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Labor Trafficking in the United States: Current and Future Research
Reducing the prevalence of human trafficking is a national priority. This brief summarizes the research needs for addressing labor trafficking policy and enforcement.
May 9, 2023
Joe Eyerman, Melissa M. Labriola, Bella González
Report
Current and Future Research on Labor Trafficking in the United States
Reducing the prevalence of human trafficking is a national priority. In this report, researchers recommend a research agenda for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to address labor trafficking policy and enforcement.
May 9, 2023
Joe Eyerman, Melissa M. Labriola, Bella González
Report
Elicitation of Climate Information to Support Water Agency Planning: Report of a Workshop with the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission
Expert elicitation can supplement information from climate models to support adaptation planning. This report describes how the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission used elicitation to identify climate impacts on the city's water supply.
May 8, 2023
Robert J. Lempert, Sandra H. Berry, Stephanie Tanverakul
Report
Community and Individual Disaster Resilience for Floods: Options for Improving Protective Action Guidance
This report describes options for Department of Homeland Security officials to improve protective action flood guidance and messaging in response to growing flood risks that continue to cause adverse effects and threaten lives and property.
May 8, 2023
Rachel Steratore, Aaron Clark-Ginsberg, Shoshana R. Shelton, Nipher Malika, Kristin J. Leuschner, Tucker Reese
Journal Article
CalAIM and Specialty Behavioral Health Care: Lessons from Other States on Value-Based Payment
This report examines the experience of state Medicaid agencies with implementation of value-based payment models for behavioral health care and the implications of that experience for future payment reform in California.
May 5, 2023
Joshua Breslau, Marcela Horvitz-Lennon, Nicole K. Eberhart, Jonathan S. Levin, Jonah Kushner, Mallika Bhandarkar
Journal Article
Projected Long-Term Effects of Colorectal Cancer Screening Disruptions Following the COVID-19 Pandemic
This comparative analysis uses two CISNET colorectal cancer (CRC) microsimulation models to assess the impact of ongoing screening disruptions induced by the COVID-19 pandemic on long-term CRC outcomes.
May 5, 2023
Pedro Nascimento de Lima, Rosita van den Puttelaar, Anne I. Hahn, Matthias Harlass, Nicholson Collier, Jonathan Ozik, Ann G. Zauber, Iris Lansdorp-Vogelaar, Carolyn M. Rutter
Report
The Backbone of U.S. Joint Operations: Army Roles in the Indo-Pacific
The authors of this report seek to provide an engaging and structured illustrated narrative to more clearly describe the U.S. Army's role throughout the Indo-Pacific region in the present day and into 2035.
May 5, 2023
Abby Doll, Yvonne K. Crane, Gian Gentile, D. Sean Barnett, John IV Gordon, Timothy R. Heath, Jeffrey W. Hornung, Mark Hvizda, Sale Lilly, Bradley Martin, David A. Ochmanek, Stephanie Anne Pillion, Barry Wilson, Emily Yoder
Journal Article
Is China Planning to Attack Taiwan? A Careful Consideration of Available Evidence Says No
Is China preparing to invade Taiwan within the next two decades? In the past year, fears that war could break out in the Taiwan Strait have grown palpable, owing in large part to the shock of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
May 5, 2023
Timothy R. Heath
Journal Article
Could Beijing Risk a Diversionary War Against Taiwan?
The combination of a weakening strategic situation and an increasingly despotic regime has left Xi with few constraints on his power, leaving many to fear that he could risk military adventurism as a diversion from China's deteriorating situation.
May 5, 2023
Timothy R. Heath
Journal Article
Wargames Can't Tell Us How to Deter a Chinese Attack on Taiwan — But Different Games Might
Wargames that simulate combat between the United States and China near Taiwan can provide useful insight about potential military challenges.
May 5, 2023
Timothy R. Heath
Journal Article
Barriers and Facilitators to Home- and Community-Based Services Access for Persons With Dementia and Their Caregivers
Barriers to HCBS access for persons with dementia range from community and infrastructure barriers (e.g., clinicians and cultural differences), to interpersonal and individual-level barriers (e.g., caregivers, awareness, and attitudes).
