2013-05-13T15:36:44Z Copyright (c) 2013, The RAND Corporation RAND Corporation http://www.rand.org/topics/female-populations.html http://www.rand.org/labor/centers/financial-literacy/projects/financial-bootcamp.html Jan 6, 2012 Jan 6, 2012

Women continue to lag behind men, not only in income, but in overall financial capability and retirement preparedness. A financial "bootcamp" may hold promise as a financial education program for early to mid-career women.

http://www.rand.org/randeurope/research/projects/cash-transfers.html Aug 27, 2010 Aug 27, 2010

Many cash transfer programmes designate women and mothers as transfer recipients, on the assumption that doing so will lead to better outcomes. RAND Europe is undertaking a systematic review for the UK Department for International Development to assess whether transferring cash to women rather than men in low- and middle-income countries has a greater impact on household well-being.

http://www.rand.org/commentary/2012/04/04/LAT.html Apr 4, 2012 Apr 4, 2012

For their part, a younger generation of female jihadists has come to believe that acts of violence can be just as liberating politically and spiritually for women as for men, writes Karla Cunningham.

http://www.rand.org/commentary/2012/05/11/MS.html May 11, 2012 May 11, 2012

Reliable birth control contributed to economic development by reducing women's risk of dropping out of school associated with early childbearing and high fertility rates, contributing in turn to increases in women's labor force participation, the continuity of their careers, and the standard of living of women, children and families, writes Chloe Bird.

http://www.rand.org/news/press/2011/04/19/index1.html Apr 19, 2011 Apr 19, 2011

Breast implants appear to be associated with a rare form of lymphoma, but there is not yet evidence to show that the cancer is caused by implants or to suggest an underlying mechanism for how the disease might develop.

http://www.rand.org/news/press/2011/08/02.html Aug 2, 2011 Aug 2, 2011

Older women who live in a lower socioeconomic status neighborhood are more likely to exhibit lower cognitive functioning than women who live in more affluent neighborhoods.

http://www.rand.org/news/press/2012/09/26.html Sep 26, 2012 Sep 26, 2012

Ten current and former African first ladies joined former U.S. first lady Laura Bush and Cherie Blair, wife of the former U.K. prime minister, today at a Pardee RAND Graduate School-organized forum focused on becoming more effective leaders.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/commercial_books/CB387.html Jan 1, 1999 Jan 1, 1999

This study represents a first effort to systematically describe the experience of immigrant women in the U.S. labor market over the past thirty years.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/commercial_books/CB412.html Mar 27, 2008 Mar 27, 2008

<p>Modern societies' health problems involve a combination of policies, personal behavior, and choice. An examination of the ways men's and women's lives and physiology contribute to differences in their health demonstates the importance of integrating health implications into everyday decisions and actions. </p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP19911208.html Dec 1, 1991 Dec 1, 1991

Assesses the extent to which 523 medical and mental health clinicians tend to diagnose depression differentially on the basis of gender of 23,101 patients.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP19960015.html Jan 1, 1996 Jan 1, 1996

<p>This study was conducted to determine whether selected risk factors influence the breast carcinoma screening rates of Medicare-insured older women (i.e., age 65 years or older).</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP19960060.html Jan 1, 1996 Jan 1, 1996

<p>Screening mammography is particularly effective in detecting breast cancer in elderly women, but women ages 65 and over tend to underutilize it.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP19990030.html Jan 1, 1999 Jan 1, 1999

<p>Health research has failed to adequately explore the combination of social and biological sources of differences it men's and women's health.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP19990308.html Mar 1, 1999 Mar 1, 1999

This article reviews what is known currently about quality of care for women in the United States.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP19990707.html Jan 1, 1999 Jan 1, 1999

<p>This system provides greater flexibility in evaluating different levels within the health care system, focuses on individuals' overall experiences with health care over a 2-year period, emphasizes process measure which are more useful for accountability purposes, and contains a large number of process indicators across a number of preventive, acute, and chronic care services to fairly represent the quality of care delivered.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20000812.html Jan 1, 2000 Jan 1, 2000

<p>Compares the sociodemographic characteristics, physical and mental health status, substance use, sexual behaviors, victimization, and use of health services of homeless women residing in sheltered versus non-sheltered environments.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20010035.html Jan 1, 2001 Jan 1, 2001

<p>The purpose of this study was to examine the psychosocial, behavioral, and environmental profiles of homeless women.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20010504.html Jan 1, 2001 Jan 1, 2001

<p>Guidelines for care of hypertensive patients have proliferated recently, yet quality assessment remains difficult in the absence of well-defined measurement systems. Existing systems have not always linked process measures to blood pressure outcomes.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20010508.html Jan 1, 2001 Jan 1, 2001

<p>Using data from the Commonwealth Fund 1998 Survey of Women's Health, this article describes the characteristics of women in need of mental health services for depression or anxiety, and identifies factors related to why women do not get needed care.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20010511.html Jan 1, 2001 Jan 1, 2001

<p>Gaps between realized use and willingness to use may represent missed opportunities to prevent the high rates of unintended pregnancies and sexually transmitted infections found among homeless women.</p>