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    Developing a Strategic Program for Chilean Health Information Technology (2023)
    RAND Corporation
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-02
    Description: As part of an effort to assist Chile in developing a strategic program to foster the development of the health information technology (health IT) sector over the next five to ten years, this report assesses the current state of health IT adoption and implementation in Chile, as well as the challenges and opportunities facing the sector over the coming years.
    Keywords: Health Sciences ; History ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHK History of the Americas ; thema EDItEUR::M Medicine and Nursing::MB Medicine: general issues ; thema EDItEUR::M Medicine and Nursing::MB Medicine: general issues::MBQ Medicolegal issues
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    Health Care Spending and Efficiency in the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (2023)
    RAND Corporation
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-04
    Description: This report shares an overview of the budget of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and focuses particularly on health care spending and the Veterans Health Administration (VHA), including makeup of the veteran population, available health coverage, patterns of use, and potential areas of improvement.
    Keywords: History ; Health Sciences ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHW Military history ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHK History of the Americas ; thema EDItEUR::M Medicine and Nursing::MQ Nursing and ancillary services
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    Effects of the Affordable Care Act on Consumer Health Care Spending and Risk of Catastrophic Health Costs (2023)
    RAND Corporation
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    Publication Date: 2023-10-05
    Description: This study examines the likely effects of the Affordable Care Act on average annual consumer health care spending and the risk of catastrophic medical costs. The analysis also considers how the decision to expand Medicaid would affect average annual consumer health spending and the risk of catastrophic medical costs for low-income individuals in two large states: Texas and Florida.
    Keywords: Health Sciences ; bic Book Industry Communication::M Medicine::MB Medicine: general issues::MBQ Medicolegal issues ; bic Book Industry Communication::M Medicine::MB Medicine: general issues::MBP Health systems & services::MBPR Medical insurance
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    Capacity Building at the Kurdistan Region Statistics Office Through Data Collection (2023)
    RAND Corporation
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-02
    Description: The Kurdistan Region of Iraq needs policy-relevant data to help improve infrastructure, encourage the private sector, attract foreign investment, and foster economic growth. The Kurdistan Region Statistics Office needs to build capacity to collect the data. RAND worked closely with the Office to build capacity by preparing, conducting, and analyzing the first round of a survey of the regional labor force.
    Keywords: History ; Sociology ; Law ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHG Middle Eastern history ; thema EDItEUR::L Law::LN Laws of specific jurisdictions and specific areas of law::LNH Employment and labour law: general ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHB Sociology::JHBC Social research and statistics
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    Learning from Experience (2023)
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    Publication Date: 2023-10-05
    Description: Describes the response of state and local health departments to outbreaks of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), monkeypox, West Nile virus, and hepatitis A that took place from 1999 to 2003. In general, public health agencies demonstrated a robust ability to implement the major components of response to a public health emergency. Researchers found that the most pervasive problem involved communication difficulties within public health agencies and with public health partners.
    Keywords: Health Sciences ; Sociology ; bic Book Industry Communication::M Medicine::MB Medicine: general issues::MBN Public health & preventive medicine::MBNS Epidemiology & medical statistics ; bic Book Industry Communication::M Medicine::MB Medicine: general issues::MBN Public health & preventive medicine ; bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JF Society & culture: general::JFF Social issues & processes::JFFH Illness & addiction: social aspects
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    Los Angeles County Juvenile Justice Crime Prevention Act (2023)
    RAND Corporation
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-02
    Description: California’s Juvenile Justice Crime Prevention Act provides funds for counties to offer evidence-based programs for high-need juvenile probationers and at-risk youth. This report, based on the annual report to the state legislature, outlines the program’s success for six outcome measures (completion of probation, restitution, and community service; arrests; probation violations; and incarcerations) and county-required supplemental outcomes.
    Keywords: Law ; History ; Political Science ; Sociology ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHK History of the Americas ; thema EDItEUR::L Law::LN Laws of specific jurisdictions and specific areas of law::LNF Criminal law: procedure and offences::LNFQ Juvenile criminal law ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JK Social services and welfare, criminology::JKS Social welfare and social services::JKSW Emergency services::JKSW1 Police and security services ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JK Social services and welfare, criminology::JKV Crime and criminology
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    Improving Dementia Long-Term Care (2023)
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-14
    Description: In 2010, 15 percent of Americans older than age 70 had dementia. By 2050, the number of new dementia cases among those 65 and older is expected to double. This blueprint outlines policy options to help decisionmakers improve dementia long-term services and supports (LTSS) by promoting earlier detection, improving access to LTSS, promoting person- and caregiver-centered care, supporting caregivers, and reducing dementia LTSS costs.
    Keywords: Public Health ; Psychology ; Health Sciences ; thema EDItEUR::V Health, Relationships and Personal development::VF Family and health::VFJ Coping with / advice about personal, social and health topics::VFJB Coping with / advice about illness and specific health conditions ; thema EDItEUR::M Medicine and Nursing::MK Medical specialties, branches of medicine::MKN Geriatric medicine ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JM Psychology::JMC Child, developmental and lifespan psychology
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    Foundations of the Islamic State (2023)
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-02
    Description: Drawing from 140 recently declassified documents, this report comprehensively examines the organization, territorial designs, management, personnel policies, and finances of the Islamic State of Iraq (ISI) and al-Qa‘ida in Iraq. Analysis of the Islamic State predecessor groups is more than a historical recounting. It provides significant understanding of how ISI evolved into the present-day Islamic State and how to combat the group.
    Keywords: Political Science ; History ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHG Middle Eastern history ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPW Political activism / Political engagement::JPWL Terrorism, armed struggle
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    Preschool Adequacy and Efficiency in California (2023)
    RAND Corporation
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    Publication Date: 2023-10-05
    Description: The California Preschool Study examined gaps in school readiness and achievement in the early grades among California children and the potential for high-quality preschool to close those gaps, the use of early care and education (ECE) services and their quality, and the system of publicly funded ECE programs for three- and four-year-olds. This analysis integrates the results from the prior studies and makes recommendations for preschool policy.
    Keywords: Sociology ; Management & Organizational Behavior ; Education ; bic Book Industry Communication::K Economics, finance, business & management::KJ Business & management::KJW Office & workplace::KJWX Working patterns & practices ; bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JN Education::JNF Educational strategies & policy ; bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JF Society & culture: general::JFS Social groups::JFSP Age groups::JFSP1 Age groups: children
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    Physical and Psychological Health Following Military Sexual Assault (2023)
    RAND Corporation
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    Publication Date: 2023-10-05
    Description: This paper reviews data on the prevalence of sexual assault among servicemembers, predictors of disclosure, efforts to improve disclosure, victim needs, and DoD efforts to provide necessary resources in the immediate aftermath of a sexual assault.
    Keywords: Health Sciences ; Management & Organizational Behavior ; bic Book Industry Communication::K Economics, finance, business & management::KJ Business & management::KJM Management & management techniques::KJMV Management of specific areas::KJMV2 Personnel & human resources management ; bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JF Society & culture: general::JFF Social issues & processes::JFFE Violence in society::JFFE3 Domestic violence ; bic Book Industry Communication::M Medicine::MB Medicine: general issues::MBQ Medicolegal issues
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    Assessment of the AHRQ Patient Safety Initiative (2023)
    RAND Corporation
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    Publication Date: 2023-10-05
    Description: Updates the policy context of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) patient safety initiative; documents the current priorities and activities undertaken; and assesses contributions of funded projects and dissemination actions to support adoption of evidence-based safe practices. Discusses implications for future AHRQ policy, programming, and research; suggests ways to strengthen AHRQ activities.
    Keywords: Health Sciences ; bic Book Industry Communication::M Medicine::MB Medicine: general issues::MBQ Medicolegal issues ; bic Book Industry Communication::M Medicine::MB Medicine: general issues::MBG Medical equipment & techniques::MBGR Medical research ; bic Book Industry Communication::M Medicine::MJ Clinical & internal medicine
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    A Toolkit for Implementing Parental Depression Screening, Referral, and Treatment Across Systems (2023)
    RAND Corporation
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-14
    Description: Many families experience the challenges of caregiver depression and early childhood developmental delays. This tool kit provides information and resources for implementing depression screening within the early intervention system, strengthening cross-system collaborations, and implementing relationship-based care that focuses on the parent-child relationship in the early intervention and behavioral health systems.
