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Practical Considerations for Using Online Methods to Engage Patients in Guideline Development

This study developed practical considerations for including large, diverse, and geographically dispersed groups of patients in clinical practice guideline development through online engagement methods.

Oct 31, 2017
Commentary

Why the IPS Success Story Needs to Be Unpicked

The Individual Placement and Support model, which helps people with severe mental illness gain employment, has been a major statistical success. Why does it work and how it might be applied to other vulnerable populations?

Aug 15, 2017
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Medical Complexity Among Children with Special Health Care Needs: A Two-Dimensional View

To identify subgroups of U.S. children with special health care needs and characterize key outcomes.

Dec 11, 2015
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Factors Associated with Premature Exits from Supported Housing

With the use of administrative data, a roster was obtained for consumers enrolled in the Veterans Affairs (VA) Greater Los Angeles supported housing program from 2011 to 2012. This was used to examine premature supported housing exits.

Nov 20, 2015
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US Religious Congregations' Programming to Support Veterans: A Mixed Methods Study

We conducted a mixed methods study using nationally representative congregational survey data and in-depth interviews with congregational leaders about veterans' reintegration needs.

Nov 20, 2015
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The Private Sector and Youth Skills and Employment Programs in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

This report examines the involvement of the private sector in youth skills and employment in low- and middle-income countries.

Oct 22, 2015
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Helping Homeless Youth Quit Smoking

Up to 70% of homeless youth are smokers, smoking more than a half pack of cigarettes a day. Though there is strong demand for smoking-cessation services among this population and a willingness to help among providers, delivering these services remains a challenge.

Oct 19, 2015
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Information Sharing Preferences of Older Patients and Their Families

Elderly patients often share control of their personal health information and decision making with family and friends when needed.

Jul 13, 2015
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Peer Mentoring for Male Parolees: A CBPR Pilot Study

This study demonstrated the feasibility and import of involving formerly incarcerated adults in the design, implementation, and testing of interventions intended to support their reintegration efforts.

Jul 7, 2015
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A Cluster Randomized Hybrid Type III Trial Testing an Implementation Support Strategy to Facilitate the Use of an Evidence-Based Practice in VA Homeless Programs

This paper presents a study protocol to evaluate the implementation of an evidence-based, co-occurring disorder treatment called Maintaining Independence and Sobriety Through Systems Integration, Outreach, and Networking--Veterans Edition (MISSION-Vet) in HUD-VASH using an implementation strategy called Getting To Outcomes (GTO).

Jun 4, 2015
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Comparing the Implementation of Team Approaches for Improving Diabetes Care in Community Health Centers

Our study suggests that a flexible approach to implementing health coaching is more important than fidelity to rigid models that do not allow for variable allocation of responsibilities across team members.

Dec 15, 2014
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Providing Smoking Cessation Programs to Homeless Youth: The Perspective of Service Providers

This paper presents data from interviews with service providers from 23 shelters and drop-in centers serving homeless youth in Los Angeles County about their current smoking cessation programming.

Oct 1, 2014
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Criminal Justice Costs of Prohibiting Marijuana in California

This chapter assesses these previous efforts and describes a bottom-up approach to estimate the criminal justice costs of prohibiting marijuana in California.

Jan 1, 2014
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Economic Burden of Childhood Autism Spectrum Disorders

Compared to their peers, children with autism spectrum disorders have higher annual costs for health care appointments and prescriptions ($3,000 on average) and non-health care costs ($17,000 on average), such as special education at school. Previous analyses underestimated this economic burden, particularly for school systems.

Jan 1, 2014
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Inpatient Fall Prevention Programs as a Patient Safety Strategy: A Systematic Review

The purpose of this updated review is to reassess the benefits and harms of fall prevention programs in acute care settings and to identify factors associated with successful implementation of these programs.

Mar 1, 2013
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Redesign of an Electronic Clinical Reminder to Prevent Falls in Older Adults

The authors redesigned an electronic clinical reminder to improve identification and management of Veterans at high risk for falls, and piloted the reminder in 3 Veterans Health Administration community-based outpatient clinics.

Mar 1, 2013
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Access to Leave Benefits for Primary Caregivers of Children with Special Health Care Needs: A Double Bind

We examined whether access to benefits varies by level of childcare responsibilities among employed parents of children with special health care needs (CSHCN).

Jan 1, 2013
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Fixing a Broken System: The Story of Autism, One State at a Time

This commentary presents an overview of the issues associated with how health plans and public Medicaid systems should share in the costs of assessing and treating children with autism.

Aug 1, 2012
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Legacy for Children: A Pair of Randomized Controlled Trials of a Public Health Model to Improve Developmental Outcomes Among Children in Poverty

The Legacy for Children(TM) model was developed in response to this need and marries the perspectives of epidemiology and public health to developmental psychology theory in order to better address the needs of children at environmental risk for poor developmental outcomes.

Aug 1, 2012
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Post-traumatic Stress Disorder in Vulnerable Populations

June is National PTSD Awareness Month and June 27th is PTSD Awareness Day, providing an opportunity to recognize the challenges faced by survivors of trauma who live with PTSD symptoms. RAND research is helping increase awareness about the disorder and inform policy about how to prevent and address it.

Jun 26, 2012

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Special Needs Populations

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Vulnerable Populations

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