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National Institutes of Health. [2015]. NIH-wide strategic plan: Fiscal years 2016-2020. Bethesda, MD: National Institutes of Health, 46 pp.

Annotation: This strategic plan describes how the National Institutes of Health (NIH) plans to achieve four objectives: (1) advance opportunities in biomedical research; (2) foster innovation by setting NIH priorities; (3) enhance scientific stewardship; and (4) excel as a federal science agency by managing for results.

Keywords: Federal agencies, Medical research, National Institutes of Health, Strategic plans

Li RM, McCardle P, Clark RL, Kinsella K, Berch D, eds. 2001. Diverse voices: The inclusion of language-minority populations in national studies—Challenges and opportunities. Bethesda, MD: National Institute on Aging, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, 42 pp.

Annotation: This report summarizes a workshop held at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, MD, on July 27-28, 2000, on the barriers to and the inclusion of language-minority populations in national studies. Participants included demographers, statisticians, sociologists, psychologists, linguists, anthropologists, experts in emerging computerized translation technologies, representatives of major private survey organizations and translation agencies, opinion leaders, and representatives of federal agencies. Report sections include a description of language-minority populations; a review of challenges for including language-minority populations; sampling, measuring, and interviewing these populations; and technological innovation and linguistic logistics. The report also includes an executive summary, summary of barriers to inclusion and enabling inclusion, and references. The appendices include recent and current-practice examples, the workshop agenda, biographical sketches of presenters, and a list of workshop participants.

Keywords: Cultural diversity, Cultural sensitivity, Language barriers, Limited English speakers, National Institutes of Health, National programs, Research design, Research methodology, Surveys, Translations

Lewin ME, Lipoff E, eds. 1997. Information trading: How information influences the health policy process. Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 142 pp.

Annotation: The case studies selected and presented in this volume address the adoption of the Japanese just-in-time manufacturing strategy to information development and trading on Capitol Hill; funding of graduate medical education as proposed by President Clinton; the development of New York State legislation phasing out the state's hospital rate-setting system with a more market-oriented approach for funding graduate medical education and other public goods such as care for the uninsured; the Congressional debate over reauthorization of the National Institutes of Health, legislative efforts in the 104th U.S. Congress to regulate the use of genetic information; and overtures in the Congress to reform Medicare payments to participating health maintenance organization risk contractors. Each case study was written by a Robert Wood Johnson Health Policy Fellow.

Keywords: Case studies, Federal government, Genetics, Government information, Health policy, Information dissemination, Information sources, Medical education, Medicare, National Institutes of Health, New York, Policy development, United States

U.S. Public Health Service, Study Group on Mission and Organization of the Public Health Service. 1960. Final report of the Study Group on Mission and Organization of The Public Health Service. [Washington, DC]: U.S. Public Health Service, 66 p.

Annotation: This report contains the Study Group's recommendations on organization of the Public Health Service, together with the program, administrative, and organizational concepts which underlie them. The contents discuss the national view of public health, and the recent past and current state of the Public Health Service. Recommendations are provided specifically for the Bureau of Environmental Health, the Bureau of Community Health, the Bureau of Medical Services, the National Institutes of Health, the National Center for Health Statistics, the National Library of Medicine, and the Office of the Surgeon General.

Keywords: Bureau of Community Health, Bureau of Environmental Health, Bureau of Medical Services, National Center for Health Statistics, National Institutes of Health, National Library of Medicine, Office of the Surgeon General, Organizational change, Public Health Service, Reports
   

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