    Keywords: Psychology ; Health Sciences ; thema EDItEUR::V Health, Relationships and Personal development::VF Family and health::VFX Parenting: advice and issues ; thema EDItEUR::V Health, Relationships and Personal development::VF Family and health::VFX Parenting: advice and issues::VFXB Pregnancy, birth and baby care: advice and issues ; thema EDItEUR::M Medicine and Nursing::MQ Nursing and ancillary services ; thema EDItEUR::M Medicine and Nursing::MK Medical specialties, branches of medicine::MKD Paediatric medicine ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JM Psychology::JMP Abnormal psychology
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    The Role of Technology in Improving K-12 School Safety (2023)
    RAND Corporation
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    Publication Date: 2024-03-29
    Description: The report categorizes school safety technologies, noting the lack of research about school safety technology and summarizing the existing research on school violence; presents six case studies of innovative technologies used in schools; and summarizes experts’ views of technologies and safety problems, determined through interviews; and presents experts’ rankings of technology needs to improve school safety, produced during two day-long panels.
    Keywords: Sociology ; Law ; Psychology ; Education ; bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JN Education::JNF Educational strategies & policy ; bic Book Industry Communication::L Law::LN Laws of Specific jurisdictions::LNF Criminal law & procedure::LNFQ Juvenile criminal law ; bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JM Psychology::JMC Child & developmental psychology ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JN Education::JNF Educational strategies and policy ; thema EDItEUR::L Law::LN Laws of specific jurisdictions and specific areas of law::LNF Criminal law: procedure and offences::LNFQ Juvenile criminal law ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JM Psychology::JMC Child, developmental and lifespan psychology
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    Specialty Payment Model Opportunities and Assessment (2023)
    RAND Corporation
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-02
    Description: Gastroenterology and cardiology services are common and costly among Medicare beneficiaries. Episode-based payment models may offer a way to create incentives for high-quality, low-cost care. This report describes research related to the design of episode-based payment models for ambulatory gastroenterology and cardiology services for possible testing by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation.
    Keywords: Health Sciences ; History ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHK History of the Americas ; thema EDItEUR::M Medicine and Nursing::MB Medicine: general issues ; thema EDItEUR::M Medicine and Nursing::MB Medicine: general issues::MBP Health systems and services::MBPR Medical insurance
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    Making an Impact in the Kurdistan Region—Iraq (2023)
    RAND Corporation
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    Publication Date: 2023-10-05
    Description: This executive summary describes key results from four studies carried out by the RAND Corporation in Phase II of its work for the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG). RAND’s work aims to help the KRG expand access to high-quality technical and vocational education and training; improve access to, the quality of, and financing for health care; improve the private sector labor market; and prepare and conduct the Kurdistan Region Labor Force Survey.
    Keywords: History ; Business ; Health Sciences ; Management & Organizational Behavior ; bic Book Industry Communication::K Economics, finance, business & management::KC Economics::KCF Labour economics ; bic Book Industry Communication::K Economics, finance, business & management::KJ Business & management::KJM Management & management techniques ; bic Book Industry Communication::K Economics, finance, business & management::KJ Business & management::KJM Management & management techniques::KJMV Management of specific areas::KJMV2 Personnel & human resources management ; bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HB History::HBJ Regional & national history::HBJF Asian history::HBJF1 Middle Eastern history ; bic Book Industry Communication::M Medicine::MB Medicine: general issues::MBQ Medicolegal issues
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    The Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center Care Coordination Program (2023)
    RAND Corporation
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    Publication Date: 2023-10-05
    Description: Survivors of improvised explosive device attacks often have traumatic brain injuries (TBIs). Those recovering from TBIs often find they must coordinate services across multiple systems of care, something that would be difficult even without cognitive challenges. This report documents RAND’s assessment of a program designed to facilitate care coordination for such individuals.
    Keywords: Health Sciences ; bic Book Industry Communication::M Medicine::MB Medicine: general issues::MBQ Medicolegal issues ; bic Book Industry Communication::M Medicine::MJ Clinical & internal medicine::MJN Neurology & clinical neurophysiology ; bic Book Industry Communication::M Medicine::MB Medicine: general issues::MBG Medical equipment & techniques::MBGR Medical research
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    Evaluation of the SAMHSA Primary and Behavioral Health Care Integration (PBHCI) Grant Program (2023)
    RAND Corporation
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    Publication Date: 2024-03-31
    Description: Primary and Behavioral Health Care Integration (PBHCI) is intended to improve the overall wellness of people with serious mental illness by providing integrated health care services in a setting where the population already receives care. This report describes the results of RAND’s evaluation of the PBHCI grants program, including how grantee programs were implemented, whether the program leads to improvements in outcomes, and which program models and features lead to better processes of care and consumer outcomes.
    Keywords: Health Sciences ; Psychology ; thema EDItEUR::M Medicine and Nursing::MB Medicine: general issues::MBP Health systems and services ; thema EDItEUR::M Medicine and Nursing::MB Medicine: general issues::MBN Public health and preventive medicine ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JM Psychology ; thema EDItEUR::V Health, Relationships and Personal development::VF Family and health::VFJ Coping with / advice about personal, social and health topics
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    Standards-Based Accountability Under No Child Left Behind (2023)
    RAND Corporation
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    Publication Date: 2023-10-05
    Description: Since 2001-2002, standards-based accountability provisions of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 have shaped the work of public school teachers and administrators in the United States. This book sheds light on how accountability policies have been translated into actions at the district, school, and classroom levels in three states.
    Keywords: Sociology ; Education ; bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JN Education::JNF Educational strategies & policy ; bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JF Society & culture: general::JFS Social groups::JFSP Age groups::JFSP1 Age groups: children
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    Supporting the Mental Health Needs of Veterans in the Metro Detroit Area (2023)
    RAND Corporation
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    Publication Date: 2023-10-05
    Description: Over the past decade, the government has expanded funding and services to meet increasing demand for improved veteran access to high-quality mental health services. This report describes findings from a study designed to gather information on mental health–related needs facing veterans in the Detroit metropolitan area to identify gaps in the support landscape and inform future investments for community-level resources to fill the identified gaps.
    Keywords: Health Sciences ; Management & Organizational Behavior ; History ; Psychology ; bic Book Industry Communication::K Economics, finance, business & management::KJ Business & management::KJM Management & management techniques::KJMV Management of specific areas::KJMV2 Personnel & human resources management ; bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JW Warfare & defence::JWX Other warfare & defence issues::JWXV Military veterans ; bic Book Industry Communication::M Medicine::MQ Nursing & ancillary services ; bic Book Industry Communication::M Medicine::MB Medicine: general issues::MBQ Medicolegal issues ; bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JM Psychology::JMP Abnormal psychology
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    Evaluating chronic disease management (2023)
    RAND Corporation
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-02
    Description: This report outlines choices, options and trade-offs to policymakers, programme operators and researchers interested in the evaluation of chronic disease management. It is based on analyses undertaken within the DISMEVAL project.
    Keywords: Health Sciences ; History ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHD European history ; thema EDItEUR::M Medicine and Nursing::MB Medicine: general issues::MBG Medical equipment and techniques::MBGR Medical research
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    The Future of Driving in Developing Countries (2023)
    RAND Corporation
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-14
    Description: The level of automobility, defined as travel in personal vehicles, varies quite substantially between countries even at similar levels of economic development. Researchers sought to determine the factors besides economic development that affect automobility, their influence on automobility, and what would happen to automobility in developing countries if they progress along similar paths as developed countries.
    Keywords: Technology ; Sociology ; Transportation Studies ; thema EDItEUR::U Computing and Information Technology::UN Databases::UNA Database design and theory ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHB Sociology::JHBC Social research and statistics ; thema EDItEUR::W Lifestyle, Hobbies and Leisure::WG Transport: general interest::WGC Road and motor vehicles: general interest ; thema EDItEUR::W Lifestyle, Hobbies and Leisure::WG Transport: general interest::WGC Road and motor vehicles: general interest::WGCF Buses, trams and commercial vehicles: general interest
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    Building Community Resilience to Disasters (2023)
    RAND Corporation
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    Publication Date: 2023-10-05
    Description: Community resilience, or the sustained ability of a community to withstand and recover from adversity, has become a key policy issue. This report provides a roadmap for federal, state, and local leaders who are developing plans to enhance community resilience for health security threats and describes options for building community resilience in key areas.
