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The DoD's Health Related Behaviors Survey asks questions about health-related issues that can affect force readiness or the ability to meet the demands of military life. It's been fielded for more than 30 years. About 17,000 service members participated in the latest survey.

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A Way Forward in Afghanistan: Q&A with Laurel Miller

As the United States approaches its 17th year of military involvement in Afghanistan, Laurel Miller, a senior foreign policy expert at RAND, describes the current situation and hopes for the future.
Teacher Effectiveness

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Impacts of the Intensive Partnerships Initiative

The Intensive Partnerships for Effective Teaching initiative enhanced how teachers are evaluated and improved teacher staffing policies but did not lead to gains in student achievement or graduation rates.
Adult Populations

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Millennials Worry Less About National Security Than Baby Boomers Do—for Now

Millennials worry less than baby boomers about national security. But these views may have more to do with being young than being millennials.
School-Based Health Care

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Opening School-Based Health Clinics Can Lower Teacher Health Costs

Opening onsite health clinics to provide comprehensive primary care to teachers and their families can lower a school district’s health care costs and decrease teacher absenteeism.
Civil Rights

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From Florida's Farm Fields, Lessons for #MeToo and Other Movements

Present-day organizers who want to bring about social change would do well to look to Florida farmworkers. They took on the low wages, physical abuse, and vulnerability that have long characterized agricultural labor in the United States — and won, changing the culture for the better.
Opioids

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Risky Prescribing of Opioids Linked to More Fatal Overdoses and Other Deaths

When patients are prescribed opioids in risky ways, their chance of dying increases, and their odds of death go higher as the number of risky opioid prescriptions increases.
Terrorism

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Terrorism Cost the EU €180 Billion Between 2004 and 2016

The European Union lost around €180 billion in GDP terms due to terrorism between 2004 and 2016. Changes in economic behavior could be the reason behind the observed negative effects on economic growth, as people and companies change their purchasing, saving and investing behaviors following terror attacks.
Nuclear Deterrence

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The Korean Peninsula: Three Dangerous Scenarios

An analysis of three potential security challenges on the Korean Peninsula points to rising threats that will pose significant demands on the U.S. Army. The United States needs to think in new ways about how it should deter North Korea and prepare for a possible conflict on the peninsula.
Global Climate Change

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Adapting to a Changing Climate in Southeast Florida

Florida's Miami-Dade and Broward counties are vulnerable to flooding and intrusion of saltwater into drinking water. These risks are driven by sea level rise, changes in precipitation, and urban development. How can the region adapt?

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Ultimately achieving a negotiated settlement will be very difficult. It's not anyone's perfect solution to the situation in Afghanistan. But it's the best of the available options.
Laurel E. Miller

Senior Political Scientist
Source: RAND Review
Abandoning the TPP, declaring its intention to withdraw from the Paris climate accord, decertifying the nuclear deal with Iran, and asserting a 'national security' rationale for imposing tariffs on longstanding allies all steer the U.S. away from the course of statecraft that it benefited from in the 20th century.
Ali Wyne

Policy Analyst
Source: The RAND Blog
Caring for seriously ill people is an urgent priority, as industrialized nations face the challenge of a growing population of frail, older people with prolonged periods of functional dependency.
Rebecca Anhang Price

Senior Policy Researcher
Source: RAND News Release
Opening onsite health clinics may be one promising action that school organizations can take to help lower their health care costs.
Harry H. Liu

Policy Researcher
Source: RAND News Release
Even without today's trade tensions, China is making it much more difficult to do business there, and it's doing so by generally becoming more authoritarian.
Howard J. Shatz

Senior Economist
Source: Washington Examiner

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A Way Forward in Afghanistan: Q&A with Laurel Miller

Impacts of the Intensive Partnerships Initiative

Millennials Worry Less About National Security Than Baby Boomers Do—for Now

Opening School-Based Health Clinics Can Lower Teacher Health Costs

From Florida's Farm Fields, Lessons for #MeToo and Other Movements

Risky Prescribing of Opioids Linked to More Fatal Overdoses and Other Deaths

Terrorism Cost the EU €180 Billion Between 2004 and 2016

The Korean Peninsula: Three Dangerous Scenarios

Adapting to a Changing Climate in Southeast Florida

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