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Putin's Latest Threats, U.S. Policy in the Middle East, Disaster Recovery: RAND Weekly Recap
This weekly recap focuses on Russia's troop mobilization and the ongoing war in Ukraine, U.S. policy in the Middle East, building a more diverse teacher workforce, and more.
Sep 23, 2022
News Release
Admissions to Drug Treatment Programs Fell Sharply During First Year of COVID-19 Pandemic
Admissions to drug treatment programs declined by nearly one-quarter during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, with the cuts steepest among people of color.
Sep 22, 2022
Journal Article
Cost Effectiveness of Mailed Outreach Programs for Colorectal Cancer Screening: Analysis of a Pragmatic, Randomized Trial
Clinical guidelines for colorectal cancer (CRC) screening suggest use of either stool-based tests or colonoscopy. We conducted a cost-effectiveness analysis to compare 2 mailed outreach strategies to increase CRC screening.
Sep 15, 2022
Journal Article
Perspectives of Patients Receiving Telemedicine Services for Opioid Use Disorder Treatment: A Qualitative Analysis of User Experiences
We conducted semi-structured interviews with 20 adults receiving care from one fully virtual opioid use disorder telemedicine service who had received three to five weeks of treatment.
Sep 8, 2022
Blog
Back to School, Vaccinating Kids, Space Security: RAND Weekly Recap
This weekly recap focuses on the well-being of America's educators, the effort to vaccinate kids and teens, security in outer space, and more.
Sep 2, 2022
Commentary
Vaccinating All Kids for COVID-19 May Demand a Block-by-Block Effort
Community-based organizations know how to register voters and increase census participation. Reaching out block by block, even door to door, they can be just as effective in boosting vaccination rates.
Aug 29, 2022
Blog
Diversity in the Military, Telemedicine Abortion, China and Taiwan: RAND Weekly Recap
This weekly recap focuses on the benefits of increasing and maintaining diversity in the armed forces, the challenges of telemedicine abortion, whether Indo-Pacific countries are backing China or Taiwan, and more.
Aug 26, 2022
Report
Psychiatric and Substance Use Disorder Bed Capacity, Need, and Shortage Estimates in California: Merced, San Joaquin, and Stanislaus Counties
In California, Merced, San Joaquin, and Stanislaus Counties sought to understand the gap between capacity and need for behavioral health beds. This report estimates bed shortages by triangulating estimates through multiple modeling methodologies.
Aug 26, 2022
Research Brief
Putting Equity First in COVID-19 Vaccination
COVID-19 vaccination rates were significantly lower in U.S. communities of color, contributing to stark inequities in the effects of the virus. The Equity-First Vaccination Initiative shows how a hyper-local approach can increase vaccine confidence and access to help close this gap.
Aug 24, 2022
Report
The U.S. Equity-First Vaccination Initiative: Impacts and Lessons Learned
The authors detail impacts and lessons learned from the U.S. Equity First Vaccination Initiative, which aimed to increase COVID-19 vaccination access and confidence in communities of individuals who identify as Black, Indigenous, and People of Color.
Aug 24, 2022
Journal Article
Belief Correlations with Parental Vaccine Hesitancy: Results from a National Survey
We conducted a nationally representative survey of parents' beliefs and self-reported behaviors regarding childhood vaccinations.
Aug 17, 2022
Journal Article
Association Among Trust in Health Care Providers, Friends, and Family, and Vaccine Hesitancy
Parents who are hesitant to vaccinate their children trust various types of individuals along different dimensions of trust.
Aug 17, 2022
Journal Article
Too Good to Be True? Evaluation of Colonoscopy Sensitivity Assumptions Used in Policy Models
This paper examines the validity of the CRC-SPIN model and colonoscopy sensitivity assumptions. We find that colonoscopy may be less accurate than currently assumed, especially for diminutive adenomas.
Aug 17, 2022
Multimedia
Addressing Vaccine Hesitancy with Research
RAND senior physician policy researcher Courtney Gidengil reveals the biggest driver behind the hesitancy to receive the COVID-19 vaccine.
Jul 26, 2022
Commentary
Tunisia: Challenges and Successes in COVID-19 Pandemic Response
Tunisia's response to the COVID pandemic has been spotty, though vaccination rates have improved and mortality rates have dropped. When the political instability is factored in, Tunisia's emergence from the pandemic may not be quick.
Jul 22, 2022
Periodical
RAND Review: July-August 2022
Features explore environmental racism; the economic value to the UK of improving languages education in schools; and causes of civilian harm in Raqqa, Syria, and ways to reduce civilian casualties in current and future military operations.
Jul 8, 2022
Journal Article
Volunteer Recovery Support for Adolescents: Using Propensity Score Based Methods to Understand Dosage Effects Within a Randomized Controlled Trial
The study used statistical methods designed to approximate RCTs when comparing more than two nonequivalent groups that include an assessment of the potential impact of omitted variables in order to address potential dosage effects for a commonly used evidence based substance use treatment program for adolescents.
Jun 24, 2022
Journal Article
Comparative Effectiveness of Individual Versus Family-Based Substance Use Treatment on Adolescent Self-Injurious Thoughts and Behaviors
We compared the effectiveness of individual- and family-based substance use treatments in reducing youth self-injurious thoughts and behaviors.
Jun 21, 2022
Journal Article
State Policies and Buprenorphine Prescribing by Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants
This cross-sectional study used pharmacy claims to examine the association of state policies with the odds of receiving buprenorphine treatment from a nurse practitioner or physician assistant versus a physician.
Jun 2, 2022
Journal Article
Opioid Use Disorder Among Clients of Community Mental Health Clinics: Prevalence, Characteristics, and Treatment Willingness
The authors examined the prevalence of co-occurring opioid use disorder and willingness to engage in treatment among clients of eight Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health outpatient clinics.
Jun 1, 2022

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