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Triangulating Web & General Population Surveys: Do Results Match Legal Cannabis Market Sales?

This paper combines complementary attributes of web and general population surveys to estimate cannabis consumption and spending in Washington State.

Sep 20, 2019

Jonathan P. Caulkins, Steven Davenport, Anhvinh Doanvo, Kyle Furlong, Aatir Siddique, Michael Turner, Beau Kilmer
Research Brief

A System That Works: How a New Workforce Development and Employment System Can Meet the Needs of Employers, Workers, and Other Stakeholders

U.S. education, training, and workforce development have not significantly changed despite 21st-century needs. This research brief details a systems-level, blue-sky approach to rethinking the current workforce development and employment system.

Sep 19, 2019

Melanie A. Zaber, Lynn A. Karoly, Katie Whipkey
Report

Report

Reimagining the Workforce Development and Employment System for the 21st Century and Beyond

U.S. education, training, and workforce development have not significantly changed despite 21st-century needs. To address this, RAND Corporation researchers developed a systems-level, blue-sky approach to rethinking system functions and features.

Sep 19, 2019

Melanie A. Zaber, Lynn A. Karoly, Katie Whipkey
Report

The Role of Intellectual Property in U.S. Homeland Security

Researchers assessed intellectual property (IP) support at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and its components and found underused opportunities but also issues that expose programs to substantial risk.

Sep 19, 2019

Geoffrey McGovern, Maria McCollester, Douglas C. Ligor, Sheng Tao Li, Douglas Yeung, Laura Kupe
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Journal Article

Long-term Associations Between Substance Use-Related Media Exposure, Descriptive Norms, and Alcohol Use from Adolescence to Young Adulthood

This study uses advances in longitudinal modeling to extend our understanding of how exposure to substance-related media content, quantity of alcohol use, and perceived descriptive norms about alcohol use are reciprocally related over time.

Sep 19, 2019

Jordan P. Davis, Eric R. Pedersen, Joan S. Tucker, Michael Stephen Dunbar, Rachana Seelam, Regina A. Shih, Elizabeth J. D'Amico
Journal Article

Journal Article

Distinctions Without a Difference? Preschool Curricula and Children's Development

This study is an examination of preschool curricula and their associations with preschool classroom environments and children's academic and social-emotional development using five samples of low-income children attending public preschool programs.

Sep 19, 2019

Jade M. Jenkins, Anamarie A. Whitaker, Tutrang Nguyen, Winnie Yu
Journal Article

Journal Article

Adolescents with Better Mental Health Have Less Problem Alcohol Use Six Months Later

Addressing mental health in primary care may be important for decreasing alcohol problems in adolescents.

Sep 19, 2019

Lisa S. Meredith, Rachana Seelam, Bradley D. Stein, Layla Parast, William G. Shadel, Elizabeth J. D'Amico
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Journal Article

Optimally Balanced Gaussian Process Propensity Scores for Estimating Treatment Effects

This paper introduces a new approach to estimating the propensity score using Gaussian processes and optimizing hyperparameters with respect to covariate balance.

Sep 19, 2019

Brian Garrett Vegetabile, Daniel L. Gillen, Hal S. Stern
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Journal Article

Using Ancillary Sociodemographic Data to Identify Sexual Minority Adults Among Those Responding "Something Else" or "Don't Know" to Sexual Orientation Questions

Using National Health Interview Survey data, this article compares three analytic strategies for using "something else" and "don't know" responses to estimate health disparities for sexual minorities.

Sep 19, 2019

Marc N. Elliott, James M. Dahlhamer, Sarah MacCarthy, Megan K. Beckett, Nathan Orr, Paul Guerino, Denis Agniel, Catherine L. Saunders, Mark A. Schuster, Judy H. Ng, Steven Martino
Testimony

Climate Change and U.S. Security in the Arctic

Testimony presented before the House Homeland Security Committee, Subcommittee on Transportation and Maritime Security on September 19, 2019.

Sep 19, 2019

Abbie Tingstad
Journal Article

Journal Article

An Online Alcohol and Risky Sex Prevention Program for College Students Studying Abroad: Study Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial

This study protocol describes a proposed randomized controlled trial that builds upon a successful pilot intervention study to address problematic and dangerous drinking among young adult college students studying abroad in foreign environments.

Sep 19, 2019

Eric R. Pedersen, Elizabeth J. D'Amico, Joseph W. LaBrie, Coreen Farris, David J. Klein, Beth Ann Griffin
Tool

Tool

Chesapeake Bay Watershed Climate Impacts Summary and Outlook: Summer 2019

This web-based tool aims to inform Chesapeake Bay Watershed policymakers, practitioners, and community leaders on Summer 2019 climate, as well as projected future climate trends. Analysis of extreme heat data are shown on interactive figures.

Sep 18, 2019

Jordan R. Fischbach, Michelle E. Miro, Krista Romita Grocholski, Art Degaetano, Samantha Borisoff
Report

Examining Civic Engagement Links to Health: Findings from the Literature and Implications for a Culture of Health

This report summarizes a structured review to understand what the current scientific literature indicates about whether health is a cause of civic engagement, a consequence of it, or both.

Sep 18, 2019

Christopher Nelson, Jennifer Sloan, Anita Chandra
Report

Fighting Shadows in the Dark: Understanding and Countering Coercion in Cyberspace

The authors of this report examine cases from Russia, China, Iran, and North Korea to understand whether and how states use cyber operations to coerce other states or actors, and highlight the challenges of identifying cyber coercion.

Sep 17, 2019

Quentin E. Hodgson, Logan Ma, Krystyna Marcinek, Karen Schwindt
Commercial Book

Commercial Book

Leap of Faith: Hubris, Negligence, and America's Greatest Foreign Policy Tragedy

The dramatic insider account of why we invaded Iraq, the motivations that drove it, and the frustrations of those who tried and failed to stop it, leading to the most costly misadventure in US history.

Sep 17, 2019

Michael J. Mazarr
Journal Article

Journal Article

Causes of Hospital Admission and Mortality Among People Who Use Heroin: A Cohort Study Comparing Relative and Absolute Risks

Age- and sex-specific mortality and hospital admission rates in the general population of London.

Sep 17, 2019

Dan Lewer, Emily Tweed, Robert W. Aldridge, Katherine I. Morley
Journal Article

Who Receives Naloxone from Emergency Medical Services? Characteristics of Calls and Recent Trends

Administration of naloxone by emergency medical services personnel is increasing faster than opioid-related deaths.

Sep 17, 2019

Caroline Geiger, Rosanna Smart, Bradley D. Stein
Journal Article

Journal Article

Indirect Estimation of Race/Ethnicity for Survey Respondents Who Do Not Report Race/Ethnicity

It may be worthwhile to impute race/ethnicity when this information is unavailable in survey data sets due to item non-response.

Sep 17, 2019

Jake Dembosky, Amelia Haviland, Ann C. Haas, Katrin Hambarsoomian, Robert Weech-Maldonado, Shondelle Wilson-Frederick, Sarah J. Gaillot, Marc N. Elliott
Report

Improving Army Installation Facility and Land Use Deals and Partnerships

This report assesses Army installation real estate and facility sharing deals and partnership approaches, such as large-scale leasing, and provides recommendations to improve installation use of these approaches to increase benefits and save costs.

Sep 16, 2019

Beth E. Lachman, Jaime L. Hastings, Mary Kate Adgie, Bradley Knopp, Steven Deane-Shinbrot
Brochure

The RAND Center for Social and Emotional Learning Research

This product outlines the programs of the RAND Center for Social and Emotional Learning.

Sep 16, 2019

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