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Heroin Use Cannot Be Measured Adequately with a General Population Survey

Here we explore the important case of using General Population Surveys to estimate frequent heroin use.

Mar 5, 2021

Peter Reuter, Jonathan P. Caulkins, Gregory Midgette
Journal Article

Project SLIP: Implementation of a PrEP Screening and Linkage Intervention in Primary Care

The study developed and pilot-tested a PrEP screener for use in primary care clinics to help facilitate PrEP uptake. Findings suggest that brief HIV risk screening in primary care is acceptable, feasible, and shows preliminary effects in increasing PrEP referral rates.

Mar 5, 2021

Erik D. Storholm, Daniel Siconolfi, Wenjing Huang, William Towner, Deborah Ling Grant, Alexander Martos, John T. Chang, Rulin Hechter
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Infrastructure Resilience to Navigate Increasingly Uncertain and Complex Conditions in the Anthropocene

Resilience theory can help infrastructure managers navigate increasing complexity of the systems and environments in which they operate.

Mar 4, 2021

Mikhail Chester, B. Shane Underwood, Braden R. Allenby, Margaret Garcia, Constantine Samaras, Samuel A. Markolf, Kelly Sanders, Benjamin Lee Preston, Thaddeus R. Miller
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How Did the Reintroduction of the Social Security Statement Change Workers' Expectations and Plans?

This study fielded a survey in RAND's American Life Panel, coinciding with the partial reintroduction of the Social Security Statement. The findings indicate that regular mailings can play a role in shaping workers' retirement plans.

Mar 3, 2021

Philip Armour
Journal Article

Racial Differences in End-of-Life Care Quality Between Asian Americans and Non-Hispanic Whites in San Francisco Bay Area

Compared with caregivers of non-Hispanic whites, caregivers of Asian decedents reported unmet needs for caregiver support and lack of respect for cultural traditions and religious/spiritual beliefs.

Mar 2, 2021

Hyosin Kim, Rebecca Anhang Price, Jennifer N. Bunker, Melissa A. Bradley, Danielle Schlang, Julia Bandini, Joan M. Teno
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Quality Measurement of Serious Illness Communication: Recommendations for Health Systems Based on Findings from a Symposium of National Experts

Patients, clinicians, and health systems increasingly align around the importance of high-quality communication in serious illness. We offer recommendations to advance serious illness communication quality measurement.

Mar 2, 2021

Justin J. Sanders, Joanna Paladino, Erica Reaves, Hannah Luetke-Stahlman, Rebecca Anhang Price, Karl Lorenz, Laura C. Hanson, J. Randall Curtis, Diane Meier, Erik K. Fromme, Susan D. Block
Report

The Relationship Between Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment in the U.S. Military: Findings from the RAND Military Workplace Study

This report describes analyses, using data from the 2014 RAND Military Workplace Study, designed to identify how the sexual harassment of others in a service member's work environment affects his or her own risk of being sexually assaulted.

Mar 2, 2021

Terry L. Schell, Matthew Cefalu, Coreen Farris, Andrew R. Morral
Journal Article

Constraints, Values, and Information: How Leaders in One District Justify Their Positions During Instructional Decision Making

We investigate how leaders support their interpretations of problems and proposed solutions during closed-door negotiations around three policy decisions, and how they invoke race, class, and language in the process.

Mar 2, 2021

Alice Huguet, Cynthia E. Coburn, Caitlin C. Farrell, Debbie H. Kim, Anna-Ruth Allen
Journal Article

The Family Crisis Migration Stress Framework: A Framework to Understand the Mental Health Effects of Crisis Migration on Children and Families Caused by Disasters

We synthesize relevant theories and models of disaster, migration, and family resilience to create a framework to organize the complex processes that occur within families as a result of migration and that affect the mental health of children.

Mar 2, 2021

Saskia R. Vos, Aaron Clark-Ginsberg, Sofia Puente-Duran, Christopher P. Salas-Wright, Maria C. Duque, Ivonne Calderón Herrera, Mildred M. Maldonado-Molina, Melissa N. Castillo, Tae Kyoung Lee, Maria Fernanda Garcia, Cristina A. Fernandez, Marissa Hanson, Carolina Scaramutti, Seth J. Schwartz
Report

What Contributes to COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy in Black Communities, and How Can It Be Addressed?

