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Evaluation of Los Angeles County's 2021 WhyWeRise Mental Health Campaign

RAND researchers describe a survey conducted to evaluate the reach and impact of a 2021 Los Angeles County social marketing campaign promoting awareness of county mental health resources and communicating messages of resilience, support, and hope.

Mar 23, 2022

Rebecca L. Collins, Nicole K. Eberhart, Elizabeth Roth
Report

The Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities Mitigation Grant Program: Incorporating Hazard Risk and Social Equity into Decisionmaking Processes

The federal Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) program can help develop community resilience through mitigation activities that emphasize equity goals alongside reduction of risk to physical assets, as described in this report.

Mar 23, 2022

Noreen Clancy, Melissa L. Finucane, Jordan R. Fischbach, David G. Groves, Debra Knopman, Karishma V. Patel, Lloyd Dixon
Research Brief

Behavioral Health Technicians: Extending the Reach of Military Behavioral Health Care

RAND researchers identified ways take to maximize behavioral health technicians' (BHTs') contributions to military health and readiness, including expanding training opportunities and providing BHTs with tools and templates for frequent tasks.

Mar 22, 2022

Kimberly A. Hepner, Stephanie Brooks Holliday, Allyson D. Gittens, Irineo Cabreros, Cheryl K. Montemayor, Harold Alan Pincus
Report

Airline Security Through Artificial Intelligence: How the Transportation Security Administration Can Use Machine Learning to Improve the Electronic Baggage Screening Program

The Transportation Security Administration screens all checked baggage at airports. The authors of this Perspective describe the current state, challenges, and outlook of artificial intelligence and machine learning to improve this screening process.

Mar 22, 2022

Shawn McKay, Gavin S. Hartnett, Bruce Held
Report

Optimizing the Role of Military Behavioral Health Technicians: A Survey of Behavioral Health Technicians and Mental Health Providers

RAND researchers surveyed military behavioral health technicians (BHTs) and licensed mental health providers about BHTs' contributions, training and supervision, and job satisfaction, as well as barriers to integrating them into clinical practice.

Mar 22, 2022

Kimberly A. Hepner, Stephanie Brooks Holliday, Allyson D. Gittens, Irineo Cabreros, Cheryl K. Montemayor, Harold Alan Pincus
Report

Poor indoor climate: Its impact on health and life satisfaction, as well as its wider socio-economic costs

This study looks at the prevalence of poor indoor climate in Europe, its impact on health and well-being, as well as its wider socio-economic costs.

Mar 22, 2022

William D. Phillips, Barbara Janta, Daniel Gehrt, Lillian Flemons, Evangelos Gkousis, Sam Cole, Pamina Smith, Marco Hafner
Report

The Department of Homeland Security's Use of Emerging Technologies: Why Public Perception Matters

This Perspective explores how public perception can influence the success of government technology deployments, ways to assess public perception, and how government agencies might account for public perception across that deployment life cycle.

Mar 21, 2022

Benjamin Boudreaux, Douglas Yeung, Rachel Steratore
Report

Using Social Media to Extract Information About Chemical Weapons Incidents: A Methodology and Demonstration of Concept from the Civil War in Syria

RAND Corporation researchers developed an approach for analyzing social media data to derive insights about chemical incidents and conducted a proof of concept of that approach by applying it to the case of chemical weapons use in Syria (2017-2018).

Mar 21, 2022

Joshua Mendelsohn, Stephanie Young, Jenny Oberholtzer, Yousuf Abdelfatah, Gregory Weider Fauerbach, Natasha Lander, Paul S. Steinberg
Report

Establishing a Sovereign Guided Weapons Enterprise for Australia: International and Domestic Lessons Learned

The authors describe the relevance of five international case studies in relation to Australia's creation of a Sovereign Guided Weapons Enterprise, identified as a key priority by the government in its 2020 Defence Strategic Update.

Mar 21, 2022

Christopher A. Mouton, Carl Rhodes, Mark V. Arena, Paul DeLuca, Andrew Dowse, John P. Godges, Adam R. Grissom, Caleb Lucas, Erik Silfversten
Report

Disruption Without Change: The Consequences of COVID-19 on the Global Economic Balance

The author reviews the economic track record of the United States, its competitors, and its allies to discern how economic changes induced by the COVID-19 pandemic could affect geopolitical competition and the security environment.

