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Advancing LGBTQ Health Equity Via Human-Centered Design

Human-centered design (HCD; also known as user-centered design) is well-suited to advance the field of substance use prevention interventions for LGBTQ youths by designing interventions that simultaneously target several the complex, multilevel factors that drive health disparities.

Feb 4, 2020

Robert W. Coulter, Daniel Siconolfi, James E. Egan, Carla D. Chugani
Journal Article

Journal Article

Could AI Drive Transformative Social Progress? What Would This Require?

This paper explores various strategies and business models for developing and deploying artificial intelligence-enabled products.

Feb 4, 2020

Edward A. Parson, Robert J. Lempert, Ben Armstrong, Evan Crothers, Chad DeChant, Nicholas Novelli
Report

Report

Improving Behavioral Health Care for U.S. Army Personnel: Identifying Predictors of Treatment Outcomes

This report identifies factors associated with changes in outcomes for soldiers who received Army behavioral health specialty care and provides recommendations to improve care and outcomes for posttraumatic stress disorder, depression, and anxiety.

Feb 3, 2020

Kimberly A. Hepner, Carol P. Roth, Eric R. Pedersen, Sujeong Park, Claude Messan Setodji
Research Brief

Research Brief

Los Angeles County Jails Could Divert More Individuals to Community-Based Mental Health Services

Summarizes findings of a report in which researchers estimated the percentage of individuals with mental health disorders in Los Angeles County jails who could be diverted from traditional criminal justice processing to community-based care.

Feb 3, 2020

Stephanie Brooks Holliday, Nicholas M. Pace, Neil Gowensmith, Ira Packer, Daniel Murrie, Alicia Virani, Bing Han, Sarah B. Hunter
Research Brief

Improving Behavioral Health Treatment Outcomes for U.S. Army Personnel: Predictors of Treatment Outcomes

In this brief, RAND researchers, in support of Army efforts to provide the highest-quality behavioral health care possible, identify factors associated with changes in outcomes for soldiers who receive Army behavioral health specialty care.

Feb 3, 2020

Kimberly A. Hepner, Carol P. Roth, Eric R. Pedersen, Sujeong Park, Claude Messan Setodji
Research Brief

Research Brief

Systemic Risk: It's Not Just in the Financial Sector

After a decade of focus on financial firms, new analysis using an innovative approach and new dataset shows that firms in a diverse range of sectors, such as technology and telecommunications, pose a systemic risk to the economy at large.

Feb 3, 2020

Jonathan William Welburn, Aaron Strong, Florentine Eloundou Nekoul, Justin Grana, Krystyna Marcinek, Osonde A. Osoba, Nirabh Koirala, Claude Messan Setodji
Report

Report

Industrial Cancers in California's Workers' Compensation System: Evidence on Earnings Losses and Disability Benefits

In this report, the authors conduct an empirical analysis of earnings losses, disability ratings, and benefit payments for occupational cancer claims in the California workers' compensation system.

Jan 31, 2020

Michael Dworsky, Carolyn M. Rutter
Journal Article

Journal Article

The Impact of Morphine Equivalent Daily Dose Threshold Guidelines on Prescribed Dose in a Workers' Compensation Population

Passage of morphine equivalent daily dose guidelines was associated with significant decreases in high dose opioid prescribing among workers' compensation claimants with chronic non-cancer related pain.

Jan 31, 2020

Sara Elizabeth Heins, Renan Castillo
Report

Report

The Frequency and Economic Impact of Musculoskeletal Disorders for California Firefighters: Trends and Outcomes over the Past Decade

The authors update analyses from a 2010 study on firefighters in California and consider the impacts of the 2013 workers' compensation reforms and the economic shocks of the late 2000s on outcomes for firefighters with musculoskeletal disorders.

Jan 31, 2020

Michael Dworsky, Seth A. Seabury, Nicholas Broten
Report

Report

Evaluation of a Trauma-Informed Program for Juvenile Justice-Involved Youth: The Pilot Program at Lookout Mountain Youth Services Center

In this report, the authors present the results of a process and outcome evaluation of a trauma-informed pilot program run by the Colorado Division of Youth Services (DYS) in one of their residential youth facilities.

Jan 30, 2020

Stephanie Brooks Holliday, Jirka Taylor, Priscillia Hunt, Ifeanyi Edochie, Sarah B. Hunter
Research Brief

Understanding skills gaps in the European defence sector

This study developed an overview of the existing and future defence-skills landscape in the EU, identifying and analysing the skills gaps and assessing the causes of these gaps.

Jan 30, 2020

Katerina Galai, Lucia Retter, Julia Muravska, Marta Kepe, Alice Lynch, Anna Knack, Jacopo Bellasio, Antonia Ward, Arya Sofia Meranto, Davide Maistro, Liga Baltina, Terence Hogarth
Report

Report

Evaluation of a Technology-based Intervention for Reading in UK Classroom Settings

RAND Europe found in a UK randomised controlled trial that classes of primary school children randomly allocated to receive a technology-based education intervention using Microsoft's Immersive Reader performed as well as business-as-usual classes.

