Published Research

Research Brief

Actions the Army Can Take to Reduce Sexual Assault, Sexual Harassment, and Gender Discrimination

This research brief highlights top-line findings from four different projects that have implications for strategies to prevent sexual harassment and sexual assault in the U.S. Army.

Avery Calkins, Matthew Cefalu, Terry L. Schell, Linda Cottrell, Sarah O. Meadows, Rebecca L. Collins, Andrew R. Morral, Miriam Matthews, Joshua Snoke, R. J. Briggs

Report

Sexual Assault Experiences in the Active-Component Army: Variation by Year, Gender, Sexual Orientation, and Installation Risk Level

Researchers describe the most common types of behaviors that occurred during active-component soldiers' most serious experiences of sexual assault, characteristics of alleged perpetrators, and times and places in which these experiences occurred.

Avery Calkins, Matthew Cefalu, Terry L. Schell, Linda Cottrell, Sarah O. Meadows, Rebecca L. Collins

Report

Policy Decisionmaking in Long-Term Care: Lessons from Infection Control During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Policies to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in long-term care facilities have failed to balance community safety and resident well-being. Input from a range of stakeholders highlighted a need for inclusive policy decisionmaking in long-term care.

Lori Frank, Thomas W. Concannon, Jordan M. Harrison, Sarah Zelazny

Report

Managing Urinary Incontinence for Women in Primary Care: Environmental Scan (Base Year)

The authors of this report present an environmental scan of studies that assess the dissemination and implementation of nonsurgical urinary incontinence treatments for women in primary care.

Sydne J. Newberry, Jeannette Tsuei, Jody Larkin, Aneesa Motala, Kayla Howard, Gena Dunivan

Journal Article

"Killing Rats in a Porcelain Shop": PLA Urban Warfare in a Taiwan Campaign

This chapter considers the dedicated efforts the PLA has focused on since the late 2000s to develop an urban warfare capacity that appears to be directed at the capture of Taipei in a Cross-straits contingency.

Sale Lilly

Journal Article

Home Care Aide Safety Concerns and Job Challenges During the COVID-19 Pandemic

The goal of this study was to examine experiences of agency-employed home care aides during the COVID-19 pandemic and to identify ways to mitigate concerns.

Julia Bandini, Julia Rollison, Katie Feistel, Laura Whitaker, Armenda Bialas, Jason Michel Etchegaray

Journal Article

Artificial Intelligence Applications Used in the Clinical Response to COVID-19: A Scoping Review

The authors identified 66 AI applications used to perform a wide range of diagnostic, prognostic, and triage functions in the clinical response to COVID-19. Some saw widespread use, though only a few were independently evaluated.

Sean Mann, Carl Berdahl, Lawrence Baker, Federico Girosi

Journal Article

Evaluation of Phase II of the Medicare Advantage Value-Based Insurance Design Model Test: First Two Years of Implementation (2020–2021), and Appendixes

This report presents the RAND Corporation team's findings from its evaluation of Phase II of the Medicare Advantage Value-Based Insurance Design model test, for the years 2020 and 2021.

Dmitry Khodyakov, Christine Eibner, Erin Audrey Taylor, Rebecca Anhang Price, Christine Buttorff, Matthew Cefalu, Brian G. Vegetabile, Julia Bandini, Monique Martineau, Catherine C. Cohen, Michael Dworsky, Marika Booth, Alice Y. Kim, Julie Lai, Shiyuan Zhang, Afshin Rastegar, Stephanie Dellva, Nabeel Qureshi, Priya Gandhi, Courtney Armstrong, Daniel Schwam, Natalie Ernecoff, Anagha Alka Tolpadi

Journal Article

Do Temporary Workers Experience Additional Employment and Earnings Risk After Workplace Injuries?

We find large and persistent earnings and employment losses after workplace injury for temporary workers over and above losses for direct-hire workers at the same job. Workers' compensation benefits reduce, but do not eliminate, this income loss.

