2012-05-17T21:30:17Z Copyright (c) 2012, The RAND Corporation RAND Corporation http://www.rand.org/about/people/m/martinez_homero.html http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20100034.html 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Iron supplementation increases the storage of iron in school-age children with iron deficiency.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20090318.html 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Childhood diarrhoea still claims nearly 2 million lives each year and remains responsible for 18% of all child deaths. Regardless of this, research interest in this disease has been steadily decreasing after the development of cost-effective interventions in the 1980s.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP19970050.html 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Identifies the terms used by mothers to refer to diseases, signs and symptoms related to acute respiratory illnesses (ARI), alarming signs which should motivate them to seek medical attention, and describes common home practices of disease care and treatment.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP19980033.html 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The results suggest that the propensity of families to choose private schools is insensitive to out-of-pocket tuition costs.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20000809.html 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The differences in practice style may have a potential effect on health systems as feminization of the medical profession increases.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20061130.html 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Since Arthur Andersen's implosion in 2002, policymakers have been encouraged with ever increasing urgency to insulate the auditing industry from legal liability.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20061131.html 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

This study was carried out in a population of school children believed to be at risk of various micronutrient deficiencies, including iron.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20060818.html 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Highlights the need for addressing maternal concerns in relation to PIM, especially regarding the role of crying as the initiator of the PIM cycle.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20060424.html 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Indigenous children in school shelters in Mexico suffer from anemia in spite of food that is subsidized, prepared, and served to them.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20100068.html 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Assesses how park characteristics and demographic factors are associated with park use.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20091204.html 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Site visits offer a useful means to evaluate the implementation of school district obesity-related policies and develop interventions to translate school food policies into practice.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20071109.html 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

The consumption of a food supplement significantly increased plasma zinc concentrations in Chilean elderly adults.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG891.html 2010-05-19T10:40:00Z 2010-05-19T10:40:00Z

Provides an overview of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Belize, Guatemala, and Honduras, describes the role that faith-based organizations play in addressing HIV in these countries, and discusses how this role might be expanded.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9512.html 2010-05-20T16:26:00Z 2010-05-20T16:26:00Z

Describes the role that faith-based organizations play in addressing the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Belize, Guatemala, and Honduras and how this role might be expanded.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9512z1.html 2010-05-26T11:54:00Z 2010-05-26T11:54:00Z

Describes the role that faith-based organizations play in addressing the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Belize, Guatemala, and Honduras and how this role might be expanded.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20070118.html 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

Children's growth at age 2 at the IMSS shows a curve that is lower than that of the reference population recommended by the WHO as an int'l standard.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG891z1.html 2010-05-24T12:22:00Z 2010-05-24T12:22:00Z

Provides an overview of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Belize, Guatemala, and Honduras, describes the role that faith-based organizations play in addressing HIV in these countries, and discusses how this role might be expanded.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20080207.html 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

A literature review from three major databases reveals that obesity rates for Latino male children and adolescents are higher than for other major gender-ethnic groups. Obese Latino male youth are also prone to obesity-related morbidities.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20080701.html 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

To determine the prevalence of iodine deficiency, its causes and its association with intelligence quotient (IQ) in Mexican schoolchildren.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20080324.html 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

In patient decisions to seek care for chronic pain, the first option was to go to the popular sector, then a general physician, and then a specialist. Illness behaviour should be seen as a process combining the use of different health care sectors.