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The Culture of Alcohol in the U.S. Military: Correlations With Problematic Drinking Behaviors and Negative Consequences of Alcohol Use

This paper uses data from the 2018 Health Related Behaviors Survey of Active Duty service members to explore associations between alcohol culture and excessive alcohol use, serious consequences, risky driving behaviors, and productivity loss.

Feb 8, 2022

Sarah O. Meadows, Robin L. Beckman, Charles C. Engel, Diana D. Jeffery
Journal Article

Nurse Aide Retention in Nursing Homes

The research presented provides information on nurse aide retention in nursing homes as a workforce challenge and its impact on quality.Retention may be an additional staffing characteristic of nursing facilities with policy and practice relevance.

Feb 8, 2022

Nicholas G. Castle, Kathryn Hyer, John Alexander Harris, John Engberg
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Nursing Home Patient Safety Culture Perceptions Among US and Immigrant Nurses

This study compared the PSC perceptions of foreign and domestic born and trained nurses working in urban NHs in 5 states to analyze how nurses' patient safety culture perceptions corresponded to their personal and professional characteristics.

Feb 8, 2022

Laura M. Wagner, Barbara L. Brush, Nicholas G. Castle, John Engberg, Elizabeth A. Capezuti
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Organizational and Geographic Nursing Home Characteristics Associated With Increasing Prevalence of Resident Obesity in the United States

The objective of this study was to examine the associations between nursing home obesity prevalence rate and nursing home organizational, staffing, resident, and geographic factors within a profit maximization framework.

Feb 8, 2022

John Alexander Harris, John Engberg, Nicholas G. Castle
Journal Article

Validity Evidence Supporting Use of Anchoring Vignettes to Measure Teaching Practice

This paper addresses two potential drawbacks of survey self-report measures: variation in teachers' interpretation of response scales and their interpretation of survey questions.

Feb 8, 2022

Julia H. Kaufman, John Engberg, Laura S. Hamilton, Kun Yuan, Heather C. Hill
Journal Article

Assessment of Patient Preferences for Telehealth in Post-COVID-19 Pandemic Health Care

Most adults in this survey study were willing to use video visits for nonemergency care but preferred in-person care, suggesting that patient preferences will help define telehealth's role in US health care after the COVID-19 pandemic.

Feb 8, 2022

Zachary Predmore, Elizabeth Roth, Joshua Breslau, Shira H. Fischer, Lori Uscher-Pines
Report

Recouping Separation Pay from U.S. Service Members and Veterans Who Later Receive Veterans Affairs Disability Compensation

The authors study how many service members and veterans experience recoupment -- or withholding -- of U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs compensation due to receipt of military separation pay and how much more money they would receive but for recoupment.

Feb 7, 2022

Stephanie Rennane, Beth J. Asch, Michael G. Mattock, Hannah Acheson-Field
Report

What Are the Skills Required to Obtain a Good Job? An Analysis of Labor Markets, Occupational Features, and Skill Training for the Youth ChalleNGe Program

The authors of this report identify a set of common skills among high-paying, growing occupations that do not require a bachelor's degree and describe how to incorporate such broader skills into the National Guard Youth ChalleNGe program curriculum.

Feb 4, 2022

Kathryn A. Edwards, Melanie A. Zaber, Daniel Schwam
Report

Relative Contractor Risks: A Data-Analytic Approach to Early Identification

The authors prototyped a new way to apply data analysis on a variety of government and commercial data sources to assess the relative contractor performance risks in Air Force acquisition contracts and programs.

Feb 4, 2022

Philip S. Anton, William Shelton, James Ryseff, Stephen B. Joplin, Megan McKernan, Chad J. R. Ohlandt, Samantha Cohen
Journal Article

Worker and Employer Experiences with COVID-19 and the California Workers' Compensation System: A Review of the Literature

We conducted a literature review on worker and employer experiences surrounding COVID-19 and worker's compensation, adhering to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines.

