2013-06-11T18:07:30Z Copyright (c) 2013, The RAND Corporation RAND Corporation http://www.rand.org/about/people/b/brown_ryan_andrew.html http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP51364.html 2013-01-01T12:00:00Z 2013-01-01T12:00:00Z

In this study, we used a mixed methods approach to explore the determinants of relationship patterns and risky sex among homeless men living in downtown Los Angeles.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP51290.html 2013-02-01T12:00:00Z 2013-02-01T12:00:00Z

Declines in self-reported sleep quotas with globalizing lifestyle changes have focused attention on their possible role in rising global health problems such as obesity or depression.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG1246.html 2013-02-18T08:30:00Z 2013-02-18T08:30:00Z

Analysis of data on suicide attacks in Israel suggest that assessing sociocultural, political, economic, and demographic factors in addition to the geospatial enhances the ability to predict future suicide attack targets.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20080931.html 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Examines similarities and differences in how community poverty, family context, and life course attainment predict subjective social status, which is associated with physical and mental health, among Cherokee and white youth in Appalachia.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20091022.html 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Anthropology can help locate unique or interesting populations and phenomena for cultural neuroscience research.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20090925.html 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Examines the impact of community and family poverty and educational attainment on educational goals and attainment among rural white youth (n=200).

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20100016.html 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

This study investigates the role of national independence and women's political participation on population health using historical lifespan data from Norway.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20091217.html 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

American Indian groups exhibit some of the highest and earliest fertility. This comparison between Cherokee and white youth in Appalachia found that the main difference in attitudes toward childbearing was the degree of latitude for the timing of having children vis-a-vis other major life events.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP201000103.html 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Comparisons of methamphetamine use among American Indian men in Appalachia and that in other populations and regions suggest that similar motivations and contextual factors may influence meth use across diverse cultural and regional contexts.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/working_papers/WR729.html 2010-01-12T14:56:00Z 2010-01-12T14:56:00Z

Investigates the role of national independence and women's political participation on population health using historical lifespan data from Norway.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20090633.html 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Examines how social demographics (gender, age, or race-ethnicity), census tract characteristics, and family environment during childhood relate to variability in the lifecourse priorities of 344 Cherokee and white youth during emerging adulthood. .650 2

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20090528.html 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Describes lessons learned in the creation and administration of the Life Trajectory Interview for Youth, an ethnographically-based instrument to assess the life course perspectives of Appalachian youth, and explores its utility in predicting depression and negative life events. .650 2

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20060340.html 2006-05-01T12:00:00Z 2006-05-01T12:00:00Z

This study employs vital statistics data from Sweden, England, Wales, France, and Spain to examine male:female mortality differentials from 1750 through 2000 and their interrelationship with epidemiological transitions.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/working_papers/WR498.html 2007-07-04T08:07:00Z 2007-07-04T08:07:00Z

This study employs vital statistics data from Sweden, England, Wales, France, and Spain to examine male:female mortality differentials from 1750 through 2000 and their inter-relationship with epidemiological transitions.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP201100116.html 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Homeless men on LA's Skid Row use visual and behavioral cues, social reputation, feelings of trust, perceived relationship seriousness, and medically inaccurate ''folk'' beliefs to judge whether partners were risky and/or condom use was warranted.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP201100120.html 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

This study of a Cherokee Indian population in North Carolina found that sudden increases in income were associated with short-term increases in risk-taking behavior and higher rates of accidental death.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20100154.html 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Exploring the intersection of neuroscience and anthropology can productively inform our understanding of the relationship between human brains and their socio-cultural contexts.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP51165.html 2012-12-01T12:00:00Z 2012-12-01T12:00:00Z

This research uses multi-level modeling to investigate the context of unprotected sex among heterosexually active homeless men in the Skid Row area of Los Angeles.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG1056.html 2010-11-18T14:59:00Z 2010-11-18T14:59:00Z

Shares results of a study on sexual orientation and U.S. military policy, requested by the Senate Armed Services Committee and the Secretary of Defense in order to weigh the repeal of the law known as ''Don't Ask, Don't Tell.''

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP201200115.html 2012-01-01T12:00:00Z 2012-01-01T12:00:00Z

HIV continues to be a serious public health problem for men who have sex with women (MSW), especially homeless MSW.