The National Institutes of Health Women's Health Initiative (WHI) is the largest research study ever funded by NIH ($625 million over 14 years) and is designed to test strategies to prevent cardiovascular disease, breast cancer, and osteoporotic fractures-leading causes of death, disability, and decreased quality of life for older women. Although the WHI has already begun, serious questions remain about its design, cost, and the likelihood that it can answer the questions it asks. This book evaluates whether the effort can ...
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The National Institutes of Health Women's Health Initiative (WHI) is the largest research study ever funded by NIH ($625 million over 14 years) and is designed to test strategies to prevent cardiovascular disease, breast cancer, and osteoporotic fractures-leading causes of death, disability, and decreased quality of life for older women. Although the WHI has already begun, serious questions remain about its design, cost, and the likelihood that it can answer the questions it asks. This book evaluates whether the effort can be justified scientifically. Table of Contents Front Matter Executive Summary Introduction Clinical Trial Observational Study Community Prevention Study Concluding Remarks References Appendix A: Clinical Trial Exclusion Criteria Appendix B: U.S. House of Representatives Appropriations COmmittee Appendix C: Statement of Task Appendix D: Documents Received by the Institute of Medicine from the National Institutes of Health Appendix E: Meeting Participants June, July, and August 1993 Appendix F: Primary and Subsidiary Hypotheses of the Women's Health Initiative Clinical Trial Appendix G: Women's Health Initiative Committees Appendix H: NIH-Sponsored Women's Health Studies Appendix I: NIH Cost and FTE Summary for Vanguard Clinical Centers Appendix J: NIH Power Calculations Appendix K: Women's Health Initiative Clinical Coordinating Center and Vanguard Clinical Centers Principal Investigators Appendix L: Abbreviations and Acronyms Appendix M: Committee and Staff Biographies
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Good. 1993. Paperback. The National Institutes of Health Women's Health Initiative (WHI) is the largest research study designed to test strategies to prevent cardiovascular disease, breast cancer, and osteoporotic fractures-leading causes of death, and decreased quality of life for older women. This book evaluates whether the effort can be justified scientifically. Editor(s): Thaul, Susan; Hotra, Dana. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: VFDW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 280 x 216 x 13. Weight in Grams: 454. "1Kg. Paperback. Good copy with clean cover and tight binding, very slight rubbing to cover. Includes bibliographical references (p. 91-93). Executive summary--Women's health initiative--IOM study--Findings and suggestions--Clinical trial--Observational study--Community prevention study--Recommendations--Responses to the statement of task--Description of the NIH women's health initiative--History of Institute of Medicine involvement--Committee selection and participation--Statement of task--Committee activities--Clinical trial--Rationale--General issues--Integration of the CT with other components of the WHI--Design and methods--Factorial design--Sample characteristics--Proposed analytic techniques--Ethics: consent and stopping rules--Minority analysis plan--Specifying the relationship of intervention an effect--Outcome definition and measurement--Recruitment and retention--Adherence--Secular trends--Provision of health car." Keywords: "Health, Family & Lifestyle-Women's Health & Lifestyle-General, Subjects-Health, Family & Lifestyle-General, Subjects-Health, Family & Lifestyle-Medical & Heal". Not a first edition copy.....We ship daily from our Bookshop.
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