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Vaccine Hesitancy Is High Among Black Americans, Including Health Care Workers
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.
Mar 1, 2021
Multimedia
The Opioid Crisis and State & Federal Policies: It’s More Complicated Than You Think
In this video, Bradley Stein presents an exploration of recent federal and state policies related to the opioid crisis and the sometimes unanticipated consequences.
Feb 19, 2021
Blog
Reducing Hospital Prices, Vaccinating the Most Active, Myanmar: RAND Weekly Recap
This weekly recap focuses on regulating hospital prices to cut spending, a COVID-19 vaccine strategy that prioritizes “active” people, what the Capitol attack means for security clearances, and more.
Feb 19, 2021
Journal Article
Patient, Prescriber, and Community Factors Associated with Filled Naloxone Prescriptions Among Patients Receiving Buprenorphine 2017–18
This retrospective analysis examines filled naloxone prescriptions among patients receiving buprenorphine treatment and assesses how rates of filled naloxone prescriptions varies by patient, prescriber, and community characteristics.
Feb 19, 2021
Journal Article
Mental Health, Physical Health, and Cultural Characteristics Among American Indians/Alaska Natives Seeking Substance Use Treatment in an Urban Setting: A Descriptive Study
We analyze substance use, AI/AN cultural identity and involvement, physical health and cognitive functioning, and mental health symptoms among 63 AI/AN adults seeking substance use treatment within an urban area in California.
Feb 18, 2021
Report
Protecting the Most Vulnerable by Vaccinating the Most Active
The debate between protecting vulnerable people and stopping the spread of the coronavirus might be a false choice. Evidence suggests that vaccinating people with many contacts may provide more protection for the vulnerable than vaccinating vulnerable people directly.
Feb 15, 2021
Blog
Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, COVID-19 Variants, Myanmar: RAND Weekly Recap
This weekly recap focuses on alternatives in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, sexual assault and sexual harassment in the military, how couples can sleep better during the pandemic, and more.
Feb 12, 2021
Journal Article
Association of Primary and Specialty Care Integration on Physician Communication and Cancer Screening in Safety-Net Clinics
This study aimed to describe strategies CHCs use to integrate care with specialists and examine whether more strongly integrated CHCs have higher rates of screening for colorectal and cervical cancers and report better communication with specialists.
Feb 12, 2021
Journal Article
Impact of a Medicaid Policy on Preventive Oral Health Services for Children with Intellectual Disabilities, Developmental Disabilities, or Both
The authors examined the impact of state policies allowing delivery of POHS in medical offices on receipt of POHS among Medicaid enrollees with IDD.
Feb 12, 2021
Journal Article
Patterns of Substance Use and Associations with Mental, Physical, and Social Functioning: A Latent Class Analysis of a National Sample of U.S. Adults Ages 30–80
This study identifies distinct patterns (classes) of substance use among 30- to 80-year olds, identifies demographic subgroups with the highest probability of class memberships, and compares classes on key indicators of functioning.
Feb 10, 2021
Journal Article
Children and Mental Health: Preventive Approaches to Anxiety and Depression
This research note summarises findings from twelve systematic reviews and meta-analyses on interventions aimed at preventing the development of anxiety and depression in children.
Feb 10, 2021
Commentary
Equal, Rapid Access to Vaccines Is More Important Than Ever as New COVID-19 Variants Emerge
Vaccine nationalism could prolong the pandemic and lead to preventable deaths. If some countries don't receive timely access to vaccines, then the virus will continue to spread in some populations, mutate further, and potentially render existing vaccines less effective.
Feb 9, 2021
Multimedia
COVID-19 Vaccine Cross-Border Liability and Compensation
A RAND virtual event focused on (1) facilitating global distribution of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccines and (2) preventing liability and compensation concerns from affecting the vaccine supply chain and public uptake of the vaccine.
Feb 2, 2021
Journal Article
Delivery of Preventive Oral Health Services by Rurality: A Cross-Sectional Analysis
Using a multistate sample of Medicaid claims, we examined a child's odds of receiving preventive oral health services in a medical office by county rurality.
Feb 2, 2021
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Reducing Tobacco Use Among Young People Experiencing Homelessness: Recommendations for Service Providers
This manual contains an easy-to-use guide for service providers to deliver brief and inexpensive assistance to youth experiencing homelessness who want to stop using tobacco products.
Jan 25, 2021
Blog
Keeping COVID-19 Vaccines Moving, the Capitol Attack, Media Literacy: RAND Weekly Recap
This weekly recap focuses on keeping COVID-19 vaccines moving to save more lives; why we need a national commission to investigate the U.S. Capitol attack; media literacy as a tool to counter “Truth Decay,” and more.
Jan 22, 2021
Commentary
Keep the Vaccine Moving to Save the Most Lives
The United States is waiting to be vaccinated against COVID-19 and millions of doses wait for arms. Policymakers at the national, state, and local levels have been stockpiling the shots for many reasons. While supply ramps up, policymakers could push to deliver vaccine to people instead of freezers.
Jan 19, 2021
Commentary
Getting COVID-19 Vaccines to Pennsylvania Residents
Pennsylvania state and county health departments have a number of options that could speed the delivery of COVID-19 vaccines to make sure Pennsylvania residents at high risk for severe COVID-19 outcomes are vaccinated as soon as possible.
Jan 19, 2021
Blog
Political Violence, COVID-19 Vaccine Questions, Mental Health Care: RAND Weekly Recap
This weekly recap focuses on why we need to brace for more political violence after the Capitol attack, COVID-19 vaccine questions and answers, how to reform the U.S. mental health system, and more.
Jan 15, 2021
Commentary
COVID-19 Options for 2021
The disorganized public health response to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States helped ensure that the nation led the world in infections nearly from the beginning of the pandemic. With vaccines now becoming available, are we over the problem? Not necessarily.
Jan 12, 2021

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Kandice A. Kapinos

Senior Economist

Kandice Kapinos (she/her) is a senior economist at the RAND Corporation with a joint appointment as an associate professor at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. Her research broadly focuses on health economics, health policy, epidemiology, and the economics of prevention,…
Nicole K. Eberhart

Senior Behavioral Scientist

Nicole Eberhart (she/her) is a senior behavioral scientist at the RAND Corporation and a clinical psychologist. Her research focuses primarily on mental health and wellbeing. More specifically, her work focuses on evaluation of behavioral health programs, programs that integrate primary and…

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