    Keywords: Political Science ; Health Sciences ; Sociology ; bic Book Industry Communication::M Medicine::MB Medicine: general issues::MBN Public health & preventive medicine ; bic Book Industry Communication::R Earth sciences, geography, environment, planning::RP Regional & area planning ; bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JF Society & culture: general::JFF Social issues & processes::JFFC Social impact of disasters
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    After Saddam (2023)
    RAND Corporation
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    Publication Date: 2024-03-29
    Description: This monograph examines prewar planning efforts for the reconstruction of postwar Iraq. It then examines the role of U.S. military forces after major combat officially ended on May 1, 2003, through June 2004. Finally, it examines civilian efforts at reconstruction, focusing on the activities of the Coalition Provisional Authority and its efforts to rebuild structures of governance, security forces, economic policy, and essential services.
    Keywords: Technology ; Political Science ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPV Political control and freedoms ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPW Political activism / Political engagement::JPWL Terrorism, armed struggle ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TT Other technologies and applied sciences::TTM Military engineering
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    The Challenge of Domestic Intelligence in a Free Society (2023)
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    Publication Date: 2024-03-29
    Description: Whether U.S. terrorism-prevention efforts match the threat continues to be central in policy debate. Part of this debate is whether the United States needs a dedicated domestic counterterrorism intelligence agency. This book examines such an agency's possible capability, comparing its potential effectiveness with that of current efforts, and its acceptability to the public, as well as various balances and trade-offs involved.
    Keywords: Political Science ; Technology ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPS International relations ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPW Political activism / Political engagement::JPWL Terrorism, armed struggle ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TB Technology: general issues
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    Reparable Harm (2023)
    RAND Corporation
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    Publication Date: 2024-03-29
    Description: The summary discusses some of the greatest disparities for boys and men of color relative to their white counterparts across specific socioeconomic, health, safety, and school readiness indicators in California and provides information about different strategies for reducing the disparities--including effective programs, practices, and policies--that can begin making an important difference in changing the life course of boys and men of color.
    Keywords: Sociology ; Health Sciences ; Education ; bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JN Education::JNF Educational strategies & policy ; bic Book Industry Communication::M Medicine::MB Medicine: general issues::MBQ Medicolegal issues ; bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JF Society & culture: general::JFS Social groups::JFSP Age groups::JFSP1 Age groups: children ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JN Education::JNF Educational strategies and policy ; thema EDItEUR::M Medicine and Nursing::MB Medicine: general issues::MBQ Medicolegal issues ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBS Social groups, communities and identities::JBSP Age groups and generations::JBSP1 Age groups: children
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    The Lessons of Mumbai (2023)
    RAND Corporation
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    Publication Date: 2024-03-29
    Description: This study of the Mumbai, India, terrorist attack of November 2008 identifies the operational and tactical capabilities displayed by the terrorists and evaluates the response of the Indian security forces, with the goal of helping counterterrorism authorities in India and elsewhere to prepare for or counter future terrorist attacks on urban centers.
    Keywords: Political Science ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPS International relations ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPW Political activism / Political engagement::JPWL Terrorism, armed struggle
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    Hospice Experience of Care Survey (2023)
    RAND Corporation
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-01
    Description: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) plans to implement a new Hospice Experience of Care Survey. This report describes the survey development process, the field test design and procedures, analytic methods and findings from the field test, and the final survey instrument for national implementation.
    Keywords: Health Sciences ; Sociology ; thema EDItEUR::M Medicine and Nursing::MQ Nursing and ancillary services ; thema EDItEUR::M Medicine and Nursing::MQ Nursing and ancillary services::MQC Nursing::MQCH Nurse / patient relationship ; thema EDItEUR::M Medicine and Nursing::MJ Clinical and internal medicine ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHB Sociology::JHBC Social research and statistics
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    Rethinking Coordination of Services to Refugees in Urban Areas (2023)
    RAND Corporation
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-02
    Description: This study analyzes coordination of international and national entities managing the Syrian refugee response in urban areas in Jordan and Lebanon and provides recommendations on improving coordination strategies and practices. It presents a new framework for planning, evaluating, and managing refugee crises in urban settings, both in the Syrian refugee crisis as well as other such situations going forward.
    Keywords: History ; Political Science ; Sociology ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHG Middle Eastern history ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPS International relations ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues::JBFH Migration, immigration and emigration ; thema EDItEUR::5 Interest qualifiers::5P Relating to specific groups and cultures or social and cultural interests::5PB Relating to peoples: ethnic groups, indigenous peoples, cultures and other groupings of people::5PBC Relating to migrant groups / diaspora communities or peoples
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    Small Ships in Theater Security Cooperation (2023)
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    Publication Date: 2024-03-29
    Description: The authors evaluate the use of small ships in theater security cooperation (TSC). They provide the U.S. Navy with a concept of operation for small ships in TSC, necessary small ship characteristics, a survey of suitable ships, and recommendations for increasing the effectiveness of TSC operations conducted with a small vessel. The report concludes that, with a mothership, the PC-1 Cyclone Class would be fully capable for use in TSC.
    Keywords: Political Science ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPS International relations ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JW Warfare and defence ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPW Political activism / Political engagement::JPWL Terrorism, armed struggle
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    RAND Suicide Prevention Program Evaluation Toolkit (2023)
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    Publication Date: 2023-10-05
    Description: Evaluating suicide prevention programs can be challenging because suicide is a rare event and prevention programs are often complex and multifaceted. The RAND Suicide Prevention Program Evaluation Toolkit uses checklists, worksheets, and templates to help program staff design an evaluation that is appropriate for their program type, available resources, and expertise and offers guidance on analyzing the resulting data to inform improvements.
    Keywords: Psychology ; Health Sciences ; bic Book Industry Communication::M Medicine::MB Medicine: general issues::MBQ Medicolegal issues ; bic Book Industry Communication::M Medicine::MM Other branches of medicine ; bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JM Psychology
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    Individual disengagement from Al Qa'ida-influenced terrorist groups (2023)
    RAND Corporation
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    Publication Date: 2024-03-29
    Description: This project reviewed available evidence on factors associated with exit from violent extremist groups and the effectiveness of interventions to encourage individuals to leave such groups, to inform the UK counterterrorism strategy.
    Keywords: Political Science ; Sociology ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPW Political activism / Political engagement::JPWL Terrorism, armed struggle ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JK Social services and welfare, criminology::JKV Crime and criminology
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    Democratization in the Arab World (2023)
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-02
    Description: Daunting challenges lie ahead for Arab countries where revolutions have upended longstanding authoritarian regimes. This monograph aims to help policymakers understand the challenges ahead, form well-founded expectations, shape diplomatic approaches, and take practical steps to foster positive change.
    Keywords: Political Science ; Sociology ; History ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHG Middle Eastern history ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPS International relations ; thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GT Interdisciplinary studies::GTP Development studies
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    Behavioral Fitness and Resilience (2023)
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    Publication Date: 2023-10-05
    Description: This report is one of a series designed to support Air Force leaders in promoting resilience among its Airmen, civilian employees, and Air Force families. It examines the relationship between behavioral fitness and resilience, using key constructs found in the scientific literature that relate to sleep, alcohol use, and tobacco use.
    Keywords: Population Studies ; Health Sciences ; Management & Organizational Behavior ; History ; bic Book Industry Communication::K Economics, finance, business & management::KJ Business & management::KJM Management & management techniques::KJMV Management of specific areas::KJMV2 Personnel & human resources management ; bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JW Warfare & defence::JWG Air forces & warfare ; bic Book Industry Communication::M Medicine::MQ Nursing & ancillary services ; bic Book Industry Communication::M Medicine::MB Medicine: general issues::MBN Public health & preventive medicine ; bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JH Sociology & anthropology::JHB Sociology::JHBD Population & demography
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    Access to Behavioral Health Care for Geographically Remote Service Members and Dependents in the U.S. (2023)
    RAND Corporation
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    Publication Date: 2023-10-05
    Description: Concerns about access to behavioral health care for military service members and their dependents living in geographically remote locations prompted research into how many in this population are remote and the effects of this distance on their use of behavioral health care. The authors conducted geospatial and longitudinal analyses to answer these questions and reviewed current policies and programs to determine barriers and possible solutions.
