%0 Book %A National Research Council %T Guide to Implementing the Next Generation Science Standards %@ 978-0-309-30512-9 %D 2015 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/18802/guide-to-implementing-the-next-generation-science-standards %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/18802/guide-to-implementing-the-next-generation-science-standards %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K Education %P 114 %X A Framework for K-12 Science Education and Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) describe a new vision for science learning and teaching that is catalyzing improvements in science classrooms across the United States. Achieving this new vision will require time, resources, and ongoing commitment from state, district, and school leaders, as well as classroom teachers. Successful implementation of the NGSS will ensure that all K-12 students have high-quality opportunities to learn science. Guide to Implementing the Next Generation Science Standards provides guidance to district and school leaders and teachers charged with developing a plan and implementing the NGSS as they change their curriculum, instruction, professional learning, policies, and assessment to align with the new standards. For each of these elements, this report lays out recommendations for action around key issues and cautions about potential pitfalls. Coordinating changes in these aspects of the education system is challenging. As a foundation for that process, Guide to Implementing the Next Generation Science Standards identifies some overarching principles that should guide the planning and implementation process. The new standards present a vision of science and engineering learning designed to bring these subjects alive for all students, emphasizing the satisfaction of pursuing compelling questions and the joy of discovery and invention. Achieving this vision in all science classrooms will be a major undertaking and will require changes to many aspects of science education. Guide to Implementing the Next Generation Science Standards will be a valuable resource for states, districts, and schools charged with planning and implementing changes, to help them achieve the goal of teaching science for the 21st century. %0 Book %A National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine %E Wilson, Suzanne %E Schweingruber, Heidi %E Nielsen, Natalie %T Science Teachers' Learning: Enhancing Opportunities, Creating Supportive Contexts %@ 978-0-309-38018-8 %D 2015 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/21836/science-teachers-learning-enhancing-opportunities-creating-supportive-contexts %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/21836/science-teachers-learning-enhancing-opportunities-creating-supportive-contexts %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K Education %P 256 %X Currently, many states are adopting the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) or are revising their own state standards in ways that reflect the NGSS. For students and schools, the implementation of any science standards rests with teachers. For those teachers, an evolving understanding about how best to teach science represents a significant transition in the way science is currently taught in most classrooms and it will require most science teachers to change how they teach. That change will require learning opportunities for teachers that reinforce and expand their knowledge of the major ideas and concepts in science, their familiarity with a range of instructional strategies, and the skills to implement those strategies in the classroom. Providing these kinds of learning opportunities in turn will require profound changes to current approaches to supporting teachers' learning across their careers, from their initial training to continuing professional development. A teacher's capability to improve students' scientific understanding is heavily influenced by the school and district in which they work, the community in which the school is located, and the larger professional communities to which they belong. Science Teachers' Learning provides guidance for schools and districts on how best to support teachers' learning and how to implement successful programs for professional development. This report makes actionable recommendations for science teachers' learning that take a broad view of what is known about science education, how and when teachers learn, and education policies that directly and indirectly shape what teachers are able to learn and teach. The challenge of developing the expertise teachers need to implement the NGSS presents an opportunity to rethink professional learning for science teachers. Science Teachers' Learning will be a valuable resource for classrooms, departments, schools, districts, and professional organizations as they move to new ways to teach science. %0 Book %A National Research Council %T An Evaluation of the Public Schools of the District of Columbia: Reform in a Changing Landscape %@ 978-0-309-37380-7 %D 2015 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/21743/an-evaluation-of-the-public-schools-of-the-district-of-columbia %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/21743/an-evaluation-of-the-public-schools-of-the-district-of-columbia %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K Education %P 342 %X An Evaluation of the Public Schools of the District of Columbia is a comprehensive five-year summative evaluation report for Phase Two of an initiative to evaluate the District of Columbia's public schools. Consistent with the recommendations in the 2011 report A Plan for Evaluating the District of Columbia's Public Schools, this new report describes changes in the public schools during the period from 2009 to 2013. An Evaluation of the Public Schools of the District of Columbia examines business practices, human resources operations and human capital strategies, academic plans, and student achievement. This report identifies what is working well seven years after legislation was enacted to give control of public schools to the mayor of the District of Columbia and which areas need additional attention. %0 Book %A National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine %E Waters, Mary C. %E Pineau, Marisa Gerstein %T The Integration of Immigrants into American Society %@ 978-0-309-37398-2 %D 2015 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/21746/the-integration-of-immigrants-into-american-society %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/21746/the-integration-of-immigrants-into-american-society %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K Behavioral and Social Sciences %P 458 %X The United States prides itself on being a nation of immigrants, and the country has a long history of successfully absorbing people from across the globe. The integration of immigrants and their children contributes to our economic vitality and our vibrant and ever changing culture. We have offered opportunities to immigrants and their children to better themselves and to be fully incorporated into our society and in exchange immigrants have become Americans - embracing an American identity and citizenship, protecting our country through service in our military, fostering technological innovation, harvesting its crops, and enriching everything from the nation's cuisine to its universities, music, and art. Today, the 41 million immigrants in the United States represent 13.1 percent of the U.S. population. The U.S.