May 4, 2023
Molly Waymouth, Daniel Siconolfi, Esther M. Friedman, Debra Saliba, Sangeeta C. Ahluwalia, Regina A. Shih
Journal Article
State Experiences Linking Medicaid Data With Birth Certificates and Other Data Sources
We completed a literature review, developed an inventory of linkage efforts, and facilitated discussions to understand the technical details, experiences creating and maintaining linkages, and barriers or facilitators to establishing linkages.
May 4, 2023
Zachary Predmore, Sara E. Heins, Emily Hoch, Sangita M. Baxi, Violanda Grigorescu, Scott R. Smith
Journal Article
Treatment Goals for Rheumatoid Arthritis: Patient Engagement and Goal Collection
We worked with a steering committee and surveyed patients with rheumatoid arthritis to test a new method for engaging patients in healthcare valuation using patient goals.
May 4, 2023
Zachary Predmore, Emily K. Chen, Thomas W. Concannon, Suzanne Schrandt, Susan J. Bartlett, Clifton O. Bingham, Richard Z. Xie, Richard H. Chapman, Lori Frank
Journal Article
A Pragmatic Parallel Arm Randomized-Controlled Trial of a Multi-Pronged Electronic Health Record-Based Clinical Decision Support Tool Protocol to Reduce Low-Value Antipsychotic Prescriptions Among Older Adults with Alzheimer's and Related Dementias
We designed a pragmatic randomized-controlled trial to measure the impact of a behavioral economic electronic health record (EHR) clinical decision support (CDS) intervention to reduce physician prescriptions of new antipsychotic medications among patients with ADRD.
May 4, 2023
John N. Mafi, Anne Walling, Chad Villaflores, Sitaram Vangala, Andrea Sorensen, Eric M. Cheng, Ashley Turner, Zoe Trutner, Grace Cheng, Julia Cave Arbanas, Benjamin Waterman, Suzanne Shu, Noah J. Goldstein, Catherine A. Sarkisian
Journal Article
Patient-Reported Quality Measures for Palliative Care: The Time Is Now
A recent CMS analysis revealed a lack of patient-reported measures in palliative care, particularly in symptom management and communication. We used a patient-centered approach to develop and test two measures for patients receiving palliative care.
May 4, 2023
Anne Walling, Katherine Ast, Jordan M. Harrison, Sydney Dy, Mary Ersek, Laura C. Hanson, Arif H. Kamal, Christine Ritchie, Joan M. Teno, Joseph D. Rotella, Vyjeyanthi S. Periyakoil, Sangeeta C. Ahluwalia
Journal Article
The Health Plan Environment in California Contributed to Differential Use of Telehealth During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Examining the patient and health plan differences in use of telehealth during the COVID-19 pandemic, this study highlights the role of health plan and provider differences in driving disparities in access to telehealth services.
May 4, 2023
Christopher M. Whaley, Yuki Ito, Jonathan Kolstad, David Cowling, Benjamin Handel
Report
Principal Perspectives on School Staffing Struggles: Findings from the 2022 Learn Together Survey
In this report, principals in a national survey point to a lack of substitute teachers and qualified applicants as barriers to sufficient classroom staffing coverage during the 2022 coronavirus disease 2019 omicron spike.
May 3, 2023
George Zuo, Alice Huguet, Elizabeth D. Steiner
Dissertation
Coherence to Choices: Informing Decisions on Public-Private Partnerships in the Space Sector
Presents a comprehensive set of research on the topic of space public-private partnerships to move forward from the rudimentary discourse to critical discussions and analytical investigations.
May 3, 2023
Moon Kim
Report
Decision Aid Framework Development to Inform the Application of Federal Assistance: Improving Sharing of Criminal History Record Information for Personnel Vetting
Researchers identified factors inhibiting the provision of information to the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency from law enforcement agencies and developed a framework to help assess which areas might benefit from federal assistance.
May 3, 2023
David Luckey, Bradley M. Knopp, Amanda Wicker, Diana Y. Myers, Will Shumate, Christopher Dictus, Brandon De Bruhl, David Stebbins
Report
The Trade-Offs of Ukraine's Recovery: Fighting for the Future
In making decisions about reconstruction, the Ukrainian people and their government will face trade-offs regarding timelines, prioritization of efforts, leadership, and funding.
May 2, 2023
Khrystyna Holynska, Jay Balagna, Krystyna Marcinek

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