Journal Article
Unveiling an 'Invisible Population': Health, Substance Use, Sexual Behavior, Culture, and Discrimination Among Urban American Indian/Alaska Native Adolescents in California
American Indian/Alaska Native adolescents in this study used alcohol or other drugs at rates similar to those found in national surveys and rates of risky sexual behavior were also comparable to national data.
Feb 28, 2019
Journal Article
Perceived Peer Norms, Health Risk Behaviors, and Clustering of Risk Behaviors Among Palestinian Youth
Prevention education programs for Palestinian youth should be structured to deal with a range of connected risk behaviors& for which certain youth may be at risk, not just single behaviors such as drug use.
Aug 28, 2018
Tool
A Manual for Cultural Analysis
Many academic disciplines have formally theorized culture as socially learned information that can influence beliefs and behaviors. This tool combines methods from anthropology and related areas to create a manual to examine cultural data.
Jul 9, 2018
Report
A Social Network Analysis and Qualitative Assessment of Partnerships for Million Hearts®
This report examines the partnerships developed in Million Hearts, defines the practices and approaches to cardiovascular disease prevention that occurred as a result of the program, and provides suggestions for future Million Hearts activities.
Jun 20, 2018
Research Brief
Understanding How the Million Hearts Initiative Is Working to Address Cardiovascular Disease
The Million Hearts initiative has been successful at the national level in bringing stakeholders together to address cardiovascular disease, but the network could be enhanced and the level of membership commitment and activity could be strengthened.
Jun 20, 2018
Journal Article
Health risk behaviours of Palestinian youth: Findings from a representative survey
Prevention outreach for youth risk behavior in the occupied Palestinian territory, and elsewhere in the region, should be directed at subgroups and areas identified as highest risk.
Jun 19, 2018
Journal Article
Cultural Identity Among Urban American Indian/Alaska Native Youth: Implications for Alcohol and Drug Use
Better understanding how American Indian/Alaska Native youth negotiate cultural identity in urban settings can help with the design of culturally appropriate alcohol and other drug use interventions.
Sep 22, 2016
Draft
Prevalence and Patterns of Health Risk Behaviors of Palestinian Youth: Findings from a Representative Survey
Investigates the prevalence and patterns of risk behaviors as well as of mental health, perceptions of the risks of such behaviors, and the factors increasing vulnerability to as well as protection from engagement in them.
Jul 25, 2016
Journal Article
Substance Use Among Palestinian Youth in the West Bank, Palestine: A Qualitative Investigation
This study provides insights into the perceived prevalence and patterns of alcohol and drug use among Palestinian youth.
2016
Journal Article
Integrating Motivational Interviewing and Traditional Practices to Address Alcohol and Drug Use Among Urban American Indian/Alaska Native Youth
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Sep 25, 2015
Report
Behavioral Health and Service Use Among Civilian Wives of Service Members and Veterans: Evidence from the National Survey of Drug Use and Health
In this report, researchers examined utilization of behavioral health care among current or former wives of service members and veterans who are covered by the U.S. Department of Defense Military Health System and the Veterans Health Administration.
Aug 24, 2015
Journal Article
Risk Evaluations and Condom Use Decisions of Homeless Youth: A Multi-Level Qualitative Investigation
Interventions targeting homeless youth should reflect multiple levels of risk behavior and evaluation in order to address the diversity of risk profiles.
Feb 25, 2015
Report
Access to Behavioral Health Care for Geographically Remote Service Members and Dependents in the U.S.
Geospatial and longitudinal analyses helped determine how many military service members and dependents are geographically distant from behavioral health care and the resulting effect on use of care.
Jan 5, 2015
Research Brief
Far from Care: Increasing Access to Behavioral Health Care for Remote Service Members and Their Families
RAND researchers sought to identify how many U.S. military service members and their dependents are remote from behavioral health care and the effects of this distance on their access to and use of care.
