Children and Families

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RAND research on children covers the prenatal period up to age 18 and includes areas such as child health and the role of the family unit, neighborhoods, and communities in influencing child well-being. RAND's family-focused research covers additional topics such as marriage and divorce, senior care, and family finances.

Research conducted by: RAND Health; RAND Europe; UCLA/RAND Center for Adolescent Health Promotion; RAND Justice, Infrastructure, and Environment; RAND Labor and Population; RAND Gulf States Policy Institute; Initiative for Middle Eastern Youth

All Items (1713)

Report

How Does Congress Approach Population and Family Planning Issues? Results of Qualitative Interviews with Legislative Directors — Jan 1, 1999

Nearly unanimous support was expressed for U.S. support of voluntary family planning when it is understood to exclude abortion. Congress would benefit from research-based, factual information on a variety of international population issues.

Report

An Ounce of Prevention, a Pound of Uncertainty: The Cost-Effectiveness of School-Based Drug Prevention Programs — Jan 1, 1999

Focuses on school-based drug prevention programs that have proven effective in formal evaluations.

Report

Welfare Reform in California: Results of the 1998 All-County Implementation Survey, Appendix — Jan 1, 1999

The California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) program is California's response to the welfare reforms Congress set in motion in 1996.

Report

An Evaluation of Housing Options for Military Families — Jan 1, 1999

Closing the gap in economic disparity between on- and off-base housing, and enhancing programs that aid service members in procuring off-base accommodations, would provide the greatest benefit to services and members.

Report

Welfare Reform in California: Results of the 1998 All-County Implementation Survey — Jan 1, 1999

Survey responses indicate that California counties have made significant administrative changes in welfare operations.

Report

Groundwater Recharge with Reclaimed Water: Birth Outcomes in Los Angeles County, 1982-1993 — Jan 1, 1999

An assessment of the effects on human health of reclaimed water. The results of the study do not provide evidence of an association between reclaimed water and adverse birth outcomes.

Periodical

RAND Review: Vol. 23, No. 1, Spring 1999 — Jan 1, 1999

Argues that to be successful, the European-American partnership can no longer depend on a lopsided military relationship, and that Europe must shoulder more of the burden and America must share leadership; also discusses U.S. defense planning.

Periodical

RAND Review: Vol. 23, No. 2, Fall 1999 — Jan 1, 1999

Discusses how the inequities in HIV care demand remedies for U.S. health care and how quality deficiencies pervade the U.S. health care system, and examines the value of drug prevention programs as a means of solving the problems of substance abuse.

Report

How Youthful Offenders Perceive Gun Violence — Jan 1, 1999

How Youthful Offenders Perceive Gun Violence

Journal Article

School-based Substance-Abuse Prevention: What Works, for Whom, and How? — Jan 1, 1999

The author assesses the degree to which drug use, risk factors, and program effectiveness vary across different racial/ethnic groups.

Journal Article

Prevention of Depressive Symptoms in Preadolescent Children of Divorce — Jan 1, 1999

This study investigated the efficacy of an intervention program (the Depression Prevention Program for Children).

Journal Article

What Pediatricians Can Do to Further Youth Violence Prevention: A Qualitative Study — Jan 1, 1999

Youth violence is a public health problem world wide.

Journal Article

Sex and Race Differences in Young People's Responsiveness to Price and Tobacco Control Policies — Jan 1, 1999

Policymakers need to keep in mind that there is not a one-size fits all strategy for discouraging smoking among young people.

Journal Article

Measuring the Quality of Care in Pediatrics — Jan 1, 1999

The field of quality of care measurement and improvement has been growing since the late 1980s.

Journal Article

Physician Perceptions of Barriers to Care for Inner-City Latino Children with Asthma — Jan 1, 1999

This article describes physician perspectives on barriers to quality primary care experienced by inner-city children with asthma.

Journal Article

Elevated Asthma Morbidity in Puerto Rican Children: A Review of Possible Risk and Prognostic Factors — Jan 1, 1999

Latino children represent a significant proportion of all U.S. children, and asthma is the most common chronic illness affecting them.

Journal Article

Grandparents Caring for Grandchildren: What Do We Know? — Jan 1, 1999

Approximately 5% to 6% of grandchildren and 10% of grandparents live in grandparent-grandchild households at any point in time.

Journal Article

Beliefs About Children's Illness — Jan 1, 1999

Beliefs about child illness were investigated using semi-structured interviews with mothers and providers in four rural Guatemalan communities.

Journal Article

The Relationship Between Perceived Parental Expectations and Pediatrician Antimicrobial Prescribing Behavior — Jan 1, 1999

Despite growing concern over the escalating antimicrobial resistance problem, physicians continue to prescribe inappropriately.

Journal Article

How Can We Prevent Emotional Disturbances in Youth Exposed to Violence in Schools? — Jan 1, 1999

The authors study examined rates of violence exposure and related distress among youth referred to school district mental health services.

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