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Assessments, understood as tools for tracking what and how well
students have learned, play a critical role in the classroom.
Developing Assessments for the Next Generation Science Standards
develops an approach to science assessment to meet the vision of
science education for the future as it has been elaborated in A
Framework for K-12 Science Education (Framework) and Next
Generation Science Standards (NGSS). These documents are brand new
and the changes they call for are barely under way, but the new
assessments will be needed as soon as states and districts begin
the process of implementing the NGSS and changing their approach to
science education. The new Framework and the NGSS are designed to
guide educators in significantly altering the way K-12 science is
taught. The Framework is aimed at making science education more
closely resemble the way scientists actually work and think, and
making instruction reflect research on learning that demonstrates
the importance of building coherent understandings over time. It
structures science education around three dimensions - the
practices through which scientists and engineers do their work, the
key crosscutting concepts that cut across disciplines, and the core
ideas of the disciplines - and argues that they should be
interwoven in every aspect of science education, building in
sophistication as students progress through grades K-12. Developing
Assessments for the Next Generation Science Standards recommends
strategies for developing assessments that yield valid measures of
student proficiency in science as described in the new Framework.
This report reviews recent and current work in science assessment
to determine which aspects of the Framework's vision can be
assessed with available techniques and what additional research and
development will be needed to support an assessment system that
fully meets that vision. The report offers a systems approach to
science assessment, in which a range of assessment strategies are
designed to answer different kinds of questions with appropriate
degrees of specificity and provide results that complement one
another. Developing Assessments for the Next Generation Science
Standards makes the case that a science assessment system that
meets the Framework's vision should consist of assessments designed
to support classroom instruction, assessments designed to monitor
science learning on a broader scale, and indicators designed to
track opportunity to learn. New standards for science education
make clear that new modes of assessment designed to measure the
integrated learning they promote are essential. The recommendations
of this report will be key to making sure that the dramatic changes
in curriculum and instruction signaled by Framework and the NGSS
reduce inequities in science education and raise the level of
science education for all students.
Disability in America presents a five-prong strategy for reducing
the incidence and prevalence of disability as well as its personal,
social, and economic consequences. Although the preferred goal is
to avoid potentially disabling conditions, the authoring committee
focuses on the need to prevent or reverse the progression that
leads to disability and reduced quality of life in persons with
potentially disabling conditions.
Calling for a coherent national program to focus on prevention, the
committee sets forth specific recommendations for federal agencies,
state and local programs, and the private sector. This
comprehensive agenda addresses the need for improved methods for
collecting disability data, specific research questions, directions
for university training, reform in insurance coverage, prenatal
care, vocational training, and a host of other arenas for action.
The decade ahead will test the nation's nearly 4 million nurses in
new and complex ways. Nurses live and work at the intersection of
health, education, and communities. Nurses work in a wide array of
settings and practice at a range of professional levels. They are
often the first and most frequent line of contact with people of
all backgrounds and experiences seeking care and they represent the
largest of the health care professions. A nation cannot fully
thrive until everyone - no matter who they are, where they live, or
how much money they make - can live their healthiest possible life,
and helping people live their healthiest life is and has always
been the essential role of nurses. Nurses have a critical role to
play in achieving the goal of health equity, but they need robust
education, supportive work environments, and autonomy. Accordingly,
at the request of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, on behalf of
the National Academy of Medicine, an ad hoc committee under the
auspices of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and
Medicine conducted a study aimed at envisioning and charting a path
forward for the nursing profession to help reduce inequities in
people's ability to achieve their full health potential. The
ultimate goal is the achievement of health equity in the United
States built on strengthened nursing capacity and expertise. By
leveraging these attributes, nursing will help to create and
contribute comprehensively to equitable public health and health
care systems that are designed to work for everyone. The Future of
Nursing 2020-2030: Charting a Path to Achieve Health Equity
explores how nurses can work to reduce health disparities and
promote equity, while keeping costs at bay, utilizing technology,
and maintaining patient and family-focused care into 2030. This
work builds on the foundation set out by The Future of Nursing:
Leading Change, Advancing Health (2011) report. Table of Contents
Front Matter Summary 1 Introduction 2 Social Determinants of Health
and Health Equity 3 The Nursing Workforce 4 The Role of Nurses in
Improving Health Care Access and Quality 5 The Role of Nurses in
Improving Health Equity 6 Paying for Equity in Health and Health
Care 7 Educating Nurses for the Future 8 Nurses in Disaster
Preparedness and Public Health Emergency Response 9 Nurses Leading
Change 10 Supporting the Health and Professional Well-Being of
Nurses 11 The Future of Nursing: Recommendations and Research
Priorities Appendix A: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members
and Project Staff Appendix B: Data Collection and Information
Sources Appendix C: Data Sources, Definitions, and Methods Appendix
D: Glossary Appendix E: The Future of Nursing 20202030: Meeting
America Where We Are: Supplemental Statement of William M. Sage,
M.D., J.D. Appendix F: Committee Response to Supplemental Statement
Appendix G: Profiles of Nursing Programs and Organizations
Safe Passage: Astronaut Care for Exploration Missions sets forth a
vision for space medicine as it applies to deep space voyage. As
space missions increase in duration from months to years and extend
well beyond Eartha (TM)s orbit, so will the attendant risks of
working in these extreme and isolated environmental conditions.
