"Millions of people in the United States live with serious illnesses such as cancer, heart disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder (COPD), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, and dementia--often for many years. Those facing serious illness have a range of interconnected...

Intro -- FrontMatter -- Reviewers -- Contents -- Figures and Table -- Acronyms and Abbreviations -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Cities and Planetary Health : Why Urban Issues Matter -- 3 Evidence and Challenges for Urban Health Initiatives in International Development -- 4 Identifying and Addressing...

Financing Long-Term Services and Supports for Individuals with Disabilities and Older Adults is the summary of a workshop convened in June 2013 by the Forum on Aging, Disability, and Independence of the Institute of Medicine and the National Research Council to examine the financing of long-term...

Introduction -- Background: USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service and Economic Research Service -- Dimensions of farm complexity -- Conceptual issues : defining farming, farms, farmers, and agriculture -- The growing complexity of farm business structure : implications for data...

Introduction -- Sustainable financing structures for population health : historical patterns and insights for the future -- Case example 1 : justice reinvestment -- Case example 2 : Clean energy financing -- Realigning resources for population health : small group conversations -- Reflections on...

Understanding the basics of tax policy and state budgets -- Creating a pipeline of financing for population health: exploring sin taxes and tax credits -- Designing sound population health tax policy: small group activity -- Informing sound population health tax policy in the current environment...

Introduction -- What are sustainable diets? -- Measurement and analysis of sustainable diets from production to consumption -- Sustainability and healthy dietary changes through policy and program action -- Innovation in food production and distribution to reduce environmental footprint --...