-born children of immigrants, the second generation, represent another 37.1 million people, or 12 percent of the population. Thus, together the first and second generations account for one out of four members of the U.S. population. Whether they are successfully integrating is therefore a pressing and important question. Are new immigrants and their children being well integrated into American society, within and across generations? Do current policies and practices facilitate their integration? How is American society being transformed by the millions of immigrants who have arrived in recent decades? To answer these questions, this new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine summarizes what we know about how immigrants and their descendants are integrating into American society in a range of areas such as education, occupations, health, and language. %0 Book %A National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine %E Cohen, Gail %E Coulthurst, Aqila %E Alper, Joe %T Immigration Policy and the Search for Skilled Workers: Summary of a Workshop %@ 978-0-309-33782-3 %D 2015 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/20145/immigration-policy-and-the-search-for-skilled-workers-summary-of %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/20145/immigration-policy-and-the-search-for-skilled-workers-summary-of %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K Industry and Labor %P 154 %X The market for high-skilled workers is becoming increasingly global, as are the markets for knowledge and ideas. While high-skilled immigrants in the United States represent a much smaller proportion of the workforce than they do in countries such as Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom, these immigrants have an important role in spurring innovation and economic growth in all countries and filling shortages in the domestic labor supply. This report summarizes the proceedings of a Fall 2014 workshop that focused on how immigration policy can be used to attract and retain foreign talent. Participants compared policies on encouraging migration and retention of skilled workers, attracting qualified foreign students and retaining them post-graduation, and input by states or provinces in immigration policies to add flexibility in countries with regional employment differences, among other topics. They also discussed how immigration policies have changed over time in response to undesired labor market outcomes and whether there was sufficient data to measure those outcomes. %0 Book %A Institute of Medicine %E Rasmussen, Kathleen M. %E Latulippe, Marie E. %E Yaktine, Ann L. %T Review of WIC Food Packages: An Evaluation of White Potatoes in the Cash Value Voucher: Letter Report %@ 978-0-309-33924-7 %D 2015 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/20221/review-of-wic-food-packages-an-evaluation-of-white-potatoes %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/20221/review-of-wic-food-packages-an-evaluation-of-white-potatoes %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K Food and Nutrition %P 116 %X Review of WIC Food Packages: An Evaluation of White Potatoes in the Cash Value Voucher assesses the impact of 2009 regulation to allow the purchase of vegetables and fruits, excluding white potatoes, with a cash value voucher on food and nutrient intakes of the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) population and to consider whether white potatoes should be permitted for purchase with the voucher. This report considers the effects on diet quality, the health and cultural needs of the WIC population, and allows for effective and efficient administration nationwide in a cost-effective manner. Review of WIC Food Packages: An Evaluation of White Potatoes in the Cash Value Voucher recommends that the U.S. Department of Agriculture should allow white potatoes as a WIC-eligible vegetable, in forms currently permitted for other vegetables, in the cash value voucher pending changes to starchy vegetable intake recommendations in the 2015 Dietary Guidelines for Americans. %0 Book %A Institute of Medicine %E Alper, Joe %T Informed Consent and Health Literacy: Workshop Summary %@ 978-0-309-31727-6 %D 2015 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/19019/informed-consent-and-health-literacy-workshop-summary %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/19019/informed-consent-and-health-literacy-workshop-summary %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K Health and Medicine %P 192 %X Informed consent - the process of communication between a patient or research subject and a physician or researcher that results in the explicit agreement to undergo a specific medical intervention - is an ethical concept based on the principle that all patients and research subjects should understand and agree to the potential consequences of the clinical care they receive. Regulations that govern the attainment of informed consent for treatment and research are crucial to ensuring that medical care and research are conducted in an ethical manner and with the utmost respect for individual preferences and dignity. These regulations, however, often require - or are perceived to require - that informed consent documents and related materials contain language that is beyond the comprehension level of most patients and study participants. To explore what actions can be taken to help close the gap between what is required in the informed consent process and communicating it in a health-literate and meaningful manner to individuals, the Institute of Medicine's Roundtable on Health Literacy convened a one-day public workshop featuring presentations and discussions that examine the implications of health literacy for informed consent for both research involving human subjects and treatment of patients. Topics covered in this workshop included an overview of the ethical imperative to gain informed consent from patients and research participants, a review of the current state and best practices for informed consent in research and treatment, the connection between poor informed consent processes and minority underrepresentation in research, new approaches to informed consent that reflect principles of health literacy, and the future of informed consent in the treatment and research settings. Informed Consent and Health Literacy is the summary of the presentations and discussion of the workshop. %0 Book %A Institute of Medicine %E Wizemann, Theresa %E Thompson, Darla %T Spread, Scale, and Sustainability in Population Health: Workshop Summary %@ 978-0-309-37117-9 %D 2015 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/21708/spread-scale-and-sustainability-in-population-health-workshop-summary %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/21708/spread-scale-and-sustainability-in-population-health-workshop-summary %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K Health and Medicine %P 144 %X Spread, Scale, and Sustainability in Population Health is the summary of a workshop convened by the Institute of Medicine's Roundtable on Population Health Improvement in December 2014 to discuss the spread, scale, and sustainability of practices, models, and interventions for improving health in a variety of inter-organizational and geographical contexts. This report explores how users measure whether their strategies of spread and scale have been effective and discusses how to increase the focus on spread and scale in population health. %0 Book %A Institute of Medicine %A National Research Council %E Allen, LaRue %E Kelly, Bridget B. %T Transforming the Workforce for Children Birth Through Age 8: A Unifying Foundation %@ 978-0-309-32485-4 %D 2015 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/19401/transforming-the-workforce-for-children-birth-through-age-8-a %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/19401/transforming-the-workforce-for-children-birth-through-age-8-a %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K Behavioral and Social Sciences %P 706 %X Children are already learning at birth, and they develop and learn at a rapid pace in their early years. This provides a critical foundation for lifelong progress, and the adults who provide for the care and the education of young children bear a great responsibility for their health, development, and learning. Despite the fact that they share the same objective - to nurture young children and secure their future success - the various practitioners who contribute to the care and the education of children from birth through age 8 are not acknowledged as a workforce unified by the common knowledge