RAND Research Topic: Health Literacy

Trust in the CDC Declined During the COVID-19 Pandemic

2021-04-05T09:00:00Z

From May to October 2020, some Americans lost trust in the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The drop in trust was particularly significant among people who intended to vote for a candidate other than Joe Biden in the 2020 election or did not intend to vote at all. This suggests that views of the CDC are now strongly politicized.

Common Laboratory Results Frequently Misunderstood by a Sample of Mechanical Turk Users

2020-10-02T08:30:00Z

Use of Mechanical Turk to determine how well patients understand common laboratory test results.

Development of a Long-Term Evaluation Framework for the National Standards for Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS) in Health and Health Care

2020-06-30T10:45:00Z

RAND was awarded a contract by HHS OMH to develop the long-term evaluation framework for the National CLAS Standards. This report presents the details of the development of the framework.

Evaluation of the National CLAS Standards

2020-06-30T10:45:00Z

OMH commissioned the development of a framework and toolkit to guide efforts to evaluate the National CLAS Standards across four settings: ambulatory care, behavioral health, hospitals, and public health.

Displaying Behavioral Health Measurement-Based Care Data

2019-09-04T09:30:00Z

This report documents the findings from qualitative interviews that assessed clinician and patient perspectives on various options for displaying measurement-based care (MBC) data, with the goal of identifying core features of MBC data displays.

Antibiotic Prescribing for Acute Respiratory Infections in Direct-to-Consumer Telemedicine Visits

2017-03-28T12:00:00Z

Patterns of antibiotic prescribing behavior show that both telemedicine and office-based clinicians over-prescribed antibiotics to treat acute respiratory infections, but telemedicine clinicians tended to prescribe broad-spectrum antibiotics.

Prevalence and Correlates of Use of Safer Conception Methods in a Prospective Cohort of Ugandan HIV-affected Couples with Fertility Intentions

2017-03-16T17:00:00Z

Among a sample of Ugandan couples with an HIV-positive partner who hope to conceive, about one-third used a "safer" conception method such as timed unprotected intercourse to reduce HIV transmission, but only about half were aware of such methods.

Perceived Risk of Avian Influenza and Urbanization in Northern Vietnam

2017-03-16T13:45:00Z

Backyard poultry raisers in urban, peri-urban, and rural settings in north Vietnam tend to perceive the highest risk of bird flu in settings where they do not live, which may decrease precautions they take to manage and prevent disease.

Drivers of Health as a Shared Value

2016-11-28T17:30:00Z

A shared understanding of health as a cultural value is key to achieving an equitable health system and a culture of health.

Knowledge About Health Insurance and Finance Linked to Higher Rates of Health Coverage

2016-11-17T17:33:00Z

Uninsured individuals who knew more about health insurance and finance were more likely to gain coverage under the ACA. Policies and programs aiming to reduce the numbers of uninsured should consider the financial literacy and health insurance knowledge of the groups they are trying to reach.

Implementation of Care Management

2016-11-17T12:00:00Z

Care management is a team-based, patient-centered approach aimed at helping patients manage medical conditions more effectively.

Estimating Second Order Probability Beliefs from Subjective Survival Data

2016-04-04T15:30:00Z

Based on subjective survival probability questions in the Health and Retirement Study HRS, we use an econometric model to estimate the determinants of individual-level uncertainty about personal longevity.

Advancing Complementary and Alternative Medicine Professions

2016-02-08T10:30:00Z

The policy challenges associated with coverage, licensure, scope of practice, institutional privileges, and research may prevent complementary and alternative medicine professionals from practicing to the full extent of their capabilities.

Connecting Consumers to Care

2015-12-04T13:00:00Z

The Affordable Care Act has reduced the number of uninsured; an emerging challenge is to help the newly insured choose coverage wisely and use it to access primary care and preventive services.

Policy Implications of Complementary and Alternative Medicine Definitions

2015-10-02T09:00:00Z

Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) treats the whole person, but political definitions of CAM have focused only on treatment methods. Policies that impact patient access and care need to consider the full scope of CAM professions.

Antimicrobial stewardship

2015-09-30T08:00:00Z

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.

More Work Needed to Engage Consumers After Enrolling in Health Insurance Plans

2015-07-29T09:00:00Z

Enrolling in an insurance plan under the ACA is only the first step for consumers to be actively engaged in their health care. Low health literacy continues to be a barrier and many consumers still struggle with the complexity of health insurance terminology.

Helping the Newly Insured Under the Affordable Care Act

2015-06-30T15:00:00Z

Enrolling in an insurance plan under the ACA is only the first step for consumers to be actively engaged in their health care. Low health literacy continues to be a barrier, and many consumers still struggle with the complexity of health insurance terminology.

A Health Care Puzzler

2014-03-24T15:45:00Z

An American Life Panel survey finds that a lack of knowledge about health reform and health insurance is especially acute among the poor, less educated, young, and females. This presents challenges for implementation of the Affordable Care Act.

A Prescription Is Not Enough

2013-11-01T12:00:00Z

This article focuses on the use—and the lack of use—of health literacy within efforts to address public health in the United States.