@BOOK{NAP author = "National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine", title = "Motivating Local Climate Adaptation and Strengthening Resilience: Making Local Data Trusted, Useful, and Used", isbn = "978-0-309-08596-0", abstract = "Local communities are already experiencing dire effects caused by climate change that are expected to increase in frequency, intensity, duration, and type. Public concern about climate-related challenges is increasing, available information and resources on climate risks are expanding, and cities across the country and the globe are developing approaches to and experience with measures for mitigating climate impacts. Building and sustaining local capacities for climate resilience requires both resilient physical and social infrastructure systems and inclusive, resilient communities.\nAt the request of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, Motivating Local Climate Adaptation and Strengthening Resilience provides guidance for active and ongoing efforts to move science and data into action and to enable and empower applied research that will strengthen capacities for hazard mitigation and resilience in communities, across the nation, and around the world.", url = "https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/26261/motivating-local-climate-adaptation-and-strengthening-resilience-making-local-data", year = 2021, publisher = "The National Academies Press", address = "Washington, DC" } @BOOK{NAP author = "Transportation Research Board and National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine", editor = "Damon Fordham and Juliana Urrego and Mia Stephens and Carrie Miller and Bridget Smith and Marisa Zapata and John MacArthur and Anna Rockhill and Jacen Greene and Samantha Batko and Lynden Bond and Abigail Williams and Mark Crosby and Dennis Culhane", title = "Strategies to Address Homelessness at Airports", abstract = "People experiencing homelessness have been increasingly seeking shelter in airports. Homelessness at airports is a complex issue with no easy solutions. Airports and local communities need to work together to provide support for people experiencing homelessness, while also ensuring the safety and security of airport operations.\nACRP Research Report 254: Strategies to Address Homelessness at Airports, from TRB's Airport Cooperative Research Program, provides airports and stakeholders with resources and suggested practices to respond, in a comprehensive and humane manner, to people experiencing homelessness.", url = "https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/27101/strategies-to-address-homelessness-at-airports", year = 2023, publisher = "The National Academies Press", address = "Washington, DC" } @BOOK{NAP author = "National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine", editor = "Lisa Bain and Sheena M. Posey Norris and Clare Stroud", title = "Racial Justice, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Neuroscience Training: Proceedings of a Workshop—in Brief", abstract = "The Action Collaborative on Neuroscience Training: Developing a Nimble and Versatile Workforce (Action Collaborative) is an ad hoc activity convened under the auspices of the Forum on Neuroscience and Nervous System Disorders (Neuroscience Forum) of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.\nOriginated from and informed by the work of the Action Collaborative, the Neuroscience Forum launched a virtual workshop series in order to explore the rapidly evolving neuroscience career landscape and how neuroscience training programs can help trainees to develop the knowledge and skillset needed to advance their careers and biomedical science. The first of these workshops, held on August 20, 2020, tackled complex issues related to racial justice, diversity, equity, and inclusion. Panel presentations of the workshop were envisioned as a starting point for an ongoing discussion around the ways scientists can stand against racism and support diversity, equity, and inclusion in neuroscience and academia, both in their local communities and in the broader world. This publication highlights the presentations and discussion of the workshop. ", url = "https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/25966/racial-justice-diversity-equity-and-inclusion-in-neuroscience-training-proceedings", year = 2020, publisher = "The National Academies Press", address = "Washington, DC" } @BOOK{NAP author = "National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine", editor = "Margaret Honey and Heidi Schweingruber and Kerry Brenner and Phil Gonring", title = "Call to Action for Science Education: Building Opportunity for the Future", isbn = "978-0-309-47701-7", abstract = "Scientific thinking and understanding are essential for all people navigating the world, not just for scientists and other science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) professionals. Knowledge of science and the practice of scientific thinking are essential components of a fully functioning democracy. Science is also crucial for the future STEM workforce and the pursuit of living wage jobs. Yet, science education is not the national priority it needs to be, and states and local communities are not yet delivering high quality, rigorous learning experiences in equal measure to all students from elementary school through higher education.