The BORN study examines efforts to improve maternal and infant health in Nigeria, where more than 250,000 infants die each year and 15 percent of the world's maternal deaths occur. RAND will assess the impact of the Midwives Service Scheme that was created by the Nigerian government to lower mortality rates. Read More »
Father's Day should be about ensuring that we really understand the vital role fathers play in their children's lives. Educational success, better social development, and higher self-esteem are some of the documented effects on children who have dads involved in their everyday life. Read More »
“Intervention” is not a useful organizing concept for a foreign policy, says Paul Miller. Foreign policy must encompass a vast range of ideas and issues — from great-power rivalry to international trade, transnational terrorism, environmental treaties, and more — that are not related in any way to intervention. Read More »
On June 3, the Supreme Court found that law enforcement may take DNA samples from anybody arrested for a serious crime, as is the case in England. While collection methods are now closer, a 2010 comparison of the U.S. and English approaches to forensic DNA systems found significant differences between the countries. Read More »
After the ACA passed in 2010, 26 states sued the federal government, claiming that the ACA's Medicaid expansion was unconstitutional. A 2012 Supreme Court ruling upheld most of the ACA but ruled that states could “opt out” of expanding Medicaid. A RAND study explores what might happen to government costs and coverage if they do. Read More »
The U.S. Department of Defense continues to grapple with a growing number of suicides among service members. Additional research is critically needed in two areas. The first is gun control. The second is the quality of behavioral health care available to those who need it. Read More »
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