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Pages 53-56

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... Shine recalled; he was simply asking for guidance. In response, several projects have since been undertaken to help enlighten such influential decisionmakers: the report titled Promoting Health: Intervention Strategies prom Social and(Behavioral Research supported by the Woodruff Foundation; the six National Research Council and Institute of Medicine reports, supported by NIH, Center for Disease Control (CDC)
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From page 54...
... "There are major obstacles here, as we talk with each other, about what we mean in terms of hypotheses, methods, and research design." And it's essential that a sense of audience also pervade communication with potential patrons, he noted. For example, though the need for "multilayered comprehensive approaches" a term that has appropriately come up at this symposium is indisputable, "I hope that nobody tries to convince a congressional committee that there ought to be more funding for Estudies]
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From page 55...
... For example, at-risk populations often merit high priority not only for reasons of equity, morality, or compassion, but also because they provide a mechanism for asking clearer questions and getting clearer answers. Another illustration of priority setting: "You may be aware that 20 conditions account for 80 percent of health care expenditures in the United States," Dr.
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From page 56...
... "Those in public health need to piggyback to some extent on what happens in biomedicine and the health care delivery system, and those in biomedicine and the health care delivery system need to work with colleagues in public health, and not make this an either-or kind of a proposi. ,, tlon.
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