\nCall to Action for Science Education: Building Opportunity for the Future articulates a vision for high quality science education, describes the gaps in opportunity that currently exist for many students, and outlines key priorities that need to be addressed in order to advance better, more equitable science education across grades K-16. This report makes recommendations for state and federal policy makers on ways to support equitable, productive pathways for all students to thrive and have opportunities to pursue careers that build on scientific skills and concepts. Call to Action for Science Education challenges the policy-making community at state and federal levels to acknowledge the importance of science, make science education a core national priority, and empower and give local communities the resources they must have to deliver a better, more equitable science education.", url = "https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/26152/call-to-action-for-science-education-building-opportunity-for-the", year = 2021, publisher = "The National Academies Press", address = "Washington, DC" } @BOOK{NAP author = "Transportation Research Board and National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine", editor = "Richard A. Ranous", title = "A Compendium of Best Practices and Lessons Learned for Improving Local Community Recovery from Disastrous Hazardous Materials Transportation Incidents", abstract = "TRB\u2019s Hazardous Materials Cooperative Research Program (HMCRP) Report 9: A Compendium of Best Practices and Lessons Learned for Improving Local Community Recovery from Disastrous Hazardous Materials Transportation Incidents explores how local communities can develop or improve recovery planning and operations in response to hazardous materials transportation incidents.", url = "https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/22662/a-compendium-of-best-practices-and-lessons-learned-for-improving-local-community-recovery-from-disastrous-hazardous-materials-transportation-incidents", year = 2012, publisher = "The National Academies Press", address = "Washington, DC" } @BOOK{NAP author = "National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine", editor = "Steve Olson", title = "Moving from Evidence to Implementation of Early Childhood Programs: Proceedings of a Workshop—in Brief", abstract = "In June 2016, The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine held a workshop titled \u201cMoving from Evidence to Implementation of Early Childhood Development: Strategies for Implementation.\u201d The focus of the workshop was bringing science to practice at scale in order to bridge research to practice in local communities. Also discussed was the critical issue of the implementation of early childhood development programs. Reaching entire populations requires understanding the challenges of implementation at scale and applying the best knowledge available to ensure effective and sustainable delivery to children and their caregivers. This publication summarizes the presentations and discussions from the workshop.", url = "https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/23669/moving-from-evidence-to-implementation-of-early-childhood-programs-proceedings", year = 2016, publisher = "The National Academies Press", address = "Washington, DC" } @BOOK{NAP author = "Transportation Research Board and National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine", title = "Using GIS for Collaborative Land Use Compatibility Planning Near Airports", abstract = "TRB\u2019s Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) Research Report 200: Using GIS for Collaborative Land Use Compatibility Planning Near Airports offers guidance for using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) as a collaboration tool to encourage compatible land use around airports.The report is designed to help airport and community planners seeking to work together to protect existing and future airport development as well as maintain safety and improve quality of life for those living and working near airports.The report includes a description of the perspectives, goals, responsibilities, and concerns of the federal government, airports, and local communities to ensure that each has a good understanding of the others\u2019 missions and priorities. The report also examines potential benefits that GIS might have on fostering collaboration and offers guidance on initiating and maintaining collaboration, and for developing, sharing, and using data.A key feature of the guidebook is examples of how GIS was used collaboratively to address various land use compatibility issues, including aircraft noise, obstructions, wildlife hazards, and solar glare. A set of appendices supplements the guide by summarizing the role of government, providing a brief history of FAA aeronautical surveys, case studies, and example data sharing agreements.Presentation templates for stakeholder outreach on noise and obstruction, as well as a sample outreach flier on the value of GIS in airport planning, were produced as part of this project.", url = "https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/25464/using-gis-for-collaborative-land-use-compatibility-planning-near-airports", year = 2019, publisher = "The National Academies Press", address = "Washington, DC" } @BOOK{NAP author = "Institute of Medicine", editor = "Joe Alper", title = "Population Health Implications of the Affordable Care Act: Workshop Summary", isbn = "978-0-309-29434-8", abstract = "Population Health Implications of the Affordable Care Act is the summary of a workshop convened in June 2013 by the Institute of Medicine Roundtable on Population Health Improvement to explore the likely impact on population health improvement of various provisions within the Affordable Care Act (ACA). This public workshop featured presentations and discussion of the impact of various provisions in the ACA on population health improvement.\nSeveral provisions of the ACA offer an unprecedented opportunity to shift the focus of health experts, policy makers, and the public beyond health care delivery to the broader array of factors that play a role in shaping health outcomes. The shift includes a growing recognition that the health care delivery system is responsible for only a modest proportion of what makes and keeps Americans healthy and that health care providers and organizations could accept and embrace a richer role in communities, working in partnership with public health agencies, community-based organizations, schools, businesses, and many others to identify and solve the thorny problems that contribute to poor health.