2012-05-24T14:18:28Z Copyright (c) 2012, The RAND Corporation RAND Corporation http://www.rand.org/topics/preventive-health-care.html http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9667.html May 16, 2012 May 16, 2012

Vaccine-preventable diseases take a heavy toll on U.S. adults despite the widespread availability of vaccines. Office-based providers can do more to promote adult vaccinations but need clearer guidance and a better business case to offer them.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP201200104.html May 7, 2012 May 7, 2012

If consumer-directed health plans grow to account for half of all employer-sponsored insurance in the United States, health costs could drop by $57 billion annually—about 4 percent of all health care spending among the nonelderly.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20120086.html May 1, 2012 May 1, 2012

Respondents in a representative sample of the US adult thought combination vaccines were safe and were willing to pay extra to avoid minor side effects and increase vaccination coverage in their communities.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20120052.html Apr 1, 2012 Apr 1, 2012

This study seeks to evaluate longitudinal trends in people's risk perceptions and vaccination intentions during the 2009 H1N1 pandemic.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20120094.html Apr 1, 2012 Apr 1, 2012

A culturally relevant web-based Motivational Interviewing in English and Spanish was developed to serve as a standalone or adjunctive program in DUI educational settings. This study evaluated its feasibility and acceptability among clients.

http://www.rand.org/commentary/2012/03/21/IS.html Mar 21, 2012 Mar 21, 2012

Many organizations that we have worked with indicate that this approach has helped improve reporting and communication both within and external to their organization, writes Sarah Hunter.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20120083.html Mar 1, 2012 Mar 1, 2012

A majority of HCP support influenza vaccination requirements. Moreover, providing HCP with information about the safety of influenza vaccination and communicating that immunization of HCP is a patient safety issue may be important for generating staff support for influenza vaccination requirements.

http://www.rand.org/randeurope/research/projects/drug-alcohol-recovery-programme-evaluation.html Feb 13, 2012 Feb 13, 2012

RAND Europe is conducting an independent evaluation of the Department of Health's drug and alcohol recovery payment-by-results pilots to determine whether market forces can encourage the development of better recovery programmes.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20120001.html Feb 1, 2012 Feb 1, 2012

Increases in reading skills and numeracy skills substantially increase the odds that an individual will quit smoking.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20120047.html Feb 1, 2012 Feb 1, 2012

This study used ecological momentary assessment to examine acute changes in college students' future smoking risk as a function of their exposure to prosmoking media (e.g., smoking in movies, paid advertising, point-of-sale displays).

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20120048.html Feb 1, 2012 Feb 1, 2012

Oregon's experience suggests that behavioral health insurance parity that places restrictions on how plans manage the benefit may lead to increases in expenditures for alcohol treatment services but is unlikely to lead to increases in spending for other drug abuse treatment services.

http://www.rand.org/news/press/2012/01/11.html Jan 11, 2012 Jan 11, 2012

Promoting immunizations as a part of routine office-based medical practice is needed to improve adult vaccination rates, a highly effective way to curb the spread of diseases across communities, prevent needless illness and deaths, and lower health care costs.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR1169.html Jan 11, 2012 Jan 11, 2012

Promoting immunizations as a part of routine office-based medical practice is needed to improve adult vaccination rates, a highly effective way to curb the spread of diseases across communities, prevent needless illness and deaths, and lower health care costs.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20120042.html Feb 8, 2012 Feb 8, 2012

If prevention researchers build programs with developmentally relevant content, and provide this content in an engaging, confidential, and non-judgmental way, it can help middle school-aged children avoid alcohol.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20120034.html Jan 1, 2012 Jan 1, 2012

To meet the call for more "transportable" interventions, the authors conducted a pilot study to test a group cognitive–behavioral therapy (CBT) for depression and substance use that was designed for delivery by outpatient substance abuse treatment counselors.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP201200107.html Jan 1, 2012 Jan 1, 2012

This study examined whether an adolescent's self-identified race moderates the perceived effectiveness of anti-smoking messages.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20120087.html Jan 1, 2012 Jan 1, 2012

Community practitioners can face difficulty in achieving outcomes demonstrated by prevention science.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR956.html Oct 19, 2011 Oct 19, 2011

Treating U.S. veterans with mental illness and substance use disorders is more expensive than caring for those with other medical conditions but the quality of mental health care offered by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is as good as or better than that reported by privately insured, Medicare, or Medicaid populations.

http://www.rand.org/news/press/2011/10/19.html Oct 19, 2011 Oct 19, 2011

Treating U.S. veterans with mental illness and substance use disorders is more expensive than caring for those with other medical conditions but the quality of mental health care offered by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is as good as or better than that reported by privately insured, Medicare, or Medicaid populations.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9594.html Oct 19, 2011 Oct 19, 2011

The quality of mental health care delivered by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is generally as good or better than care delivered by private health plans, although it falls short of the high standards set in VA guidelines.