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Using data from the community based RAND Health Insurance Experiment, the effect of cost-sharing versus free care on the use of office-based medical care in children was examined.
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The child protective services (CPS) system in the United States is severely overburdened, and therefore CPS agencies cannot respond as they might like to many reports. This Note proposes three changes that could improve system functioning ...
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Authors studied homeless and housed poor families in Los Angeles, California to gain an understanding of events that precipitate family homelessness.
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The goal of this investigation was to examine whether reporting decisions could be described by a coherent process that was consistent across incidents of suspected abuse.
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Coordination of schools and child protective services (CPS) agencies on child abuse reporting is required by law because school staff are mandated to report suspected maltreatment to CPS agencies.
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Presents data about reporting behavior drawn from a mail survey of mandated reporters and data on child protective agency responses collected in selected child protective agencies.
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Using data from the Rand Health Insurance Experiment, the effects of cost-sharing plans on the health of the primary teeth in 264 children aged 3 to 5 years were investigated.
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Teenage pregnancy has been on the rise in America since the mid-sixties. The growing number of births occurring to adolescents, especially to 14- and 15-year-old girls, foreshadows serious and far-reaching consequences for society. Whereas many tee...
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Reviews current research findings on teenage pregnancies that indicate illegitimacy may be increasingly concentrated in the teenage years, and discusses the implications for mothers, children, and society. Adolescents who are sexually active are act...
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The number of children adopted has declined since 1970, suggesting that the pool of children available had decreased. Adoption by relatives remains almost constant, and currently represents the majority of adoptions. As a result, adoption by unrelate...
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Ph.D. in clinical psychology, M.A. in psychology, University of Pennsylvania; B.A. in biology/psychobiology, Brown University
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Senior Project Associate; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School
M.P.A. in international development, Harvard University; B.A. in economics, Pomona College
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Assistant Policy Analyst
Ph.D candidate in policy analysis, Pardee RAND Graduate School; M.C.P. in city planning, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; B.S. in civil engineering, Carnegie Mellon University
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Senior Policy Analyst
M.P.P. in public policy, Harvard University
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