\nPopulation Health Implications of the Affordable Care Act looks beyond narrow interpretations of population as the group of patients covered by a health plan to consider a more expansive understanding of population, one focused on the distribution of health outcomes across all individuals living within a certain set of geopolitical boundaries. In establishing the National Prevention, Health Promotion, and Public Health Council, creating a fund for prevention and public health, and requiring nonprofit hospitals to transform their concept of community benefit, the ACA has expanded the arena for interventions to improve health beyond the \"doctor's\" office. Improving the health of the population - whether in a community or in the nation as a whole - requires acting to transform the places where people live, work, study, and play. This report examines the population health-oriented efforts of and interactions among public health agencies (state and local), communities, and health care delivery organizations that are beginning to facilitate such action.", url = "https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/18546/population-health-implications-of-the-affordable-care-act-workshop-summary", year = 2014, publisher = "The National Academies Press", address = "Washington, DC" } @BOOK{NAP author = "National Research Council", title = "Elements of a Science Plan for the North Pacific Research Board", isbn = "978-0-309-09144-2", abstract = "The North Pacific Research Board (NPRB) was established in 1997 as custodian to a pool of funds intended for the study of the North Pacific Ocean, Bering Sea, and Arctic Ocean. The success of the NRPB is the development of a high quality, long-range science plan that provides a better understanding of ecosystems and their fisheries in the region.\nThis report provides a framework to help the NPRB identify appropriate science themes and mechanisms for administering and distributing the funds. It contains extensive input from residents of Alaskan communities, to help scientists understand and address issues of importance to the local communities. The book makes specific recommendations on long-term research priorities, the NPRB management structure and the development of future programs.\n", url = "https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/10896/elements-of-a-science-plan-for-the-north-pacific-research-board", year = 2004, publisher = "The National Academies Press", address = "Washington, DC" } @BOOK{NAP author = "National Research Council", title = "Acute Exposure Guideline Levels for Selected Airborne Chemicals: Volume 1", isbn = "978-0-309-07294-6", abstract = "In the Bhopal disaster of 1984, approximately 2,000 residents living near a chemical plant were killed and 20,000 more suffered irreversible damage to their eyes and lungs following the accidental release of methyl isocyanate. This tragedy served to focus international attention on the need for governments to identify hazardous substances and assist local communities in planning how to deal with emergency exposures. Since 1986, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has been tasked with identifying extremely hazardous substances and, in cooperation with the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Department of Transportation, assist local emergency response planners. The National Advisory Committee on Acute Exposure Guideline Levels for Hazardous Substances was established in 1995 to develop acute exposure guideline levels (AEGLs) for high priority toxic chemicals that could be released into the air from accidents at chemical plants, storage sites, or during transportation. This book reviews toxicity documents on five chemicals\u2014chlorine, hydrogen chloride, hydrogen fluoride, toluene, and uranium hexafluoride\u2014for their scientific validity, comprehensives, internal consistency, and conformance to the 1993 guidelines report.", url = "https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/10043/acute-exposure-guideline-levels-for-selected-airborne-chemicals-volume-1", year = 2000, publisher = "The National Academies Press", address = "Washington, DC" } @BOOK{NAP author = "Transportation Research Board and National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine", editor = "Brian Kim and Jawad Rachami and Daniel Robinson and Brandon Robinette and Kazumi Nakada Wyle and Saravanan Arunachalam and Neil Davis and Bok Haeng Baek and Uma Shankar and Kevin Talgo and Dongmei Yang and Adel F. Hanna and Roger L. Wayson and George Noel and Steven S. Gliff and Yongjing Zhao and Philip Kl Hopke and Paramod Kumar", title = "Guidance for Quantifying the Contribution of Airport Emissions to Local Air Quality", abstract = "TRB\u2019s Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) Report 71: Guidance for Quantifying the Contribution of Airport Emissions to Local Air Quality addresses procedures for using air quality models in combination with on-site measurement equipment to prepare a comprehensive assessment of air pollution concentrations in the vicinity of airports.The report is designed to help airports respond to regulatory needs, including those of the National Environmental Policy Act, and generate information desired by local communities as they seek to develop more detailed local air quality assessments.ACRP Report 71 also provides information on the capabilities and limitations of modeling and measurement tools and describes how to use available models, in combination with potential on-site monitoring programs, to conduct air quality assessments.Information on monitoring campaigns and modeling assessments is included in a set of appendices that are integrated with the printed