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Promoting Physical Activity in High-Poverty Neighborhood Parks: A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial

Modest efforts, such as free classes, to increase physical activity in high-poverty area parks attracted visitors during special programming but were not sufficient to increase overall park use.

Jul 18, 2017
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Using Stakeholder Input to Inform an Innovative Research and Policy Initiative to Improve Depression in Safety Net Communities

An exercise to prioritize the needs of depressed individuals in LA County identified stable and affordable housing as the number one priority.

Jul 13, 2017
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Consumption Smoothing and Frequency of Benefit Payments of Cash Transfer Programs

We examine the extent of consumption smoothing between the receipt of benefits by households after the introduction of two non-contributory pension programs in the State of Yucatan, Mexico.

Jun 28, 2017
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Designing Cash Transfer Programs for an Older Population: The Mexican Case

Simulation of means testing benefit schemes showing beneficial effects on poverty and income inequality. Validated with data from a field experiment in Yucatan, Mexico, the simulations provide a good forecast of observed effects in the experiment.

Jun 28, 2017
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Using Systematic Observations to Understand Conditions That Promote Interracial Experiences in Neighbourhood Parks

We analysed observations from 31 neighbourhood parks, with each park mapped into smaller target areas for study, across five US cities generated using the System for Observing Play and Recreation in the Community (SOPARC).

May 16, 2017
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Programa Bolsa Familia Y Frecuencia Escolar: Un Analisis Con El Censo Demografico De Brasil De 2010

This study aims to analyze whether Bolsa Familia had an association with children's school attendance, which is one of the educational conditions of the program.

May 11, 2017
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Poverty Dynamics and Parental Mental Health: Determinants of Childhood Mental Health in the UK

For all childhood mental health issues, estimated effects of mothers' mental health problems are much larger than those of fathers' mental health problems.

Apr 18, 2017
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Dr. Pedro José Greer, Jr.'s Philanthropy Supports Community-Based Solutions

Dr. Pedro José Greer, Jr. channels his compassion for those in need into philanthropic support to help RAND address health issues and disparities. He has been involved in RAND's health policy work for nearly 30 years, serving in advisory and leadership roles.

Mar 27, 2017
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A Group-Based Motivational Interviewing Brief Intervention to Reduce Substance Use and Sexual Risk Behavior Among Homeless Young Adults

A brief group-based motivational interview intervention was effective in helping homeless young adults make positive changes in their alcohol and condom use.

Mar 16, 2017
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One Size Doesn't Fit All: Cross-Sectional Associations Between Neighborhood Walkability, Crime and Physical Activity Depends on Age and Sex of Residents

“Walkability” appears to increase physical activity in low-income, urban neighborhoods, most notably for women under 65.

Mar 14, 2017
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Trends in Inequality and the World's Eight Richest Men

While Oxfam reports have done a good job of bringing attention to the problem of inequality, they may give the false impression that global inequality has been rising instead of falling. Global inequality has actually been on the decline while inequality within the developed world is increasing.

Feb 10, 2017
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Encouraging Residential Moves to Opportunity Neighborhoods: An Experiment Testing Incentives Offered to Housing Voucher Recipients

Given the potential benefits of upwardly mobile residential moves, housing practitioners should continue testing policies to facilitate voucher-based opportunity moves.

Jan 24, 2017
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Curbing Globalization Won't Halt the Rise of Inequality

Globalization may be one of many factors driving inequality. But ending trade agreements and throwing up trade barriers is unlikely to stop this trend.

Dec 14, 2016
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Managing the Principal Agent Problem in Bolsa Familia: A look at contextual factors that affect the quality of implementation

Bolsa Familia (BF) is a conditional cash transfer programme introduced in 2003 in Brazil. This report aims to understand the principal agent problem in BF.

Nov 2, 2016
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Longitudinal Relationships Between Antiretroviral Treatment Adherence and Discrimination Due to HIV-serostatus, Race, and Sexual Orientation Among African-American Men with HIV

Sexual orientation, HIV-serostatus, and racial discrimination all reduce treatment adherence among African American men, but racial discrimination has the most powerful effect.

Oct 18, 2016
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Conspiracy Beliefs About HIV Are Related to Antiretroviral Treatment Nonadherence Among African American Men with HIV

HIV conspiracy theories among African Americans are neither rare nor extreme, and they discourage individuals who need HIV care from adhering to treatment.

Oct 13, 2016
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Stigma and Racial/Ethnic HIV Disparities: Moving Toward Resilience

Societal stigma contributes to racial and ethic disparities in who acquires HIV, is aware of their sero-status, receives treatment, and dies early.

Oct 13, 2016
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The Association Between Familial Homelessness, Aggression, and Victimization Among Children

Even brief periods of homelessness increase the likelihood that a child will be a victim-aggressor or an aggressor, compared to youth who were never homeless.

Oct 10, 2016
Commentary

Book Review: 'Bourgeois Equality'

In Bourgeois Equality, economist and historian Deirdre McCloskey advances the theory that ideas — not capital, institutions, innovation, R&D, tax policy, monetary policy, or regulatory policy — are the propelling force behind economic and societal growth.

Sep 30, 2016
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A Microfinance Program Targeting People Living with HIV in Uganda: Client Characteristics and Program Impact

Ugandans living with medically stable HIV are able to repay microcredit loans; paired with business training, the loans can help this vulnerable population improve their weekly income and build assets.

Sep 30, 2016

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