2012-05-24T21:11:46Z Copyright (c) 2012, The RAND Corporation RAND Corporation http://www.rand.org/topics/public-health.html http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP201200108.html Jun 1, 2012 Jun 1, 2012

This study suggests four timely US actions to address today's competing realities of globalization and economic austerity: raise awareness among clinicians and local health departments; capture and share exemplary disaster management practices across countries; ensure that US global health investments are effective, efficient, and sustainable; and think globally while acting locally to enhance US health security.

http://www.rand.org/blog/2012/05/attempts-by-states-to-save-money-by-locking-medicaid.html May 21, 2012 May 21, 2012

A better solution than restricting emergency department use by Medicaid enrollees is to reverse what for many years has been a trend of shrinking access to primary care for Medicaid beneficiaries.

http://www.rand.org/commentary/2012/05/16/NEJM.html May 16, 2012 May 16, 2012

The fact that many ED (emergency department) visits could be managed in primary care settings does not mean that such care is available, write Arthur L. Kellermann and Robin M. Weinick.

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/EP20120030.html Apr 1, 2012 Apr 1, 2012

The availability of junk food does not significantly increase BMI or obesity among a group of fifth-graders even though they are likely to buy junk food.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20120066.html Apr 1, 2012 Apr 1, 2012

Most local public health officials rely on their perceptions of the legal environment in which they operate, but those perceptions often do not match the actual laws enacted.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR1200.html Mar 27, 2012 Mar 27, 2012

The Cities Readiness Initiative (CRI) aims to improve communities' ability to rapidly provide life-saving medications during public health emergencies. The authors examine (1) the status of communities' operational capability to meet the goal of delivering medical countermeasures within 48 hours of a federal decision to deploy assets and (2) whether there is evidence that CRI has improved communities' capability to meet that goal.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20120051.html Mar 5, 2012 Mar 5, 2012

As health care reform expands the use of "report cards" to grade health care providers, greater attention to reporting methods may be needed to assure the quality of such efforts.

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/pubs/external_publications/EP20120027.html Mar 1, 2012 Mar 1, 2012

The authors analyze data from the 2008 National Association of City and County Health Officials Profile of Local Health Departments survey, and propose an improved composite measure of centralization that can be computed for all local health departments within a state, as opposed to a single state respondent, as done in 1998.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP201200105.html Mar 1, 2012 Mar 1, 2012

This study examines how characterization of risk may change when susceptibility is explicitly considered in policy development; in particular we examine the process used by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to set a National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) for lead.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR1198.html Jan 25, 2012 Jan 25, 2012

The study reports on the evidence and potential for use of 'emergency readmissions within 28 days of discharge from hospital' as an indicator within the NHS Outcomes Framework, drawing on a rapid review of systematic reviews.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20120003.html Jan 1, 2012 Jan 1, 2012

Outdoor exercise equipment in parks seems to attract more new park users and result in a higher expenditure of energy.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20120035.html Jan 1, 2012 Jan 1, 2012

This study reviews the rationale for developing nutritional performance standards for away-from-home foods in light of limited human capacity to regulate intake or physiologically compensate for a poor diet.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP201200102.html Jan 1, 2012 Jan 1, 2012

The authors use simulation studies to examine performance (bias, mean squared error, coverage probabilities, and power) of models using all three time scales when the primary exposure of interest depends on calendar time.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20120093.html Jan 1, 2012 Jan 1, 2012

Describes the importance of a Continuity of Operations Plan (COOP), and identifies common strengths and potential vulnerabilities of laboratory-specific COOPs.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP201200115.html Jan 1, 2012 Jan 1, 2012

HIV continues to be a serious public health problem for men who have sex with women (MSW), especially homeless MSW.

http://www.rand.org/commentary/2011/12/29/AJC.html Dec 29, 2011 Dec 29, 2011

To assure the health security of the United States, we must be capable of stopping anything a terrorist or Mother Nature might throw at us. Wholesale cuts to public health are taking us farther from that goal, write Art Kellermann and Melinda Moore.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP201100283.html Dec 1, 2011 Dec 1, 2011

<p>A wide range of products and services exist to help patients convey personal health information. Health care providers should be familiar with their features, so they can access the information in a disaster or emergency.</p>