version of the report in CD-ROM format.The CD-ROM is also available for download from TRB\u2019s website as an ISO image. Links to the ISO image and instructions for burning a CD-ROM from an ISO image are provided below.Help on Burning an .ISO CD-ROM ImageDownload the .ISO CD-ROM Image(Warning: This is a large file and may take some time to download using a high-speed connection.)CD-ROM Disclaimer - This software is offered as is, without warranty or promise of support of any kind either expressed or implied. Under no circumstance will the National Academy of Sciences or the Transportation Research Board (collectively \"TRB\") be liable for any loss or damage caused by the installation or operation of this product. TRB makes no representation or warranty of any kind, expressed or implied, in fact or in law, including without limitation, the warranty of merchantability or the warranty of fitness for a particular purpose, and shall not in any case be liable for any consequential or special damages.Errata: In August 2012 the list of authors from Wyle Laboratories Inc. on the title page of ACRP Report 71 was corrected in the PDF version of the report.", url = "https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/22757/guidance-for-quantifying-the-contribution-of-airport-emissions-to-local-air-quality", year = 2012, publisher = "The National Academies Press", address = "Washington, DC" } @BOOK{NAP author = "Transportation Research Board and National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine", title = "Rural Transit Achievements: Assessing the Outcomes of Increased Funding for Rural Passenger Services under SAFETEA-LU", abstract = "TRB\u2019s Transportation Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) Web-Only Document 46: Rural Transit Achievements: Assessing the Outcomes of Increased Funding for Rural Passenger Services under SAFETEA-LU (the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, and Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users) explores data and information on the changes in rural public and intercity bus transportation that have resulted from the increases in funding made available through SAFETEA-LU. The summary of the report is available online as TCRP Research Results Digest 93.", url = "https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/23004/rural-transit-achievements-assessing-the-outcomes-of-increased-funding-for-rural-passenger-services-under-safetea-lu", year = 2009, publisher = "The National Academies Press", address = "Washington, DC" } @BOOK{NAP author = "Transportation Research Board and National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine", title = "Public Transportation Emergency Mobilization and Emergency Operations Guide: Appendix B--Survey of U. S. Public Transportation Systems", abstract = "TRB's Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) Web Only Document 25, Public Transportation Emergency Mobilization Guide: Appendix B\u2014Survey of U. S. Public Transportation Systems includes additional information on the survey used as input on TCRP Report 86: Public Transportation Security, Volume 7 with the same title. TCRP Report 86 examines actions that may be taken by public transportation agencies working with their local communities to promote the early recognition of emergency events, expedite response to emergency events, establish multi-agency coordination, and ensure that public transportation resources are available to support the response to an emergency event.The TCRP Report 86: Public Transportation Security series assembles relevant information into single, concise volumes, each pertaining to a specific security problem and closely related issues. These volumes focus on the concerns that transit agencies are addressing when developing programs in response to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, and the anthrax attacks that followed. Future volumes of the report will be issued as they are completed. ", url = "https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/23302/public-transportation-emergency-mobilization-and-emergency-operations-guide-appendix-b-survey-of-u-s-public-transportation-systems", year = 2005, publisher = "The National Academies Press", address = "Washington, DC" } @BOOK{NAP author = "Institute of Medicine", editor = "Jeffrey P. Koplan and Catharyn T. Liverman and Vivica A. Kraak", title = "Preventing Childhood Obesity: Health in the Balance", isbn = "978-0-309-09196-1", abstract = "Children's health has made tremendous strides over the past century. In general, life expectancy has increased by more than thirty years since 1900 and much of this improvement is due to the reduction of infant and early\nchildhood mortality. Given this trajectory toward a healthier childhood, we\nbegin the 21st-century with a shocking development\u2014an epidemic of obesity\nin children and youth. The increased number of obese children\nthroughout the U.S. during the past 25 years has led policymakers to rank\nit as one of the most critical public health threats of the 21st-century.