Central America

Report

The Role of Faith-Based Organizations in HIV Prevention and Care in Central America (Spanish translation)

Provides an overview of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Belize, Guatemala, and Honduras, describes the role that faith-based organizations play in addressing HIV in these countries, and discusses how this role might be expanded.

Research Brief

How Can Faith-Based Organizations Help Address the HIV/AIDS Epidemic in Central America?

Describes the role that faith-based organizations play in addressing the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Belize, Guatemala, and Honduras and how this role might be expanded.

Report

The Role of Faith-Based Organizations in HIV Prevention and Care in Central America

Faith-based organizations such as churches and religious relief and development groups can play an important role in the response to HIV and AIDS in Central America, despite the fact that many do not support certain prevention measures such as condoms.

Project

RAND Research in Latin America and Africa

RAND engages in significant research in the regions of Latin America and Africa. RAND Latin America work began during the Cold War era with in-depth analysis of U.S.-Cuban relations and has expanded to include issues related to health, education, economics, demographics, and political reform. RAND work covering sub-Saharan Africa encompasses many critical issues related to health, education, and political reform in the developing world.

Report

Lessons Learned from Past Counterinsurgency (COIN) Operations

Six historic counterinsurgency operations are examined to determine which tactics, techniques, and procedures led to success and which led to failure, with the hope that U.S. counterinsurgency operations in the future can learn from past lessons.

News Release

Vicente Fox Center and RAND Launch Joint Program to Combat Poverty

Former Mexican President Vicente Fox and RAND Corporation Executive Vice President Michael Rich signed a memorandum of understanding to establish a joint research program that will study ways to fight poverty and aid vulnerable groups in Mexico and Latin America.

News Release

RAND Evaluates Efforts to Improve Effectiveness and Human Rights Performance of Internal Security Forces in 4 Nations

January 3, 2007 News Release: RAND Evaluates Efforts to Improve Effectiveness and Human Rights Performance of Internal Security Forces in 4 Nations.

Report

Securing Tyrants or Fostering Reform? U.S. Internal Security Assistance to Repressive and Transitioning Regimes

Assesses the success of U.S. assistance in improving the effectiveness, accountability, and respect for human rights of internal security forces in repressive regimes.

Report

Soviet strategy in the Third World and Nicaragua

An expanded version of an article which appeared in the [New York Daily News] on Sunday, March 21, 1982. The author discusses the Reagan Administration's policy in Central America and its determination to prevent further spread of Marxist regimes in...

Journal Article

Mental Health and Health-Related Quality of Life Among Adult Latino Primary Care Patients Living in the United States with Previous Exposure to Political Violence

Latino immigrants in primary care in Los Angeles have a high prevalence of exposure to political violence before immigrating to the United States.

Report

Honing the Keys to the City: Refining the United States Marine Corps Reconnaissance Force for Urban Ground Combat Operations

The U.S. Marine Corps must tailor its reconnaissance tactics in urban environments.

Report

The Future of the Information Revolution in Latin America: Proceedings of an International Conference

Reports the results of a conference held to chart the future course of changes brought about by the revolution in information technology (IT) in Latin America.

Journal Article

Diffusion of Ideas About Personal Hygiene and Contamination in Poor Countries: Evidence from Guatemala

In this paper, The authors explore the diffusion of beliefs pertaining to the causes of childhood diarrhea in rural Guatemala.

Journal Article

Beliefs About Children's Illness

Beliefs about child illness were investigated using semi-structured interviews with mothers and providers in four rural Guatemalan communities.

Journal Article

The Use of Calendars to Measure Child Illness in Health Interview Surveys

During the past two decades, health interview surveys have become an increasingly common source of information about current morbidity patterns and utilization of health services in developing countries.

Report

Demographic Diversity and Change in the Central American Isthmus

This book is the first English-language collection of recent research on demographic, social, and environmental issues in Central America.

Journal Article

Encuesta Guatemalteca De Salud Familiar =: The Guatemalan Survey of Family Health

Journal Article

Prenatal and Delivery Care and Childhood Immunization in Guatemala: Do Family and Community Matter?

The authors investigate family choices about pregnancy-related care and the use of childhood immunization.

Report

The Effectiveness of U.S. Training Efforts in Internal Defense and Development: The Cases of El Salvador and Honduras

This report examines whether U.S. training provided to foreign military students in the subject countries promotes human rights, professionalism, democratic values, national development, and appropriate civil-military relations.

Report

Airpower in U.S. Light Combat Operations

In seeking concepts to give light forces advantages over their adversaries akin to those enjoyed by heavy forces, the authors identify reconnaissance and combat as the most problematic aspects of light operations.