and competencies needed to do their jobs well. Transforming the Workforce for Children Birth Through Age 8 explores the science of child development, particularly looking at implications for the professionals who work with children. This report examines the current capacities and practices of the workforce, the settings in which they work, the policies and infrastructure that set qualifications and provide professional learning, and the government agencies and other funders who support and oversee these systems. This book then makes recommendations to improve the quality of professional practice and the practice environment for care and education professionals. These detailed recommendations create a blueprint for action that builds on a unifying foundation of child development and early learning, shared knowledge and competencies for care and education professionals, and principles for effective professional learning. Young children thrive and learn best when they have secure, positive relationships with adults who are knowledgeable about how to support their development and learning and are responsive to their individual progress. Transforming the Workforce for Children Birth Through Age 8 offers guidance on system changes to improve the quality of professional practice, specific actions to improve professional learning systems and workforce development, and research to continue to build the knowledge base in ways that will directly advance and inform future actions. The recommendations of this book provide an opportunity to improve the quality of the care and the education that children receive, and ultimately improve outcomes for children. %0 Book %A Institute of Medicine %A National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine %E Alper, Joe %T Health Literacy: Past, Present, and Future: Workshop Summary %@ 978-0-309-37154-4 %D 2015 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/21714/health-literacy-past-present-and-future-workshop-summary %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/21714/health-literacy-past-present-and-future-workshop-summary %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K Health and Medicine %P 130 %X In 2004, the Institute of Medicine released Health Literacy: A Prescription to End Confusion, a report on the then-underappreciated challenge of enabling patients to comprehend their condition and treatment, to make the best decisions for their care, and to take the right medications at the right time in the intended dose. That report documented the problems, origins, and consequences of the fact that tens of millions of U.S. adults are unable to read complex texts, including many health-related materials, and it proposed possible solutions to those problems. To commemorate the anniversary of the release of the 2004 health literacy report, the Institute of Medicine's Roundtable on Health Literacy convened a 1-day public workshop to assess the progress made in the field of health literacy over the past decade, the current state of the field, and the future of health literacy at the local, national, and international levels. Health Literacy: Past, Present, and Future summarizes the presentation and discussion of the workshop. %0 Book %A Institute of Medicine %A National Research Council %E Patlak, Margie %T Harvesting the Scientific Investment in Prevention Science to Promote Children's Cognitive, Affective, and Behavioral Health: Workshop Summary %@ 978-0-309-31316-2 %D 2015 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/18964/harvesting-the-scientific-investment-in-prevention-science-to-promote-childrens-cognitive-affective-and-behavioral-health %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/18964/harvesting-the-scientific-investment-in-prevention-science-to-promote-childrens-cognitive-affective-and-behavioral-health %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K Behavioral and Social Sciences %P 88 %X Over the past few decades there have been major successes in creating evidence-based interventions to improve the cognitive, affective, and behavioral health of children. Many of these interventions have been put into practice at the local, state, or national level. To reap what has been learned from such implementation, and to explore how new legislation and policies as well as advances in technology and analytical methods can help drive future implementation, the Institute of Medicine-National Research Council Forum on Promoting Children's Cognitive, Affective, and Behavioral Health held the workshop "Harvesting the Scientific Investment in Prevention Science to Promote Children's Cognitive, Affective, and Behavioral Health" in Washington, DC, on June 16 and 17, 2014. The workshop featured panel discussions of system-level levers and blockages to the broad implementation of interventions with fidelity, focusing on policy, finance, and method science; the role of scientific norms, implementation strategies, and practices in care quality and outcomes at the national, state, and local levels; and new methodological directions. The workshop also featured keynote presentations on the role of economics and policy in scaling interventions for children's behavioral health, and making better use of evidence to design informed and more efficient children's mental health systems. Harvesting the Scientific Investment in Prevention Science to Promote Children's Cognitive, Affective, and Behavioral Health summarizes the presentations and discussion of the workshop. %0 Book %A National Research Council %E Day, Dwayne %T Sharing the Adventure with the Student: Exploring the Intersections of NASA Space Science and Education: A Workshop Summary %@ 978-0-309-37426-2 %D 2015 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/21751/sharing-the-adventure-with-the-student-exploring-the-intersections-of %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/21751/sharing-the-adventure-with-the-student-exploring-the-intersections-of %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K Space and Aeronautics %K Education %P 90 %X On December 2-3, 2014, the Space Studies Board and the Board on Science Education of the National Research Council held a workshop on the NASA Science Mission Directorate (SMD) education program - "Sharing the Adventure with the Student." The workshop brought together representatives of the space science and science education communities to discuss maximizing the effectiveness of the transfer of knowledge from the scientists supported by NASA's SMD to K-12 students directly and to teachers and informal educators. The workshop focused not only on the effectiveness of recent models for transferring science content and scientific practices to students, but also served as a venue for dialogue between education specialists, education staff from NASA and other agencies, space scientists and engineers, and science content generators. Workshop participants reviewed case studies of scientists or engineers who were able to successfully translate their research results and research experiences into formal and informal student science learning. Education specialists shared how science can be translated to education materials and directly to students, and teachers shared their experiences of space science in their classrooms. Sharing the Adventure with the Student is the summary of the presentation and discussions of the workshop. %0 Book %A National Research Council %T Identifying and Supporting Productive STEM Programs in Out-of-School Settings %@ 978-0-309-37362-3 %D 2015 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/21740/identifying-and-supporting-productive-stem-programs-in-out-of-school-settings %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/21740/identifying-and-supporting-productive-stem-programs-in-out-of-school-settings %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K Education %P 76 %X More and more young people are learning about science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) in a wide variety of afterschool, summer, and informal programs. At the same