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China's Disappeared Uyghurs: What Satellite Images Reveal

Apr 29, 2021

At least one million Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities have vanished into a sprawling network of camps and prisons in China's far west. Satellite images show brightly lit compounds, wall after wall of barbed wire, and a sudden rush to build what appear to be fortified preschools.
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Vaccine Hesitancy Is High Among Black Americans, Including Health Care Workers

Mar 1, 2021

Lower vaccination rates among Black Americans would further widen COVID-19 inequities in diagnosis, hospitalization, and mortality. But concerns about vaccine safety, mistrust of the government's transparency around COVID-19, and beliefs about racism in health care are contributing to mistrust of the vaccine.

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RAND Remote: Launching the RAND Epstein Family Veterans Policy Research Institute

In this RAND Remote conversation, the RAND Epstein Family Veterans Policy Research Institute's directors and other special guests discuss veterans policy issues and RAND’s work to help meet the needs of diverse veteran populations.

Dec 1, 2021
Commentary

Why Are U.S. Veterans at Heightened Risk of Food Insecurity?

U.S. veterans are at great risk of food insecurity, but there is limited understanding of exactly how many veterans lack resources to attain adequate and nutritious food and why. If resources are to be directed more effectively, the United States needs better clarity into the magnitude of the problem.

Nov 24, 2021
Commentary

Afghan Refugees Are Being Recruited to Join an Iranian Paramilitary

As Western policymakers consider how to deal with Afghan evacuees, including former members of the Afghan security forces, they might consider how to prevent adversaries such as Iran from recruiting Afghan refugees for dangerous and destabilizing operations. Greater attention to these risks may become increasingly important as refugee flows from Afghanistan continue.

Nov 23, 2021
Blog

News Manipulation, the Risk of Civil War, Russia and Ukraine: RAND Weekly Recap

This weekly recap focuses on tracking news manipulation during the pandemic, the threat of another civil war, preventing health insurance loss, and more.

Nov 19, 2021
Report

Are Educators Considering Student Voice?

Asking students to voice their perceptions can provide valuable insights that adults in a school do not have access to, while also generating more student engagement in learning.

Nov 17, 2021
Blog

Supporting America's Veterans: RAND Weekly Recap

This weekly recap focuses on helping veterans experiencing homelessness, better care for veterans with brain injuries and PTSD, and easing transitions to the civilian workforce.

Nov 12, 2021
Multimedia

Veterans Experiencing Homelessness: Streets or Shelter?

RAND senior behavioral/social scientist Sarah Hunter describes findings from her year-long study that followed twenty-six veterans experiencing homelessness in West Los Angeles, CA.

Nov 12, 2021
Commentary

On Veterans Day, There Are Still Thousands of Homeless Vets in L.A. We Followed 26 to Find Out Why

An estimated 3,900 veterans live unhoused in Los Angeles. The city has the largest VA medical center in the nation. There are federal housing programs exclusively for veterans. So why hasn't Los Angeles been able to make a dent?

Nov 11, 2021
News Release

Study of Unhoused Veterans in Los Angeles Suggests Services Need to Be Tailored to Meet Population Needs and Preferences

A year-long study of a group of military veterans experiencing homelessness in Los Angeles found that few were able to obtain permanent housing over the course of the period, even though they lived near the region's major VA service center.

Nov 11, 2021
Report

Expanding Outreach Services Could Help Veterans Find Stable Housing

Only three in a group of 26 unhoused veterans in Los Angeles were able to obtain permanent housing even though they lived near a major VA service center. The housing options available did not meet their desire for autonomy, safety, security, and privacy. Tailoring services to veterans' needs could help.

Nov 11, 2021
Report

A Big Transition: Military Service Members' Earnings and Employment After Active Duty

After leaving the service, many veterans earn less money than they did while in active duty. This emphasizes the importance of helping service members build marketable skills and supporting their transitions into the civilian workforce.

Nov 10, 2021
Tool

Self-Assessment Guide for University Prevention Programs Focused on Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment

This guide provides detailed step-by-step instructions to help civilian universities and colleges assess their own programs to prevent sexual assault and harassment.

Nov 10, 2021
Report

Summer for All: Building Coordinated Networks to Promote Access to Quality Summer Learning and Enrichment Opportunities Across a Community

In this eighth report in RAND's Summer Learning Series, the authors chronicle early efforts in four communities to create coordinated approaches to summer programming, noting their challenges, enablers, and early outcomes.

Nov 10, 2021
Report

The Big Lift Evaluation: Research Findings Five Years In

The authors examine participation rates, kindergarten readiness, and third-grade outcomes of children eligible to participate in The Big Lift™, a preschool–third-grade initiative to designed to boost reading proficiency.

Nov 9, 2021
Essay

Advances in Care for Veterans with Traumatic Brain Injuries or PTSD

A new standard of care proposed by RAND researchers aims to redefine high-quality care for veterans with a traumatic brain injury or posttraumatic stress disorder. But it also could serve as a template for making health care more effective, more consistent, and more responsive for more patients.

Nov 8, 2021
Report

Access to Health Care Among TRICARE-Covered Children

Analyses of survey data allow a comparison between children with TRICARE and other types of insurance, as well as between children who have changed addresses more and less frequently and children with special health care needs and those without.

Nov 8, 2021
Blog

North Korea, Sexual Violence in the U.S. Military, America's Labor Shortage: RAND Weekly Recap

This weekly recap focuses on dealing with a nuclear North Korea, preventing sexual violence in the military, supporting immigrant children in U.S. schools, and more.

Nov 5, 2021
Journal Article

A Comparison of Approaches to Identify Live Births Using the Medicaid Analytic eXtract

This study described and validated five approaches to identifying births using Medicaid data.

Nov 3, 2021
Journal Article

In Nigeria, Stillbirths And Newborn Deaths Increased During The COVID-19 Pandemic

COVID-19 increased the number of stillbirths and newborn deaths in Nigeria.

Nov 3, 2021
Report

How Do Teachers Identify Supports for Struggling Students?

A survey of 6th- to 12th-grade teachers found that to determine academic needs they rely most often on information gathered from personal interactions with students and from students' performance. And more than half of them first look to school and district colleagues to learn about available interventions.

Nov 2, 2021

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