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At the dawn of the twenty-first century, Americans enjoyed better overall health than at any other time in the nationa (TM)s history. Rapid advancements in medical technologies, breakthroughs in understanding the genetic underpinnings of health and ill health, improvements in the effectiveness and variety of pharmaceuticals, and other developments in biomedical research have helped develop cures for many illnesses and improve the lives of those with chronic diseases. By itself, however, biomedical research cannot address the most significant challenges to improving public health. Approximately half of all causes of mortality in the United States are linked to social and behavioral factors such as smoking, diet, alcohol use, sedentary lifestyle, and accidents. Yet less than five percent of the money spent annually on U.S. health care is devoted to reducing the risks of these preventable conditions. Behavioral and social interventions offer great promise, but as yet their potential has been relatively poorly tapped. Promoting Health identifies those promising areas of social science and behavioral research that may address public health needs.It includes 12 papersa "commissioned from some of the nationa (TM)s leading expertsa "that review these issues in detail, and serves to assess whether the knowledge base of social and behavioral interventions has been useful, or could be useful, in the development of broader public health interventions.
Brian D. Smedley and S. Leonard Syme, Editors; Committee on Capitalizing on Social Science and Behavioral Research to Improve the Public's Health, Division of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
1 Front Matter; 2 Introduction; 3 Findings and Recommendations; 4 Conclusions; 5 References; 6 Paper Contribution A: The Contribution of Social and Behavioral Research to an Understanding of the Distribution of Disease: A Multilevel Approach; 7 Paper Contribution B: Understanding and Reducing Socioeconomic and Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Health; 8 Paper Contribution C: Preconception, Prenatal, Perinatal, and Postnatal Influences on Health; 9 Paper Contribution D: The Healthy Development of Young Children: SES Disparities, Prevention Strategies, and Policy Opportunities; 10 Paper Contribution E: Preadolescent and Adolescent Influences on Health; 11 Paper Contribution F: Behavioral and Social Science Contributions to the Health of Adults in the United States; 12 Paper Contribution G: The Behavioral and Social Dynamics of Aging Well; 13 Paper Contribution H: The Role of Mass Media in Creating Social Capital: A New Direction for Public Health; 14 Paper Contribution I: Public Health and Safety in Context: Lessons from Community-Level Theory on Social Captial; 15 Paper Contribution J: Legal and Public Policy Interventions to Advance the Population's Health; 16 Paper Contribution K: The Need for, and Value of, a Multi-Level Approach to Disease Prevention: The Case of Tobacco Control; 17 Paper Contribution L: Behavioral and Psychosocial Intervention to Modify Pathophysiology and Disease Course; 18 Committee Biographies
National Research Council, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Institute of Medicine, and Families Board on Children, Youth, Steve Olson
Institute of Medicine, Board on the Health of Select Populations, and Transgender Health Issues and Research Gaps and Opportunities Committee on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual
Institute of Medicine, Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice, Division of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Division of International Health
Institute of Medicine, Committee to Develop Methods Useful to the Department of Veteran Affairs in Estimating Its Physician Requirements, Joseph Lipscomb
Institute of Medicine, Board on Health Sciences Policy, Committee on Understanding and Eliminating Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care, Alan R. Nelson, Adrienne Y. Stith, Brian D. Smedley
Institute of Medicine, Division of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Committee on the Elimination of Tuberculosis in the United States, Lawrence Geiter
Institute of Medicine, Division of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Committee on the Relationship Between Oral Contraceptives and BreastCancer, Division of Health Promotion and Disease, Institute Of Medicine, Committee on the Relationship Between Oral Contraceptives and Breastcancer
Institute of Medicine, Division of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Division of Health Care Services, Committee on Immunization Finance Policies and Practices
Association of Academic Health Centers, Clyde H. Evans, Association of American Medical Colleges, Lois Colburn, Institute of Medicine, Adrienne Y. Stith, Brian D. Smedley
Institute of Medicine, Board on Health Sciences Policy, Committee on Institutional and Policy-Level Strategies for Increasing the Diversity of the U.S. Health Care Workforce, Lonnie R. Bristow, Adrienne Stith Butler, Brian D. Smedley