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Limb Salvage and Recovery After Blast-Related Injury: Proceedings and Expert Findings from a U.S. Department of Defense International State-of-the-Science Meeting

These conference proceedings summarize findings and recommendations of an expert-led meeting that addressed questions about when to emphasize limb salvage over other treatment options -- such as amputation -- for individuals with blast-related injuries.

Jun 11, 2020

Tepring Piquado, Emily Hoch, Charles C. Engel
Tool

Understanding and Using Research on Gun Policy in America: An Interdisciplinary Unit Plan Based on RAND's Gun Policy in America Website, Suggested Grades 10–12

As part of the Gun Policy in America initiative, RAND researchers developed a unit plan centered on the evidence-based resources on the project website. The unit, designed for grades 10-12, helps students understand existing gun policy research.

Jun 11, 2020

Elaine Lin Wang, Rosanna Smart
Journal Article

Journal Article

Researching the Appropriateness of Care in the Complementary and Integrative Health Professions: Part 5: Selection, Protection, and Abstraction

Of the records abstracted, many revealed incomplete provider documentation regarding the details of and rationale for care. Better documentation and more standardized record keeping would facilitate future research using patient records.

Jun 11, 2020

Carol P. Roth, Ian D. Coulter, Lisa Kraus, Gery W. Ryan, Gary A. Jacob, Joyce S. Marks, Eric Hurwitz, Howard Vernon, Paul G. Shekelle, Patricia M. Herman
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Journal Article

Workplace Health: Long-Term Sickness Absence and Capability to Work

Researchers provided evidence on reducing sickness absence in the workplace to support National Institute for Health and Care Guidance (NICE) guidelines on how to help people return to work after long-term sickness absence.

Jun 11, 2020

Michael Whitmore
Journal Article

Journal Article

Researching the Appropriateness of Care in the Complementary and Integrative Health Professions: Part 3: Designing Instruments With Patient Input

This article documents the challenges and the efforts involved in designing data collection tools to facilitate the inclusion of patient data into appropriateness decisions.

Jun 10, 2020

Margaret D. Whitley, Ian D. Coulter, Gery W. Ryan, Ron D. Hays, Cathy D. Sherbourne, Patricia M. Herman, Lara Hilton
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Journal Article

Researching the Appropriateness of Care in the Complementary and Integrative Health Professions: Part 4: Putting Practice Back Into Evidence-based Practice by Recruiting Clinics and Patients

This study found that clinics can be successfully recruited for practice-based studies, and patients can be recruited using iPads. Obtaining patient records presents considerable challenges, and clinics varied in whether they had electronic files, nonelectronic records, or a mixture.

Jun 10, 2020

Ian D. Coulter, Gursel Rafig oglu Aliyev, Margaret D. Whitley, Lisa Kraus, Praise O. Iyiewuare, Gery W. Ryan, Lara Hilton, Patricia M. Herman
Journal Article

From COVID-19 Research to Vaccine Application: Why Might It Take 17 Months Not 17 Years and What Are the Wider Lessons?

Experts consider how monitoring the development of a COVID-19 vaccine could help to identify which of the approaches speeding development and deployment could be usefully applied more widely in the future.

Jun 9, 2020

Stephen Hanney, Steven Wooding, Jon Sussex, Jonathan Grant
Journal Article

Journal Article

Coping and Management Techniques Used by Chronic Low Back Pain Patients Receiving Treatment From Chiropractors

Persons with chronic back pain were proactive in their coping strategies and frequently used self-care coping strategies like those provided by chiropractors in patient education. In alignment with patients' beliefs that their condition was chronic and lifelong, many patients attempted a wide range of coping strategies to relieve their pain.

Jun 9, 2020

Cathy D. Sherbourne, Gery W. Ryan, Margaret D. Whitley, Carlos Ignacio Gutierrez Gaviria, Ron D. Hays, Patricia M. Herman, Ian D. Coulter
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Evidence on the Validity, Reliability, and Usability of the Measuring and Improving Student-Centered Learning (MISCL) Toolkit: Key Takeaways and Lessons on Developing Tools for School Improvement

This report summarizes a study on the validity, reliability, and usability of the Measuring and Improving Student-Centered Learning Toolkit, which was developed to help high schools measure the extent of student-centered learning in classrooms.

