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Ph.D. Student, Pardee RAND Graduate School, and Assistant Policy Researcher, RAND
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Jan 1, 1985
Value-expectancy theories are integrated into a conceptual framework which provides a common basis for understanding usage of alcohol and other drugs.
Free care also led to higher compliance by hypertensives with diet and smoking recommendations and higher use of medication by those who needed it.
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This paper discusses the current medical evidence on the effect of diet on health. It covers the topics of fats, fiber, cholesterol, carbohydrates, alcohol and coffee, and their respective effects on health status. It provides general guidelines for ...
Jan 1, 1983
Most of this essay is devoted to an historical overview of changing medical and societal attitudes toward the treatment of sexually transmitted diseases (STD) in patients.
Jan 1, 1981
Results from a random sample survey of US Air Force personnel show that 4.6 per cent exhibit alcohol dependence.
The author offers a model of patient decisionmaking.
Jan 1, 1980
Discusses overweight in relation to health status and how overweight is measured in the RAND Health Insurance Study (HIS).
Jan 1, 1979
Study of adolescent parenthood, based on a large panel study known as the National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972 (NLS), which has tracked over 22,000 adolescents who are now in their early twenties and have experienced many of the near-term consequences of early parenthood.
Jan 1, 1978
Teenage pregnancy has been on the rise in America since the mid-sixties. The growing number of births occurring to adolescents, especially to 14- and 15-year-old girls, foreshadows serious and far-reaching consequences for society. Whereas many tee...
Reviews efforts to assess the effectiveness of television programs on changing health behaviors.
Dec 1, 1977
Survey instruments requiring rating and ranking tasks were administered to respondents in five populations (N=2058) to study the value placed on health.
Jan 1, 1977
Reviews current research findings on teenage pregnancies that indicate illegitimacy may be increasingly concentrated in the teenage years, and discusses the implications for mothers, children, and society. Adolescents who are sexually active are act...