    Keywords: Management & Organizational Behavior ; Health Sciences ; Psychology ; bic Book Industry Communication::K Economics, finance, business & management::KJ Business & management::KJM Management & management techniques::KJMV Management of specific areas::KJMV2 Personnel & human resources management ; bic Book Industry Communication::M Medicine::MB Medicine: general issues::MBQ Medicolegal issues ; bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JM Psychology
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    Military Caregivers (2023)
    RAND Corporation
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-01
    Description: Military caregivers are an essential part of our nation’s ability to care for returning wounded warriors. Far too often, their own needs are neglected. The RAND Corporation and the Elizabeth Dole Foundation lay the groundwork to inform policy and program development relative to the needs of military caregivers that often differ from the needs of the general caregiving population.
    Keywords: Health Sciences ; thema EDItEUR::M Medicine and Nursing::MQ Nursing and ancillary services ; thema EDItEUR::M Medicine and Nursing::MK Medical specialties, branches of medicine::MKJ Neurology and clinical neurophysiology
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    Interventions to Reduce Mental Health Stigma and Discrimination (2023)
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    Publication Date: 2023-10-05
    Description: A number of programs aim to reduce the stigma and discrimination associated with mental illness, and they can include a variety of components such as training, education, media campaigns, and contact with people with mental illness. Stigma and discrimination reduction activities are evaluated in this report, using evidence from an extensive literature review.
    Keywords: Health Sciences ; Psychology ; bic Book Industry Communication::M Medicine::MB Medicine: general issues::MBQ Medicolegal issues ; bic Book Industry Communication::M Medicine::MB Medicine: general issues::MBN Public health & preventive medicine ; bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JM Psychology
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    Effects of Stigma and Discrimination Reduction Trainings Conducted Under the California Mental Health Services Authority (2023)
    RAND Corporation
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-02
    Description: This paper evaluates the short-term outcomes of students attending the National Alliance on Mental Illness’ Ending the Silence presentations, delivered across three high schools in a Northern California school district.
    Keywords: Psychology ; History ; Sociology ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHK History of the Americas ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JM Psychology ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHB Sociology::JHBC Social research and statistics
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    Assessment of the AHRQ Patient Safety Initiative (2023)
    RAND Corporation
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    Publication Date: 2023-10-05
    Description: Updates the policy context of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) patient safety initiative; documents the current priorities and activities undertaken; and assesses contributions of health information technology projects and dissemination actions to support adoption of evidence-based safe practices. Discusses implications for future AHRQ policy, programming, and research; suggests ways to strengthen AHRQ activities.
    Keywords: Health Sciences ; Management & Organizational Behavior ; Technology ; Political Science ; bic Book Industry Communication::K Economics, finance, business & management::KJ Business & management::KJM Management & management techniques::KJMV Management of specific areas::KJMV2 Personnel & human resources management ; bic Book Industry Communication::M Medicine::MB Medicine: general issues::MBQ Medicolegal issues ; bic Book Industry Communication::M Medicine::MB Medicine: general issues::MBG Medical equipment & techniques::MBGR Medical research ; bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JP Politics & government::JPQ Central government::JPQB Central government policies ; bic Book Industry Communication::T Technology, engineering, agriculture::TB Technology: general issues
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    Pre-Deployment Stress, Mental Health, and Help-Seeking Behaviors Among Marines (2023)
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    Publication Date: 2024-03-31
    Description: As part of an evaluation of the Marine Corps Operational Stress Control and Readiness (OSCAR) program, this report describes the methods and findings of a large survey of marines who were preparing for a deployment to Iraq or Afghanistan in 2010 or 2011. The results are among the first to shed light on the pre-deployment mental health status of marines, as well as the social resources they draw on when coping with stress and their attitudes about seeking help for stress-related problems.
    Keywords: Health Sciences ; Technology ; Psychology ; thema EDItEUR::M Medicine and Nursing::MB Medicine: general issues::MBQ Medicolegal issues ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JM Psychology ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TT Other technologies and applied sciences::TTM Military engineering
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    Making Sense of Test-Based Accountability in Education (2023)
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    Publication Date: 2023-10-05
    Description: Test-based accountability systems that attach high stakes to standardized test results have raised a number of issues on educational assessment and accountability. Do these high-stakes tests measure student achievement accurately? How can policymakers and educators attach the right consequences to the results of these tests? And what kinds of tradeoffs do these testing policies introduce? This book responds to the growing emphasis on high-stakes testing and offers recommendations for more-effective test-based accountability systems.
    Keywords: Education ; Sociology ; bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JN Education::JNK Organization & management of education::JNKD Examinations & assessment ; bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JN Education::JNF Educational strategies & policy ; bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JF Society & culture: general::JFS Social groups::JFSP Age groups::JFSP1 Age groups: children
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    Evaluating the California Mental Health Services Authority's Suicide Prevention Initiative (2023)
    RAND Corporation
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-02
    Description: California’s Mental Health Services Act of 2004 mandates the state and counties to develop mental health prevention and early intervention services and education. This document summarizes first-year findings from an ongoing evaluation of one element of that program, an initiative to prevent suicide.
    Keywords: Psychology ; History ; Health Sciences ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHK History of the Americas ; thema EDItEUR::M Medicine and Nursing::MK Medical specialties, branches of medicine ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JM Psychology
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    Medicines as a Service (2023)
    RAND Corporation
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-01
    Description: The pharmaceutical industry can reconfigure its considerable resources to develop innovative and meaningful business models that are based on services that improve access and adherence to prescription drugs for common chronic conditions. Such innovation beyond drug development is consistent with the core capabilities of large pharmaceutical companies and has the potential to achieve profit levels similar to those of its traditional models.
    Keywords: Health Sciences ; thema EDItEUR::M Medicine and Nursing::MK Medical specialties, branches of medicine::MKG Pharmacology
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    In the Name of Entrepreneurship? (2023)
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    Publication Date: 2024-03-30
    Description: What are the differential effects of regulation and policy on small businesses? What is the impact of special regulatory treatment for small businesses? This book sheds light on these issues through analysis of the regulatory and public policy environment with regard to small businesses, including focused studies in four key areas: health insurance, workplace safety, corporate governance, and business organization.
    Keywords: Law ; Health Sciences ; Political Science
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    The Global Threat of New and Reemerging Infectious Diseases (2023)
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    Publication Date: 2024-03-31
    Description: This study offers a more comprehensive analysis of the security implications of the spread of infectious diseases than has been done to date. The study examines the impact of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in South Africa, highlighting this particular crisis as a graphic example of the devastating effects that infectious disease can have on virtually every aspect of a state's functioning viability. It also makes a detailed analysis of the United States, delineating the threat posed by specific diseases; assessing the effectiveness of the existing public health infrastructure; and offering specific actions that can be taken to improve the country's ability to meet this emerging challenge. ISBN: 0-8330-3293-3 Price: $20.00 Est. page count: last roman--xvii
    Keywords: Political Science ; Health Sciences ; thema EDItEUR::M Medicine and Nursing::MJ Clinical and internal medicine::MJC Diseases and disorders::MJCJ Infectious and contagious diseases ; thema EDItEUR::M Medicine and Nursing::MB Medicine: general issues::MBQ Medicolegal issues ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPW Political activism / Political engagement::JPWL Terrorism, armed struggle
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    Focus on the Wonder Years (2023)
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    Publication Date: 2023-10-05
    Description: Young teens undergo multiple changes that seem to set them apart from other students. But do middle schools actually meet their special needs? The authors describe some of the challenges and offer ways to tackle them, such as reassessing the organization of grades K-12; specifically assisting the students most in need; finding ways to prevent disciplinary problems; and helping parents understand how they can help their children learn at home.
    Keywords: Education ; Sociology ; bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JN Education::JNF Educational strategies & policy ; bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JF Society & culture: general::JFS Social groups::JFSP Age groups::JFSP1 Age groups: children
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    Hazing in the U.S. Armed Forces (2023)
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    Publication Date: 2023-10-05
    Description: This report documents research focused on helping the Department of Defense build a more-systematic approach to hazing prevention and response. The report documents theory and research on the root causes of hazing and findings and recommendations regarding how best to define hazing, practices to prevent and respond to incidents of hazing, and how the armed forces can improve the tracking of hazing incidents.
