2008-11-21T09:21:17Z Copyright (c) 2007-2008, The RAND Corporation Bricolage RAND Corporation urn:uuid:78DF4B3C-41D4-11DB-A3BD-CE1F1D4D57CE urn:uuid:36A1A01C-B248-11DD-BB62-4DC038788F35 2008-11-18T12:17:00Z 2008-11-18T12:18:00Z

Consumer providers are individuals with serious mental illness who provide recovery-oriented services and support to others. This guide serves as an easy-to-use reference to assist in hiring and integrating CPs into provider teams.

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Examine the structure and effectiveness of healthcare interventions aimed at preventing and reducing alcohol harm in a selected number of countries.

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As part of an ongoing evaluation of Juvenile Justice Crime Prevention Act activities through the Los Angeles County Probation Department, the authors determine whether five home-based programs used evidence-based practices and effective intervention.

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This fact sheet provides an overview of the Institute of Medicine's quality improvement framework for behavioral health care and highlights current quality improvement projects that incorporate the framework's recommendations.

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Consists of three papers about early detection of chronic diseases, each of which contributes to the field of medical screening and diagnosis from a novel viewpoint.

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The four essays in this dissertation examine alcohol and food environments in relation to excessive drinking among adolescents and adults, weight gain trends among sociodemograhic groups, and the effect of retail food establishments on obesity.

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Testimony presented before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, Subcommittee on Domestic Policy on March 12, 2008.

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The U.K. National Audit Office (NAO) commissioned RAND Europe to conduct this review to identify and synthesize international research about the effectiveness of community orders in reducing re-offending.

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This research brief describes a study that found that working for pay in and around the 10th grade is associated with increased smoking among teens.

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An assessment of the first-year progress of community-policing and violence-prevention programs funded by Measure Y, a 10-year initiative to reduce violence in Oakland. The report focuses on implementation; impact analyses will be conducted later.

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This research brief describes findings from HIV Costs and Services Utilization Study surveys on the prevalence of mental health and substance abuse problems for persons with HIV, access to appropriate care, and ability to adhere to treatment.

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Feature stories discuss the precarious posture taken by the world toward Afghanistan, lessons for the U.S. National Guard from Hurricane Katrina, and competing claims stoked by the RAND Health Insurance Experiment.

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This research brief describes evidence RAND researchers use to challenge findings from 1990 report on marijuana use and emotional and social adjustment in teens.

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Success of intervention programs for probationers and participating youths is measured by the following outcomes: successful completion of probation, restitution, and community service; arrests; probation violations; and incarcerations.

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This summary of the Getting To Outcomes (GTO) process provides step-by-step guidance to those in need of a concise, overview-style approach to GTO as they plan, implement, and evaluation substance abuse prevention programs.

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This study explored using outcome data to assess adolescent substance abuse treatment program performance. However, this approach may be problematic. A more promising approach may be to identify quality-of-care indicators for assessing performance.

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This research brief is a summary of a longer guide that provides key accountability questions, worksheets, tools, and examples to help communities plan, implement, and evaluate their efforts to reduce and prevent underage drinking.

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Evaluates the progress of Arkansas' seven health related programs funded by the tobacco Master Settlement Agreement.

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Success of intervention programs for probationers and participating youths is measured by the following outcomes: successful completion of probation, restitution, and community service; arrests; probation violations; and incarcerations.

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Alcohol is the primary contributor to adolescent deaths in the United States. This comprehensive, step-by-step guide is designed to take communities through the process of planning, implementing, and evaluating strategies to prevent underage drinking.