Jan 29, 2020

Hannes Jarke, Miriam Broeks, Sashka Dimova, Eleftheria Iakovidou, George Thompson, Sonia Ilie, Alex Sutherland
Report

What Provokes Putin's Russia? Deterring Without Unintended Escalation

What provokes Putin's Russia, especially in the context of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)'s current deterrence efforts? The authors of this Perspective identify Russia's "redlines" and analyze current U.S. and NATO deterrence efforts.

Jan 29, 2020

Stephanie Pezard, Ashley L. Rhoades
Journal Article

Journal Article

Engagement of Providers and Advocates in a Rebalancing Initiative to Increase HCBS Access for Medicaid Beneficiaries

Rebalancing long-term services and supports toward increased home- and community-based services will engage and affect multiple stakeholder groups, including governmental and nongovernmental stakeholders. This study describes stakeholder engagement in a LTSS rebalancing initiative.

Jan 29, 2020

Daniel Siconolfi, Sangeeta C. Ahluwalia, Regina A. Shih, Esther M. Friedman, Debra Saliba
Research Brief

Research Brief

Evaluating Public Awareness Campaigns to Promote Military and Veteran Mental Health

This brief describes the results of an interim evaluation that examined the scope, content, and dissemination of mental health public awareness campaigns. RAND researchers conducted a comprehensive evaluation of four such efforts.

Jan 29, 2020

Joie D. Acosta, Jennifer L. Cerully, Eunice C. Wong, Elizabeth L. Petrun Sayers, Mikhail Zaydman, Lisa S. Meredith, Ilana Blum, Nupur Nanda, Terri Tanielian, Rachel Ross, Asa Wilks
Research Brief

Research Brief

Real Warriors Campaign: Findings and Recommendations

This brief is one in a series examining mental health public awareness campaigns' messages, consistency of messaging in their materials, and tools used to deliver content to audiences. This brief discusses materials from the Real Warrior Campaign.

Jan 29, 2020

Joie D. Acosta, Jennifer L. Cerully, Eunice C. Wong, Elizabeth L. Petrun Sayers, Mikhail Zaydman, Lisa S. Meredith, Ilana Blum, Nupur Nanda, Terri Tanielian, Rachel Ross, Asa Wilks
Research Brief

Research Brief

Veterans Crisis Line: Findings and Recommendations

This brief is one in a series examining mental health public awareness campaigns' messages, consistency of messaging in their materials, and tools used to deliver content to audiences. This brief discusses materials from the Veterans Crisis Line.

Jan 29, 2020

Joie D. Acosta, Jennifer L. Cerully, Eunice C. Wong, Elizabeth L. Petrun Sayers, Mikhail Zaydman, Lisa S. Meredith, Ilana Blum, Nupur Nanda, Terri Tanielian, Rachel Ross, Asa Wilks
Journal Article

Journal Article

Resilience Against Depression Disparities (RADD): A Protocol for a Randomised Comparative Effectiveness Trial for Depression Among Predominantly Low-Income, Racial/Ethnic, Sexual and Gender Minorities

Building on over 10 years of collaborative work in addressing mental health in Louisiana and California, our team employed a community-partnered participatory research approach to develop the Resilience Against Depression Disparities (RADD) study.

Jan 29, 2020

Sylvanna Maria Vargas, Ashley Wennerstrom, Nancy Alfaro, Thomas R. Belin, Krystal Griffith, Catherine Haywood, Felica Jones, Mitchell R. Lunn, Diana Meyers, Jeanne Miranda, Juno Obedin-Maliver, Miranda Pollock, Cathy D. Sherbourne, Benjamin Springgate, Olivia K. Sugarman, Emily Rey, Clarence Williams, Pluscedia Williams, Bowen Chung
Research Brief

Research Brief

Recovery Month: Findings and Recommendations

This brief is one in a series examining mental health public awareness campaigns' messages, consistency of messaging in their materials, and tools used to deliver content to audiences. This brief discusses materials from Recovery Month.

Jan 29, 2020

Joie D. Acosta, Jennifer L. Cerully, Eunice C. Wong, Elizabeth L. Petrun Sayers, Mikhail Zaydman, Lisa S. Meredith, Ilana Blum, Nupur Nanda, Terri Tanielian, Rachel Ross, Asa Wilks
Research Brief

Research Brief

Make the Connection: Findings and Recommendations

This brief is one in a series examining mental health public awareness campaigns' messages, consistency of messaging in their materials, and tools used to deliver content to audiences. This brief discusses materials from the Make the Connection.

Jan 29, 2020

Joie D. Acosta, Jennifer L. Cerully, Eunice C. Wong, Elizabeth L. Petrun Sayers, Mikhail Zaydman, Lisa S. Meredith, Ilana Blum, Nupur Nanda, Terri Tanielian, Rachel Ross, Asa Wilks

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