Title Scientific Opportunities and Public Needs : Improving Priority Setting and Public Input at the National Institutes of Health

Published Washington : National Academies Press, 1998

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Description 1 online resource (136 pages) Series Online access: National Academy of Sciences National Academies Press Online access: NCBI NCBI Bookshelf Contents Scientific Opportunities and Public Needs -- Copyright -- REVIEWERS -- Preface -- Acronyms -- Contents -- Scientific Opportunities and Public Needs -- Executive Summary -- CRITERIA FOR PRIORITY SETTING -- PRIORITY-SETTING PROCESSES -- MECHANISMS FOR PUBLIC INPUT -- CONGRESSIONAL ROLE -- 1 Introduction -- BACKGROUND -- Funding Allocation by Institute and Center -- Funding Allocation by Mechanism -- Funding Allocation by Type of Research -- Funding Allocation by Disease -- RECENT TRENDS AND ISSUES -- IOM COMMITTEE PROCESS ORGANIZATION OF THE REPORT2 Criteria for Priority Setting -- WHY CRITERIA ARE IMPORTANT -- NIH'S CRITERIA FOR PRIORITY SETTING -- Criterion 1. Public Health Needs -- Criterion 2. Quality of Research Supported -- Criterion 3. Scientific Opportunity -- Criterion 4. Portfolio Diversification -- Criterion 5. Adequate Infrastructure Support -- CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS -- 3 Priority-Setting Processes -- PRIORITY SETTING THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS -- NIH DIRECTOR'S ROLE IN PRIORITY SETTING -- Transfer Authority -- Discretionary Fund NIH Areas of Research EmphasisAdvisory Committee to the Director -- PRIORITY SETTING AT THE INSTITUTE LEVEL -- CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS -- 4 Mechanisms for Public Input -- PUBLIC INPUT INTO PRIORITY SETTING -- RECENT CHANGES -- TWO-WAY COMMUNICATION BETWEEN NIH AND THE PUBLIC -- CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS -- Offices of Public Liaison: Rationale, Roles, and Responsibilities -- Director's Council of Public Representatives: Rationale, Roles, and Responsibilities -- Policy and Program Advisory Group Membership -- Summary -- 5 Congressional Role CONGRESS AND NIHHow Congress Communicates Priorities -- Appropriations Process -- Authorization Process -- CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS -- References -- Appendixes -- A Federal Advisory Committees of the National Institutes of Health -- OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR -- NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE -- NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE -- NATIONAL HEART, LUNG, AND BLOOD INSTITUTE -- NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE -- NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING -- NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM -- NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES National institute of arthritis and musculoskeletal and skin diseasesnational institute of child health and human development -- national institute on deafness and other communication disorders -- national institute of dental research -- national institute of diabetes and digestive and kidney diseases -- national institute on drug abuse -- national institute of environmental health sciences -- national institute of general medical sciences -- national institute of mental health -- national institute of neurological disorders and stroke Notes ""National institute of nursing research"" English Print version record Subject Medicine -- Government policy -- Citizen participation -- Research -- United States Public health -- Research -- Government policy -- United States -- Citizen participation Federal aid to medical research -- United States Medical policy. Human behavior. Non-governmental organizations. Consumers' leagues. Medical care. Research. Health planning. National health services. Social control. Science. Economics. Sociology. Social sciences. Physical sciences. Misinformation. Medical policy -- Citizen participation -- Research -- United States Public Policy Health Priorities Research Support as Topic Communication Health Policy Academies and Institutes Biomedical Research Community Participation Social Control Policies Behavior Organizations Information Science Financial Support Consumer Organizations Delivery of Health Care Research Community Health Services Health Planning Health Services Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms Social Control, Formal Science Health Care Economics and Organizations Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation Economics Policy Sociology Psychiatry and Psychology Social Sciences Health Care Facilities, Manpower, and Services Natural Science Disciplines Disciplines and Occupations Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena State Medicine Patient Care human behavior. research (function) sciences (philosophy) economics. sociology. social sciences. physical sciences. science (modern discipline) Sociology Social sciences Social control Science Research Physical sciences Non-governmental organizations National health services Medical policy Medical care Human behavior Health planning Economics Consumers' leagues Federal aid to medical research United States Form Electronic book ISBN 9780309591959 0309591953 9780309061308 030906130X

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