    Keywords: Business ; Management & Organizational Behavior ; Sociology ; bic Book Industry Communication::K Economics, finance, business & management::KJ Business & management::KJM Management & management techniques::KJMV Management of specific areas::KJMV2 Personnel & human resources management ; bic Book Industry Communication::K Economics, finance, business & management::KJ Business & management::KJW Office & workplace::KJWX Working patterns & practices ; bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JF Society & culture: general::JFF Social issues & processes::JFFE Violence in society
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    Assessing the Role of State and Local Public Health in Outreach and Enrollment for Expanded Coverage (2023)
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    Publication Date: 2023-10-05
    Description: Part of a series highlighting innovative models and best practices for leveraging local health departments’ involvement in Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act outreach and enrollment, this report describes a case study on Boston and Massachusetts that captures nuanced differences in how health departments support these efforts, identifies facilitators and barriers to these approaches, and develop lessons learned from these activities.
    Keywords: Health Sciences ; History ; Business ; bic Book Industry Communication::K Economics, finance, business & management::KF Finance & accounting::KFF Finance::KFFN Insurance & actuarial studies ; bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HB History::HBJ Regional & national history::HBJK History of the Americas ; bic Book Industry Communication::M Medicine::MB Medicine: general issues::MBQ Medicolegal issues ; bic Book Industry Communication::M Medicine::MB Medicine: general issues::MBN Public health & preventive medicine
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    Early and School-Age Care in Santa Monica (2023)
    RAND Corporation
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    Publication Date: 2024-03-29
    Description: In July 2012, the City of Santa Monica Human Services Division and the Santa Monica–Malibu Unified School District contracted with the RAND Corporation to conduct an assessment of child care programs in Santa Monica. The project sought to assess how well Santa Monica’s early and school-age care programs meet the needs of families. Recommendations for improvement focused on advancing access, quality, service delivery, and financial sustainability.
    Keywords: History ; Education ; Sociology ; bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JN Education::JNK Organization & management of education ; bic Book Industry Communication::V Health & personal development::VF Family & health::VFX Advice on parenting::VFXB Pregnancy, birth & baby care ; bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HB History::HBJ Regional & national history::HBJK History of the Americas ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JN Education::JNK Educational administration and organization ; thema EDItEUR::V Health, Relationships and Personal development::VF Family and health::VFX Parenting: advice and issues::VFXB Pregnancy, birth and baby care: advice and issues ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHK History of the Americas
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    Faith-Based Organizations and Veteran Reintegration (2023)
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    Publication Date: 2024-03-29
    Description: Faith-based organizations (FBOs) are an important resource for veterans as they readjust to civilian life. Interviews show that FBOs not only help veterans with spiritual matters but address diverse areas of veteran health and well-being. Although FBO reintegration support is unique and even preferred at times, there are limits to what they can do. This report suggests ways to better integrate them into the web of support.
    Keywords: History ; Health Sciences ; Religion ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JW Warfare and defence::JWX Other warfare and defence issues::JWXV Military veterans ; thema EDItEUR::M Medicine and Nursing::MQ Nursing and ancillary services ; thema EDItEUR::M Medicine and Nursing::MB Medicine: general issues::MBN Public health and preventive medicine ; thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs::QRA Religion: general::QRAM Religious issues and debates::QRAM2 Religion and politics
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    Methodology of the 2016 RAND Presidential Election Panel Survey (PEPS) (2023)
    RAND Corporation
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    Publication Date: 2024-03-29
    Description: The 2016 RAND Presidential Election Panel Survey uses the American Life Panel (ALP) to study voting intentions, public opinion, and voter behavior. This document provides a detailed description of our methodology.
    Keywords: Sociology ; Political Science ; bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JP Politics & government ; bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JP Politics & government::JPQ Central government::JPQB Central government policies ; bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JH Sociology & anthropology::JHB Sociology::JHBC Social research & statistics ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPQ Central / national / federal government::JPQB Central / national / federal government policies ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHB Sociology::JHBC Social research and statistics
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    Evaluation of the Medicare-DoD Subvention Demonstration (2023)
    RAND Corporation
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-04
    Description: The Medicare-Department of Defense (DoD) Subvention Demonstration tested Senior Prime as a managed care approach for enhancing access to affordable health care for Medicare-eligible DoD beneficiaries. The authors found that while Senior Prime achieved solid beneficiary participation and satisfaction, it also raised a difficult set of challenges involved in applying managed care to the DoD health care system.
    Keywords: Health Sciences ; History ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHW Military history ; thema EDItEUR::M Medicine and Nursing::MB Medicine: general issues::MBQ Medicolegal issues ; thema EDItEUR::M Medicine and Nursing::MB Medicine: general issues::MBP Health systems and services::MBPR Medical insurance
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    Exploring the Addition of Physician Identifiers to the California Hospital Discharge Data Set (2023)
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-02
    Description: To advance consideration of whether California should collect and release physician-identified data, RAND conducted a study to explore issues associated with requiring the inclusion of physician identifiers in the California hospital discharge data set and the potential use of physician-identified data by the state and/or release to others.
    Keywords: Health Sciences ; History ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHK History of the Americas ; thema EDItEUR::M Medicine and Nursing::MB Medicine: general issues::MBD Medical profession ; thema EDItEUR::M Medicine and Nursing::MJ Clinical and internal medicine
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    Reintegrating Afghan Insurgents (2023)
    RAND Corporation
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-02
    Description: Examines reintegrating Taliban and other insurgents into their local communities in Afghanistan and outlines steps to facilitate that reintegration process. The author discusses the factors that increase the likelihood of reintegrating fighters and the key options for fighters as they consider reintegration. Finally, he outlines operational and tactical steps that should be taken when insurgents consider reintegration.
    Keywords: Political Science ; History ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHF Asian history ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPW Political activism / Political engagement::JPWL Terrorism, armed struggle
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    Provider-Level Risk-Adjusted Quality Measurement for Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities (2023)
    RAND Corporation
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    Publication Date: 2023-10-05
    Description: Quality metrics play an increasingly important role in the evaluation and reimbursement of post-acute providers. This report develops risk-adjusted quality measures at the provider level for inpatient rehabilitation facilities (IRFs), explores methods to address low case volume, and uses these metrics to estimate national trends in IRF quality from 2004 to 2009.
    Keywords: Health Sciences ; bic Book Industry Communication::M Medicine::MB Medicine: general issues::MBP Health systems & services ; bic Book Industry Communication::M Medicine::MB Medicine: general issues::MBN Public health & preventive medicine
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    An Argument for Documenting Casualties (2023)
    RAND Corporation
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    Publication Date: 2024-03-29
    Description: This study examines available open-source data on Iraqi civilian fatalities and assesses problems associated with previous collection efforts. The authors present a new and more robust RAND Corporation Iraqi civilian violence dataset from which they derive observations about trends in targeting and weapons in 2006. These findings lead to a proposed framework for future civilian fatality data-collection efforts in Iraq and beyond.
    Keywords: Political Science ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JW Warfare and defence ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPW Political activism / Political engagement::JPWL Terrorism, armed struggle
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    Improving the Deployment of Army Health Care Professionals (2023)
    RAND Corporation
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    Publication Date: 2024-03-29
    Description: The Army Medical Department uses the Professional Filler System (PROFIS) to manage the deployment of health care professionals and their assignment to military treatment facilities when not deployed. This report describes the functionality of PROFIS in the current operating environment of ongoing deployments and assesses potential modifications and improvements to the system.
    Keywords: Health Sciences ; History ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JW Warfare and defence::JWK Military and defence strategy ; thema EDItEUR::M Medicine and Nursing::MB Medicine: general issues::MBP Health systems and services ; thema EDItEUR::M Medicine and Nursing::MB Medicine: general issues::MBQ Medicolegal issues
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    Occupying Iraq (2023)
    RAND Corporation
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    Publication Date: 2024-03-29
    Description: Focuses on the activities of the Coalition Provisional Authority during the first year of the occupation of Iraq. Based on interviews and nearly 100,000 never-before-released documents from CPA archives, the book recounts and evaluates the efforts of the United States and its coalition partners to restore public services, counter a burgeoning insurgency, and create the basis for representative government.
