Racial and ethnic disparities in health care are known to reflect access to care and other issues that arise from differing socioeconomic conditions. Sexual Harassment of Women: Climate, Culture, and Consequences in Academic Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. (Contains approximately 461 references.) Johnson, Paula A., Ed. Over thirty years the incidence of sexual harassment in different industries has held steady, yet now more women are in the workforce and in academia, and in the fields of science, engineering, and medicine (as students and faculty) and so more women are experiencing sexual harassment as they work and learn. Over the last several years, revelations of the sexual harassment experienced by women in the workplace and in academic settings have raised urgent questions about the specific impact of this discriminatory behavior on women and the extent to which it is limiting their careers. Tel: 888-624-8373; Tel: 202-334-2000; Fax: 202-334-2793; e-mail: Customer_Service@nap.edu; Web site: http://www.nap.edu. Top experts participate in our projects, activities, and studies to examine and assemble evidence-based findings to address some of society's greatest challenges. ], National Academies Press. This report reviews the research on the extent to which women in the fields of science, engineering, and medicine are victimized by sexual harassment and examines the existing information on the extent to which sexual harassment in academia negatively impacts the recruitment, retention, and advancement of women pursuing scientific, engineering, technical, and medical careers. It publishes nearly 200 books a year on a wide range of topics in the sciences. The National Academy of Sciences is a private, nonprofit, self-perpetuating society of distinguished scholars engaged in scientific and engineering research, dedicated to the furtherance of science and technology and to their use for the general welfare. If implemented and coordinated across public, private, and government sectors, the recommended actions will help to improve workplace environments for all employees while strengthening the foundations of America's competitiveness. The National Academies Press (NAP) publishes the reports of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.The NAP publishes more than 200 books a year on a wide range of topics in science, engineering, and medicine, providing authoritative, independently-researched information on important matters in science and health policy. It also identifies and analyzes the policies, strategies and practices that have been the most successful in preventing and addressing sexual harassment in these settings. The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine are the nation's pre-eminent source of high-quality, objective advice on science, engineering, and health matters. Numerous organizations sponsored this work and the full list can be seen in the document. Their experience up to 1998 was already indicating that open access led to increased sales, at least with page images as the final viewable object. To maintain its scientific and engineering leadership amid increasing economic and educational globalization, the United States must aggressively pursue the innovative capacity of all its people--women and men. 500 Fifth Street NW, Washington, DC 20001. ], National Academies Press. "Beyond Bias and Barriers" explains that eliminating gender bias in academia requires immediate overarching reform, including decisive action by university administrators, professional societies, federal funding agencies and foundations, government agencies, and Congress. "Sexual Harassment of Women" explores the influence of sexual harassment in academia on the career advancement of women in the scientific, technical, and medical workforce. In 2003, the NAP published the results of an online experiment to determine the "cannibalization effect" that might obtain, if the NAP gave all reports away online, in PDF format. Notably, this page-by-page navigation was produced long before Amazon's Look Inside, or Google's Book Search. Through mid-2006, as reported at the AAUP annual meeting, the NAP remained financially self-sustaining as a publisher, even while progressively expanding the utility of the online experience, and increasing its online traffic and dissemination. National Academies Press The United States economy relies on the productivity, entrepreneurship, and creativity of its people.