Hazards to astronaut health range from greater radiation exposure
and loss of bone and muscle density to intensified psychological
stress from living with others in a confined space. Going beyond
the body of biomedical research, the report examines existing space
medicine clinical and behavioral research and health care data and
the policies attendant to them. It describes why not enough is
known today about the dangers of prolonged travel to enable humans
to venture into deep space in a safe and sane manner. The report
makes a number of recommendations concerning NASAa (TM)s structure
for clinical and behavioral research, on the need for a
comprehensive astronaut health care system and on an approach to
communicating health and safety risks to astronauts, their
families, and the public.
When is it appropriate to return individual research results to
participants? The immense interest in this question has been
fostered by the growing movement toward greater transparency and
participant engagement in the research enterprise. Yet, the risks
of returning individual research results?such as results with
unknown validity?and the associated burdens on the research
enterprise are competing considerations. Returning Individual
Research Results to Participants reviews the current evidence on
the benefits, harms, and costs of returning individual research
results, while also considering the ethical, social, operational,
and regulatory aspects of the practice. This report includes 12
recommendations directed to various stakeholders?investigators,
sponsors, research institutions, institutional review boards
(IRBs), regulators, and participants?and are designed to help (1)
support decision making regarding the return of results on a
study-by-study basis, (2) promote high-quality individual research
results, (3) foster participant understanding of individual
research results, and (4) revise and harmonize current regulations.
Table of Contents Front Matter Summary 1 Introduction 2 Principles
for the Return of Individual Research Results: Ethical and Societal
Considerations 3 Laboratory Quality Systems for Research Testing of
Human Biospecimens 4 Processes to Enable Appropriate Decision
Making Regarding the Return of Individual Research Results 5
Advancing Practices for Returning Individual Research Results 6
Reshaping the Legal and Regulatory Landscape to Support Return of
Individual Research Results Appendix A: Study Approach and Methods
Appendix B: Public Agendas Appendix C: Analysis of Legal and
Regulatory Landscape Relevant to Return of Individual Results
Generated from Biospecimens in Research Appendix D: The Return of
Individual-Specific Research Results from Laboratories:
Perspectives and Ethical Underpinnings Appendix E: Biographical
Sketches of Committee Members, Consultants, and Staff
Nearly one out of every three adults in America is obese and tens
of millions of people in the United States are dieting at any one
time. This has resulted in a weight-loss industry worth billions of
dollars a year and growing. What are the long-term results of
weight-loss programs? How can people sort through the many programs
available and select one that is right for them? Weighing the
Options strives to answer these questions. Despite widespread
public concern about weight, few studies have examined the
long-term results of weight-loss programs. One reason that
evaluating obesity management is difficult is that no other
treatment depends so much on an individual's own initiative and
state of mind. Now, a distinguished group of experts assembled by
the Institute of Medicine addresses this compelling issue. Weighing
the Options presents criteria for evaluating treatment programs for
obesity and explores what these criteria mean?to health care
providers, program designers, researchers, and even overweight
people seeking help. In presenting its criteria the authors offer a
wealth of information about weight loss: how obesity is on the
rise, what types of weight-loss programs are available, how to
define obesity, how well we maintain weight loss, and what
approaches and practices appear to be most successful. Information
about weight-loss programs?their clients, staff qualifications,
services, and success rates?necessary to make wise program choices
is discussed in detail. The book examines how client demographics
and characteristics?including health status, knowledge of
weight-loss issues, and attitude toward weight and body
image?affect which programs clients choose, how successful they are
likely to be with their choices, and what this means for outcome
measurement. Short- and long-term safety consequences of weight
loss are discussed as well as clinical assessment of individual
patients. The authors document the health risks of being
overweight, summarizing data indicating that even a small weight
loss reduces the risk of disease and depression and increases
self-esteem. At the same time, weight loss has been associated with
some poor outcomes, and the book discusses the implications for
