New Horizons in Health - An Integrative Approach

New Horizons in Health discusses how the National Institutes of Health (NIH) can integrate research in the social, behavioral, and biomedical sciences to better understand the causes of disease as well as interventions that promote health. It outlines a set of research priorities for consideration by the Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR), with particular attention to research that can support and complement the work of the National Institutes of Health. By addressing the range of interactions among social settings, behavioral patterns, and important health concerns, it highlights areas of scientific opportunity where significant investment is most likely to improve national--and global--health outcomes. These opportunities will apply the knowledge and methods of the behavioral and social sciences to contemporary health needs, and give attention to the chief health concerns of the general public.

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Discusses how the National Institutes of Health can integrate research in social, behavioural and biomedical sciences to better understand the causes of disease and interventions that promote health. This text also highlights areas of scientific opportunity most likely to improve health.

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• Authors: Cognitive Board on Behavioral, Board On Behavioral Cognitive And Sensor, Board on Behavioral Cognitive and Sensory Sciences, Commission on Behavioral and Social Scie, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Committee on Future Directions for Behav, Committee on Future Directions for Behavioral and Social Sciences Research at the National Institutes of Health, Division Of Behavioral And Social Scienc, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council, Carol D. Ryff, Burton H. Singer
• Assisted by: Carol D Ryff (Editor), Carol D. Ryff (Editor), Burton H Singer (Editor), Burton H. Singer (Editor)
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 09.03.2001
• EAN: 9780309072960
• ISBN: 978-0-309-07296-0
• No. of pages: 224
• Dimensions: 153 mm x 230 mm x 14 mm
• Weight: 372 g
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General