Jun 8, 2020

Julia H. Kaufman, Elizabeth D. Steiner, Jonathan Schweig, Sophie Meyers, Karen Christianson
Research Brief

Research Brief

Ensuring That the Measuring and Improving Student-Centered Learning Toolkit Is Easy to Use and Produces Accurate, Meaningful Results

This research brief summarizes the validity, reliability, and usability of the Measuring and Improving Student-Centered Learning Toolkit, which was developed to help high schools assess the extent of student-centered learning in their schools.

Jun 8, 2020

Julia H. Kaufman, Elizabeth D. Steiner, Jonathan Schweig, Sophie Meyers, Karen Christianson
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COVID-19 Air Traffic Visualization: A New Tool Helps Analyze Commercial Air Travel Involving Infected Passengers

In this report—the first in a series on the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic—the researchers introduce a new tool to visualize how COVID-19 infections and commercial air travel have interacted to export infection risk across the world.

Jun 5, 2020

Russell Hanson, Christopher A. Mouton, Adam R. Grissom, John P. Godges
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COVID-19 Air Traffic Visualization: COVID-19 Cases in China Were Likely 37 Times Higher Than Reported in January 2020

In this report—part of a series on the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic—the researchers estimate the likely number of infections in China in early 2020.

Jun 5, 2020

Christopher A. Mouton, Russell Hanson, Adam R. Grissom, John P. Godges
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COVID-19 Air Traffic Visualization: Decisionmakers Should Base Travel Restrictions on Infection Rates Per Capita and Air Traffic Levels

In this report—part of a series on the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic—the researchers quantify potential vectors of COVID-19 transmission to the United States resulting from commercial air travel.

Jun 5, 2020

Russell Hanson, Christopher A. Mouton, Adam R. Grissom, John P. Godges
Report

COVID-19 Air Traffic Visualization: Air Passenger Transmission Risk to GCC Countries Originated from Outside the Region

In this report—part of a series on the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic—the researchers quantify the potential vectors of COVID-19 transmission to Gulf Cooperation Council countries as a result of commercial air travel.

Jun 5, 2020

Adam R. Grissom, Christopher A. Mouton, Russell Hanson, John P. Godges
Journal Article

Journal Article

Assessing the Burden of Nocturia in the Workplace: The Associations Between Nocturnal Voiding, Subjective Well-Being, Work Engagement and Productivity

Using large-scale international workplace survey data, this study assessed the burden of nocturia in the workplace by investigating associations between nocturia and subjective well-being, work engagement and productivity.

Jun 5, 2020

Marco Hafner, Fredrik L. Andersson, Teodor Burtea, Christian Van Stolk, Michael Whitmore, Erez Yerushalmi, Wendy M. Troxel
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Journal Article

Meta-issues: On Writing Scientific Manuscripts With a Stakeholder Group of Persons Living With Dementia

Writing scientific papers with stakeholders who had dementia posed special challenges.

Jun 5, 2020

Lori Frank, Emily Shubeck, Katie Maslow, Gary Epstein-Lubow
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Journal Article

Social Returns to Private Choice? Effects of Charter Schools on Behavioral Outcomes, Arrests, and Civic Participation

We add to the research on charter school effects by evaluating the impacts of secondary charter school attendance on 9th grade behavioral outcomes and individuals' propensity to commit crime and participate in elections as young adults in North Carolina.

Jun 5, 2020

Andrew McEachin, Douglas Lee Lauen, Sarah Crittenden Fuller, Rachel Perera
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COVID-19 Air Traffic Visualization: By January 31, 2020, at Least 1.5 Daily Infected Passengers Were Originating in China

In this report—part of a series on the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic—the researchers estimate the daily rate of COVID-19 transmission via air travel from China.

Jun 5, 2020

Christopher A. Mouton, Russell Hanson, Adam R. Grissom, John P. Godges
Journal Article

Journal Article

Maternal Cash Transfers Led To Increases In Facility Deliveries And Improved Quality Of Delivery Care In Nigeria

A randomized controlled trial in Nigeria evaluated an intervention that paid pregnant women to deliver in a health facility, which led to a 41% increase in facility deliveries. We found improvements in the quality of delivery care and in satisfaction with care.

Jun 4, 2020

Edward N. Okeke, Zachary Wagner, Isa Sadeeq Abubakar
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Benchmarking Data Use and Analytics in Large, Complex Private-Sector Organizations: Implications for Department of Defense Acquisition

This report examines how the private sector addresses data governance and analytics to inform how the Department of Defense can develop and apply advanced analytics to acquisition challenges.

Jun 4, 2020

Jeffrey A. Drezner, Jon Schmid, Justin Grana, Megan McKernan, Mark Ashby

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