Mar 21, 2022

Howard J. Shatz
Tool

Mid-Atlantic Regional Climate Impacts Summary and Outlook: Winter 2021–2022

This climate summary aims to inform Mid-Atlantic policymakers and practitioners about winter 2021–2022, regional climate trends, and the upcoming winter season. A tool shows an analysis of future projected changes in precipitation, compared to climate normals.

Mar 18, 2022

Krista Romita Grocholski, Michelle E. Miro, Lena Easton-Calabria, Jessica Spaccio, Samantha Borisoff, Arthur T. DeGaetano
Journal Article

POLST Completion and Continuity in California Nursing Homes

We used MDS 2011–2016 linked to California Section S to describe POLST completion, cardiopulmonary resuscitation and do not resuscitate orders, invalid POLST documents, and switches in POLST content across the population of California NH residents.

Mar 16, 2022

David Zingmond, David Powell, Lee A. Jennings, Jose J. Escarce, Li-Jung Liang, Punam Parikh, Neil S. Wenger
Journal Article

Care Preferences in Physician Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment in California Nursing Homes

Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST) facilitates documentation and transition of patients' life-sustaining treatment orders across care settings. We describe the orders within POLST among all nursing home residents in California from 2011 to 2016.

Mar 16, 2022

Lee A. Jennings, Neil S. Wenger, Li-Jung Liang, Punam Parikh, David Powell, Jose J. Escarce, David Zingmond
Journal Article

State Minimum Wage Increases Delay Marriage and Reduce Divorce Among Low-Wage Households

Across data sources, among men and women earning low wages, a one-dollar increase in the state minimum wage predicts a 3%–6% decline in marriage entry and a 7%–15% decline in divorce one and 2 years later.

Mar 16, 2022

Benjamin Karney, Jeffrey B. Wenger, Melanie A. Zaber, Thomas N. Bradbury
Report

Assessing the Quality of Outpatient Pain Care and Opioid Prescribing in the Military Health System

Pain conditions are the leading cause of disability among active-duty service members. RAND conducted a comprehensive assessment of outpatient care for acute and chronic pain, including opioid prescribing, delivered by the Military Health System.

Mar 16, 2022

Kimberly A. Hepner, Carol P. Roth, Tisamarie B. Sherry, Ryan K. McBain, Teague Ruder, Charles C. Engel
Report

Identifying Opportunities to Recruit More Individuals Above the Age of 21 into the U.S. Army

Older recruits, as a group, score higher on Army qualification tests and are more likely to reenlist and to be promoted. RAND researchers examined the potential for recruiting individuals older than 21 and derived actionable recommendations.

Mar 16, 2022

Michael S. Pollard, Louay Constant, Joe Cheravitch, Ryan Haberman, Katherine L. Kidder, Christina Panis
Journal Article

Peer Assisted Learning Strategies - UK: Evaluation Report

Peer Assisted Learning Strategies UK (PALS-UK) is a whole-class, structured peer tutoring intervention aiming to improve pupils' reading comprehension, oral reading fluency, and overall reading attainment.

Mar 15, 2022

Andreas Culora, Sashka Dimova, Sonia Ilie, Alex Sutherland, Lucy Gilder
Multimedia

A Conversation with VA Secretary McDonough on the Department's Recommendations to the Asset and Infrastructure Review Commission

In advance of the release of a nationwide study to inform investments in U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) health care, Secretary Denis R. McDonough discussed VA's current infrastructure, the study methods, and VA's recommendations.

Mar 14, 2022

Denis R. McDonough, Jennifer Steinhauer
Brochure

The American Educator Panels: Taking the Pulse of America's Educators

This brochure describes the American Educator Panels -- innovative online survey tools that provide unique sources of accurate information about educators' knowledge, attitudes, practices, and working conditions.

Mar 14, 2022
Report

Experiences of Health Centers in Implementing Telehealth Visits for Underserved Patients During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Results from the Connected Care Accelerator Initiative

This mixed-methods study followed 45 health centers serving low-income populations for 18 months of the COVID-19 pandemic. Researchers investigated changes in telehealth utilization and health center staff experiences with implementation.

Mar 14, 2022

Lori Uscher-Pines, Natasha Arora, Maggie Jones, Abbie Lee, Jessica L. Sousa, Colleen M. McCullough, Sarita D. Lee, Monique Martineau, Zachary Predmore, Christopher M. Whaley, Allison J. Ober

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