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The Rise of Standards-Aligned Instructional Materials for U.S. K–12 Mathematics and English Language Arts Instruction: Findings from the 2021 American Instructional Resources Survey

The authors examine the use of standards-aligned curriculum materials for kindergarten through 12th grade mathematics and English language arts instruction among public school teachers across the United States.

Oct 26, 2021

Julia H. Kaufman, Sy Doan, Maria-Paz Fernandez
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Translational Impacts of World Trade Center Health Program Research: A Mixed Methods Study

In this report, the authors describe the findings and recommendations of a four-year study of the World Trade Center Health Program's research portfolio and its translational impact. Recommendations are designed to help guide Program planning.

Oct 26, 2021

Thomas W. Concannon, Laura J. Faherty, Jaime Madrigano, Sean Mann, Ramya Chari, Sameer M. Siddiqi, Justin Lee, Liisa Hiatt
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Implementation and 12-Month Health Service Utilization and Cost Outcomes from a Managed Care Health Plan's Permanent Supportive Housing Program

This report presents an implementation and outcome study of a permanent supportive housing program—including service utilization and associated costs review—operated by a not-for-profit Medicaid and Medicare managed care plan in Southern California.

Oct 25, 2021

Sarah B. Hunter, Adam Scherling, Ryan K. McBain, Matthew Cefalu, Brian Briscombe, William Mcconnell, Priya Batra
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Countering Violent Extremism in the U.S. Military

To support the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD)'s efforts to counter extremism in its ranks, the authors considered how a terrorism prevention framework might address the issue. They offer intervention initiatives that DoD might consider adopting.

Oct 25, 2021

Todd C. Helmus, Hannah Jane Byrne, King Mallory
Journal Article

Use of Buprenorphine for Those with Employer-Sponsored Insurance During the Initial Phase of the COVID-19 Pandemic

This study examined changes in the use of buprenorphine to treat opioid use disorder in 2020 during the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic using pharmaceutical claims.

Oct 22, 2021

Jonathan H. Cantor, Andrew W. Dick, Rebecca Lee Haffajee, Megan F. Pera, Dena M. Bravata, Bradley D. Stein, Christopher M. Whaley
Journal Article

Population-Based Estimates of Geographic Accessibility of Medication for Opioid Use Disorder by Substance Use Disorder Treatment Facilities from 2014 to 2020

This cross-sectional study of substance use disorder treatment facilities examined the national share of facilities that offer medication treatment for opioid use disorder (MOUD) and population-based measures of geographic accessibility of facilities offering MOUD.

Oct 22, 2021

Jonathan H. Cantor, David Powell, Aaron Kofner, Bradley D. Stein
Journal Article

Trends in Visits to Substance Use Disorder Treatment Facilities in 2020

This study examined weekly changes in the number of substance use disorder treatment facility visits in 2020 compared to 2019, and explored variation in change in weekly visits by COVID-19 incidence and historical fatal drug overdose rate.

Oct 22, 2021

Jonathan H. Cantor, David Kravitz, Mark J. Sorbero, Barbara Andraka-Christou, Christopher M. Whaley, Kathryn E. Bouskill, Bradley D. Stein
Journal Article

How We Talk About Migration: The Link Between Migration Narratives, Policy, and Power

This report analyzes how narratives about migration contribute to political discourse in five countries.

Oct 22, 2021

Natalia Banulescu-Bogdan, Haim Malka, Shelly Culbertson
Journal Article

Point of Care Testing for Infectious Disease in Europe: A Scoping Review and Survey Study

This article is a scoping literature review and survey of key stakeholders on point of care testing for infectious diseases in EU/EEA countries as of November 2019.

Oct 22, 2021

Lucy Hocking, Jenny George, Eeva K. Broberg, Marc J. Struelens, Katrin C. Leitmeyer, Advait Deshpande, Sarah Parkinson, Joe Francombe, Katherine I. Morley, Helena de Carvalho Gomes
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Enhancing Defence's Contribution to Societal Resilience in the UK: Lessons from International Approaches

This study sought to understand other nations' approaches to societal resilience to enhance UK resilience. The study defined societal resilience and its importance, analysed other countries' practices, and identified lessons relevant to UK Defence.