time, there has been increasing awareness of the value of such programs in sparking, sustaining, and extending interest in and understanding of STEM. To help policy makers, funders and education leaders in both school and out-of-school settings make informed decisions about how to best leverage the educational and learning resources in their community, this report identifies features of productive STEM programs in out-of-school settings. Identifying and Supporting Productive STEM Programs in Out-of-School Settings draws from a wide range of research traditions to illustrate that interest in STEM and deep STEM learning develop across time and settings. The report provides guidance on how to evaluate and sustain programs. This report is a resource for local, state, and federal policy makers seeking to broaden access to multiple, high-quality STEM learning opportunities in their community. %0 Book %A National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine %E Ferreras, Ana %E Kessel, Cathy %E Kim, Myong-Hi %T Mathematics Curriculum, Teacher Professionalism, and Supporting Policies in Korea and the United States: Summary of a Workshop %@ 978-0-309-37436-1 %D 2015 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/21753/mathematics-curriculum-teacher-professionalism-and-supporting-policies-in-korea-and-the-united-states %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/21753/mathematics-curriculum-teacher-professionalism-and-supporting-policies-in-korea-and-the-united-states %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K Education %P 102 %X On July 15-17, 2012 the United States National Commission on Mathematics Instruction and Seoul National University held a joint Korea-U.S. workshop on Mathematics Teaching and Curriculum. The workshop was organized to address questions and issues related to math teaching and curriculum that were generated by each country, including the following: What are the main concerns in the development of the curriculum? What issues have been discussed or debated among curriculum developers, teachers, teacher educators, and scholars regarding the curriculum? How have textbooks been developed for the curriculum? How are curricular tasks designed and what criteria are used? What is the role of learning trajectories in the development of curriculum? This report summarizes the presentations and discussions at the workshop. %0 Book %A National Research Council %E Liddle, David E. %E Millett, Lynette I. %T A Review of the Next Generation Air Transportation System: Implications and Importance of System Architecture %@ 978-0-309-37178-0 %D 2015 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/21721/a-review-of-the-next-generation-air-transportation-system-implications %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/21721/a-review-of-the-next-generation-air-transportation-system-implications %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K Computers and Information Technology %P 110 %X The Next Generation Air Transportation System's (NextGen) goal is the transformation of the U.S. national airspace system through programs and initiatives that could make it possible to shorten routes, navigate better around weather, save time and fuel, reduce delays, and improve capabilities for monitoring and managing of aircraft. A Review of the Next Generation Air Transportation provides an overview of NextGen and examines the technical activities, including human-system design and testing, organizational design, and other safety and human factor aspects of the system, that will be necessary to successfully transition current and planned modernization programs to the future system. This report assesses technical, cost, and schedule risk for the software development that will be necessary to achieve the expected benefits from a highly automated air traffic management system and the implications for ongoing modernization projects. The recommendations of this report will help the Federal Aviation Administration anticipate and respond to the challenges of implementing NextGen. %0 Book %A National Research Council %T Realizing the Potential of the American Community Survey: Challenges, Tradeoffs, and Opportunities %@ 978-0-309-36678-6 %D 2015 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/21653/realizing-the-potential-of-the-american-community-survey-challenges-tradeoffs %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/21653/realizing-the-potential-of-the-american-community-survey-challenges-tradeoffs %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K Behavioral and Social Sciences %K Surveys and Statistics %P 314 %X The American Community Survey (ACS) was conceptualized as a replacement to the census long form, which collected detailed population and housing data from a sample of the U.S. population, once a decade, as part of the decennial census operations. The long form was traditionally the main source of socio-economic information for areas below the national level. The data provided for small areas, such as counties, municipalities, and neighborhoods is what made the long form unique, and what makes the ACS unique today. Since the successful transition from the decennial long form in 2005, the ACS has become an invaluable resource for many stakeholders, particularly for meeting national and state level data needs. However, due to inadequate sample sizes, a major challenge for the survey is producing reliable estimates for smaller geographic areas, which is a concern because of the unique role fulfilled by the long form, and now the ACS, of providing data with a geographic granularity that no other federal survey could provide. In addition to the primary challenge associated with the reliability of the estimates, this is also a good time to assess other aspects of the survey in order to identify opportunities for refinement based on the experience of the first few years. Realizing the Potential of the American Community Survey provides input on ways of improving the ACS, focusing on two priority areas: identifying methods that could improve the quality of the data available for small areas, and suggesting changes that would increase the survey's efficiency in responding to new data needs. This report considers changes that the ACS office should consider over the course of the next few years in order to further improve the ACS data. The recommendations of Realizing the Potential of the American Community Survey will help the Census Bureau improve performance in several areas, which may ultimately lead to improved data products as the survey enters its next decade. %0 Book %A Institute of Medicine %A National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine %E Anderson, Karen M. %E Olson, Steve %T Achieving Health Equity via the Affordable Care Act: Promises, Provisions, and Making Reform a Reality for Diverse Patients: Workshop Summary %@ 978-0-309-29463-8 %D 2015 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/18551/achieving-health-equity-via-the-affordable-care-act-promises-provisions %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/18551/achieving-health-equity-via-the-affordable-care-act-promises-provisions %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K Health and Medicine %P 100 %X Since its creation by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) in 2007, the Roundtable on the Promotion of Health Equity and the Elimination of Health Disparities has been fostering dialogue on racial and ethnic disparities in health and health care, examining the development of programs and strategies to reduce disparities, and encouraging the emergence of new leadership focused on health equity. For the past several years, a prominent topic of discussion within the roundtable has been the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA). The ACA has multiple provisions specific to race, ethnicity, and language and other provisions with significant implications for racially and ethnically diverse populations. In April 2013, the roundtable held a workshop to address many issues surrounding the