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Books, Reports and Journal Articles

• Outcome Assessment of NIH Activities in Behavioral and Social Sciences Research March 2005
• A new wave of behavioral change intervention research, Susan D. Solomon, Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 2005, 29 (Special Supplement Issue On the Behavioral Change Consortium), 1-3.
• Social Science and Health Research: Growth at the National Institutes of Health, Christine A. Bachrach and Ronald P. Abeles, American Journal of Public Health, January 2004, vol. 94, No. 1, 22-28.
• NIH Plan for Social Work Research, May 2003
• Spirituality, Religion, and Health: An Emerging Research Field. American Psychologist, January 2003, Volume 58, No. 1, 24-35
• Racial/Ethnic Bias and Health: Scientific Evidence, Methods, and Research Implications. American Journal of Public Health, February 2003, Volume 93, Issue 2
• Summary of Recommendations for Behavioral and Social Research from several National Academy of Sciences Reports, February 2002
• Qualitative Methods in Health Research: Opportunities and Considerations in Application and Review. Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research, National Institutes of Health. Bethesda, MD. December 2001, NIH Publication No. 02-5046
• Health and Behavior: The Interplay of Biological, Behavioral, and Societal Influences. Committee on Health and Behavior: Research, Practice, and Policy. Board on Neuroscience and Behavioral Health, Institute of Medicine. Washington DC: Washington DC, National Academy Press, 2001. ISBN 0-309-07030-9
• Toward Higher Levels of Analysis: Progress and Promise in Research on Social and Cultural Dimensions of Health. Executive Summary. NIH Publication No. 21-5020, September 2001. This is a large file (2,600 KB) Adobe Acrobat (pdf) file. If you have difficulties opening the file, be sure that you're using Version 5.0 or newer of the Adobe Reader.
• Behavioral and Social Sciences Research at NIH, June 26, 2001. Report to the US Congress on status of behavioral and social sciences research at the NIH.
• Burton H. Singer and Carol D. Ryff (eds.), New Horizons in Health: An Integrative Approach. Committee on Future Directions for Behavioral and Social Sciences Research at the National Institutes of Health. Washington, DC: National Academy Press 2001., To view an Executive Summary, click here.
• Terry C. Pellmer and Leon Eisenberg (eds.), Bridging Disciplines in the Brain, Behavioral, and Clinical Sciences. Washington, DC: National Academy Press ,2000
• NIH Report to the US Senate on Behavioral and Social Sciences Research, May 2000
• Norman A. Krasnegor, Norman B. Anderson, and Dana R. Bynum (eds.), Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Seminar Series, Volume I, Health and Behavior. Bethesda, MD: National Institutes of Health, 2000
• Arthur A. Stone, Jaylan S. Turkkan, Christine A. Bachrach, Jared B. Jobe, Howard S. Kurtzman, and Virginia S. Cain (eds.), The Science of Self Report: Implications for Research and Practice. Mahwah, NY: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1999
• Nancy E. Adler, Michael Marmot, Bruce S. McEwen, and Judith Stewart (eds.), “Socioeconomic Status and Health in Industrial Nations,” Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, Volume 896, 1999
• Jessie Gruman and Michael Follick (Chairs), Putting Evidence into Practice: The OBSSR Report of the Working Group on the Integration of Effective Behavioral Treatments into Clinical Care. Bethesda, MD: Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research, NIH, 1998.