Educational attainment and life expectancy: A perspective from the NIH Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research. (February 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Spittel, Michael L.; Riley, William T.; Kaplan, Robert M.
• Is Part Of: Social science & medicine. Volume 127(2015)
• Page Start: 203
• Page End: 205
• Publication Date: 2015-02
• Subjects: NIH -- BSSR -- Education and health -- Program; Social medicine -- Periodicals; Medical anthropology -- Periodicals; Public health -- Periodicals; Psychology -- Periodicals; Medicine -- Periodicals; Medicine -- Periodicals; Médecine sociale -- Périodiques; Anthropologie médicale -- Périodiques; Santé publique -- Périodiques; Psychologie -- Périodiques; Médecine -- Périodiques; Electronic journals; 362.105
• DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2014.11.017
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0277-9536

Abstract

Abstract: The NIH Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR) furthers the mission of the NIH by stimulating behavioral and social sciences research throughout NIH and integrating these areas of research more fully into the NIH health research enterprise, thereby improving our understanding, treatment, and prevention of disease. OBSSR accomplishes this mission through several strategic priorities: (1) supporting the next generation of basic behavioral and social sciences research, (2) facilitating interdisciplinary research, (3) promoting a multi-level systems perspective of health and behavior, and (4) encouraging a problem-focused perspective on population health.