ACA, including expansion of coverage, delivery systems, and access points, service delivery and payment reform, public-private partnerships, and challenges to the safety net. This report summarizes the presentations and discussions from the workshop. %0 Book %A Institute of Medicine %E Choffnes, Eileen R. %E Mack, Alison %T Emerging Viral Diseases: The One Health Connection: Workshop Summary %@ 978-0-309-31397-1 %D 2015 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/18975/emerging-viral-diseases-the-one-health-connection-workshop-summary %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/18975/emerging-viral-diseases-the-one-health-connection-workshop-summary %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K Health and Medicine %P 336 %X In the past half century, deadly disease outbreaks caused by novel viruses of animal origin - Nipah virus in Malaysia, Hendra virus in Australia, Hantavirus in the United States, Ebola virus in Africa, along with HIV (human immunodeficiency virus), several influenza subtypes, and the SARS (sudden acute respiratory syndrome) and MERS (Middle East respiratory syndrome) coronaviruses - have underscored the urgency of understanding factors influencing viral disease emergence and spread. Emerging Viral Diseases is the summary of a public workshop hosted in March 2014 to examine factors driving the appearance, establishment, and spread of emerging, re-emerging and novel viral diseases; the global health and economic impacts of recently emerging and novel viral diseases in humans; and the scientific and policy approaches to improving domestic and international capacity to detect and respond to global outbreaks of infectious disease. This report is a record of the presentations and discussion of the event. %0 Book %A Institute of Medicine %T Psychological Testing in the Service of Disability Determination %@ 978-0-309-37090-5 %D 2015 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/21704/psychological-testing-in-the-service-of-disability-determination %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/21704/psychological-testing-in-the-service-of-disability-determination %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K Health and Medicine %P 246 %X The United States Social Security Administration (SSA) administers two disability programs: Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI), for disabled individuals, and their dependent family members, who have worked and contributed to the Social Security trust funds, and Supplemental Security Income (SSSI), which is a means-tested program based on income and financial assets for adults aged 65 years or older and disabled adults and children. Both programs require that claimants have a disability and meet specific medical criteria in order to qualify for benefits. SSA establishes the presence of a medically-determined impairment in individuals with mental disorders other than intellectual disability through the use of standard diagnostic criteria, which include symptoms and signs. These impairments are established largely on reports of signs and symptoms of impairment and functional limitation. Psychological Testing in the Service of Disability Determination considers the use of psychological tests in evaluating disability claims submitted to the SSA. This report critically reviews selected psychological tests, including symptom validity tests, that could contribute to SSA disability determinations. The report discusses the possible uses of such tests and their contribution to disability determinations. Psychological Testing in the Service of Disability Determination discusses testing norms, qualifications for administration of tests, administration of tests, and reporting results. The recommendations of this report will help SSA improve the consistency and accuracy of disability determination in certain cases. %0 Book %A Institute of Medicine %E Graham, Robert %E McCoy, Margaret A. %E Schultz, Andrea M. %T Strategies to Improve Cardiac Arrest Survival: A Time to Act %@ 978-0-309-37199-5 %D 2015 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/21723/strategies-to-improve-cardiac-arrest-survival-a-time-to-act %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/21723/strategies-to-improve-cardiac-arrest-survival-a-time-to-act %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K Health and Medicine %P 456 %X Cardiac arrest can strike a seemingly healthy individual of any age, race, ethnicity, or gender at any time in any location, often without warning. Cardiac arrest is the third leading cause of death in the United States, following cancer and heart disease. Four out of five cardiac arrests occur in the home, and more than 90 percent of individuals with cardiac arrest die before reaching the hospital. First and foremost, cardiac arrest treatment is a community issue - local resources and personnel must provide appropriate, high-quality care to save the life of a community member. Time between onset of arrest and provision of care is fundamental, and shortening this time is one of the best ways to reduce the risk of death and disability from cardiac arrest. Specific actions can be implemented now to decrease this time, and recent advances in science could lead to new discoveries in the causes of, and treatments for, cardiac arrest. However, specific barriers must first be addressed. Strategies to Improve Cardiac Arrest Survival examines the complete system of response to cardiac arrest in the United States and identifies opportunities within existing and new treatments, strategies, and research that promise to improve the survival and recovery of patients. The recommendations of Strategies to Improve Cardiac Arrest Survival provide high-priority actions to advance the field as a whole. This report will help citizens, government agencies, and private industry to improve health outcomes from sudden cardiac arrest across the United States. %0 Book %A Transportation Research Board %A National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine %E Walton, C. Michael %E Seedah, Dan P. K. %E Choubassi, Carine %E Wu, Hui %E Ehlert, Andy %E Harrison, Robert %E Loftus-Otway, Lisa %E Harvey, Jim %E Meyer, Joel %E Calhoun, Jacob %E Maloney, Lucia %E Cropley, Stephen %E Annett, Ford %T Implementing the Freight Transportation Data Architecture: Data Element Dictionary %D 2015 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/21910/implementing-the-freight-transportation-data-architecture-data-element-dictionary %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/21910/implementing-the-freight-transportation-data-architecture-data-element-dictionary %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K Transportation and Infrastructure %P 158 %X TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCFRP) Report 35: Implementing the Freight Transportation Data Architecture: Data Element Dictionary provides the findings of the research effort to develop a freight data dictionary for organizing the myriad freight data elements currently in use.A product of this research effort is a web-based freight data element dictionary hosted by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS).The project web page includes a link to supporting appendices not printed with the report. %0 Book %A Transportation Research Board %A National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine %E Meyer, Andrea %E Meyer, Dana %T Transportation Research Implementation: Application of Research Outcomes %D 2015 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/22185/transportation-research-implementation-application-of-research-outcomes %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/22185/transportation-research-implementation-application-of-research-outcomes %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K Transportation and Infrastructure %P 149 %X TRB Conference Proceedings 51: Transportation Research Implementation: Application of Research Outcomes summarizes the Second EU-U.S. Transportation Research Symposium held April 10–11, 2014, in Paris, France. The Symposium