children and their families, the extent to which such needs are\u2014and are not\u2014being met, and what can be done to provide more competent, compassionate, and consistent care. The book offers recommendations for involving child patients in treatment decisions, communicating with parents, strengthening the organization and delivery of services, developing support programs for bereaved families, improving public and private insurance, training health professionals, and more. It argues that taking these steps will improve the care of children who survive as well as those who do not\u2014and will likewise help all families who suffer with their seriously ill or injured child.\nFeaturing illustrative case histories, the book discusses patterns of childhood death and explores the basic elements of physical, emotional, spiritual, and practical care for children and families experiencing a child\u2019s life-threatening illness or injury. \n", url = "https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/10390/when-children-die-improving-palliative-and-end-of-life-care", year = 2003, publisher = "The National Academies Press", address = "Washington, DC" }