The Development and Use of Child Well-Being Indicators in the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect

Summarizes the conceptual framework and development of outcomes-based, measurable indicators focused on child safety, permanency, and well-being to help monitor the status of children in the child welfare system. Outlines recommended indicators

The Multiple Dimensions of Child Abuse and Neglect: New Insights Into an Old Problem

Outlines the long-term health and cognitive effects and developmental delays that can result from child maltreatment. Makes a case for incorporating child well-being indicators into agencies' databases to monitor and address the needs of at-risk children

Media Handbook: Child Abuse & Neglect

Provides background and contextual information on child abuse and neglect cases and child welfare issues, lists of resources, advocacy organizations, and media contacts

Finishing the euchromatic sequence of the human genome

The sequence of the human genome encodes the genetic instructions for human physiology, as well as rich information about human evolution. In 2001, the International Human Genome Sequencing Consortium reported a draft sequence of the euchromatic portion of the human genome. Since then, the international collaboration has worked to convert this draft into a genome sequence with high accuracy and nearly complete coverage. Here, we report the result of this finishing process. The current genome sequence (Build 35) contains 2.85 billion nucleotides interrupted by only 341 gaps. It covers ∼99% of the euchromatic genome and is accurate to an error rate of ∼1 event per 100,000 bases. Many of the remaining euchromatic gaps are associated with segmental duplications and will require focused work with new methods. The near-complete sequence, the first for a vertebrate, greatly improves the precision of biological analyses of the human genome including studies of gene number, birth and death. Notably, the human enome seems to encode only 20,000-25,000 protein-coding genes. The genome sequence reported here should serve as a firm foundation for biomedical research in the decades ahead

Public Participation and Technology Assessment: A Survey of the Legislative History of the Office of Technology Assessment

This report provides an overview of the history and functions of the Office of Technology Assessment and discusses the concept of public participation in technology assessment