program evaluation. Prevention can be even more important than
treatment. In Weighing the Options, programs for population groups,
efforts targeted to specific groups at high risk for obesity, and
prevention of further weight gain in obese individuals get special
attention. This book provides detailed guidance on how the
weight-loss industry can improve its programs to help people be
more successful at long-term weight loss. And it provides consumers
with tips on selecting a program that will improve their chances of
permanently losing excess weight. Table of Contents Front Matter
Summary 1 Introduction and Background 2 The Nature and Problem of
Obesity 3 Programs for and Approaches to Treating Obesity 4
Weighing the Options 5 Criterion 1: The Match Between Program and
Consumer 6 Criterion 2: The Soundness and Safety of the Program 7
Criterion 3: Outcomes of the Program 8 Weighing the Options:
Application of Committee's Criteria 9 Prevention of Obesity 10
Research and Policy Recommendations Appendix A: Assessment
Instruments of Relevance to Obesity Treatment Appendix B: The Diet
Readiness Test and the General Well-Being Schedule Appendix C:
Pediatric Obesity Appendix D: Accrediting Providers of
Weight-Management Services Appendix E: Biographies of Committee
Members Bibliography Index
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Assessing Fitness for Military Enlistment - Physical, Medical, and Mental Health Standards (Hardcover)
National Research Council, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Board on Behavioral, Cognitive, and Sensory Sciences, Committee on the Youth Population and Military Recruitment: Physical, Medical, and Mental Health Standards; Edited by Anne S. Mavor, …
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The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) faces short-term and long-term
challenges in selecting and recruiting an enlisted force to meet
personnel requirements associated with diverse and changing
missions. The DoD has established standards for
aptitudes/abilities, medical conditions, and physical fitness to be
used in selecting recruits who are most likely to succeed in their
jobs and complete the first term of service (generally 36 months).
In 1999, the Committee on the Youth Population and Military
Recruitment was established by the National Research Council (NRC)
in response to a request from the DoD. One focus of the committee's
work was to examine trends in the youth population relative to the
needs of the military and the standards used to screen applicants
to meet these needs. When the committee began its work in 1999, the
Army, the Navy, and the Air Force had recently experienced
recruiting shortfalls. By the early 2000s, all the Services were
meeting their goals; however, in the first half of calendar year
2005, both the Army and the Marine Corps experienced recruiting
difficulties and, in some months, shortfalls. When recruiting goals
are not being met, scientific guidance is needed to inform policy
decisions regarding the advisability of lowering standards and the
impact of any change on training time and cost, job performance,
attrition, and the health of the force. Assessing Fitness for
Military Enlistment examines the current physical, medical, and
mental health standards for military enlistment in light of (1)
trends in the physical condition of the youth population; (2)
medical advances for treating certain conditions, as well as
knowledge of the typical course of chronic conditions as young
people reach adulthood; (3) the role of basic training in physical
conditioning; (4) the physical demands and working conditions of
various jobs in today's military services; and (5) the measures
that are used by the Services to characterize an individual's
physical condition. The focus is on the enlistment of 18- to
24-year-olds and their first term of service. Table of Contents
Front Matter Executive Summary 1 Introduction 2 Procedures,
Requirements, and Standards 3 Framework for Evaluation Medical and
Physical Standards 4 Physical Fitness and Musculoskeletal Injury 5
Medical Factors 6 Mental Health 7 Substance Abuse and Cigarette Use
8 Summary Conclusions and Recommendations References Appendix A
Medical Standards for Appointment, Enlistment, or Induction in the
Armed Forces Appendix B Analysis of Waivers for Disqualifying
Conditions Appendix C Sponsors and Contributors Appendix D
Biographical Sketches of Committee Members and Staff Index
Review of NASA's Evidence Reports on Human Health Risks 2015 Letter
Report is the third in a series of five reports from the Institute
of Medicine that will independently review more than 30 evidence
reports that the National Aeronautics and Space Administration has
compiled on human health risks for long-duration and exploration
space flights. This report builds on the 2008 IOM report Review of
NASA's Human Research Program Evidence Books: A Letter Report,
which provided an initial and brief review of the evidence reports.