Recent polls show that Black Americans are less willing than Americans of other races or ethnicities to be vaccinated for COVID-19. RAND researchers surveyed Black Americans to better understand the drivers of such hesitancy.

Mar 1, 2021

Laura M. Bogart, Lu Dong, Priya Gandhi, Samantha Ryan, Terry L. Smith, David J. Klein, Luckie-Alexander Fuller, Bisola O. Ojikutu
Journal Article

Investigating the Growth of Detention Facilities in Xinjiang Using Nighttime Lighting

This first report introduces our methodological approach and uses nighttime lighting data to investigate the rapid, coordinated growth of detention facilities in Xinjiang over the last decade.

Feb 26, 2021

Eric Robinson, Sean Mann
Journal Article

Have Any of Xinjiang's Detention Facilities Closed?

This report, the second in a three-part series, employs a novel empirical approach to systematically assess the current operating status of known detention facilities in Xinjiang using nighttime lighting.

Feb 26, 2021

Eric Robinson, Sean Mann
Journal Article

Explaining Variation in the Growth and Decline of Detention Facilities Across Xinjiang

This report, the final in our series, explores trends in the growth and decline of nighttime lighting over detention facilities across Xinjiang.

Feb 26, 2021

Eric Robinson, Sean Mann
Journal Article

Hospice Care Experiences Among Cancer Patients and Their Caregivers

Opportunities exist to improve hospice care for symptom palliation and training for caregivers when their family members are at home or in an ALF setting. Efforts to improve care for cancer patients in the NH and ALF setting are especially needed.

Feb 26, 2021

Layla Parast, Anagha Alka Tolpadi, Joan M. Teno, Marc N. Elliott, Rebecca Anhang Price
Report

Model of Travel in London Phase 3: Mode and destination choice model estimation

RAND Europe and partners were commissioned by Transport for London (TfL) to update and enhance their strategic transport model, the Model of Travel in London (MoTiON). This report documents RAND Europe's work on the mode-destination choice models.

Feb 26, 2021

James Fox, Bhanu Patruni
Report

Model of Travel in London Phase 3: Frequency model estimation

RAND Europe and partners were commissioned by Transport for London (TfL) to update and enhance their strategic transport model, the Model of Travel in London (MoTiON). This report documents RAND Europe's work on the frequency models.

Feb 26, 2021

Bhanu Patruni, James Fox, William D. Phillips
Report

Who Is Middle Class?

Depending on definition, the middle class has been either receiving less income (as a share of total) or shrinking in size since the 1970s. Lower-income Americans and their children will likely have limited opportunities for upward mobility.

Feb 25, 2021

Jeffrey B. Wenger, Melanie A. Zaber
Research Brief

10Plan, How Would It Affect Health Care Spending by Consumers and the Federal Government

The 10Plan is a self-pay plan for individuals currently uninsured or covered by a private nongroup health insurance plan. The authors built a microsimulation model to estimate health care spending under both the status quo and the 10Plan.

Feb 25, 2021

Kandice A. Kapinos, Carter C. Price, Drew M. Anderson, Adrienne M. Propp, Raffaele Vardavas, Christopher M. Whaley
Journal Article

Priority-Setting to Address the Geriatric Pharmacoparadox for Pain Management: A Nursing Home Stakeholder Delphi Study

Our objective was to explore the extent of consensus among expert stakeholders regarding what analgesic issues should be prioritized for comparative-effectiveness studies of beneficial and adverse effects of analgesic regimens in nursing home residents.

Feb 25, 2021

Kate L. Lapane, Catherine Dubé, Anne L. Hume, Jennifer Tjia, Bill M. Jesdale, Jayne Pawasauskas, Dmitry Khodyakov
Report

Winning the Battle of the Airfields: Seventy Years of RAND Analysis on Air Base Defense and Attack

This report provides an overview of RAND's work on air base defense and attack from 1951 through 2020, describes RAND's contributions, and identifies enduring insights for improving the resiliency of U.S. air bases in the face of modern threats.

Feb 24, 2021

Alan J. Vick, Mark Ashby

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