Oct 21, 2021

Ben Caves, Rebecca Lucas, Livia Dewaele, Julia Muravska, Chris Wragg, Tom Spence, Zudik Hernandez, Anna Knack, James Black
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Engaging multi-disciplinary practitioners in a complex field of social policy: A methodological discussion paper

This paper shares lessons learnt from engaging multi-disciplinary practitioners in a complex field of social policy in a consensus building exercise using an adapted Delphi-method. It is written for other organisations or researchers considering a similar approach.

Oct 21, 2021

Tom Ling, Michaela Bruckmayer
Journal Article

Neonatal Opioid Withdrawal Syndrome Is Associated With Infant Foster Care Entry At The County Level

This study used a decade of data from U.S. counties to examine how rates of neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome (NOWS) and county-level characteristics were associated with entry in the child welfare system.

Oct 20, 2021

Sarah F. Loch, Bradley D. Stein, Robin Ghertner, Elizabeth McNeer, William D. Dupont, Rosanna Smart, Stephen W. Patrick
Journal Article

Transforming Public Health Data Systems: White Papers to Inform Commission

RWJF commissioned RAND to produce a series of white papers that describe the current landscape, emerging innovations, and opportunities for transforming and transitioning to a new public health data system.

Oct 20, 2021

Anita Chandra, Laurie T. Martin, Joie D. Acosta, Christopher Nelson, Douglas Yeung, Nabeel Qureshi, Tara Laila Blagg
Journal Article

Could Periodic Nonpharmaceutical Intervention Strategies Produce Better COVID-19 Health and Economic Outcomes?

We developed a COVID-19 transmission model to compare the effects of nonpharmaceutical public health interventions (NPIs). We find that the periodic switch between low and high NPI levels could have produced similar health outcomes as static strategies but better social welfare outcomes.

Oct 20, 2021

Raffaele Vardavas, Pedro Nascimento de Lima, Lawrence Baker
Journal Article

Modeling Infectious Behaviors: The Need to Account for Behavioral Adaptation in COVID-19 Models

In this essay we discuss the need for new types of simulation models of COVID-19 that couple transmission dynamics with adaptive behaviors.

Oct 20, 2021

Raffaele Vardavas, Pedro Nascimento de Lima, Paul K. Davis, Andrew M. Parker, Lawrence Baker
Journal Article

Origins of the Opioid Crisis and Its Enduring Impacts

In this paper, we examine the role of the 1996 introduction and marketing of OxyContin as a potential leading cause of the opioid crisis.

Oct 19, 2021

Abby Alpert, William N. Evans, Ethan M.J. Lieber, David Powell
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Telehealth in the COVID-19 Era

RAND Australia and the University of Sydney hosted a webinar with health experts from Australia and the United States to discuss recent increases in the use of telehealth.

Oct 18, 2021

Ateev Mehrotra, Lori Uscher-Pines, Rachel O. Reid, Len Gray, Teresa Anderson
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Survey for Assessing Racial/Ethnic Harassment and Discrimination in the U.S. Military

The authors describe the development of a survey instrument to help the U.S. Department of Defense understand racial and ethnic harassment and discrimination among its uniformed personnel, the instrument itself, and recommendations to support its use.

Oct 18, 2021

Miriam Matthews, Coreen Farris, Terry L. Schell, Kristie L. Gore
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Survey Instrument to Assess the Prevalence of Hazing and Bullying in the Active-Duty U.S. Military

The authors describe the development and design of a survey instrument created to help the U.S. Department of Defense estimate the number of active-duty service members who experience hazing and bullying.

Oct 18, 2021

Miriam Matthews, Coreen Farris, Andrew R. Morral, Terry L. Schell, Kirsten M. Keller
Journal Article

Disaster Risk Creation and Cascading Disasters Within Large Technological Systems: COVID-19 and the 2021 Texas Blackouts

Here we describe the 2021 Texas blackouts during the COVID-19 pandemic through the lens of disaster risk creation and cascading disaster, showing how risk emerges and propagates across large technological systems.

Oct 15, 2021

Aaron Clark-Ginsberg, David DeSmet, Ismael Arciniegas Rueda, Ryan Hagen, Brian Hayduk

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