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Sep 5, 2024

Using Longitudinal Surveillance of Unemployment Claims During Public Health Emergencies to Provide Timely and Granular Data on the Social Determinants of Health

We examined trends in unemployment overall and by gender, by race or ethnic group, and by their interaction for two public health emergencies (the COVID-19 pandemic and the 2020 California wildfires).

Joie D. Acosta, Laura J. Faherty, Margaret M. Weden
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An Assessment of Help Me Grow Western New York’s Progress Toward Strengthening Early Childhood Systems

In this report, the authors assess how Help Me Grow Western New York addresses the regional need for a comprehensive and coordinated system of early childhood development services and care.

Dana Schultz, Andrea Phillips, Anita Chandra, Emma Bianculli
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Aug 29, 2024

Help Me Grow Western New York: Toward a Robust Early Childhood System

This brief summarizes how the Help Me Grow Western New York initiative is bolstering a comprehensive and coordinated system of early childhood development services and care in the region and where there are opportunities for growth.

Dana Schultz, Andrea Phillips, Anita Chandra, Emma Bianculli
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Aug 19, 2024

Differential Associations of Depressive Symptomology to HIV Care Engagement Among Young Black Sexual Minority Men with HIV (YBSMM+) in the US South: A Multi-Group Analysis of Mood, Intimate Partner Violence, and Alcohol Use

We examined associations of specific depressive symptomology subtypes, anxiety, IPV, and alcohol use with HIV care engagement. Negative affect and somatic depression may be particularly salient for care engagement among men who binge drink often.

Stephen D. Ramos, Wilson Vincent, Daniel Siconolfi, Lance M. Pollack, Keith J. Horvath, Chadwick K. Campbell, Scott Tebbetts, Susan M. Kegeles, Erik D. Storholm
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Aug 19, 2024

What's in Your Dataset? Measuring Engagement in HIV Care Using Routinely Administered Items with a Population Disproportionately Burdened by HIV

This study demonstrated the potential psychometric strength of simple, feasible, commonly administered items assessing engagement in the HIV care continuum.

Wilson Vincent, Daniel Siconolfi, Lance M. Pollack, Chadwick K. Campbell, Susan M. Kegeles, Erik D. Storholm
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Aug 12, 2024

Motivational Network Intervention to Reduce Substance Use and Increase Supportive Connections for Emerging Adults in a Supportive Housing Program

We tested a social network and motivational interviewing intervention for transition-aged youth experiencing homelessness to reduce their substance use and strengthen prosocial connections. It was rated as acceptable and feasible with high fidelity.

David P. Kennedy, Karen Chan Osilla, Daniela Golinelli, Joan S. Tucker
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Aug 7, 2024

Enhancing Support for Asian American Communities Facing Hate Incidents: Community Survey Results from Los Angeles and New York City

The authors conducted a survey to provide community-based organizations with insights to enhance outreach and raise awareness of their services to Asian and Asian American people who have faced an increase in anti-Asian hate incidents.

Lu Dong, Jennifer Bouey, Grace Tang, Stacey Yi, Douglas Yeung, Rafiq Dossani, June Lim, Yannan Li, Steven Zhang
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Jul 22, 2024

Distilling the Fundamentals of Evidence-Based Public Health Policy

Public health policy interventions have historically driven many significant public health advancements. In this discussion, we outline the key characteristics and benefits that set these interventions apart from programmatic approaches.

Megan A. Kelly, Richard W. Puddy, Sameer M. Siddiqi, Christopher Nelson, Alexandra Ntazinda, James E. Kucik, Diane Hall, Christian T. Murray, Andrada Tomoaia-Cotisel
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Jul 15, 2024

Sleep Disturbance Mediates the Associations Between HIV Stigma and Mental and Physical Health Among Black Adults with HIV

Using longitudinal data from a sample of Black adults with HIV, the current study examined the associations between stigma and mental and physical health outcomes and how sleep disturbance may play a mediating role.

Lu Dong, Laura M. Bogart, Matt G. Mutchler, David J. Klein, Bonnie Ghosh-Dastidar, Sean Jamar Lawrence, Kathy Goggin, Glenn Wagner
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Family Structure and Children's Risk of Child Protective Services Re-Reports

This study examined how family structure and other family characteristics and Child Protective Services (CPS) indicators predicted CPS re-report.

Stacey L. Shipe, Kate Guastaferro, Lynsay Ayer, Jiyoung Lee, Christian M. Connell
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Jul 3, 2024

How State and Local Policies Affect Abortion Care: A Case Study in North Carolina

A RAND team conducted a case study of laws and policies post-Dobbs in North Carolina to better understand the policy landscape and gather perspectives from staff working in abortion facilities and support organizations.

Julia Rollison, Skye Miner, Maya Buenaventura, Maya Rabinowitz
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Jul 1, 2024

Banking the Unbanked: CalAccount Market Study and Feasibility Assessment

This report documents an analysis, conducted in response to the California Public Banking Option Act, of the feasibility of a program aimed at facilitating basic financial transactions for unbanked and underbanked Californians.

Jonathan W. Welburn, Robert Bozick, Maya Buenaventura, David Metz, Vegard M. Nygaard, Patricia K. Tong, Kelsey O'Hollaren, Jessie Coe, Jessie Wang, Lane F. Burgette, Katherine Burnham, Jim Mignano, Shannon Prier, Natalie Cox, Chandra Garber, Anujin Nergui, Kami Ehrich, Elizabeth Marsolais, Samuel Absher, George Zuo, Rakesh Pandey, Lily Hoak, Nicolas M. Robles, James Syme

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