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With its headquarters campus in Santa Monica, the Los Angeles area is understandably the focal point of significant RAND interest. Research on Los Angeles and its surrounding communities spans a wide analytical range, from policing, airport and harbor security, and traffic congestion to education, child care, health, and demographic issues.

Research conducted by: RAND Justice, Infrastructure, and Environment; RAND Health; RAND Education; RAND Labor and Population

All Items (165)

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Health Behaviors, Health Status, and Access to and Use of Health Care: A Population-Based Study of Lesbian, Bisexual, and Heterosexual Women — Jan 1, 2000

Lesbians and bisexual women were more likely than heterosexual women to have poor health behaviors and worse access to health care.

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The Impact of Terminating Disability Benefits of Substance Abusers on Substance Use and Treatment Participation — Jan 1, 2000

In March 1996 Congress terminated SSI and SSDI benefits to individuals disabled primarily by drug addiction and alcoholism.

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Dealing With Diversity: Recruiting Churches and Women for a Randomized Trial of Mammography Promotion — Jan 1, 2000

In this study, the authors recruit African American, Latino, and white churches and women members (age 50 to 80) for a randomized church-based trial of mammography promotion in Los Angeles County.

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Networks of Care: How Latina Immigrants Find Their Way to and through a County Hospital — Jan 1, 2000

The purpose of this paper is to explore qualitatively the principal problems that Latino women face in getting health care for themselves and their families.

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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.

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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.

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Underuse and Overuse of Diagnostic Testing for Coronary Artery Disease in Patients Presenting with New-Onset Chest Pain — Jan 1, 1999

Concludes that among patients with new-onset crest pain, underuse of diagnostic testing for coronary artery disease was more common than overuse.

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Two-year Follow-Up of AIDS Education Programs for Impoverished Women — Jan 1, 1999

Findings suggest that educational programs can produce sustained benefits among impoverished women.

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Termination of Social Security Benefits Among Los Angeles Recipients Disabled By Substance Abuse — Jan 1, 1999

Recipients of Social Security disability benefits with comorbid psychiatric problems lost benefits because they did not appeal or appeal was denied.

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Unveiling the Demographic Action in Class-Action Lawsuits: Two Instructional Cases — Jan 1, 1999

Population turnover, cohort survival, intercohort transmission of effects are concepts widely applicable beyond the domains of demographic analysis.

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Predicting Clinician Injury Prevention Counseling for Young Children — Jan 1, 1999

Injury is the primary cause of morbidity and mortality in children and an important topic for counseling.

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Associations Between Homeless Women's Intimate Relationships and Their Health and Well-Being — Jan 1, 1999

The purpose of this study was to describe the associations between intimate relationships and the health and well-being of homeless women

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Using Print Media for STD Prevention: Reflections of a Journalist/public Health Researcher — Jan 1, 1999

Media sources are more likely than physicians, family, and friends to be the source of information about STDs and their prevention.

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La Perspectiva Antropologica Como Enfoque Diferente De Los Enfermos Sin Hogar =: Through a Different Lens : an Anthropological Perspective on the Homeless Mentally Ill — Jan 1, 1998

This discussion indicates by extension that anthropological research can provide policy-relevant insights in this critical area.

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Economic Resources of the Homeless: Evidence from Los Angeles — Jan 1, 1998

This paper examines the economic resources of homeless adults using a unique data set from Los Angeles.

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The Smoking Gun: Do Clinicians Follow Guidelines on Firearm Safety Counseling? — Jan 1, 1998

In L.A. gaps exist between clinicians' views of the benefits of counseling families with young children on firearm safety and their actual behavior.

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The Los Angeles Study of Families and Communities — Jan 1, 1998

The author gives an overview of the LASFC, its motivations and background, and specifics about the study design.

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Differential Patterns of Mental Disorders Among the Homeless in Madrid (Spain) and Los Angeles (USA) — Jan 1, 1998

Compare rates of mental disorders among homeless people in Madrid and Los Angeles (LA) and examine the ordering of the onset of both conditions.

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Implementing Publicly Funded Risk Contracts with Community Mental Health Organizations — Jan 1, 1998

The study analyzed the experience of the Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health.

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Building Better Team Charters: An Example from Reengineering the Preoperative System — Jan 1, 1998

This article illustrates a six-step chartering method using a successful project at the West Los Angeles VA Medical Center.

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