This letter report reviews seven evidence reports and examines the
quality of the evidence, analysis, and overall construction of each
report; identifies existing gaps in report content; and provides
suggestions for additional sources of expert input. The report
analyzes each evidence report's overall quality, which included
readability; internal consistency; the source and breadth of cited
evidence; identification of existing knowledge and research gaps;
authorship expertise; and, if applicable, response to
recommendations from the 2008 IOM letter report. Table of Contents
Front Matter 2015 Letter Report References Appendix A: Meeting
Agendas Appendix B: Committee Biographical Sketches
Die ICPC ist als Leistung einer multinationalen Arbeitsgruppe der
WONCA in englischer Sprache entstanden. Dieses System der
Klassifizierung hilft, Gesundheitsprobleme aus Sicht der allgemein
rztlichen Betreuer und ihrer Patienten zu kodieren.Die ICPC wurde
1987 erstmals von der WONCA ver ffentlicht. Sie erm glicht die
Kodierung von Konsultationsanl ssen, Diagnosen oder
Gesundheitsproblemen sowie medizinischen Ma nahmen und erlaubt
daher eine Kategorisierung aller Elemente von der ersten
Konsultation bis zum Abschluss eines Behandlungsfalles. Im
Gegensatz zur ICD beruht die Kapiteleinteilung der ICPC auf
Organsystemen. Die Lokalisation hat also Vorrang vor der tiologie,
wodurch die eindeutige Kodierung von Gesundheitsproblemen
erleichtert wird. Die ICPC-2 ist aber sorgf ltig auf die ICD-10
abgestimmt und enth lt Umwandlungstabellen, die eine reibungslose
Zusammenarbeit der beiden Systeme erm glichen. Die ICPC-2 ist
bereits in mehr als 20 Sprachen bersetzt und bietet nun auch f r
den deutschen Sprachraum die M glichkeit einer ad quaten Kodierung
der allgemeinmedizinischen T tigkeit.
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Improving Diagnosis in Health Care (Paperback)
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Institute of Medicine, Board on Health Care Services, Committee on Diagnostic Error in Health Care; Edited by John R. Ball, …
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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. Table of Contents Front Matter Summary 1 Introduction 2 The
Diagnostic Process 3 Overview of Diagnostic Error in Health Care 4
Diagnostic Team Members and Tasks: Improving Patient Engagement and
Health Care Professional Education and Training in Diagnosis 5
Technology and Tools in the Diagnostic Process 6 Organizational
Characteristics, the Physical Environment, and the Diagnostic
Process: Improving Learning, Culture, and the Work System 7 The
External Environment Influencing Diagnosis: Reporting, Medical
Liability, and Payment 8 A Research Agenda for the Diagnostic
Process and Diagnostic Error 9 The Path to Improve Diagnosis and
Reduce Diagnostic Error Appendix A: Glossary Appendix B: Committee
Member and Staff Biographies Appendix C: Previous Diagnostic Error
Frameworks Appendix D: Examples of Diagnostic Error
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Making Medicines Affordable - A National Imperative (Paperback)
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Health and Medicine Division, Board on Health Care Services, Committee on Ensuring Patient Access to Affordable Drug Therapies; Edited by Sharyl J. Nass, …
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Thanks to remarkable advances in modern health care attributable to
science, engineering, and medicine, it is now possible to cure or
manage illnesses that were long deemed untreatable. At the same
time, however, the United States is facing the vexing challenge of
a seemingly uncontrolled rise in the cost of health care. Total
medical expenditures are rapidly approaching 20 percent of the
gross domestic product and are crowding out other priorities of
national importance. The use of increasingly expensive prescription
drugs is a significant part of this problem, making the cost of
biopharmaceuticals a serious national concern with broad political
implications. Especially with the highly visible and very large
price increases for prescription drugs that have occurred in recent
years, finding a way to make prescription medicines?and health care
at large?more affordable for everyone has become a socioeconomic
imperative. Affordability is a complex function of factors,
including not just the prices of the drugs themselves, but also the
details of an individual's insurance coverage and the number of
medical conditions that an individual or family confronts.
