| BRP
Monographs, Supplements, and Special Issues
The objective of our BiMPED initiative is to evaluate the state-of-the-science
in psychoneuroimmunology and related fields, and the applicability
of this research to cancer control. Articles in this issue of
Brain, Behavior, and Immunity were based on presentations from
the BiMPED scientific meeting sponsored by BBRB in March 2002.
The special issue also features scientific commentaries from senior
and emerging leaders in cancer-related psychoneuroimmunology.
These leaders offer their unique perspective on the opportunities
and challenges for future research.
Supplemental Issue of Health Psychology, July 2005 Basic
and Applied Decision Making in Cancer Control
The objective of the decision making in cancer control initiative
is to enhance understanding of human decision-making processes
so that individuals can make more informed and satisfying choices
regarding their health. Articles in this issue of Health
Psychology are based on presentations made at the February
2004 NCI meeting, Basic and Applied Decision Making in Cancer
Control.
The National Cancer Institute established the Smoking and Tobacco
Control Monograph series in 1991 to provide ongoing and timely
information about emerging public health issues in smoking and
tobacco use control. The series reduces the time between availability
of information from research projects and the publication and
wide dissemination of this information, and enhances the rapidity
with which NCI can use findings from research trials to reduce
cancer morbidity and mortality.
This supplement highlights the lessons learned from the last
20 years of research and provides the foundation for the future
endeavors in cancer research. This publication offers the rare
opportunity to reflect on an entire body of research, representing
hundreds of grants and articles published by investigators in
the mid 1980s to today.
The Women, Tobacco, and Cancer Working Group, a public private/partnership
led by NCI, met in February 2003 to identify ways to stimulate
scientific research on women, tobacco, and cancer issues, and
to suggest approaches to translate knowledge into interventions
to prevent cancers caused by tobacco use in women in the United
States and other countries.
This monograph—a collaboration between the National Institutes
of Health's National Cancer Institute and the Office of Research
on Women's Health—serves as a comprehensive source of data
on cancer in nine populations of women of color: African Americans,
Mexican Americans, Puerto Ricans, Cuban Americans, Asian Americans,
Native Hawaiians, American Samoans, American Indians, and Alaska
Natives.
This supplement to Nicotine & Tobacco Research provides a
summary of the state of our knowledge of the history, sociology,
epidemiology, and toxicology of menthol cigarettes as well as
the proposed future research agenda.
This is the first report to identify critical steps to help reduce
tobacco use and its consequences among understudied and historically
underserved populations in the United States. This report describes
the process employed to generate research recommendations in key
scientific areas, summarizes the conference presentations, and
presents nine research themes used to categorize over 100 recommendations
developed by conference participants. This report represents efforts
that began at the National Conference on Tobacco and Health Disparities
held in December 2002 in Palm Harbor, Florida.
The special issue includes: an overview of the Youth Tobacco
Cessation Collaborative; a comparison of review methods for tobacco
control; an application of better practices framework for youth
tobacco cessation; a review of the scientific evidence regarding
youth tobacco cessation; recommendations for developing, implementing
and evaluating youth tobacco cessation programs; and research
methodology issues and research gaps.
This Nicotine & Tobacco Research supplement highlights the
multidimensional nature of tobacco use and related diseases. The
supplement articles discuss the scientific research among the
Transdiscplinary Tobacco Use Research Centers (TTURCs), which
are a collaboration among the National Cancer Institute, the National
Institute on Drug Abuse, and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
This supplement focuses on what the tobacco documents teach about
marketing tobacco products. Summaries of the tobacco industry
marketing research and strategy are included. |