\nPreventing Childhood Obesity provides a broad-based examination of the\nnature, extent, and consequences of obesity in U.S. children and youth,\nincluding the social, environmental, medical, and dietary factors responsible\nfor its increased prevalence. The book also offers a prevention-oriented\naction plan that identifies the most promising array of short-term and\nlonger-term interventions, as well as recommendations for the roles and\nresponsibilities of numerous stakeholders in various sectors of society to\nreduce its future occurrence. Preventing Childhood Obesity explores the\nunderlying causes of this serious health problem and the actions needed to\ninitiate, support, and sustain the societal and lifestyle changes that can\nreverse the trend among our children and youth.", url = "https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/11015/preventing-childhood-obesity-health-in-the-balance", year = 2005, publisher = "The National Academies Press", address = "Washington, DC" } @BOOK{NAP author = "Institute of Medicine", title = "Progress in Preventing Childhood Obesity: Focus on Communities - Brief Summary: Institute of Medicine Regional Symposium", isbn = "978-0-309-10140-0", abstract = "The nation faces a growing epidemic of childhood obesity that threatens the immediate health of our children and their prospects of growing up healthy into adulthood. During the past 30 years, obesity in the United States has more than doubled among young children aged 2-5 years and adolescents aged 12-19 years, and it has more than tripled among youth aged 6-11 years. Currently, more than 9 million children 6 years of age and older are considered to be obese. The sequelae of obesity among children and youth are also rapidly increasing, including an increased risk of type 2 diabetes, hypertension, metabolic syndrome, asthma, and social and psychological consequences including low self-esteem and depression.\n\nTo develop a prevention-focused action plan to reduce the number of obese children and youth in the United States, the Institute of Medicine organized three regional symposia, and held its second regional symposium in Atlanta, Georgia on October 6-7, 2005.\n\nProgress in Preventing Childhood Obesity: Focus on Communities highlights the recurring themes that emerged from the symposium for accelerating change and moving forward with obesity prevention efforts: empower communities and neighborhoods, change the environment, forge strategic partnerships, garner and mobilize political support, educate stakeholders, identify leaders and build on cultural assets, collect and disseminate local data, evaluate programs and interventions, and translate successful interventions to other communities. Approximately 90 individuals active in childhood obesity prevention efforts in the southeastern region of the United States who represented a range of stake holder perspectives and innovative practices in local communities including students, community leaders, physicians, health educators, clergy, teachers, and state and federal government officials were invited to participate in the symposium. The contents of this summary reflect specific examples presented and discussed during the symposium, and unless otherwise noted, the general perspectives of the participants. This summary, along with two other symposia summaries, and a more detailed discussion of insights and regional examples, will be incorporated in the IOM committee's final report on progress in preventing childhood obesity that will be released in the fall of 2006.", url = "https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/11580/progress-in-preventing-childhood-obesity-focus-on-communities-brief-summary", year = 2006, publisher = "The National Academies Press", address = "Washington, DC" } @BOOK{NAP author = "Transportation Research Board and National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine", editor = "John Balog and Annabelle Boyd and Jim Caton and Peter Bromley and Jamie Beth Strongin and David Chia and Kathleen Bagdonas", title = "Public Transportation Emergency Mobilization and Emergency Operations Guide", abstract = "TRB's Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) Report 86: Public Transportation Security, Volume 7 -- Public Transportation Emergency Mobilization and Emergency Operations Guide examines activities that may be taken by public transportation agencies working with their local communities to promote the early recognition of emergency events, expedite response to emergency events, establish multi-agency coordination, and ensure that public transportation resources are available to support the response to an emergency event.TCRP Web Only Document 25, Public Transportation Emergency Mobilization Guide: Appendix B\u2014Survey of U. S. Public Transportation Systems includes additional information on the survey used as input on TCRP Report 86.The TCRP Report 86: Public Transportation Security series assembles relevant information into single, concise volumes, each pertaining to a specific security problem and closely related issues. These volumes focus on the concerns that transit agencies are addressing when developing programs in response to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, and the anthrax attacks that followed. Future volumes of the report will be issued as they are completed.", url = "https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/23305/public-transportation-emergency-mobilization-and-emergency-operations-guide", year = 2005, publisher = "The National Academies Press", address = "Washington, DC" } @BOOK{NAP author = "Institute of Medicine", title = "The Future of the Public's Health in the 21st Century", isbn = "978-0-309-08704-9", abstract = "The anthrax incidents following the 9\/11 terrorist attacks put the spotlight on the nation's public health agencies, placing it under an unprecedented scrutiny that added new dimensions to the complex issues considered in this report.\nThe Future of the Public's Health in the 21st Century reaffirms the vision of Healthy People 2010, and outlines a systems approach to assuring the nation's health in practice, research, and policy. This approach focuses on joining the unique resources and perspectives of diverse sectors and entities and challenges these groups to work in a concerted, strategic way to promote and protect the public's health.\nFocusing on diverse partnerships as the framework for public health, the book discusses:\n\n The need for a shift from an individual to a population-based approach in practice, research, policy, and community engagement.\n The status of the governmental public health infrastructure and what needs to be improved, including its interface with the health care delivery system.