Therefore, any solution to the affordability issue will require
considering all of these factors together. The current high and
increasing costs of prescription drugs?coupled with the broader
trends in overall health care costs?is unsustainable to society as
a whole. Making Medicines Affordable examines patient access to
affordable and effective therapies, with emphasis on drug pricing,
inflation in the cost of drugs, and insurance design. This report
explores structural and policy factors influencing drug pricing,
drug access programs, the emerging role of comparative
effectiveness assessments in payment policies, changing finances of
medical practice with regard to drug costs and reimbursement, and
measures to prevent drug shortages and foster continued innovation
in drug development. It makes recommendations for policy actions
that could address drug price trends, improve patient access to
affordable and effective treatments, and encourage innovations that
address significant needs in health care. Table of Contents Front
Matter Summary 1 The Affordability Conundrum 2 Complexity in Action
3 Factors Influencing Affordability 4 Strategies to Improve
Affordability and Availability References Appendix A: A Dissenting
View - Michael Rosenblatt and Henri Termeer Appendix B: A Minority
Perspective - Rena Conti, Stacie Dusetzina, Martha Gaines,Rebekah
Gee, Victoria Hale, Peter Sands, and Alan Weil Appendix C: Glossary
Appendix D: Stakeholder Input Appendix E: Biographical Information
Appendix F: Disclosure of Conflicts of Interest
The ability to see deeply affects how human beings perceive and
interpret the world around them. For most people, eyesight is part
of everyday communication, social activities, educational and
professional pursuits, the care of others, and the maintenance of
personal health, independence, and mobility. Functioning eyes and
vision system can reduce an adult's risk of chronic health
conditions, death, falls and injuries, social isolation,
depression, and other psychological problems. In children, properly
maintained eye and vision health contributes to a child's social
development, academic achievement, and better health across the
lifespan. The public generally recognizes its reliance on sight and
fears its loss, but emphasis on eye and vision health, in general,
has not been integrated into daily life to the same extent as other
health promotion activities, such as teeth brushing; hand washing;
physical and mental exercise; and various injury prevention
behaviors. A larger population health approach is needed to engage
a wide range of stakeholders in coordinated efforts that can
sustain the scope of behavior change. The shaping of socioeconomic
environments can eventually lead to new social norms that promote
eye and vision health. Making Eye Health a Population Health
Imperative: Vision for Tomorrow proposes a new population-centered
framework to guide action and coordination among various, and
sometimes competing, stakeholders in pursuit of improved eye and
vision health and health equity in the United States. Building on
the momentum of previous public health efforts, this report also
introduces a model for action that highlights different levels of
prevention activities across a range of stakeholders and provides
specific examples of how population health strategies can be
translated into cohesive areas for action at federal, state, and
local levels. Table of Contents Front Matter Summary 1 Introduction
2 Understanding the Epidemiology of Vision Loss and Impairment in
the United States 3 The Impact of Vision Loss 4 Surveillance and
Research 5 The Role of Public Health and Partnerships to Promote
Eye and Vision Health in Communities 6 Access to Clinical Vision
Services: Workforce and Coverage 7 Toward a High-Quality Clinical
Eye and Vision Service Delivery System 8 Meeting the Challenge of
Vision Loss in the United States: Improving Diagnosis,
Rehabilitation, and Accessibility 9 Eye and Vision Health:
Recommendations and a Path to Action Appendix A: Committee
Biographies Appendix B: Committee Meeting Agendas Appendix C:
Glossary Appendix D: Examples of Federal Entities Involved in
Advancing Eye Health and Safety Appendix E: Examples of Recommended
Eye Protection for Recreational Sports Appendix F: Eye and Vision
Care Professionals and Education Appendix G: Medicaid Vision
Coverage by State
Review of NASA's Evidence Reports on Human Health Risks 2014 Letter
Report is the second in a series of five reports from the Institute
of Medicine that will independently review more than 30 evidence
reports that the National Aeronautics and Space Administration has
compiled on human health risks for long-duration and exploration
space flights. This report builds on the 2008 IOM report Review of
NASA's Human Research Program Evidence Books: A Letter Report,
which provided an initial and brief review of the evidence reports.
This letter report reviews seven evidence reports and examines the
quality of the evidence, analysis, and overall construction of each
report; identifies existing gaps in report content; and provides
suggestions for additional sources of expert input. The report
analyzes each evidence report's overall quality, which included
readability; internal consistency; the source and breadth of cited
evidence; identification of existing knowledge and research gaps;
authorship expertise; and, if applicable, response to
recommendations from the 2008 IOM letter report. Table of Contents
Front Matter Review of NASA's Evidence Reports on Human Health
Risks: 2014 Letter Report References Appendix A: Meeting Agendas
Appendix B: Committee Biographical Sketches
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