Books written by Department of Health and Human Services

1. Bundled Payment: Effects on Health Care Spending and Quality: Closing the Quality Gap: Revisiting the State of the Science...

This review is part of the Closing the Quality Gap: Revisiting the State of the Science series, which aims to provide critical analysis of the existing literature on quality improvement strategies for a selection of diseases and practices.
Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2015-2020

This edition provides guidelines for the seven million Americans who follow vegetarian diets—a number that has tripled in the last ten years.
Vitamin D and Calcium: A Systematic Review of Health Outcomes

This systematic review answers key scientific questions on how dietary vitamin D and calcium intakes affect health outcomes, including What the effect of vitamin D, calcium, or combined vitamin D and calcium intakes have on clinical ...
A National Public Health Initiative on Diabetes and Women's Health: Interim Report: Proposed Recommendations for Action

In 2000, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) established the National Public Health Initiative on Diabetes and Women's Health, which has three phases.
Working Together for Safety: A State Team Approach to Preventing Occupational Injuries in Young People

Young people are injured in the workplace at twice the rate of adult workers. Yet no single agency has the ultimate responsibility for protecting young people from workplace hazards.
Use of Workers' Compensation Data for Occupational Injury and Illness Prevention

Panels concentrated on methods, the roles and perspectives of different stakeholders, and the factors that drive changes in incidence and cost. Opportunities and next steps were discussed in general sessions.
Your Guide to Lowering Your Blood Pressure with Dash: Dash Eating Plan

This book by the National Institutes of Health (Publication 06-4082) and the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute provides information and effective ways to work with your diet because what you choose to eat affects your chances of ...
Workers' Compensation Insurance: A Primer for Public Health

Workers' compensation insurance has been established in all states to provide income protection, medical treatment, and rehabilitation for employees who are injured or become ill as a result of work.
Asbestos Fibers and Other Elongate Mineral Particles: State of the Science and Roadmap for Research: Current Intelligence Bulletin 62

During the mid- to late-20th century, many advances were made in the scientific understanding of worker health effects from exposure to asbestos fibers and other elongate mineral particles (EMPs).
Occupational Noise Exposure: Criteria for a Recommended Standard

To permit timely intervention and prevent further hearing losses in workers whose HTLs have increased because of occupational noise exposure, NIOSH no longer recommends age correction on individual audiograms.
Ergonomics Processes: Implementation Guide and Tools for the Mining Industry

This is generally accomplished by applying ergonomic principles to the design and evaluation of manual tasks, jobs, products, environments, and systems, ensuring that they meet the needs, capabilities, and limitations of people.
DISASTER PLANNING HANDBK FOR B

This TAP is intended for use by the disaster planning team of the behavioral health treatment program and others responsible for management and oversight of preparedness.
Pathways to Freedom: Winning the Fight Against Tobacco

This guide has three parts: Education—Informs you of how tobacco use affects the Black community; How to Quit—Tells you and those around you how you can quit smoking; and Community Organization—Shows you how communities can work ...
Noise Control in Underground Metal Mining

Evaluations of successful and unsuccessful attempts at controlling noise on several large, underground metal mining machines are detailed to illustrate the basic principles of noise control.
ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting - FY 2021 (October 1, 2020 - September 30, 2021)

These guidelines have been approved by the four organizations that make up the Cooperating Parties for the ICD-10-CM: the American Hospital Association (AHA), the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA), CMS, and NCHS.
Strategic Plan for Pediatric Urology: Niddk ? Research Progress Report

Pediatric urology is a well-established area of clinical medicine that deals with the diseases of the urinary and genital tracts of children.
Bone Health and Osteoporosis: A Report of the Surgeon General

This first-ever Surgeon General's Report on bone health and osteoporosis illustrates the large burden that bone disease places on our Nation and its citizens.
Does It Really Work?: How to Evaluate Safety and Health Changes in the Workplace

This guide is intended for managers interested in improving their business by ensuring the health and safety of workers.
One Hundred Years of Federal Mining Safety and Health Research

Some mention is also made of Bureau research not directly related to mining health and safety. Note that the work classified as safety and health research has varied over the last century.
Report of the Surgeon General's Conference on Children's Mental Health: A National Action Agenda

This Report of the Surgeon General's Conference on Children's Mental Health: A National Action Agenda represents an extraordinary level of collaboration among three major Federal Departments: the Department of Health and Human Services, the ...