2012-05-25T08:30:21Z Copyright (c) 2012, The RAND Corporation RAND Corporation http://www.rand.org/pubs/new.html http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20120054.html 2012-06-01T09:00:00Z 2012-06-01T09:00:00Z

This article enumerates challenges facing efforts to inform, influence, and persuade in pursuit of national policy objectives first for the U.S. government in general, and then specific to the Department of Defense.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP201200108.html 2012-06-01T09:00:00Z 2012-06-01T09:00:00Z

This study suggests four timely US actions to address today's competing realities of globalization and economic austerity: raise awareness among clinicians and local health departments; capture and share exemplary disaster management practices across countries; ensure that US global health investments are effective, efficient, and sustainable; and think globally while acting locally to enhance US health security.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP201200114.html 2012-06-01T09:00:00Z 2012-06-01T09:00:00Z

In this article, we synthesize the empirical literature on the influence of peers and friends on youth's eating and physical activity.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9669.html 2012-05-25T08:00:00Z 2012-05-25T08:00:00Z

A team from RAND and the University HealthSystem Consortium developed a toolkit to help hospitals enhance their quality improvement efforts using quality indicators from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/corporate_pubs/CP593-2012.html 2012-05-24T07:15:00Z 2012-05-24T07:15:00Z

Selected RAND Abstracts (SRA) is a complete guide to all unclassified RAND publications for a given calendar year. Each volume contains author, subject, and title indexes covering all the material abstracted in that volume.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR1159.html 2012-05-24T05:15:00Z 2012-05-24T05:15:00Z

Examines differences in the rates at which minority and women officers are retained and promoted within the U.S. military, as well as differences in the rates among women officers serving in occupations that are partially closed to women.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR993.html 2012-05-24T05:00:00Z 2012-05-24T05:00:00Z

Examines contracting alternatives for the full deployment phase of the Consolidated Afloat Networks and Enterprise Services system, intended to give the U.S. Navy a common set of key command, control, communications, computers, and intelligence networks.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR1147.html 2012-05-24T04:30:00Z 2012-05-24T04:30:00Z

The Air Force is planning to modernize its automatic testing capabilities for electronics by moving to modern, common families of test equipment. This report focuses on the economic aspect of this process.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/documented_briefings/DB608.html 2012-05-23T10:00:00Z 2012-05-23T10:00:00Z

Examines the Army's supplier relationship management practices, identifying best practices and focusing on how the Army can gain better performance and reduce total costs.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG1175.html 2012-05-21T06:00:00Z 2012-05-21T06:00:00Z

To support a congressionally mandated review of gender-based assignment restrictions in the U.S. military, RAND researchers described and quantified the positions that are closed to women in each of the services.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/testimonies/CT376.html 2012-05-17T12:15:00Z 2012-05-17T12:15:00Z

Testimony submitted before the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity on May 16, 2012.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/occasional_papers/OP372.html 2012-05-17T08:30:00Z 2012-05-17T08:30:00Z

Analyzes the security environment in the tri-border area between the Philippines, Malaysia, and Indonesia and considers ways to improve maritime domain awareness in the region.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR1207.html 2012-05-17T07:30:00Z 2012-05-17T07:30:00Z

This report describes the development of 22 clinical decision support (CDS) artifacts as part of the Advancing Clinical Decision Support effort to accelerate the effective use of CDS interventions and facilitate evidence-based clinical practice.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9667.html 2012-05-16T05:15:00Z 2012-05-16T05:15:00Z

Vaccine-preventable diseases take a heavy toll on U.S. adults despite the widespread availability of vaccines. Office-based providers can do more to promote adult vaccinations but need clearer guidance and a better business case to offer them.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/corporate_pubs/CP22-2012-04.html 2012-05-11T10:15:00Z 2012-05-11T10:15:00Z

Stories cover Iran's nuclear threat, social security in Mexico, programs for veterans, crime costs, U.S. efforts in Afghanistan, the health insurance mandate, legal defense, marijuana legalization, global education, and Louisiana's coastal planning.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR1247.html 2012-05-09T10:30:00Z 2012-05-09T10:30:00Z

The report work aims to inform the development of quality indicators for postmenopausal osteoporosis management in Europe.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/testimonies/CT375.html 2012-05-09T10:00:00Z 2012-05-09T10:00:00Z

Testimony presented before the California State Senate Labor and Industrial Relations Committee on May 9, 2012.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG1198.html 2012-05-09T07:45:00Z 2012-05-09T07:45:00Z

Past efforts to resolve ethno-territorial conflicts in Brčko, Mostar, Northern Ireland, and Jerusalem provide insights that could facilitate a negotiated settlement of the status of the disputed Iraqi city of Kirkuk.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR1204.html 2012-05-09T05:45:00Z 2012-05-09T05:45:00Z

The U.S. Army's two ammunition ports -- Military Ocean Terminal Concord and Military Ocean Terminal Sunny Point -- have different funding approaches and accounting systems, and a central question is what the most appropriate financial structure should be.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/occasional_papers/OP369-1.html 2012-05-08T09:45:00Z 2012-05-08T09:45:00Z

Presents summary data from the American Life Panel on the 2011 banking practices of U.S. household respondents.