shared common practices for implementing surface transportation research at the local, state, national, and international levels. %0 Book %A National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine %E Citro, Constance F. %E Cohen, Michael L. %T The Bicentennial Census: New Directions for Methodology in 1990: 30th Anniversary Edition %@ 978-0-309-37297-8 %D 2015 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/21728/the-bicentennial-census-new-directions-for-methodology-in-1990-30th %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/21728/the-bicentennial-census-new-directions-for-methodology-in-1990-30th %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K Behavioral and Social Sciences %K Surveys and Statistics %P 380 %X In 1982 the Census Bureau requested the Committee on National Statistics to establish a panel to suggest research and experiments, to recommend improved methods, and to guide the Census Bureau on technical problems in appraising contending methods with regard to the conduct of the decennial census. In response, the panel produced an interim report that focused on recommendations for improvements in census methodology that warranted early investigation and testing. This report updates and expands the ideas and conclusions about decennial census methodology. %0 Book %A Institute of Medicine %T Dying in America: Improving Quality and Honoring Individual Preferences Near the End of Life %@ 978-0-309-30310-1 %D 2015 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/18748/dying-in-america-improving-quality-and-honoring-individual-preferences-near %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/18748/dying-in-america-improving-quality-and-honoring-individual-preferences-near %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K Health and Medicine %P 638 %X For patients and their loved ones, no care decisions are more profound than those made near the end of life. Unfortunately, the experience of dying in the United States is often characterized by fragmented care, inadequate treatment of distressing symptoms, frequent transitions among care settings, and enormous care responsibilities for families. According to this report, the current health care system of rendering more intensive services than are necessary and desired by patients, and the lack of coordination among programs increases risks to patients and creates avoidable burdens on them and their families. Dying in America is a study of the current state of health care for persons of all ages who are nearing the end of life. Death is not a strictly medical event. Ideally, health care for those nearing the end of life harmonizes with social, psychological, and spiritual support. All people with advanced illnesses who may be approaching the end of life are entitled to access to high-quality, compassionate, evidence-based care, consistent with their wishes. Dying in America evaluates strategies to integrate care into a person- and family-centered, team-based framework, and makes recommendations to create a system that coordinates care and supports and respects the choices of patients and their families. The findings and recommendations of this report will address the needs of patients and their families and assist policy makers, clinicians and their educational and credentialing bodies, leaders of health care delivery and financing organizations, researchers, public and private funders, religious and community leaders, advocates of better care, journalists, and the public to provide the best care possible for people nearing the end of life. %0 Book %A Institute of Medicine %A National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine %E Alper, Joe %T Health Literacy and Consumer-Facing Technology: Workshop Summary %@ 978-0-309-37690-7 %D 2015 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/21781/health-literacy-and-consumer-facing-technology-workshop-summary %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/21781/health-literacy-and-consumer-facing-technology-workshop-summary %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K Health and Medicine %P 122 %X The proliferation of consumer-facing technology and personal health information technology has grown steadily over the past decade, and has certainly exploded over the past several years. Many people have embraced smartphones and wearable health-monitoring devices to track their fitness and personal health information. Providers have made it easier for patients and caregivers to access health records and communicate through online patient portals. However, the large volume of health-related information that these devices can generate and input into a health record can also lead to an increased amount of confusion on the part of users and caregivers. The Institute of Medicine convened a workshop to explore health literate practices in health information technology and then provide and consider the ramifications of this rapidly growing field on the health literacy of users. Health Literacy and Consumer-Facing Technology summarizes the discussions and presentations from this workshop, highlighting the lessons presented, practical strategies, and the needs and opportunities for improving health literacy in consumer-facing technology. %0 Book %A National Academy of Engineering %T Memorial Tributes: Volume 19 %@ 978-0-309-37720-1 %D 2015 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/21785/memorial-tributes-volume-19 %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/21785/memorial-tributes-volume-19 %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K Biography and Autobiography %P 352 %X This is the 19th Volume in the series Memorial Tributes compiled by the National Academy of Engineering as a personal remembrance of the lives and outstanding achievements of its members and foreign associates. These volumes are intended to stand as an enduring record of the many contributions of engineers and engineering to the benefit of humankind. In most cases, the authors of the tributes are contemporaries or colleagues who had personal knowledge of the interests and the engineering accomplishments of the deceased. Through its members and foreign associates, the Academy carries out the responsibilities for which it was established in 1964. Under the charter of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering was formed as a parallel organization of outstanding engineers. Members are elected on the basis of significant contributions to engineering theory and practice and to the literature of engineering or on the basis of demonstrated unusual accomplishments in the pioneering of new and developing fields of technology. The National Academies share a responsibility to advise the federal government on matters of science and technology. The expertise and credibility that the National Academy of Engineering brings to that task stem directly from the abilities, interests, and achievements of our members and foreign associates, our colleagues and friends, whose special gifts we remember in this book. %0 Book %A Institute of Medicine %A National Research Council %E Bonnie, Richard J. %E Stroud, Clare %E Breiner, Heather %T Investing in the Health and Well-Being of Young Adults %@ 978-0-309-30995-0 %D 2015 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/18869/investing-in-the-health-and-well-being-of-young-adults %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/18869/investing-in-the-health-and-well-being-of-young-adults %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K Health and Medicine %K Behavioral and Social Sciences %P 502 %X Young adulthood - ages approximately 18 to 26 - is a critical period of development with long-lasting implications for a person's economic security, health and well-being. Young adults are key contributors to the nation's workforce and military services and, since many are parents, to the healthy development of the next generation. Although 'millennials' have received attention in the popular media in recent years, young adults are too rarely treated as a distinct