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Media Literacy
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Truth Decay, School Lunch Nutrition, Regulating Space: RAND Weekly Recap
May 13, 2022
This weekly recap focuses on tackling Truth Decay, how tech experts view the military's use of artificial intelligence, a new approach to regulating outer space, and more.
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Nuclear Deterrence
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Nuclear Deterrence, COVID-19 and Infant Deaths, Criminal Justice Reform: RAND Weekly Recap
Oct 22, 2021
This weekly recap focuses on why the United States doesn’t need more nuclear weapons, increased infant deaths during the pandemic, preventing veteran suicide, and more.
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Child Well-Being
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How Are the Kids Doing? The Well-Being of Children and the Nation's Potential
Anita Chandra, Neal Halfon, Jill S. Cannon, William Gardner, Christopher Forrest
Oct 22, 2021
Health Affairs Blog
Today's children are growing up amid extraordinary challenges that could shape their health, development, and well-being for years to come. Investing in a new approach to measure their potential to flourish could promote national well-being in the long term.
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Health Interventions
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Reducing Disparities in Infant Mortality: Using Big Data to Help Babies at Risk
Jul 1, 2021
Black babies in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania—and across America—face much higher mortality rates than white babies. Researchers pulled together thousands of data points on more than 150,000 births to better predict who is at risk and how to help.
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Child Health
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COVID-19: Why Spending More Time at Home for Some Children Is Bad for Their Health
Andreas Culora
Jul 20, 2020
Open Access Government
Children in Europe are at a higher risk of poor-quality and overcrowded housing. Efforts to improve the quality of children's living environments could be key to mitigating the effects of the COVID-19 outbreak on children and their households.
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Substance Use Disorders
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Policies That Punish Pregnant Women for Substance Use Don't Help Mother or Baby
Laura J. Faherty @LauraFahertyMD
Jan 28, 2020
Tennessee Justice Center
About half of all U.S. states now have policies that criminalize substance use during pregnancy, consider it grounds for civil commitment, or consider it child abuse or neglect. But research suggests that punitive policies aren't beneficial for infants or their mothers.
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Media Literacy
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How Americans Get the News, Iran, Caregiving: RAND Weekly Recap
Dec 13, 2019
This weekly recap focuses on how Americans consume the news, U.S.–Iranian relations, how federal disability payments help caregivers, and more.
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Childhood Asthma
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At the Interface of the Health Care System and the Community: Insights from an Academic-Community Partnership in Camden, New Jersey
Mahshid Abir, Jane Forman, Dawn Wiest, Natasha Dravid, Aaron Truchil, Stuart Hammond, Paul Koegel
Dec 3, 2019
The RAND Blog
Asthma is a common and expensive childhood condition that erodes quality of life for kids and families. Researchers sought to identify patient-centered interventions to reduce avoidable asthma-related acute care use and improve outcomes. They found that the solutions lie at the nexus of the health care system and the community.
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Child Health
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How a Poor Indoor Environment at Home Affects Children's Health in the EU
Daniel Gehrt
Nov 4, 2019
Encompass
One third of children in the EU are exposed to damp or mold, cold, darkness, and noise in their own homes. The good condition of homes should not only be seen as an issue of comfort, but as an essential basic requirement for good health of the residents, especially when they are families with children.
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Adolescents
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Boris Johnson, Teacher Training, Youth Arrests: RAND Weekly Recap
Jul 26, 2019
This weekly recap focuses on Boris Johnson's Brexit challenge, how educators feel about their training programs, a spike in youth arrests, and more.
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Child Health
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Sleep Deprivation Could Do Long-Term Damage to Migrant Children
Wendy M. Troxel @wendytroxel, Douglas C. Ligor @DougLigor
Jul 22, 2019
Dallas Morning News
The challenges faced by detained children at the U.S. southern border are immense. Sleep disruption may significantly hinder their ability to function physically and mentally. Policymakers shouldn't overlook the importance of providing appropriate sleeping conditions.
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Childhood Trauma
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After School Shootings, Children and Communities Struggle to Heal
Ariella Iancu, Lisa H. Jaycox, Joie D. Acosta, Frank G. Straub, Samantha Iovan, Christopher Nelson, Mahshid Abir
Jul 19, 2019
Health Affairs Blog
School shootings leave wounds that affect students, school staff, families, and communities for years. Building community resilience, implementing evidence-based mental health support early, and providing access for survivors and the community immediately and in the long term could help promote healing and prevent more tragedy.
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Summer Learning
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Truth Decay, Principals, Augmented Reality: RAND Weekly Recap
Jul 12, 2019
This weekly recap focuses on media literacy education as a way to fight Truth Decay, turning screen time into outdoor time, the importance of school principals, and more.
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Child Well-Being
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Augmented Reality on the Playground
Deborah A. Cohen
Jul 10, 2019
Parks & Recreation
As children's screen time increases, their time spent outdoors decreases. How might new technologies merge with nature to help kids get outside and be more active?
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Parenting
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Empowering Parents Through Positive Parenting Interventions
Barbara Janta, Lynn M. Davies
May 30, 2019
E!Sharp
For parents, knowing whether they are raising their children the “right” way can feel like an impossible task. Parenting programs can make a unique and indispensable contribution to child well-being, and ultimately give children the resilience to thrive, even in challenging circumstances.
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Russia
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Childhood Trauma, Space Traffic, China–Russia Relations: RAND Weekly Recap
Apr 26, 2019
This weekly recap focuses on a program that helps children exposed to trauma, making outer space safer, tighter China–Russia relations, and more.
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Quoted