Feb 4, 2022

Denise D. Quigley, Nabeel Qureshi, Grace Gahlon, Courtney A. Gidengil
Journal Article

Adjusting for Patient Characteristics to Compare Quality of Care Provided by Serious Illness Programs

To ensure fair comparison of serious illness programs, quality measure scores should be case-mix adjusted for variables that influence patients' reports about care quality, but are not under the control of the program administering care.

Feb 4, 2022

Maria DeYoreo, Rebecca Anhang Price, Cheryl K. Montemayor, Anagha Alka Tolpadi, Melissa A. Bradley, Danielle Schlang, Joan M. Teno, Paul Cleary, Marc N. Elliott
Report

Earnings Losses and Benefit Adequacy in California's Workers' Compensation System: Estimates for 2005–2017 Injury Dates

This final report in a series is part of an effort to monitor wage losses of injured workers in the California workers' compensation system between 2013 and 2017. It updates estimates of trends in earnings losses reported in the interim reports.

Feb 3, 2022

Michael Dworsky, Stephanie Rennane, Nicholas Broten
Report

Assessing the impact of developments in genetic testing on insurers' risk exposure

Predictive genetic testing provides individuals with information about their future risk of developing health conditions. Determining whether a genetic test could affect the insurance industry is complex and needs to be evaluated on a per-test basis.

Feb 3, 2022

Daniela Rodriguez-Rincon, Sarah Parkinson, Lucy Hocking, Hamish Evans, Emma Hudson, Katherine I. Morley
Journal Article

Sustaining the Promise of Mainz

This chapter reviews way to revitalize elements of President George H.W. Bush's vision of Europe whole, free, and at peace given the unraveling of arms control agreements, the return of armed conflict, and the deterioration of democratic governance and rule of law in several European countries.

Feb 2, 2022

Stephen J. Flanagan, Sławomir Dębski , Daniel S. Hamilton
Report

UK strategy for the High North: Policy Levers to Influence Developments out to 2050

This report offers a perspective on how the UK could maximise its influence in the High North through enhanced cooperation across government and within multilateral fora in order to tackle environmental and geopolitical changes in the region.

Feb 2, 2022

Nicolas Jouan, Theodora Ogden, James Black, Corine Wood-Donnelly, Stephen Coulson
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The Value of Education and Training After High School: How Postsecondary Credentials Impact Earnings

The author reviews the evidence on earnings gains associated with various types of postsecondary credentials, including college credit–bearing degrees, noncredit training and certificates, apprenticeships, and occupational credentials.

Feb 2, 2022

Lindsay Daugherty
Research Brief

UK Strategy for the High North: Navigating a changing environment out to 2050

This report offers a perspective on how the UK could maximise its influence in the High North through enhanced cooperation across government and within multilateral fora in order to tackle environmental and geopolitical changes in the region.

Feb 2, 2022

Nicolas Jouan, Theodora Ogden, James Black, Corine Wood-Donnelly, Stephen Coulson
Report

Crossroads of Competition: China, Russia, and the United States in the Middle East

This report details the political, economic, and military interests and activities of China and Russia in the Middle East and identifies where those efforts contest, intersect, or complement U.S. interests and activities.

Feb 2, 2022

Becca Wasser, Howard J. Shatz, John J. Drennan, Andrew Scobell, Brian G. Carlson, Yvonne K. Crane
Report

An Assessment of the U.S. and Chinese Industrial Bases in Quantum Technology

This report presents a flexible and repeatable set of metrics for assessing a nation's industrial base in quantum technology, and applies those metrics to the U.S. and Chinese quantum industrial bases.

Feb 2, 2022

Edward Parker, Daniel Gonzales, Ajay K. Kochhar, Sydney Litterer, Kathryn O'Connor, Jon Schmid, Keller Scholl, Richard Silberglitt, Joan Chang, Christopher A. Eusebi, Scott W. Harold
Journal Article

Study on the Proposal Evaluation System for the EU R&I Framework Programme: Final Report

Our study consisted of a comprehensive review of the proposal evaluation processes used in the eighth research & innovation framework programme of the European Union, Horizon 2020.

Feb 2, 2022

Daniela Rodriguez-Rincon, Carolina Feijao, Cagla Stevenson, Hamish Evans, Alexandra Sinclair, Simon Thomson, Susan Guthrie

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