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National Approach to Traffic Safety Interventions Proves Most Cost Effective
A new tool can help lawmakers make cost-effective decisions to improve traffic safety and public health. Boosting traffic safety funding by 10 percent and allocating the funds to states where it is most needed would save 1,320 lives and prevent more than 225,000 injuries annually.
Dec 14, 2015
Research Brief
How to Get the Biggest Impact from an Increase in Spending on Traffic Safety
According to analysis with a free new tool, allocating increased federal traffic safety funding by cost-effectiveness ratios rather than equally among states would save more than double the number of lives and prevent almost five times the injuries.
Dec 14, 2015
Research Brief
A New Tool to Help Decisionmakers Select Interventions to Reduce Traffic Crash Deaths and Injuries
This brief describes an interactive tool that can help statedecisionmakers choose policies that are effective in reducing motor vehicle accidents in their states and appropriate to state budgets, saving lives and reducing economic and societal loss.
Dec 14, 2015
Research Brief
Should Traffic Crash Interventions Be Selected Nationally or State by State?
According to analysis using a new, free tool, a national allocation of funds for traffic crash prevention might cost less than allocating according to state-by-state needs, but it might save significantly fewer lives and reduce far fewer injuries.
Dec 14, 2015
Research Brief
Which Behavioral Interventions Are Most Cost-Effective in Reducing Drunk Driving?
Different states have different needs when it comes to drunk driving interventions. Given limited budgets, how can policymakers know which available policies would reduce the most drunk driving-related deaths for their implementation dollars?
Dec 14, 2015
Tool
Costs and Effectiveness of Interventions to Reduce Motor Vehicle–Related Injuries and Deaths: Project Report and Online-Tool Documentation
This report documents production of an online tool to help assess costs and effectiveness of implementing up to 14 interventions and select those most effective in reducing death and injury from motor vehicle crashes for a given budget.
Dec 14, 2015
Report
Using Cost-Effectiveness Analysis to Prioritize Spending on Traffic Safety
In deciding how to allocate funds targeting traffic safety, policymakers must determine the appropriate trade-off between cost-effectiveness and equity among states. A new tool helps determine the most cost-effective interventions to reduce motor vehicle crash-related injuries and deaths.
Dec 14, 2015
Report
The NIHR Invention for Innovation (i4i) programme: A review of progress and contributions to innovation in healthcare technologies: Extended summary
The NIHR Invention for Innovation (i4i) programme supports the development of innovative medical technologies. Rand Europe evaluated the programme to identify its outputs and impacts. This report is an extended summary of the full report.
Dec 11, 2015
Journal Article
Medical Complexity Among Children with Special Health Care Needs: A Two-Dimensional View
To identify subgroups of U.S. children with special health care needs and characterize key outcomes.
Dec 11, 2015
Journal Article
Factors Associated with Premature Exits from Supported Housing
With the use of administrative data, a roster was obtained for consumers enrolled in the Veterans Affairs (VA) Greater Los Angeles supported housing program from 2011 to 2012. This was used to examine premature supported housing exits.
Nov 20, 2015
Journal Article
Reviewing and Interpreting the Effects of Brief Alcohol Interventions: Comment on a Cochrane Review About Motivational Interviewing for Young Adults
Cochrane recently published a systematic review on motivational interviewing (MI) for alcohol misuse in young adults. This study wishes to open a dialogue about interpreting effect sizes in this review and of (brief) alcohol interventions more generally.
Nov 11, 2015
Report
Meditation for Major Depressive Disorder: A Systematic Review
RAND researchers conducted a systematic review that synthesized evidence from trials of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy to assess its efficacy and safety in treating major depressive disorder.
Oct 7, 2015
Report
Acupuncture for Major Depressive Disorder: A Systematic Review
RAND researchers conducted a systematic review that synthesized evidence from trials of acupuncture to assess its efficacy and safety in treating major depressive disorder.
Oct 7, 2015
Report
St. John's Wort for Major Depressive Disorder: A Systematic Review
RAND researchers conducted a systematic review that synthesized evidence from trials of St. Johns wort to provide estimates of its efficacy and safety in treating major depressive disorder.
Oct 6, 2015
Report
Omega-3 Fatty Acids for Major Depressive Disorder: A Systematic Review
RAND researchers conducted a systematic review that synthesized evidence from trials of omega-3 fatty acids to provide estimates of their efficacy and safety in treating major depressive disorder.
Oct 6, 2015
Report
Antimicrobial stewardship: The effectiveness of educational interventions to change risk-related behaviours in the general population: A systematic review
A systematic review of the evidence of effectiveness and cost-effectiveness on changing the public's risk related behaviour pertaining to antimicrobial use to inform a NICE public health guideline aimed at delaying antimicrobial resistance.
Sep 30, 2015
Journal Article
Bayesian Restricted Spatial Regression for Examining Session Features and Patient Outcomes in Open-Enrollment Group Therapy Studies
Group-based interventions have been developed for treating patients across a range of health conditions.
Sep 25, 2015
Journal Article
Systematic Review of School-Based Interventions to Prevent Smoking for Girls
The purpose of this review is to study the effect of school-based interventions on smoking prevention for girls.
Sep 25, 2015
Journal Article
Use of Concept Mapping to Characterize Relationships Among Implementation Strategies and Assess Their Feasibility and Importance: Results from the Expert Recommendations for Implementing Change (ERIC) Study
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Sep 25, 2015
Research Brief
California's Statewide Mental Health Prevention and Early Intervention Initiatives Show Promising Early Results, But Sustained Investment Is Needed
Summarizes findings from an evaluation of a set of California initiatives to help reduce mental health stigma and discrimination, prevent suicide, and improve student mental health.
Sep 16, 2015

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