\n The roles nongovernment actors, such as academia, business, local communities and the media can play in creating a healthy nation.\n\nProviding an accessible analysis, this book will be important to public health policy-makers and practitioners, business and community leaders, health advocates, educators and journalists.", url = "https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/10548/the-future-of-the-publics-health-in-the-21st-century", year = 2003, publisher = "The National Academies Press", address = "Washington, DC" } @BOOK{NAP author = "National Research Council", title = "Acute Exposure Guideline Levels for Selected Airborne Chemicals: Volume 4", isbn = "978-0-309-09147-3", abstract = "The Bhopal Disaster of 1984 resulted in the death of around 2,000 residents living near chemical plants and irreversible injuries to more than 20,000 other residents. These numbers can be attributed to the community's lack of awareness concerning the chemicals' existence, dangers and effects, and\/or how to react in case of emergency. The disaster emphasized the need for governments to identify hazardous substances and to aid local communities in developing plans for emergency exposures.\n\nAs a result, the United States government issued the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act (SARA) of 1986; requiring the identification of extremely hazardous substances (EHSs) by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). EPA was also tasked with assisting Local Emergency Planning Committees (LEPCs) in conducting health-hazard assessments to develop emergency-response plans for sites where EHSs are produced, stored, transported, or used. The EPA identified nearly 400 EHSs in terms of their immediate danger to life and health (IDLH) as their first step in assisting these LEPCs.\n\nIn 1991 the EPA went on to request that the National Research Council (NRC) Committee on Toxicology (COT) develop criteria and methods for developing emergency exposure levels for EHSs for the general population. The COT, who had published many reports on emergency exposure guidance levels at the time, designated the task to a subcommittee. The subcommittee focused on Guidelines for Developing Community Emergency Exposure Levels for Hazardous Substances. Four years later the National Advisory Committee for Acute Exposure Guideline Levels for Hazardous Substances (NAC) was created with a focus on identifying, reviewing, and interpreting relevant toxicologic and other scientific data and developing acute exposure guideline levels (AEGLs) for high-priority, acutely toxic chemicals.\n\nIn Acute Exposure Guideline Levels for Selected Airborne Chemicals:Volume 4, the NAC outlines acute exposure guideline levels for chlorine, hydrogen chloride, toluene 2,4, hydrogen fluoride, 2,6-diisocyanate, and uranium hexafluoride. \n\n ", url = "https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/10902/acute-exposure-guideline-levels-for-selected-airborne-chemicals-volume-4", year = 2004, publisher = "The National Academies Press", address = "Washington, DC" } @BOOK{NAP author = "Institute of Medicine", editor = "Paula Tarnapol Whitacre and Annina Catherine Burns and Cathy Liverman and Lynn Parker", title = "Community Perspectives on Obesity Prevention in Children: Workshop Summaries", isbn = "978-0-309-14081-2", abstract = "As the public health threat of childhood obesity has become clear, the issue has become the focus of local, state, and national initiatives. Many of these efforts are centered on the community environment in recognition of the role of environmental factors in individual behaviors related to food and physical activity. In many communities, for example, fresh produce is not available or affordable, streets and parks are not amenable to exercise, and policies and economic choices make fast food cheaper and more convenient than healthier alternatives. \n\nCommunity efforts to combat obesity vary in scope and scale; overall, however, they remain fragmented, and little is known about their effectiveness. At the local level, communities are struggling to determine which obesity prevention programs to initiate and how to evaluate their impact. \n\nIn this context, the Institute of Medicine held two workshops to inform current work on obesity prevention in children through input from individuals who are actively engaged in community- and policy-based obesity prevention programs. Community perspectives were elicited on the challenges involved in undertaking policy and programmatic interventions aimed at preventing childhood obesity, and on approaches to program implementation and evaluation that have shown promise. Highlights of the workshop presentations and discussions are presented in this volume.", url = "https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/12705/community-perspectives-on-obesity-prevention-in-children-workshop-summaries", year = 2009, publisher = "The National Academies Press", address = "Washington, DC" } @BOOK{NAP author = "Transportation Research Board and National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine", title = "Toolkit for Rural Community Coordinated Transportation Services", abstract = "TRB\u2019s Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) Report 101: Toolkit for Rural Community Coordinated Transportation Services examines strategies and practices used to coordinate rural transportation services, and identifies model processes used for local coordination efforts in rural communities. A stand-alone executive summary of the report provides information, instructions, and lessons learned from rural communities that have implemented coordinated transportation services. ", url = "https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/13751/toolkit-for-rural-community-coordinated-transportation-services", year = 2004, publisher = "The National Academies Press", address = "Washington, DC" }