    Keywords: Political Science ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPS International relations ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JW Warfare and defence ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPW Political activism / Political engagement::JPWL Terrorism, armed struggle
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    How Civil Institutions Build Resilience (2023)
    RAND Corporation
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    Publication Date: 2024-03-29
    Description: In an effort to support U.S. Air Force space community resilience objectives, researchers conducted a review of the academic literature defining and describing resiliency in various domains, and case-study reports about how organizations build resilient missions. This report summarizes key findings from this review that have broad application to organizations seeking to enhance resilience, which includes the space community.
    Keywords: Population Studies ; Political Science ; History ; Sociology ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JW Warfare and defence::JWC Military forces and sectors::JWCM Air forces and warfare ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPV Political control and freedoms ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHB Sociology::JHBD Population and demography ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues::JBFF Social impact of disasters / accidents (natural or man-made)
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    Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment in the U.S. Military (2023)
    RAND Corporation
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    Publication Date: 2023-10-05
    Description: The Department of Defense Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Office asked the RAND Corporation to independently assess rates of sexual assault, sexual harassment, and gender discrimination in the military. This volume presents the results of methodological investigations into sources of potential bias in estimates produced from the 2014 RAND Military Workplace Study for active- and reserve-component members in the U.S. military.
    Keywords: Management & Organizational Behavior ; Sociology ; bic Book Industry Communication::K Economics, finance, business & management::KJ Business & management::KJM Management & management techniques::KJMV Management of specific areas::KJMV2 Personnel & human resources management ; bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JF Society & culture: general::JFF Social issues & processes::JFFJ Social discrimination & inequality ; bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JF Society & culture: general::JFF Social issues & processes::JFFE Violence in society::JFFE2 Sexual abuse & harassment
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    Stray Dogs and Virtual Armies (2023)
    RAND Corporation
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    Publication Date: 2024-03-29
    Description: Since 9/11, "homegrown terrorists" have planned or implemented terrorist activities, supported others' terrorist activities, or become radicalized in the United States and traveled abroad to conduct activities against other countries or the United States. This paper examines the cases of homegrown terrorism, highlights lessons learned from those cases that suggest future actions, and includes a chronology of terrorist events in the United States.
    Keywords: Political Science ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPS International relations ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPW Political activism / Political engagement::JPWL Terrorism, armed struggle
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    Patient Privacy, Consent, and Identity Management in Health Information Exchange (2023)
    RAND Corporation
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    Publication Date: 2023-10-05
    Description: As a step toward improving its health information technology (IT) interoperability, the Military Health System is seeking to develop a research roadmap to better coordinate health IT research efforts, address IT capability gaps, and reduce programmatic risk for its enterprise projects. This report identifies gaps in research, policy, and practice involving patient privacy, consent, and identity management that need to be addressed to improve the quality and efficiency of care through health information exchange.
    Keywords: Health Sciences ; bic Book Industry Communication::M Medicine::MB Medicine: general issues::MBG Medical equipment & techniques ; bic Book Industry Communication::M Medicine::MB Medicine: general issues::MBQ Medicolegal issues ; bic Book Industry Communication::M Medicine::MB Medicine: general issues::MBF Medical bioinformatics
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    Effects of Stigma and Discrimination Reduction Trainings Conducted Under the California Mental Health Services Authority (2023)
    RAND Corporation
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-02
    Description: Describes the methods and results of a RAND evaluation of stigma and discrimination reduction trainings delivered by two program partners, Disability Rights California and Mental Health America of California.
    Keywords: Psychology ; History ; Sociology ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHK History of the Americas ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JM Psychology ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHB Sociology::JHBC Social research and statistics
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    American Public Support for U.S. Military Operations from Mogadishu to Baghdad (2023)
    RAND Corporation
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    Publication Date: 2024-03-29
    Description: The support of the American public is widely held to be a critical prerequisite for undertaking military action abroad. This monograph describes American public opinion toward wars and other large military operations over the last decade, to delineate the sources of support and opposition for each war or operation, to identify the principal fault lines in support, and to illuminate those factors that are consistent predictors of support for and opposition to military operations.
    Keywords: Sociology ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHB Sociology
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    Transforming Systems for Parental Depression and Early Childhood Developmental Delays (2023)
    RAND Corporation
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-14
    Description: The Helping Families Raise Healthy Children initiative addressed depression among parents of children with early childhood developmental delays, aligning the early intervention and behavioral health systems with a focus on relationship-based care. The initiative focused on identification of at-risk families, referral, and engagement in services that addressed the needs of parents and young children in the context of their relationship.
    Keywords: Health Sciences ; Psychology ; Sociology ; thema EDItEUR::V Health, Relationships and Personal development::VF Family and health::VFX Parenting: advice and issues ; thema EDItEUR::V Health, Relationships and Personal development::VF Family and health::VFX Parenting: advice and issues::VFXB Pregnancy, birth and baby care: advice and issues ; thema EDItEUR::M Medicine and Nursing::MQ Nursing and ancillary services ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JM Psychology::JMP Abnormal psychology ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHB Sociology::JHBK Sociology: family and relationships
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    Navigating the Road to Reintegration (2023)
    RAND Corporation
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-14
    Description: To help the U.S. Air Force gain greater insight into the well-being of its members who have sustained mental or physical injuries in combat or combat-related situations, this report gauges the current status of the Air Force’s wounded warriors, including their use of and satisfaction with Air Force programs designed to serve them. It presents the baseline findings from a longitudinal analysis of enrollees in the Air Force Wounded Warrior program who were receiving benefits or undergoing evaluation to receive benefits.
    Keywords: History ; Health Sciences ; Public Health ; Political Science ; thema EDItEUR::V Health, Relationships and Personal development::VF Family and health::VFJ Coping with / advice about personal, social and health topics::VFJD Coping with / advice about physical impairments / disability ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JW Warfare and defence::JWX Other warfare and defence issues::JWXV Military veterans ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JW Warfare and defence::JWC Military forces and sectors::JWCM Air forces and warfare ; thema EDItEUR::M Medicine and Nursing::MQ Nursing and ancillary services ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JK Social services and welfare, criminology::JKS Social welfare and social services
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    New Challenges, New Tools for Defense Decisionmaking (2023)
    RAND Corporation
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    Publication Date: 2024-03-29
    Description: The collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold WarÑand then the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001Ñtransformed the task of American foreign and defense policymaking. This book outlines the dimensions of that transformation and sketches new tools for dealing with the policy challengesÑfrom modeling and gaming, to planning based on capabilities rather than threats, to personnel planning and making use of "best practices" from the private sector.
    Keywords: Political Science ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPS International relations ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPW Political activism / Political engagement::JPWL Terrorism, armed struggle
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    Assessing the Validity of the Qualistar Early Learning Quality Rating and Improvement System as a Tool for Improving Child-Care Quality (2023)
    RAND Corporation
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    Publication Date: 2023-10-05
    Description: As a result of the generally low quality of child care in the United States, quality rating and improvement systems (QRISs) are proliferating in the child-care arena. This study examines the QRIS developed by Qualistar Early Learning, a nonprofit organization based in Colorado, evaluating how reliable the system's components are, whether the QRIS process helped providers to improve, and whether and how much children benefit from such improvement.
    Keywords: Sociology ; Economics ; Political Science ; Education ; bic Book Industry Communication::K Economics, finance, business & management::KC Economics ; bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JN Education::JNF Educational strategies & policy ; bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JP Politics & government::JPP Public administration ; bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JF Society & culture: general::JFS Social groups::JFSP Age groups::JFSP1 Age groups: children
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    Off to a Good Start (2023)
    RAND Corporation
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-14
    Description: Drawing on national, state, and local data, the Urban Child Institute partnered with RAND to explore the social and emotional well-being of children in Memphis and Shelby County, Tenn. The book highlights the importance of factors in the home, child care setting, and community that contribute to social and emotional development.
    Keywords: Sociology ; thema EDItEUR::V Health, Relationships and Personal development::VF Family and health::VFX Parenting: advice and issues::VFXB Pregnancy, birth and baby care: advice and issues ; thema EDItEUR::V Health, Relationships and Personal development::VF Family and health::VFX Parenting: advice and issues ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHB Sociology::JHBK Sociology: family and relationships
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    Providing for the Casualties of War (2023)
    RAND Corporation
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    Publication Date: 2024-03-29
    Description: War has always been a dangerous business, bringing injury, wounds, and death, and--until recently--often disease. What has changed over time, most dramatically in the last 150 or so years, is the care these casualties receive and who provides it. This book looks at the history of how humanity has cared for its war casualties and veterans, from ancient times through the aftermath of World War II.