Nicholas Broten, Michael Dworsky, David Powell

Journal Article

Development and Pilot Test of Criteria Defining Best Practices for Organizational Sexual Assault Prevention

This study describes the development of the Prevention Evaluation Framework, an assessment targeting organizational best practices for comprehensive sexual assault prevention across multiple domains.

Joie D. Acosta, Matthew Chinman, Andra Tharp, Jack Baker, Paul Flaspohler, Beverly Fortson, Amy Kerr, Andrea Lamont, Amanda Meyer, Sierra Smucker, Katelyn Wargel, Abraham Wandersman

Journal Article

A National Retrospective Study of Antidepressants' Effects on Overdose and Self-Harm Among Adults Treated With Opioid Analgesics

Individuals with a history of depression who received opioid analgesics had a significantly lower risk for overdose and self-harm after they had been taking antidepressants for at least 6 weeks.

Tisamarie B. Sherry, Thuy D. Nguyen, Andrew W. Dick, Ashley C. Bradford, Kosali Ilayperuma Simon, Bradley D. Stein

Report

The Political Geography of the South China Sea Disputes: A RAND Research Primer

This Perspective provides a political geography primer on the South China Sea, focusing on physical geography and the origins and development of littoral states' respective claims to portions of the South China Sea, such as islands and rocks.

Benjamin J. Sacks

Research Brief

Deception Detection

In this report, the authors developed and tested the use of machine-learning methods to detect speech patterns that reflect attempts at deception or truthfulness during simulated security clearance background interviews.

Marek N. Posard, Christian Johnson, Julia L. Melin, Emily Ellinger, Hilary Reininger

Report

Looking for Lies: An Exploratory Analysis for Automated Detection of Deception

The authors of this report developed and tested the use of machine-learning methods to detect speech patterns that reflect attempts at deception or truthfulness during simulated security clearance background interviews.

Marek N. Posard, Christian Johnson, Julia L. Melin, Emily Ellinger, Hilary Reininger

Report

Modeling and Measuring the Effects of Economic Shocks on a Defense Industrial Base

The purpose of this report is to assist Department of Defense decisionmakers called upon to respond to adverse economic shocks by identifying opportunities for improving analysis of shocks and their effects on U.S. defense postures.

Elizabeth Hastings Roer, Brent Thomas, Grant Johnson, Sean McKenna, Nathaniel Edenfield, Chad J. R. Ohlandt

Report

Operation Inherent Resolve: U.S. Ground Force Contributions

This report, which outlines four battles within Operation Inherent Resolve (OIR) and reviews U.S. ground force contributions to those battles, is intended to address gaps both in analysis and in the common understanding of OIR.

Jeffrey Martini, Sean M. Zeigler, Sebastian Joon Bae, Alexandra T. Evans, Gian Gentile, Michelle Grisé, Mark Hvizda

Brochure

Homeland Security Operational Analysis Center

Housed within the RAND Homeland Security Research Division, the Homeland Security Operational Analysis Center (HSOAC) supports federal, state, local, tribal, and public- and private-sector organizations that make up the homeland security enterprise.

Journal Article

Development and Pilot Test of the Competency Assessment for Sexual Assault Prevention Practitioners

The purpose of this study was to develop an assessment tool for sexual assault prevention practitioners regarding knowledge about and job relevancy of the core competencies.

AnnaMarie O'Neill, Joie D. Acosta, Matthew Chinman, Andra Tharp, Beverly Fortson

Report

Employee Wellbeing, Work Behaviours and Work Outcomes in a Hybrid Work Context: A Study of the Relationship Between Work, Health and Performance Using Novel Workplace Data

This study aims to build on the understanding of the links between employees' work behaviours, health and wellbeing and workplace outcomes by analysing an employee dataset incorporating Microsoft-collected workplace telemetry data.

William D. Phillips, Eliane Dufresne, Marco Hafner, Martin Stepanek, Daniel Kotzen, Shaun Subel, Christian Van Stolk

Commercial Book

Tech Wars: Transforming U.S. Technology Development

This book explores the evolution of the U.S. research and development enterprise, asks whether this organization remains appropriate for current the challenges, and proposes strategies for better preparing for the global technology race.

Daniel M. Gerstein