population in policy, programs, and research. Instead, they are often grouped with adolescents or, more often, with all adults. Currently, the nation is experiencing economic restructuring, widening inequality, a rapidly rising ratio of older adults, and an increasingly diverse population. The possible transformative effects of these features make focus on young adults especially important. A systematic approach to understanding and responding to the unique circumstances and needs of today's young adults can help to pave the way to a more productive and equitable tomorrow for young adults in particular and our society at large. Investing in The Health and Well-Being of Young Adults describes what is meant by the term young adulthood, who young adults are, what they are doing, and what they need. This study recommends actions that nonprofit programs and federal, state, and local agencies can take to help young adults make a successful transition from adolescence to adulthood. According to this report, young adults should be considered as a separate group from adolescents and older adults. Investing in The Health and Well-Being of Young Adults makes the case that increased efforts to improve high school and college graduate rates and education and workforce development systems that are more closely tied to high-demand economic sectors will help this age group achieve greater opportunity and success. The report also discusses the health status of young adults and makes recommendations to develop evidence-based practices for young adults for medical and behavioral health, including preventions. What happens during the young adult years has profound implications for the rest of the life course, and the stability and progress of society at large depends on how any cohort of young adults fares as a whole. Investing in The Health and Well-Being of Young Adults will provide a roadmap to improving outcomes for this age group as they transition from adolescence to adulthood. %0 Book %A Institute of Medicine %E Cuff, Patricia A. %T Building Health Workforce Capacity Through Community-Based Health Professional Education: Workshop Summary %@ 978-0-309-31387-2 %D 2015 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/18973/building-health-workforce-capacity-through-community-based-health-professional-education %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/18973/building-health-workforce-capacity-through-community-based-health-professional-education %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K Health and Medicine %P 210 %X There is growing evidence from developed and developing countries that community-based approaches are effective in improving the health of individuals and populations. This is especially true when the social determinants of health are considered in the design of the community-based approach. With an aging population and an emphasis on health promotion, the United States is increasingly focusing on community-based health and health care. Preventing disease and promoting health calls for a holistic approach to health interventions that rely more heavily upon interprofessional collaborations. However, the financial and structural design of health professional education remains siloed and largely focused on academic health centers for training. Despite these challenges, there are good examples of interprofessional, community-based programs and curricula for educating health professionals. In May 2014, members of the Institute of Medicine's Global Forum on Innovation in Health Professional Education came together to substantively delve into issues affecting the scale-up and spread of health professional education in communities. Participants heard a wide variety of individual accounts from innovators about work they are undertaking and opportunities for education with communities. In presenting a variety of examples that range from student community service to computer modeling, the workshop aimed to stimulate discussions about how educators might better integrate education with practice in communities. Building Health Workforce Capacity Through Community-Based Health Professional Education summarizes the presentations and discussion of this event. %0 Book %A Transportation Research Board %A National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine %E Bradley, Joe %E Mallela, Jagannath %E Chesnik, Kevin %E Wyatt, Timothy %T Management Guide to Intellectual Property for State Departments of Transportation %D 2015 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/22190/management-guide-to-intellectual-property-for-state-departments-of-transportation %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/22190/management-guide-to-intellectual-property-for-state-departments-of-transportation %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K Transportation and Infrastructure %P 148 %X TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Report 799: Management Guide to Intellectual Property for State Departments of Transportation documents guidance on how agencies can manage the copyrights, patents, and other intellectual property that may be used or produced as a byproduct of the agency’s usual business activities.In addition to the report, a PowerPoint summary of the research is available online, as well as a webinar that was held on this topic. %0 Book %A Transportation Research Board %A National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine %E Group, LLC Exstare Federal Services %T A Guidebook for Increasing Diverse and Small Business Participation in Airport Business Opportunities %D 2015 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/22220/a-guidebook-for-increasing-diverse-and-small-business-participation-in-airport-business-opportunities %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/22220/a-guidebook-for-increasing-diverse-and-small-business-participation-in-airport-business-opportunities %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K Transportation and Infrastructure %P 96 %X TRB’s Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) Report 126: A Guidebook for Increasing Diverse and Small Business Participation in Airport Business Opportunities is a compilation of industry best practices and other measures airports can use to attract and enhance participation in their contract opportunities. %0 Book %A Transportation Research Board %A National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine %E Inc., LeighFisher %E Foundation, Tennessee Transportation and Logistics %E Systems, GateKeeper %E Services, Merriwether & Williams Insurance %T Commercial Ground Transportation at Airports: Best Practices %D 2015 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/21905/commercial-ground-transportation-at-airports-best-practices %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/21905/commercial-ground-transportation-at-airports-best-practices %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K Transportation and Infrastructure %P 155 %X TRB’s Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) Report 146: Commercial Ground Transportation at Airports: Best Practices covers best management practices to ensure the provision of safe, comfortable, easy-to-use, and efficient commercial ground transportation service. Commercial ground transportation services include taxicabs, limousines, shared-ride services, transportation network companies, courtesy vehicles, buses, and vans. The guidebook reviews the ground transportation industry, potential solutions to challenges airport operators frequently face, how to select a solution, and how to implement the selected best practice.ACRP Web-Only Document 25: Commercial Ground Transportation at Airports: Best Practices-Appendices C to H includes an annotated bibliography, a list of airports participating in this study, sample request for proposals and request of qualifications to manage ground transportation, sample contracts, and sample Transportation Network Company permits. %0 Book %A Institute of Medicine %T Beyond Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Redefining