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Families

A multigenerational group of people who share a close relationship and generally live in the same household, with one or more parents caring for biological or adopted children, families also include adult children who care for their elderly parents. RAND research on families spans various populations and socioeconomic backgrounds in developed as well as developing countries and addresses such topics as child welfare, fertility, marriage and divorce, and household economic security.

Report
Family Resilience in the Military
The U.S. Department of Defense has 26 policies related to family resilience, but definitions of the term vary across the services. To facilitate a comprehensive view of family resilience programming, a well-articulated, standard definition of family resilience is needed.
Jul 10, 2015
Journal Article
Benefits of PrEP as an Adjunctive Method of HIV Prevention During Attempted Conception Between HIV-uninfected Women and HIV-infected Male Partners
Data on effectiveness of preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)–uninfected women attempting conception with HIV-infected male partners are limited to observational studies.
Jul 8, 2015
Journal Article
Sleep Concordance in Couples Is Associated with Relationship Characteristics
Sleep concordance provides a unique measure of couples' cosleep and varies depending on attachment style and relationship satisfaction.
Jul 8, 2015
Commentary
Family Planning Must Be Part of the Humanitarian Response in Africa's Conflict Zones
Worldwide, nearly 800 women die every day due to mostly preventable causes related to pregnancy and childbirth. More than half of these deaths occur in fragile states torn by armed conflict and generalized violence.
Jul 1, 2015
Q&A
Your Questions About Sleep, Answered
RAND's Wendy Troxel, an expert on sleep, hosted an “Ask Me Anything” session on Reddit to answer questions about how to improve sleep health, what to do about a snoring partner, and more.
Jul 1, 2015
Commentary
Caregivers in England Report Poorer Health and Health Care Experiences
Caregivers in England have poorer health-related quality of life than non-caregivers, reporting an average of 11 fewer days of full health per year.
Jun 17, 2015
Journal Article
Do Social Resources Protect Against Lower Quality of Life Among Diverse Young Adolescents?
We examined whether social resources from the family and the community moderate the risk associated with low socioeconomic status (SES) for reduced quality of life (QL) among youth across racial/ethnic groups.
Jun 10, 2015
Report
Public-Private Partnerships for Providing Behavioral Health Care to Veterans and Their Families
Veterans and their families face many barriers to mental health care. Partnerships between a public agency, such as the VA, and a private organization, such as a private hospital, have been discussed as a potential solution. What are the key components for successful public-private partnerships?
May 18, 2015
Journal Article
Home Visiting Start-Up: Lessons Learned from Program Replication in New Mexico
Growth in federal, state, and private funding is fueling the initiation of home visiting programs around the country.
May 18, 2015
Journal Article
Informal Carers' Health-Related Quality of Life and Patient Experience in Primary Care: Evidence from 195,364 Carers in England Responding to a National Survey
We aim to describe the health-related quality of life of informal carers and their experiences of primary care.
May 18, 2015
Commentary
Caring for Our Nation's Hidden Heroes?
Thanks to a growing list of more than 100 organizations that have pledged their commitment as members of the Elizabeth Dole Foundation's National Coalition for Military Caregivers, our nation is taking long overdue action to support both our wounded warriors and those who care for them.
May 7, 2015
Report
Have Beyond Yellow Ribbon Programs Met Their Goals?
Beyond Yellow Ribbon funding supports programs intended to provide critical outreach services to personnel returning from deployments and ease their transition into civilian life. An assessment of 13 such programs can help stakeholders and congressional policymakers as they consider future BYR allocations.
May 4, 2015
Commentary
MIECHV Reauthorization: Recommendations from Research
Funding for the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting program was extended through fiscal year 2017, without policy changes. If Congress decides to make policy changes to MIECHV in the future, research on home visiting programs can inform recommendations.
Apr 17, 2015
Report
DoD Response to Military Suicides Could Be Improved
Suicide prevention efforts are crucial, but having procedures in place to respond is also important. The DoD has no policies on what to do after a suicide to prevent subsequent ones, although there are resources available to help those bereaved and processes to honor the service member and his or her family.
Apr 9, 2015
Journal Article
Early Adult Obesity and U.S. Women's Lifetime Childbearing Experiences
Obesity has long-term ramifications for women's childbearing experiences with respect to whether and how many children women have in general and relative to the number of children they want.
Apr 8, 2015
Report
Evaluation of the SB 1041 Reforms to California's CalWORKs Program: Background and Study Design
This report provides background on the Senate Bill (SB) 1041 reforms to the California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) program, as well as an overview of a multiyear, multicomponent evaluation of the SB 1041 policy changes.
Mar 30, 2015
Commentary
The Disneyland Measles Outbreak: “Anti-Vaxxers” Aren't the Only Issue
The recent measles outbreak that began in Disneyland is the latest reminder that Americans have ceded ground in the fight against the potentially deadly disease. So-called “anti-vaxxer” parents have received a lot of attention following the outbreak, but they may comprise less of the population than you think.
Mar 17, 2015
Commentary
UK and Europe Are Behind the Times for Single Mothers and Their Children
Single parents head 10.4 percent of households with children across Europe — 20.4 percent in the UK — and the socioeconomic gap between single- and two-parent households continues to grow. Accessible and flexible work policies are needed to improve employment conditions for single parents, especially mothers.
Mar 11, 2015
Journal Article
Grandparenting Experiences Among Adults with a History of Depression: A Mixed-Methods Study
Grandparenting is an important social role, but how adults with a history of depression experience grandparenting is unknown; we describe grandparenting experiences reported by an ethnically diverse sample of adults with a history of depression.
Mar 10, 2015
Q&A
From Combat to Caregiving: Q&A with Kayla Williams
Kayla Williams talks about being a female soldier and the spouse of a wounded warrior, why veterans aren't broken and caregivers aren't saints, and more.
Mar 6, 2015

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