    Keywords: Health Sciences ; History ; Psychology ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JW Warfare and defence::JWX Other warfare and defence issues::JWXV Military veterans ; thema EDItEUR::M Medicine and Nursing::MB Medicine: general issues::MBP Health systems and services ; thema EDItEUR::M Medicine and Nursing::MB Medicine: general issues::MBQ Medicolegal issues ; thema EDItEUR::M Medicine and Nursing::MJ Clinical and internal medicine ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JM Psychology
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    Counterinsurgency Scorecard Update (2023)
    RAND Corporation
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-14
    Description: A key finding of previous RAND research on insurgencies worldwide since World War II was that an overall score on a scorecard of 15 equally weighted good and 11 equally weighted bad counterinsurgency factors and practices distinguished conflicts’ historical outcomes. Using the scorecard approach and an expert elicitation exercise, a RAND study sought to extend the findings to the case of Afghanistan in 2015.
    Keywords: Technology ; Political Science ; History ; thema EDItEUR::U Computing and Information Technology::UN Databases::UNA Database design and theory ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHW Military history ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JW Warfare and defence ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPW Political activism / Political engagement::JPWL Terrorism, armed struggle ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TT Other technologies and applied sciences::TTM Military engineering
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    Out of the Shadows (2023)
    RAND Corporation
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    Publication Date: 2024-03-29
    Description: Private contractors have been deployed extensively around the globe for the past decade and may be exposed to many of the stressors that are known to have physical and mental health implications for military personnel. Results from a RAND survey offer preliminary findings about the mental and physical health of contractors, their deployment experiences, and their access to and use of health care resources.
    Keywords: Psychology ; History ; Health Sciences ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JW Warfare and defence::JWK Military and defence strategy ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JM Psychology::JMP Abnormal psychology
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    Physical Fitness and Resilience (2023)
    RAND Corporation
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    Publication Date: 2023-10-05
    Description: This report is one of a series designed to support Air Force leaders in promoting resilience among its Airmen, civilian employees, and Air Force families. It examines the relationship between physical fitness and resilience, using key constructs found in the scientific literature that address work-related physical fitness and health-related physical fitness.
    Keywords: Population Studies ; Health Sciences ; Management & Organizational Behavior ; bic Book Industry Communication::K Economics, finance, business & management::KJ Business & management::KJM Management & management techniques::KJMV Management of specific areas::KJMV2 Personnel & human resources management ; bic Book Industry Communication::M Medicine::MB Medicine: general issues::MBN Public health & preventive medicine ; bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JH Sociology & anthropology::JHB Sociology::JHBD Population & demography
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    Identifying and Mitigating Risks in Security Sector Assistance for Africa's Fragile States (2023)
    RAND Corporation
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-02
    Description: The author explores the risks inherent in U.S. security sector assistance to the fragile states of Africa and how the United States might better anticipate and mitigate them. Often the countries most in need of assistance are those least able to make positive use of it, and such assistance can have negative second- and third-order effects. Recommendations are made for improving security sector assistance processes in Africa and elsewhere.
    Keywords: Sociology ; Political Science ; History ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHH African history ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPS International relations ; thema EDItEUR::L Law::LB International law::LBB Public international law::LBBC Public international law: treaties and other sources ; thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GT Interdisciplinary studies::GTP Development studies
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    The Diffusion and Value of Healthcare Information Technology (2023)
    RAND Corporation
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    Publication Date: 2023-10-05
    Description: This report characterizes the diffusion of use of electronic health records (EHRs). The author uses interviews and surveys and a literature review to investigate whether healthcare is expected to duplicate the gains enabled by information technology seen in several prominent industries. To accomplish this, the following questions are asked: What is the current diffusion of health information technology? How does EHR diffusion compare to innovations in other industries? What is such diffusion worth to society? What should the government do, if anything, to speed the adoption of EHRs?
    Keywords: Technology ; Health Sciences ; Management & Organizational Behavior ; Business ; bic Book Industry Communication::K Economics, finance, business & management::KJ Business & management::KJM Management & management techniques::KJMV Management of specific areas::KJMV3 Knowledge management ; bic Book Industry Communication::K Economics, finance, business & management::KJ Business & management::KJW Office & workplace::KJWX Working patterns & practices ; bic Book Industry Communication::M Medicine::MB Medicine: general issues::MBQ Medicolegal issues
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    Financing the Operation and Maintenance Costs of Hurricane Protection Infrastructure (2023)
    RAND Corporation
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-02
    Description: This report analyzes the fiscal capacity of eight local levee districts in southern Louisiana to shoulder the burden of operating and maintaining the Hurricane and Storm Damage Risk Reduction System and other key hurricane protection infrastructure currently under construction by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, specifically focusing on operation and maintenance costs.
    Keywords: History ; Environmental Science ; Sociology ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHK History of the Americas ; thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RN The environment::RNR Natural disasters ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBS Social groups, communities and identities::JBSP Age groups and generations::JBSP1 Age groups: children
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    Reviewing the Evidence Base for Mental Health First Aid (2023)
    RAND Corporation
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-02
    Description: This report reviews the current state of evidence for Mental Health First Aid’s effectiveness in key target populations, to help the California Mental Health Services Authority’s planning for future prevention and early intervention activities.
    Keywords: History ; Psychology ; Health Sciences ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHK History of the Americas ; thema EDItEUR::M Medicine and Nursing::MB Medicine: general issues ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JM Psychology
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    Evaluation of the Population and Poverty Research Initiative (PopPov) (2023)
    RAND Corporation
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    Publication Date: 2023-10-05
    Description: The RAND Corporation evaluated the Population and Poverty Research Initiative (PopPov) and its progress in achieving its goals of building and advancing the field of economic demography, orienting the work toward policy-relevant research, increasing economic policymakers’ recognition of the value of lowering population growth rates and investing in family planning, and strengthening research capacity in sub-Saharan Africa.
    Keywords: Population Studies ; Economics ; History ; Sociology ; bic Book Industry Communication::K Economics, finance, business & management::KC Economics ; bic Book Industry Communication::V Health & personal development::VF Family & health::VFV Family & relationships ; bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HB History::HBJ Regional & national history::HBJH African history ; bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JH Sociology & anthropology::JHB Sociology::JHBD Population & demography ; bic Book Industry Communication::G Reference, information & interdisciplinary subjects::GT Interdisciplinary studies::GTF Development studies
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    Improving the U.S. Military’s Understanding of Unstable Environments Vulnerable to Violent Extremist Groups (2023)
    RAND Corporation
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    Publication Date: 2024-03-29
    Description: For over a decade, operations associated with irregular warfare have placed large demands on U.S. ground forces and have led to development of new Army and Joint doctrine. This report helps analysts identify and assess twelve key factors that create and perpetuate environments susceptible to insurgency, terrorism, and other extremist violence and instability to inform military decisions on allocation of analytic and security assistance resources.
    Keywords: Political Science ; History ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JW Warfare and defence ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPS International relations::JPSH Espionage and secret services ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPW Political activism / Political engagement::JPWL Terrorism, armed struggle
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    Victory Has a Thousand Fathers (2023)
    RAND Corporation
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    Publication Date: 2024-03-29
    Description: A collection of the 30 most recent resolved insurgencies, covering the period 1978 to 2008, along with a bank of 76 factors that helped or hindered the COIN force in each case and in each phase of each case, supplements an analysis of historical and contemporary insurgencies, providing valuable lessons for U.S. engagement in and support for COIN operations.
    Keywords: Political Science ; Sociology ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPS International relations ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JW Warfare and defence ; thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GT Interdisciplinary studies::GTP Development studies
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    Developing Codes to Capture Post-Operative Care (2023)
    RAND Corporation
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    Publication Date: 2023-10-05
    Description: This report makes recommendations to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on a set of nonpayment codes that can be used to collect information on the number and level of post-operative visits. The proposed nonpayment codes aim to capture the major differences in the breadth and intensity of post-operative care provided to Medicare beneficiaries.