an Illness %@ 978-0-309-31689-7 %D 2015 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/19012/beyond-myalgic-encephalomyelitischronic-fatigue-syndrome-redefining-an-illness %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/19012/beyond-myalgic-encephalomyelitischronic-fatigue-syndrome-redefining-an-illness %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K Health and Medicine %P 304 %X Myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) and chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) are serious, debilitating conditions that affect millions of people in the United States and around the world. ME/CFS can cause significant impairment and disability. Despite substantial efforts by researchers to better understand ME/CFS, there is no known cause or effective treatment. Diagnosing the disease remains a challenge, and patients often struggle with their illness for years before an identification is made. Some health care providers have been skeptical about the serious physiological - rather than psychological - nature of the illness. Once diagnosed, patients often complain of receiving hostility from their health care provider as well as being subjected to treatment strategies that exacerbate their symptoms. Beyond Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome proposes new diagnostic clinical criteria for ME/CFS and a new term for the illness - systemic exertion intolerance disease(SEID). According to this report, the term myalgic encephalomyelitis does not accurately describe this illness, and the term chronic fatigue syndrome can result in trivialization and stigmatization for patients afflicted with this illness. Beyond Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome stresses that SEID is a medical - not a psychiatric or psychological - illness. This report lists the major symptoms of SEID and recommends a diagnostic process.One of the report's most important conclusions is that a thorough history, physical examination, and targeted work-up are necessary and often sufficient for diagnosis. The new criteria will allow a large percentage of undiagnosed patients to receive an accurate diagnosis and appropriate care. Beyond Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome will be a valuable resource to promote the prompt diagnosis of patients with this complex, multisystem, and often devastating disorder; enhance public understanding; and provide a firm foundation for future improvements in diagnosis and treatment. %0 Book %A Institute of Medicine %A National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine %E Balogh, Erin P. %E Miller, Bryan T. %E Ball, John R. %T Improving Diagnosis in Health Care %@ 978-0-309-37769-0 %D 2015 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/21794/improving-diagnosis-in-health-care %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/21794/improving-diagnosis-in-health-care %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K Health and Medicine %P 472 %X Getting the right diagnosis is a key aspect of health care - it provides an explanation of a patient's health problem and informs subsequent health care decisions. The diagnostic process is a complex, collaborative activity that involves clinical reasoning and information gathering to determine a patient's health problem. According to Improving Diagnosis in Health Care, diagnostic errors-inaccurate or delayed diagnoses-persist throughout all settings of care and continue to harm an unacceptable number of patients. It is likely that most people will experience at least one diagnostic error in their lifetime, sometimes with devastating consequences. Diagnostic errors may cause harm to patients by preventing or delaying appropriate treatment, providing unnecessary or harmful treatment, or resulting in psychological or financial repercussions. The committee concluded that improving the diagnostic process is not only possible, but also represents a moral, professional, and public health imperative. Improving Diagnosis in Health Care, a continuation of the landmark Institute of Medicine reports To Err Is Human (2000) and Crossing the Quality Chasm (2001), finds that diagnosis-and, in particular, the occurrence of diagnostic errors—has been largely unappreciated in efforts to improve the quality and safety of health care. Without a dedicated focus on improving diagnosis, diagnostic errors will likely worsen as the delivery of health care and the diagnostic process continue to increase in complexity. Just as the diagnostic process is a collaborative activity, improving diagnosis will require collaboration and a widespread commitment to change among health care professionals, health care organizations, patients and their families, researchers, and policy makers. The recommendations of Improving Diagnosis in Health Care contribute to the growing momentum for change in this crucial area of health care quality and safety. %0 Book %A Institute of Medicine %T Healthy, Resilient, and Sustainable Communities After Disasters: Strategies, Opportunities, and Planning for Recovery %@ 978-0-309-31619-4 %D 2015 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/18996/healthy-resilient-and-sustainable-communities-after-disasters-strategies-opportunities-and %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/18996/healthy-resilient-and-sustainable-communities-after-disasters-strategies-opportunities-and %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K Health and Medicine %K Conflict and Security Issues %P 504 %X In the devastation that follows a major disaster, there is a need for multiple sectors to unite and devote new resources to support the rebuilding of infrastructure, the provision of health and social services, the restoration of care delivery systems, and other critical recovery needs. In some cases, billions of dollars from public, private and charitable sources are invested to help communities recover. National rhetoric often characterizes these efforts as a "return to normal." But for many American communities, pre-disaster conditions are far from optimal. Large segments of the U.S. population suffer from preventable health problems, experience inequitable access to services, and rely on overburdened health systems. A return to pre-event conditions in such cases may be short-sighted given the high costs - both economic and social - of poor health. Instead, it is important to understand that the disaster recovery process offers a series of unique and valuable opportunities to improve on the status quo. Capitalizing on these opportunities can advance the long-term health, resilience, and sustainability of communities - thereby better preparing them for future challenges. Healthy, Resilient, and Sustainable Communities After Disasters identifies and recommends recovery practices and novel programs most likely to impact overall community public health and contribute to resiliency for future incidents. This book makes the case that disaster recovery should be guided by a healthy community vision, where health considerations are integrated into all aspects of recovery planning before and after a disaster, and funding streams are leveraged in a coordinated manner and applied to health improvement priorities in order to meet human recovery needs and create healthy built and natural environments. The conceptual framework presented in Healthy, Resilient, and Sustainable Communities After Disasters lays the groundwork to achieve this goal and provides operational guidance for multiple sectors involved in community planning and disaster recovery. Healthy, Resilient, and Sustainable Communities After Disasters calls for actions at multiple levels to facilitate recovery strategies that optimize community health. With a shared healthy community vision, strategic planning that prioritizes health, and coordinated implementation, disaster recovery can result in a communities that are healthier, more livable places for current and future generations to grow and thrive - communities that are better prepared for future adversities.