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Kids from Low-Income Families Are Less Likely to Participate in Sports
Parents, school administrators, and community sports program leaders agree that sports participation provides physical, social, emotional, and academic benefits. But only 52 percent of lower-income parents involve their children in sports, compared to 66 percent of higher-income parents, due to costs and time commitments.
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Mental Health Treatment
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Child Psychiatry Telephone Consultation Programs Help Increase Mental Health Services for Children
Telephone hotlines that allow primary care doctors to immediately consult with a child psychiatrist about urgent patient problems appear to increase the number of children who receive aid, offering one strategy to help more children receive mental health services.
Media Literacy
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Media Literacy Education as a Tool for Mitigating 'Truth Decay'
Can media literacy education help counter the diminishing role of facts and analysis in American public life? To find out, RAND experts analyzed what we know—and don't know—about the subject.
Health Care Price Competition
Commentary
Price-Fixing Case Reveals Vulnerability of Generic Drug Policies
A massive lawsuit filed by 44 states accuses 20 major drug makers of colluding for years to inflate prices on more than 100 generic drugs, including those to treat HIV, cancer, and depression. If true, the alleged behavior is not just a violation of antitrust law, but also a betrayal of the government policies that created and defended the entire generic drug industry.
Automobile Insurance
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When an Autonomous Vehicle Is Hacked, Who Is Liable?
Hacks on autonomous vehicles could lead to deaths, property destruction, ransomware attacks, or data theft. Several scenarios, such as a hacker disabling a car to demand ransom, illustrate the policy challenges facing the civil legal system, insurers, and others.

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As Youthful Arrests Spike, Their Consequences Rise, Too
Americans ages 26 to 35 are 3.6 times more likely to have been arrested by age 26 than those who are at least age 66. The consequences may be serious and lasting for these young people—and for the nation.
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Addressing the Challenges of Algorithmic Equity
Social institutions increasingly use algorithms for decisionmaking purposes. How do different perspectives on equity or fairness inform the use of algorithms in the context of auto insurance pricing, job recruitment, and criminal justice?
Commentary
NC Program Helps Former Prisoners Make It on the Outside
To avoid the all-too-common fate of ending up back in prison, incarcerated adults need skills and credentials they typically don't have. Helping them overcome the challenges of reentry and make it in the community is a net gain for them and for the communities to which they return.
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Do Teachers Have What They Need to Support Students with Unique Learning Profiles?
Many students face unique educational circumstances, such as learning disabilities, housing instability, and exposure to poverty. Do teachers have what they need to help these students succeed?

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Most survey participants thought youth sports participation provided physical health, social and emotional, and academic benefits. However, the increasing costs for such activities are often passed along to families, which has become more burdensome for those who are lower-income.
Anamarie A. Whitaker

Policy Researcher
Source: RAND News Release
Nationally, there is a pretty strong interest by doctors in telemedicine, filling the need of these (telehealth) companies, many based in the Bay Area. More rural markets are experiencing physician shortages, and one of the promises of telemedicine is physicians can live anywhere.
Christopher Whaley

Associate Policy Researcher
Source: San Francisco Business Times
Telephone access programs may be one strategy to improve the proportion of children who receive help for their mental health needs. Helping families to find mental health care for their children is likely to require the full range of efforts.
Bradley D. Stein

Senior Physician Policy Researcher
Source: RAND News Release
We found that African-Americans were much more likely to die than other racial groups within New York City during heatwave events. We also found that there were particular neighborhoods where people were more likely to die during extreme heat events than other neighborhoods.
Jaime Madrigano

Policy Researcher
Source: Living Lab Radio, WCAI
I am told that when Kim took the train to Hanoi he brought with him an opera composer... to create an opera on the great victory of Kim Jong Un over Donald Trump. Needless to say, when President Trump walked out because of how extreme Kim Jong Un wanted the outcomes, that opera didn't get written.
Bruce W. Bennett

Senior International/Defense Researcher
Source: Here and There, Santa Fe Public Radio

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