Respiratory Diseases and Disorders

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H7N9 Bird Flu — Health Authorities Are Prepared, but Must Stay on High Alert — May 10, 2013

Lab specialist working on avian influenza

Having dealt with outbreaks of H5N1 bird flu and other communicable diseases like Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) in 2003 and H1N1 swine flu in 2009, health officials are now far better prepared to detect new diseases early and react quickly to monitor and contain their spread.

Journal Article

Reducing Quality-of-Care Disparities in Childhood Asthma: La Red De Asma Infantil Intervention in San Juan, Puerto Rico — Mar 1, 2013

The objective of this study was to describe our experience in reducing quality-of-care disparities among Puerto Rican children with asthma by adapting 2 existing evidence-based asthma interventions.

Journal Article

Feasibility of Web-Based Self-Triage by Parents of Children with Influenza-Like Illness: A Cautionary Tale — Feb 1, 2013

Self-triage using web-based decision support could be a useful way to encourage appropriate care-seeking behavior and reduce health system surge in epidemics.

Blog

Health Care Personnel Could Be Key in Flu Prevention, Not Just Treatment — Jan 17, 2013

More than a dozen hospital staffers in four states have been terminated for refusing flu shots in the midst of a fierce flu season. Yet only one-tenth of health care employers require their staff to be vaccinated.

Journal Article

Learning About After Action Reporting from the 2009 H1N1 Pandemic: A Workshop Summary — Jan 1, 2013

The after action report/improvement plan (AAR/IP) can be useful for both accountability and quality improvement, but these objectives require different foci and methodological approaches.

Blog

Health Care Providers May Be the Key to Improving Flu Vaccination Rates — Dec 4, 2012

For vaccination to become a public health priority in the U.S., stakeholders must strengthen guidance for providers, which would make it easier for physicians to both assess vaccination needs and aid communication with patients about the efficacy and safety of vaccines.

Journal Article

Bioterrorism and Biological Threats Dominate Federal Health Security Research: Other Priorities Get Scant Attention — Dec 1, 2012

Federal support for health security research is heavily weighted toward preparing for bioterrorism and other biological threats, providing significantly less funding for challenges such as monster storms or attacks with conventional bombs.

Report

Bridging the Gap: Prototype Tools to Support Local Disaster Preparedness Planning and Collaboration — Oct 12, 2012

RAND researchers developed an initial prototype tool to help determine capabilities and resources a locality will likely require during a disaster. The report also describes two social networking tools for local coordination of disaster preparedness.

Research Brief

A Shot in the Arm for Adult Vaccination — 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.

Journal Article

Trends in Risk Perceptions and Vaccination Intentions: A Longitudinal Study of the First Year of the H1N1 Pandemic — Apr 1, 2012

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

News Release

Web-Based Tool for Parents of Children with Flu-Like Symptoms Piloted at DC-Area Hospitals — Mar 15, 2012

Researchers from the RAND Corporation and other institutions have begun pilot-testing a web-based tool designed to help parents and adult caregivers determine whether to seek urgent medical attention for a sick child with flu-like symptoms.

Journal Article

Integrating Susceptibility Into Environmental Policy: An Analysis of the National Ambient Air Quality Standard for Lead — 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.

Journal Article

Support for Seasonal Influenza Vaccination Requirements Among US Healthcare Personnel — 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.

Journal Article

The Association of Health Insurance and Disease Impairment with Reported Asthma Prevalence in U.S. Children — Feb 1, 2012

News Release

Promoting Vaccines in Office-Based Medical Settings Is Needed to Boost Adult Immunization Rates — 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.

Report

Promoting Vaccines in Office-Based Medical Settings Is Needed to Boost Adult Immunization Rates — 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.

Journal Article

The Impact of Natural Disasters on Child Health and Investments in Rural India — Jan 1, 2012

There is growing concern that climate change will lead to more frequent natural disasters that may adversely affect short- and long-term health outcomes in developing countries.

Commentary

Heed Film Lessons on Outbreak — 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.

Journal Article

Community-based Care Coordination: Practical Applications for Childhood Asthma — Nov 1, 2011

Journal Article

Balancing "fidelity" and Community Context in the Adaptation of Asthma Evidence-Based Interventions in the "real World" — Nov 1, 2011

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