National Research Council, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Commission on Behavioral and ... was to assess two recent cost-effectiveness studies on cocaine control policy: one by RAND, Controlling Cocaine: ...
This study is an important first step in the development of a national policy on illegal drugs.
Charting a course toward a better-informed illegal drugs policy, this book will be important to federal and state policy makers, regulators, researchers, program administrators, enforcement officials, journalists, and advocates concerned ...
Tinnitus: Facts, Theories, and Treatments
This book provides the most up-to-date information available on the prevalence of pathological and problem gambling in the United States, including a look at populations that may have a particular vulnerability to gambling: women, ...
Procedures for annual updates of poverty measures. The volume explores specific issues underlying the poverty measure, analyzes the likely effects of any changes on poverty rates, and discusses the impact on eligibility for public benefits.
Individual workers make their retirement decisions on the basis of the financial incentives they face, while employers must assess whether it is in their best interest to retain older workers. Future research will necessitate data ...
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 ...
This report constitutes one of the first activities of the Forum on Adolescence, a cross-cutting activity of the Institute of Medicine and the National Research Council of the National Academies.
This book will be important to corporate leaders, executives, and managers; faculty and students in organizational performance and the social sciences; business journalists; researchers; and interested individuals.
This book reports on research on and experience with needle exchange and bleach distribution programs and their effects on rates of drug use, the behavior of injection drug users, and the spread of HIV and other infectious diseases among ...
Drawing on the historical changes in five areasâ€"the jobs of telephone operators, workers in the printing and publishing industries, information and data processors, retail clerks, and nursesâ€"this volume offers a comprehensive ...
This volume presents an eye-opening look at what millions of the nation's youths confront every day of their lives, addressing: How the decline in economic security for young working parents affects their children's life chances.
This book brings together in one volume what researchers have learned about workers, employers, and retirees that is important for formulating retirement income policies.
Blue Ribbon Panel 1993 Pilots and Aviation Maintenance Technicians for the Twenty-First Century: An Assessment of Availability and Quality. ... 1995 Total Force Pilot Requirements and Management: An Executive Summary.
This book examines the milestone process, as well as the DOD's entire approach to testing and evaluating defense systems. It brings to the topic of defense acquisition the application of scientific statistical principles and practices.
Improving Access to and Confidentiality of Research Data summarizes a workshop convened by the Committee on National Statistics (CNSTAT) to promote discussion about methods for advancing the often conflicting goals of exploiting the ...
Time-Use Measurement and Research is a summary of a workshop convened to consider data and methodological issues in measuring time use.
Many of the nation's leaders in current efforts to improve services, and many who are at the forefront of attempts to understand these efforts in current contexts contributed to the workshop and are represented in the volume.
This volume reviews previous research, highlights successful learning strategies, and makes specific recommendations about problems and directions requiring further study.