Jan 5, 2015
Report
Improving Access to Behavioral Health Care for Remote Service Members and Their Families
Geospatial and longitudinal analyses helped determine how many military service members and dependents are geographically distant from behavioral health care and the resulting effect on use of care.
Jan 5, 2015
Journal Article
Understanding Condom Use Decision Making Among Homeless Youth Using Event-Level Data
This is one of the first qualitative event-based studies to understand the various mechanisms through which multiple factors influence condom use decision making among homeless youth.
Nov 26, 2014
Journal Article
Are Mental Disorders More Common in Urban Than Rural Areas of the United States?
Urban vs. rural residence is commonly cited as a risk factor for depression and other mental disorders, but epidemiological evidence for this relationship in the US is inconclusive.
Jul 15, 2014
Report
Youth in Jordan: Transitions from Education to Employment
High youth unemployment in Jordan remains a serious economic and social problem, leading to delays in marriage and family formation. This study examines the perceptions of young Jordanians on issues relevant to their transitions into adult roles.
Jun 30, 2014
Report
Improving the U.S. Military's Understanding of Unstable Environments Vulnerable to Violent Extremist Groups: Insights from Social Science
This report identifies and assesses factors that create and perpetuate environments susceptible to insurgency, terrorism, and other extremist violence to inform military decisions on allocation of analytic and security assistance resources.
Jan 16, 2014
Journal Article
Perceptions of Sexual Risk Behavior Among Palestinian Youth in the West Bank: A Qualitative Investigation
Young people in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) are profoundly affected by violence, high unemployment, and economic hardship.
2014
Research Brief
Predicting Suicide Attacks: Characteristics of Bombings in Israel
This brief describes an assessment of how geospatial and sociocultural characteristics may help predict the timing and targets of terrorist attacks.
Nov 7, 2013
Research Brief
Using Behavioral Indicators to Detect Potential Violent Acts
Provides an overview of research on how observable behavioral indicators might be used to detect potential violent attacks, such as by suicide terrorists or those laying improvised explosive devices.
Aug 23, 2013
Report
Using Behavioral Indicators to Help Detect Potential Violent Acts: A Review of the Science Base
Reviews the scientific literature relating to observable behavioral indicators that might, along with other information, help detect potential violent attacks, such as those by suicide terrorists or the laying of improvised explosive devices.
Jun 11, 2013
Report
Predicting Suicide Attacks: Integrating Spatial, Temporal, and Social Features of Terrorist Attack Targets
Analysis of data on suicide attacks in Israel suggest that assessing sociocultural, political, economic, and demographic factors in addition to the geospatial enhances the ability to predict future suicide attack targets.
Feb 18, 2013
Journal Article
Sleep Budgets in a Globalizing World: Biocultural Interactions Influence Sleep Sufficiency Among Egyptian Families
Declines in self-reported sleep quotas with globalizing lifestyle changes have focused attention on their possible role in rising global health problems such as obesity or depression.
Feb 1, 2013
Journal Article
Monogamy on the Street: A Mixed Methods Study of Homeless Men
In this study, we used a mixed methods approach to explore the determinants of relationship patterns and risky sex among homeless men living in downtown Los Angeles.
2013
Journal Article
Masculinity and HIV Risk Among Homeless Men in Los Angeles
HIV continues to be a serious public health problem for men who have sex with women (MSW), especially homeless MSW.
2013
Journal Article
Unprotected Sex Among Heterosexually Active Homeless Men: Results from a Multi-Level Dyadic Analysis
This research uses multi-level modeling to investigate the context of unprotected sex among heterosexually active homeless men in the Skid Row area of Los Angeles.
2013
Journal Article
Sex and Relationships on the Street: How Homeless Men Judge Partner Risk on Skid Row
Homeless men on LA's Skid Row use visual and behavioral cues, social reputation, feelings of trust, perceived relationship seriousness, and medically inaccurate ''folk'' beliefs to judge whether partners were risky and/or condom use was warranted.
2012
Journal Article
Positive Income Shocks and Accidental Deaths Among Cherokee Indians: A Natural Experiment
This study of a Cherokee Indian population in North Carolina found that sudden increases in income were associated with short-term increases in risk-taking behavior and higher rates of accidental death.
