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Journal Article

Consensus Guidelines and State Policies: The Gap Between Principle and Practice at the Intersection of Substance Use and Pregnancy

We review the change over time in state-level policy environments around substance use in pregnancy and contrast the policy response with the principles and guidance from professional societies and federal agencies.

Jun 3, 2020
Blog

COVID-19's Effects on U.S. Schools, Vaccine Uptake, Small Businesses: RAND Weekly Recap

This weekly recap focuses on how COVID-19 has affected U.S. schools, potential barriers to vaccine uptake, what small businesses need to survive, and more.

May 29, 2020
Journal Article

Journal Article

Treating Patients With Opioid Use Disorder in Their Homes: An Emerging Treatment Model

Treating OUD in the home via telehealth is expanding under COVID, but it is not clear what will happen post pandemic.

May 29, 2020
Report

How to Best Enable Pharma Innovation Beyond the COVID-19 Crisis

Innovating in response to public health challenges like COVID-19 does not always align well with pharmaceutical industry commercial models or shareholder expectations. More sustainable and scalable ways of incentivizing innovation in response to infectious disease threats are needed.

May 26, 2020
Commentary

Vaccination and Coronavirus: Where the Public Good Clashes with Choice and Freedom

With scientists striving for a viable coronavirus vaccine, and public health officials considering its potential rollout, do calls for freedom of choice and anti-vaccination sentiments, as seen in recent televised protests, represent a worrying omen?

May 22, 2020
Journal Article

Journal Article

Incidence and Treatment Costs of Severe Bacterial Infections Among People Who Inject Heroin: A Cohort Study in South London, England

A study examined the rates of hospitalisation or death related to severe bacteria infections among people who inject heroin in South London, England. The report compared these rates to the general population and calculated the cost of admissions.

May 19, 2020
Blog

Preparing for a Post-Vaccine World, Domestic Abuse, the Future of War: RAND Weekly Recap

This weekly recap focuses on why we need a blueprint for a post-vaccine world, helping domestic abuse victims during COVID-19, the pandemic's historic economic effects, and more.

May 15, 2020
Journal Article

Journal Article

Practical Factors Determining Adolescent Substance Use Treatment Settings: Results from Four Online Stakeholder Panels

This study aimed to identify practical factors that stakeholders find most critical to consider when planning adolescent substance use treatment.

May 12, 2020
Commentary

Needed: A Blueprint for a Post-Vaccine World

When a COVID-19 vaccine is developed, many in rich countries may be able to afford it while the poor and uninsured may not. The time to plan for equitable access, financing, intellectual property rights, and global production is now.

May 11, 2020
News Release

Frequent Alcohol Testing Lowers the Likelihood Drunk Drivers Will Be Rearrested or Have Probation Revoked

An innovative statewide alcohol-monitoring program that requires drunk drivers to be tested frequently for alcohol use significantly lowers the likelihood that participants will be rearrested or have probation revoked.

May 5, 2020
Journal Article

Journal Article

Gearing Up for PrEP in the Middle East and North Africa: An Initial Look at Willingness to Take PrEP Among Young Men Who Have Sex with Men in Beirut, Lebanon

These findings delineate a need and opportunity for public health researchers to work with Ministries of Health and policy makers to extend pre-exposure prophylaxis coverage and services to young men who have sex with men.

Apr 30, 2020
Journal Article

An Epidemic in the Midst of a Pandemic: Opioid Use Disorder and COVID-19

The COVID-19 pandemic strikes at a moment when our national response to the opioid crisis was beginning to coalesce. COVID-19 threatens to dramatically overshadow and reverse this progress.

Apr 29, 2020
Journal Article

Journal Article

The Association of State Opioid Misuse Prevention Policies With Patient- and Provider-Related Outcomes: A Scoping Review

This review reveals a growing literature on the effects of certain state opioid misuse prevention policies, but persistent gaps in evidence on other prevalent state policies remain.

Apr 29, 2020
Journal Article

Journal Article

Drivers of Continued Implementation of Cultural Competence in Substance Use Disorder Treatment

This study examines whether the key characteristics of organizational decision makers predicted continued implementation of five different practices that represent organizational cultural competence in one of the most diverse substance use disorder treatment systems in the United States.

Apr 29, 2020
Journal Article

Journal Article

Palliative Care and Infection Management at End of Life in Nursing Homes: A Descriptive Survey

The aim of this study was to describe the current status of how nursing homes integrates palliative care and infection management at end of life across the nation.

Mar 19, 2020
Journal Article

Support of Nursing Homes in Infection Management Varies by US State Departments of Health

In many countries, healthcare associated infections (HAI) are problematic in long-term aged care living facilities. In the US, HAI occur frequently in nursing homes (NH). We systematically examined the variations in state intentions and activities related to HAI prevention in NHs.

Mar 19, 2020
Journal Article

Journal Article

The Expansion of National Healthcare Safety Network Enrollment and Reporting in Nursing Homes: Lessons Learned from a National Qualitative Study

We explored nursing home (NH) personnel perceptions of the National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN), interviewing NH personnel about their facility's decision-making and infection prevention program. We identified barriers and facilitators to NHSN enrollment and reporting in NHs.

Mar 19, 2020
Journal Article

Legal Requirements and Recommendations to Prescribe Naloxone

We conducted a systematic legal review of state laws that mandate or recommend that healthcare providers prescribe naloxone to patients with indicators for opioid overdose risk.

Feb 21, 2020
Testimony

Testimony

Addressing the U.S. Opioid Crisis: Using an Integrated Systems-Based Approach: Addendum

Document submitted January 21, 2020, as an addendum to testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on Opioids on December 17, 2019.

Jan 20, 2020
Journal Article

Journal Article

Motivational Interviewing and Culture for Urban Native American Youth (MICUNAY): A Randomized Controlled Trial

Urban Native American teens may benefit from culturally centered programs. No differences found between MICUNAY + Community Wellness Gatherings (CWGs) and CWGs only.

Jan 14, 2020

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