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Related Research on Community Wellbeing

Project
What Does a Portrait of Community Stress Look Like?
Just as it does in the human body, stress can build in a community over time, making it harder to respond to future traumas and crises. Design studio Morcos Key created a powerful animation that depicts community stress—and what can be done to overcome it.
Nov 22, 2021
Testimony
Core Principles of Public Health Emergency Preparedness
Public health emergencies are defined by their consequences, not their causes. That means infectious disease outbreaks such as COVID-19 qualify, but so do some hurricanes and terrorist attacks. What can policymakers do to support effective public health emergency preparedness?
Mar 16, 2021
Multimedia
RAND Remote: Partnering with Communities on Puerto Rico Disaster Recovery
In this RAND Remote conversation, Marielena Lara and Gabriela Castro discuss the partnered approach they used to support reconstruction and recovery efforts in Puerto Rico in the aftermath of Hurricanes Irma and Maria.
Feb 25, 2021
Report
Predisaster Conditions, Hurricane Damage, and Recovery Needs in Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico was facing challenges and stressors prior to the 2017 hurricane season. A comprehensive assessment of those issues and the damage caused by Hurricane Maria and other 2017 storms identifies short- and longer-term needs for Puerto Rico to recover and to build resilience to future storms.
Sep 30, 2020
Report
Seismic Safety Upgrades May Cost California Hospitals Billions
California hospitals are required by law to reduce their buildings' risk of collapse by 2020 and to remain operational after an earthquake by 2030. Hospitals have to pay for the upgrades, which could cost between $34 billion and $143 billion statewide. One-third of California hospitals are already in some form of financial distress.
Mar 28, 2019
Research Brief
Middle Eastern Communities Can Resist Sectarianism
Sectarian violence in the Middle East has been destructive, but it is still the exception rather than the norm. Communities are generally resilient to the worst sectarian impulses. Lessons from Lebanon, Bahrain, Syria, and Iraq show that there are a range of actions that can curb sectarianism.
Jan 14, 2019
Report
Countering Sectarianism in the Middle East
Scholars and policymakers have sought to understand what drives sectarianism in the Middle East and its relationship to multiple conflicts. Far less attention has been focused on how communities inoculate themselves from sectarianism or recover from it.
Jan 14, 2019
Research Brief
Boosting Disaster Resilience Among Older Adults
Older adults are particularly vulnerable to natural disasters. This toolkit helps senior villages and other age-friendly communities promote disaster resilience among their residents.
Jan 26, 2018
Multimedia
Wellbeing and Quality of Life in Cambridge
RAND Europe experts and Jane Paterson-Todd, Chief Executive of Cambridge Ahead, discuss the Quality of Life Survey, which aimed to understand what the typical employee of a Cambridge business feels about their quality of life. The research was commissioned by Cambridge Ahead, a business and academic member group dedicated to the successful growth of Cambridge and its region in the long term.
Sep 30, 2017
Multimedia
Santa Monica's Wellbeing Project
RAND experts and Santa Monica city officials discuss the Wellbeing Project, which aimed to evaluate overall community wellbeing and incorporate these results into city planning and governance.
Sep 29, 2017
Tool
Community Resilience: LEARN and TELL Toolkit
The LEARN and TELL Community Resilience Toolkit teaches people about community resilience so that they can teach others and—ultimately—help their communities remain strong in the face of economic downturns, violence, weather-related disasters, and other community stressors.
Apr 24, 2015
Tool
Disaster Resilience Skills for Youth
This guide introduces high school youth to key principles of community resilience through youth-friendly talking points and a scavenger hunt game.
Apr 22, 2015
Project
Resilience in Action
Resilient communities withstand and recover from disasters. They also learn from past disasters to strengthen future recovery efforts. The Resilience in Action website offers toolkits, training, multimedia, newsletters, and other resources to help communities build and strengthen their resilience.
Jul 25, 2013
Multimedia
Adapting to Climate Change on the Coast: Lessons from Louisiana for Federal Policy
In this January 2013 Congressional Briefing, Jordan Fischbach discusses how RAND helped Louisiana develop its 2012 Coastal Master Plan and key lessons that can make other communities more resilient in the face of natural disasters.
Jan 23, 2013
Journal Article
Nongovernmental Resources to Support Disaster Preparedness, Response, and Recovery
The development of an assets framework which identifies relevant nongovernmental resources for disaster preparedness and response and assesses their availability at state and local levels found that the capacity of each sector to capture data needs strengthening.
Jan 1, 2013