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Public Health

Since its founding, the IOM has advanced the best ways to ensure the public’s health. Studies range from core principles and needs in the field of public health to specific issues such as vaccine safety and smoking cessation. Our scope includes population-based public health measures and the public health infrastructure.

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Living Well with Chronic Illness: A Call for Public Health Action Released: January 31, 2012
Barriers to Integrating Crisis Standards of Care Principles into... Released: January 23, 2012
Sex-Specific Reporting of Scientific Research - Workshop Summary Released: January 13, 2012

Scientific Standards for Studies on Modified Risk Tobacco Products Released: December 14, 2011
Information Sharing and Collaboration: Applications to Integrated... Released: November 30, 2011
The Science and Applications of Synthetic and Systems Biology - Workshop... Released: November 23, 2011

Improving Health Literacy Within a State - Workshop Summary Released: November 14, 2011
Integrating Large-Scale Genomic Information into Clinical Practice -... Released: November 11, 2011
Health IT and Patient Safety: Building Safer Systems for Better Care Released: November 8, 2011

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Living Well with Chronic Illness: A Call for Public Health Action

Released: January 31, 2012

The epidemic of chronic illness is steadily moving towards crisis proportions, yet maintaining or enhancing quality of life for individuals living with these illnesses has not been given the attention it deserves. In this report, the IOM makes recommendations to the CDC as well as HHS on the development and support of programs to meet the health and social needs of people living with chronic illnesses.

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Ending the Tobacco Problem: A Blueprint for the Nation

Released: May 23, 2007

Ending the Tobacco Problem generates a blueprint for the nation in the struggle to reduce tobacco use. The report reviews effective prevention and treatment interventions and considers a set of new tobacco control policies for adoption by federal and state governments.