Moscow wants to annex large parts of Ukraine, it wants to demilitarize the country so that the government cannot fight against its actions, and it wants a pro-Russian leader in Kyiv. The sad reality is that annexing four regions is unlikely to be the end of Russia's mission in Ukraine, but just one phase in Putin's much longer project. Both Ukraine and its backers must be prepared for a protracted war.

Dara Massicot

Senior Policy Researcher

Source: Foreign Affairs

The strength of NATO is that it is at its essence an ongoing consultation based on trust, and where needed a central meeting point for smaller groups of allies to collaborate on an issue-by-issue basis. Finland and Sweden could benefit by working from the outset to advance the dialogue, express their interests, and help to shape what can be a stronger, smarter NATO.

Gene Germanovich

International Defense Researcher

Source: United Press International

Russia's Evolving Use of Information Confrontation

Preparing for Post-Quantum Critical Infrastructure

How Russia's Nuclear Double Cross of Ukraine Teaches Dangerous Lessons

Russian Forces in Ukraine: Muddling Through

Addressing Vaccine Hesitancy with Research

The Policy Currents Podcast

Improving Psychological Wellbeing and Work Outcomes in the UK

Managing Escalation in Crisis and War

Getting to Know Military Caregivers and Their Needs

Planning for the Rising Costs of Dementia

Child Health

Truth Decay, School Lunch Nutrition, Regulating Space: RAND Weekly Recap

Nuclear Deterrence, COVID-19 and Infant Deaths, Criminal Justice Reform: RAND Weekly Recap

How Are the Kids Doing? The Well-Being of Children and the Nation's Potential

Reducing Disparities in Infant Mortality: Using Big Data to Help Babies at Risk

COVID-19: Why Spending More Time at Home for Some Children Is Bad for Their Health

Policies That Punish Pregnant Women for Substance Use Don't Help Mother or Baby

How Americans Get the News, Iran, Caregiving: RAND Weekly Recap

At the Interface of the Health Care System and the Community: Insights from an Academic-Community Partnership in Camden, New Jersey

How a Poor Indoor Environment at Home Affects Children's Health in the EU

Boris Johnson, Teacher Training, Youth Arrests: RAND Weekly Recap

Sleep Deprivation Could Do Long-Term Damage to Migrant Children

After School Shootings, Children and Communities Struggle to Heal

Truth Decay, Principals, Augmented Reality: RAND Weekly Recap

Augmented Reality on the Playground

Empowering Parents Through Positive Parenting Interventions

Childhood Trauma, Space Traffic, China–Russia Relations: RAND Weekly Recap

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