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Asset and Health Dynamics Among the Oldest Old (AHEAD)

The Center for Aging actively supports empirical research on aging by facilitating the use of data sets commonly used in secondary analysis. Currently available are RAND versions of Health and Retirement Study (HRS) data and Asset and Health Dynamics Among the Oldest Old (AHEAD) data.

CalWORKs Datasets

RAND conducted, under contract from the California Department of Social Services (CDSS), a statewide evaluation of the California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) Program.

Catalog of Programs to Address Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury

A RAND project compiled the first comprehensive catalog of programs sponsored or funded by the U.S. Department of Defense to aid military members and their families with psychological health or traumatic brain injury issues. The searchable online catalog contains information about 211 programs.

Comprehensive Assessment of Reform Efforts (COMPARE)

COMPARE provides policymakers and interested parties with a unique way of understanding and evaluating the effects and unintended consequences of health care reform proposals.

Displaced New Orleans Residents Survey (DNORS)

The Displaced New Orleans Residents Survey (DNORS) is designed to examine the current location, well-being, and plans of people who lived in the City of New Orleans when Hurricane Katrina struck on 29 August 2005.

Family Life Surveys

The Family Life Surveys are a set of detailed household and community surveys of developing countries conducted by RAND, in collaboration with research institutions in the given countries. The currently available country surveys cover Malaysia (1976-77, 1988-89), Indonesia (1993), Guatemala (1995), and Bangladesh (1996).

Health and Fertility Archive

The Central American Population Program has compiled a set of fertility and health surveys carried out by different Central American institutions and international agencies in Central America, Panama, and Belize.

Health and Retirement Study (HRS)

The Center for Aging actively supports empirical research on aging by facilitating the use of data sets commonly used in secondary analysis. Currently available are RAND versions of Health and Retirement Study (HRS) data and Asset and Health Dynamics Among the Oldest Old (AHEAD) data.

Human Biospecimen Database

The Human Biospecimen Data Collection project provides a Web-based, searchable database of biospecimens collected, stored, and distributed by biorepositories for research purposes. The Web site was developed under contract with the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of Rare Diseases (ORD).

Indonesian Census and Inter-Censal Data Sets

The Data Management and Computing Core of the Population Research Center has acquired and translated documentation for Indonesian census and inter-censal data sets, collected by Indonesia's Central Bureau of Statistics.

Los Angeles Family and Neighborhood Survey

The Los Angeles Family and Neighborhood Survey (L.A. FANS) is a longitudinal study of families in Los Angeles County and of the neighborhoods in which they live.

Partners in Care Study Instruments

These measures were fielded as part of "Partners in Care," a trial conducted to determine whether primary care clinics could implement practical programs for improving depression care for adults and to assess whether such programs could reduce disparities in care for minorities in comparison to usual care.

Police Recruitment and Retention Clearinghouse

Part of the RAND Center on Quality Policing, the Police Recruitment and Retention Clearinghouse is a web-based resource that serves as a "one-stop-shop" for information about recruitment and retention specifically designed for the law enforcement community in order to promote evidence-based personnel planning.

RAND Database of Worldwide Terrorism Incidents

A database of terrorism incidents stretching back to 1972 with over 36,000 incidents coded and detailed. The new subscription-based RDWTI, launched in January 2009, is a fully searchable and interactive database.

RAND Health Insurance Experiment

The RAND Health Insurance Experiment is a 15-year, multimillion-dollar effort that encouraged the restructuring of private insurance and helped increase the stature of managed care.

Student Traumatic Experience Recovery Toolkit

This guide shows how to provide school-based mental health programs for students exposed to violence, natural disasters and other traumatic events.

Survey of Pesticide Use during the Gulf War

RAND conducted a survey designed to quantify the use of pesticides by the average U.S. military service member during Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm between August 1990 and July 1991.

Research Tools

Building Water Efficiency Analysis Model (BEAM)

To help building owners make better water-efficiency decisions, this model allows convenient assessment of potential value of water-efficiency investments.

Calculating Uncertainty in Biomass Emissions (CUBE) Model

CUBE 1.0 allows users to explore how estimates of net greenhouse gas emissions of biomass feedstocks change with varying assumptions about uncertainty in scientific data, future agricultural production changes, and development of the biomass resource base.

California Air Pollution Mapping Tool

RAND analysts estimated how failing to meet federal and state standards for particulate matter and ozone affected private and public insurer spending on hospital admissions for respiratory and cardiovascular causes, and ER visits for asthma, throughout California from 2005-2007.

Cost of Crime Calculator

Cost-of-crime and police effectiveness research can be used to measure how changing the size of police departments will affect overall crime costs to society.

Emergency Planning Guide for Child-Serving Organizations

The Promising Practices Network developed an online emergency planning guide tailored to organizations that provide direct social services to children and families, such as child care centers, after-school programs, and camps. The information is likely to be helpful to other organizations that work with children and families, including schools and health care providers.

Health Surveys and Tools

Instruments and scoring instructions for many major health services surveys are available from the RAND Health website, as well as practical tools for improving quality of care.

A Million Random Digits with 100,000 Normal Deviates

This 1955 book was a product of RAND's computing power (and patience). The tables of random numbers in the book have become a standard reference in engineering and econometrics textbooks and have been widely used in gaming and simulations that employ Monte Carlo trials. Still the largest known source of random digits and normal deviates, the work is routinely used by statisticians, physicists, pollsters, market analysts, lottery administrators, and quality control engineers.

Missouri Health Literacy Mapping Tool

This interactive mapping tool can help healthcare decisionmakers in Missouri identify community-level "hotspots" of suboptimal health or healthcare that may be due to low health literacy, and retrieve information about neighborhood characteristics and access to health services in specific communities.

Police and Security Worker Recruitment Maps

This RAND Center on Quality Policing resource helps compare the actual number of police and other "security workers" in each block group in the United States with what is expected based on that area's characteristics in order to identify where worker recruiting activities would be most effective.

PREPARE for Pandemic Influenza: A Quality Improvement Toolkit

The PREPARE toolkit provides a brief tutorial on using quality improvement methods to build agency capabilities and public health emergency preparedness.

Special Needs Populations Mapping for Public Health Preparedness

The Special Needs Populations Mapping tool can help public health agencies develop appropriate strategies for incorporating special needs populations into public health preparedness and response planning.

State Statistics

RAND provides subscription-based online collections of statistics with an emphasis on economic and public policy issues.

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