2013-04-14T12:31:07Z Copyright (c) 2013, The RAND Corporation RAND Corporation http://www.rand.org/about/people/s/stern_stefanie.html http://www.rand.org/pubs/working_papers/WR583.html 2008-07-08T04:08:00Z 2008-07-08T04:08:00Z

To assist planning and response efforts for vulnerable populations, the authors created a compendium of communication, outreach, and education materials related to emergency preparedness, response, and recovery for those populations.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/working_papers/WR598.html 2009-01-09T16:41:00Z 2009-01-09T16:41:00Z

Analyzes risk communications and public health messaging strategies and approaches with at-risk populations to enhance emergency preparedness, response, and recovery.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/working_papers/WR581.html 2008-07-07T01:41:00Z 2008-07-07T01:41:00Z

Reports on a literature review concerning promising risk communication approaches and messaging strategies to address the communication limitations or barriers facing vulnerable populations before, during, and after a public health emergency.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/working_papers/WR737.html 2010-01-11T17:02:00Z 2010-01-11T17:02:00Z

This review lays a foundation for upcoming analyses that will provide a working definition of community resilience, identify activities for building resilience, and offer associated metrics.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20090116.html 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Substance abuse is, and has always been, an indisputable fact of life. People -- especially young people -- abuse various legal and illegal substances for any number of reasons: to intensify feelings, to achieve deeper consciousness, to escape reality, to self-medicate.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20080904.html 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Uses network theory and social network analysis to outline the core dimensions of connectivity used to develop and measure progress in multiagency public health collaboratives between governmental and nongovernmental sectors.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20070302.html 2007-03-01T00:00:00Z 2007-03-01T00:00:00Z

Many adolescents use alcohol and drugs (AODs); however, most do not seek help because of stigma or confidentiality concerns.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20070403.html 2007-04-01T00:00:00Z 2007-04-01T00:00:00Z

Quality improvement (QI) methods have been used in many industries to improve performance and outcomes.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9423.html 2009-03-04T09:06:00Z 2009-03-04T09:06:00Z

Describes the problems and positive aspects of deployment that have an impact on the retention intentions of reserve component families.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20070336.html 2007-04-01T00:00:00Z 2007-04-01T00:00:00Z

Discusses a new approach to high school redesign,

http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR980.html 2011-08-24T13:00:00Z 2011-08-24T13:00:00Z

Description of fidelity rating tools for the Building Recovery by Improving Goals, Habits, and Thoughts (BRIGHT) and BRIGHT-2 interventions for depression and substance abuse, interrater reliability of measures, and a training plan for coders.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR915.html 2011-02-22T09:00:00Z 2011-02-22T09:00:00Z

Provides a roadmap for federal, state, and local leaders who are developing plans to enhance community resilience for health security threats and describes options for building community resilience in key areas.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9574.html 2011-02-22T09:00:00Z 2011-02-22T09:00:00Z

Examines ways in which communities can improve their ability to withstand and recover from adversity.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/working_papers/WR491.html 2007-07-25T09:51:00Z 2007-07-25T09:51:00Z

Describes a pilot program for using quality improvement techniques in the area of public health -- specifically to prepare for a flu pandemic.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR316.html 2006-04-14T15:37:00Z 2006-04-14T15:37:00Z

Develops a framework for applying quality improvement (QI) in public health; investigates the applicability of those models to public health emergency preparedness.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR249.html 2005-05-24T07:07:00Z 2005-05-24T07:07:00Z

Develops and applies criteria for assessing the design of emergency response exercises used at the local, state, regional, national, or international level.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR320.html 2006-05-19T16:43:00Z 2006-05-19T16:43:00Z

Describes a new quality-improvement tool that public health agencies can adopt to regularly look back at each routine annual influenza season to systematically institutionalize knowledge from one influenza season to the next.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20091008.html 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Impoverished women worldwide are at high risk for contracting HIV/AIDS. This study explores how homeless women make risky sex decisions and the role that alcohol and drugs play in this process.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9198.html 2006-09-06T16:30:00Z 2006-09-06T16:30:00Z

This fact sheet summarizes a RAND study to show how quality improvement methods can be used to improve the emergency preparedness of the U.S. public health system.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG645.html 2008-12-05T10:45:00Z 2008-12-05T10:45:00Z

Presents the results of interviews with reserve component personnel and spouses, focusing on their deployment experiences and military career intentions, and suggests how the Department of Defense can better support guard and reserve families.