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RAND Research on Racial Equity

We're launching a new research center dedicated to issues of social justice and racial equity, among other initiatives. In the meantime, we're highlighting a small sample of RAND research that addresses this challenge from a variety of angles.

Jun 25, 2020
Research Brief

Research Brief

Unequal Opportunity: Barriers to Employment in the Department of Defense Civilian Workforce

Summarizes results of research into representation of Hispanic people and people with targeted disabilities among the Department of Defense civilian workforce.

Dec 13, 2018
Journal Article

Use of Medication Therapy to Treat Opioid Abuse Among Medicaid Recipients Increased After Approval of New Drug

The number of Medicaid recipients receiving medication to treat opioid abuse increased sharply in the years after approval of buprenorphine, but the increase was smaller in poorer counties and areas with larger populations of black and Hispanic residents.

Jun 27, 2018
News Release

News Release

Use of Medication Therapy to Treat Opioid Abuse Among Medicaid Recipients Increased After Approval of New Drug

The number of Medicaid recipients receiving medication to treat opioid abuse increased sharply in the years after approval of buprenorphine, but the increase was smaller in poorer counties and areas with larger populations of black and Hispanic residents.

Jun 25, 2018
Journal Article

Journal Article

Ethnic Differences in Cigarette Use Trajectories and Health, Psychosocial, and Academic Outcomes

Cigarette smoking during adolescence appears to be more strongly associated withimpaired functioning across multiple domains for racial/ethnic minority youth in late adolescence compared with their white peers.

Jan 11, 2018
Journal Article

Journal Article

"Where It Falls Apart": Barriers to Retention in HIV Care in Latino Immigrants and Migrants

Latino immigrants in the United States are disproportionately affected by HIV and often experience interruptions in HIV care. Anticipatory guidance that address cultural barriers such as stigma and trust in providers may improve retention in HIV care for this population.

Oct 11, 2017
Report

Report

Hispanic Representation in the Department of Defense Civilian Workforce: Trend and Barrier Analysis

Hispanics are less represented in the Department of Defense civilian workforce than in the federal civilian workforce and the civilian labor force. This report assesses what factors might account for Hispanic underrepresentation in the department.

Aug 28, 2017
Journal Article

Journal Article

Black and Hispanic Patients Receive Hospice Care Similar to That of White Patients When in the Same Hospices

Black and Hispanic patients received care from poorer quality hospices than white patients.

Aug 1, 2017
News Release

News Release

Black and Hispanic Patients More Likely to Use Lower-Quality Hospices

Black and Hispanic patients are more likely to receive care from poorer-quality hospices. And their family caregivers are less likely to receive the right amount of emotional and religious support in hospice care. However, caregivers of black and Hispanic patients report similar or better experiences than caregivers of white patients within a given hospice.

Jul 5, 2017
Journal Article

Journal Article

Racial/Ethnic Differences in Perception of Need for Mental Health Treatment in a US National Sample

There racial/ethnic differences in perception of need for mental health treatment; differences exist across the range of severity of mental illness and among those with no mental illness.

May 31, 2017
Journal Article

Journal Article

Retirement Planning Among Hispanics: In God's Hands?

This study explores the influences of retirement planning and saving behavior among urban, low-income, middle-aged and older Hispanics.

May 24, 2017
Journal Article

The Hispanic Paradox: Race/Ethnicity and Nativity, Immigrant Enclave Residence and Cognitive Impairment Among Older US Adults

Foreign-born Mexican Americans are significantly less likely to experience cognitive impairment as they age than are their US-born socioeconomic peers.

May 5, 2017
Journal Article

Journal Article

BMI Loci and Longitudinal BMI from Adolescence to Young Adulthood in an Ethnically Diverse Cohort

Several established BMI genetic variants are positively associated with change in BMI during the period of adolescence and young adulthood.

Mar 14, 2017
Journal Article

Journal Article

HIV Testing Among Black and Hispanic Immigrants in the United States

Many black and Hispanic immigrants to the United States have not been tested for HIV.

Jul 25, 2016
Journal Article

Journal Article

Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Medicare Beneficiaries' Carecoordination Experiences

Hispanic, black, and Asian/Pacific Islander Medicare beneficiaries are more likely to have gaps in their care coordination than their non-Hispanic white peers.

Jul 25, 2016
Journal Article

Journal Article

A Comparison of Methods for Capturing Patient Preferences for Delivery of Mental Health Services to Low-Income Hispanics Engaged in Primary Care

Conjoint analysis, used to capture consumer preferences for designing products, can be used to package more effective mental health services for low-income Hispanics within a community-based participatory research framework.

Jul 14, 2016
Journal Article

Journal Article

Perceived Physical Appearance: Assessing Measurement Equivalence in Black, Latino, and White Adolescents

Compared with white and Latino adolescents, black adolescents reported a more positive perception of their own physical appearance; however, the difference may actually be an artifact of the measurement instrument.

Jul 6, 2016
Journal Article

Southern California Middle School Students Exposed to More Than Three Alcohol Ads Each Day

African American and Hispanic youths are exposed to an average of 4.1 and 3.4 alcohol ads per day respectively, while white youths are exposed to an average of two ads per day. Greater restrictions on alcohol advertising outdoors and on television should be considered.

Jun 24, 2016
Journal Article

Journal Article

Using Participatory Methods to Enhance Patient-Centred Mental Health Care in a Federally Qualified Community Health Center Serving a Mexican American Farmworker Community

Using a community-based participatory approach, this study provided rich data regarding patient preferences for mental health care in a Mexican farmworker community, enabling a federally qualified health centre serving the community to provide patient-centered mental health care.

May 2, 2016
Journal Article

Journal Article

Effects of a Pilot Church-Based Intervention to Reduce HIV Stigma and Promote HIV Testing Among African Americans and Latinos

Programs to reduce HIV stigma in churches may have synergistic effects with HIV testing when provided in combination.

Apr 25, 2016

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RAND Topic:
Hispanic Populations

Topic Synonyms:
Hispanic-Americans