2011
Research Brief
Sexual Orientation and U.S. Personnel Policy Revisited
Summarizes results of a RAND Corporation study on sexual orientation and U.S. military policy requested by the Senate Armed Services Committee and the Secretary of Defense in order to weigh repeal of the law known as
Dec 23, 2010
Report
Sexual Orientation and U.S. Military Personnel Policy: An Update of RAND's 1993 Study
Shares results of a study on sexual orientation and U.S. military policy, requested by the Senate Armed Services Committee and the Secretary of Defense in order to weigh the repeal of the law known as ''Don't Ask, Don't Tell.''
Nov 18, 2010
Draft
National Independence, Women's Political Participation, and Life Expectancy in Norway
Investigates the role of national independence and women's political participation on population health using historical lifespan data from Norway.
Jan 12, 2010
Journal Article
Crystal Methamphetamine Use Among American Indian and White Youth in Appalachia: Social Context, Masculinity, and Desistance
Comparisons of methamphetamine use among American Indian men in Appalachia and that in other populations and regions suggest that similar motivations and contextual factors may influence meth use across diverse cultural and regional contexts.
2010
Journal Article
National Independence, Women's Political Participation, and Life Expectancy in Norway
This study investigates the role of national independence and women's political participation on population health using historical lifespan data from Norway.
2010
Journal Article
Theory and Method at the Intersection of Anthropology and Cultural Neuroscience
Exploring the intersection of neuroscience and anthropology can productively inform our understanding of the relationship between human brains and their socio-cultural contexts.
2010
Journal Article
Anthropology and Cultural Neuroscience: Creating Productive Intersections in Parallel Fields
Anthropology can help locate unique or interesting populations and phenomena for cultural neuroscience research.
2009
Journal Article
Cultural Models and Fertility Timing Among Cherokee and White Youth in Appalachia: Beyond the Mode
American Indian groups exhibit some of the highest and earliest fertility. This comparison between Cherokee and white youth in Appalachia found that the main difference in attitudes toward childbearing was the degree of latitude for the timing of having children vis-à-vis other major life events.
2009
Journal Article
Family and Community Influences on Educational Outcomes Among Appalachian Youth
Examines the impact of community and family poverty and educational attainment on educational goals and attainment among rural white youth (n=200).
2009
Journal Article
Lifecourse Priorities Among Appalachian Emerging Adults: Revisiting Wallace's Organization of Diversity
Examines how social demographics (gender, age, or race-ethnicity), census tract characteristics, and family environment during childhood relate to variability in the lifecourse priorities of 344 Cherokee and white youth during emerging adulthood. .650 2
2009
Journal Article
Moving from Ethnography to Epidemiology: Lessons Learned in Appalachia
Describes lessons learned in the creation and administration of the Life Trajectory Interview for Youth, an ethnographically-based instrument to assess the life course perspectives of Appalachian youth, and explores its utility in predicting depression and negative life events.
2009
Journal Article
Cultural and Community Determinants of Subjective Social Status Among Cherokee and White Youth
Examines similarities and differences in how community poverty, family context, and life course attainment predict subjective social status, which is associated with physical and mental health, among Cherokee and white youth in Appalachia.
2008
Draft
Historical and Life Course Timing of the Male Mortality Disadvantage in Europe: Epidemiologic Transitions, Evolution, and Behavior
This study employs vital statistics data from Sweden, England, Wales, France, and Spain to examine male:female mortality differentials from 1750 through 2000 and their inter-relationship with epidemiological transitions.
Jul 4, 2007
Journal Article
Historical and Life Course Timing of the Male Mortality Disadvantage in Europe: Epidemiologic Transitions, Evolution, and Behavior
This study employs vital statistics data from Sweden, England, Wales, France, and Spain to examine male:female mortality differentials from 1750 through 2000 and their interrelationship with epidemiological transitions.
May 1, 2006