    Keywords: Health Sciences ; bic Book Industry Communication::M Medicine::MB Medicine: general issues::MBP Health systems & services ; bic Book Industry Communication::M Medicine::MB Medicine: general issues::MBQ Medicolegal issues ; bic Book Industry Communication::M Medicine::MB Medicine: general issues::MBD Medical profession
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    Subversion and Insurgency (2023)
    RAND Corporation
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    Publication Date: 2024-03-29
    Description: Subversion is a critical insurgent tool, but it has long been ignored by policymakers and analysts. This paper presents a set of case studies to explore the elements of subversion and discusses preliminary ideas for combating subversive activities in the context of the "long war" against violent Islamic extremism.
    Keywords: Political Science ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPS International relations ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPW Political activism / Political engagement::JPWL Terrorism, armed struggle
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    Alternatives to the ACA's Affordability Firewall (2023)
    RAND Corporation
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    Publication Date: 2023-10-05
    Description: The Affordable Care Act implements the employer mandate, which requires firms with more than 50 employees to offer health insurance or face penalties, and the individual “affordability firewall," which limits subsidies to individuals lacking access to alternative sources of coverage that are “affordable." This report examines the policy impacts of the affordability firewall and investigates two potential modifications.
    Keywords: Health Sciences ; Business ; Economics ; bic Book Industry Communication::K Economics, finance, business & management::KC Economics::KCH Econometrics ; bic Book Industry Communication::K Economics, finance, business & management::KF Finance & accounting::KFF Finance::KFFN Insurance & actuarial studies ; bic Book Industry Communication::M Medicine::MB Medicine: general issues::MBQ Medicolegal issues
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    Technological Lessons from the Fukushima Dai-Ichi Accident (2023)
    RAND Corporation
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    Publication Date: 2023-10-05
    Description: This study draws lessons regarding technological countermeasures to radioactive contamination caused by the Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear power plant accident. It focuses on contamination measurement, efforts to limit dispersal, decontamination, and storage of radioactive materials. The report analyzes technological successes and identifies capability gaps that could be redressed through novel technologies or improved use of existing technologies.
    Keywords: Business ; History ; Sociology ; Technology ; bic Book Industry Communication::K Economics, finance, business & management::KN Industry & industrial studies::KNB Energy industries & utilities ; bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HB History::HBJ Regional & national history::HBJF Asian history ; bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JF Society & culture: general::JFF Social issues & processes::JFFC Social impact of disasters ; bic Book Industry Communication::T Technology, engineering, agriculture::TB Technology: general issues
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    Does San Francisco’s Community Justice Center Reduce Criminal Recidivism? (2023)
    RAND Corporation
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    Publication Date: 2023-10-05
    Description: Community courts aim to improve outcomes by addressing factors linked to criminal behavior with access to treatment and services, and by emphasizing ties to a specific neighborhood. In 2009, San Francisco opened the Community Justice Center (CJC), a community court serving a traditionally high-crime area. This report examines whether the CJC reduces the risk of rearrest when compared to more traditional approaches for addressing arrestees.
    Keywords: Law ; Sociology ; bic Book Industry Communication::L Law::LN Laws of Specific jurisdictions::LNA Legal system: general::LNAA Courts & procedure ; bic Book Industry Communication::L Law::LN Laws of Specific jurisdictions::LNF Criminal law & procedure ; bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JK Social services & welfare, criminology::JKV Crime & criminology
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    Information and Communication Technologies in Behavioral Health (2023)
    RAND Corporation
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    Publication Date: 2024-03-29
    Description: The dramatic evolution in information and communication technologies (ICTs) online and on smartphones has led to rapid innovations in behavioral health care. To assist the U.S. Air Force in developing a strategy for use of ICTs, the authors reviewed the scientific literature on applications of ICTs to prevent and treat behavioral health conditions.
    Keywords: Psychology ; Health Sciences ; History ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JW Warfare and defence::JWC Military forces and sectors::JWCM Air forces and warfare ; thema EDItEUR::M Medicine and Nursing::MB Medicine: general issues::MBG Medical equipment and techniques ; thema EDItEUR::M Medicine and Nursing::MB Medicine: general issues::MBN Public health and preventive medicine ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JM Psychology::JMP Abnormal psychology ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JM Psychology
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    The DNP by 2015 (2023)
    RAND Corporation
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    Publication Date: 2023-10-05
    Description: In 2004, members of the American Association of Colleges of Nursing approved the position that all master’s programs for advanced-practice registered nurses should transition to doctorate of nursing programs by 2015. This report describes the results of a RAND study seeking to understand nursing school program offerings and the reasons for those offerings, as well as the barriers or facilitators to full adoption of doctorate programs.
    Keywords: Health Sciences ; Education ; Business ; bic Book Industry Communication::K Economics, finance, business & management::KC Economics::KCF Labour economics ; bic Book Industry Communication::K Economics, finance, business & management::KJ Business & management::KJM Management & management techniques::KJMV Management of specific areas::KJMV2 Personnel & human resources management ; bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JN Education::JNP Adult education, continuous learning ; bic Book Industry Communication::M Medicine::MR Medical study & revision guides & reference material ; bic Book Industry Communication::M Medicine::MQ Nursing & ancillary services::MQC Nursing
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    Emerging Threats and Security Planning (2023)
    RAND Corporation
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    Publication Date: 2024-03-29
    Description: Concerns about how terrorists might attack in the future are central to the design of security efforts to protect both individual targets and the nation overall. This paper explores an approach for assessing novel or emerging threats and prioritizing which merit specific security attention and which can be addressed as part of existing security efforts.
    Keywords: Political Science ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPW Political activism / Political engagement::JPWL Terrorism, armed struggle
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    Acupuncture for Major Depressive Disorder (2023)
    RAND Corporation
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-01
    Description: Description not available.
    Keywords: Health Sciences ; Psychology ; thema EDItEUR::M Medicine and Nursing::MX Complementary and alternative medicine and therapies ; thema EDItEUR::M Medicine and Nursing::MJ Clinical and internal medicine ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JM Psychology ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JM Psychology::JMP Abnormal psychology
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    Private Health Insurance Exchanges (2023)
    RAND Corporation
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    Publication Date: 2023-10-05
    Description: Private exchanges offer employer health insurance, combining online shopping, increased plan choice, benefit administration, and cost-containment strategies. This report examines how private exchanges function, how they may affect employers and employees, and the possible implications for the Affordable Care Act’s Small Business Health Options Program Marketplaces.
    Keywords: Health Sciences ; Business ; bic Book Industry Communication::K Economics, finance, business & management::KF Finance & accounting::KFF Finance::KFFN Insurance & actuarial studies ; bic Book Industry Communication::M Medicine::MB Medicine: general issues ; bic Book Industry Communication::M Medicine::MB Medicine: general issues::MBQ Medicolegal issues
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    The Socioeconomic Effects of the Working Poor Moving to Permanent Dwellings (2023)
    RAND Corporation
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-02
    Description: RAND Corporation researchers assessed the socioeconomic effects that moving into permanent dwellings—in particular, into the Ashray Affordable Housing Pilot Project in India—has on the working poor. Low-cost housing projects may help low-income workers and their families improve their living conditions, while still allowing developers to recover their costs.
    Keywords: History ; Political Science ; Sociology ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHF Asian history ; thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RP Regional and area planning::RPC Urban and municipal planning and policy ; thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GT Interdisciplinary studies::GTP Development studies
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    A Golden Opportunity (2023)
    RAND Corporation
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    Publication Date: 2024-03-29
    Description: This study focuses on the education, training, and ongoing professional development of early care and education (ECE) caregivers, teachers, and administrators who work with infants, toddlers, and preschool-age children from birth to kindergarten entry in California. It aims to provide a comprehensive assessment of the state’s ECE workforce professional development system and a set of recommendations for improving the system’s effectiveness.
    Keywords: Education ; Business ; Health Sciences ; bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JN Education::JNL Schools::JNLA Pre-school & kindergarten ; bic Book Industry Communication::V Health & personal development::VF Family & health::VFX Advice on parenting::VFXB Pregnancy, birth & baby care ; bic Book Industry Communication::M Medicine::MQ Nursing & ancillary services ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JN Education::JNL Schools and pre-schools::JNLA Pre-school and kindergarten ; thema EDItEUR::V Health, Relationships and Personal development::VF Family and health::VFX Parenting: advice and issues::VFXB Pregnancy, birth and baby care: advice and issues ; thema EDItEUR::M Medicine and Nursing::MQ Nursing and ancillary services
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    Apendix: Building Better Boyhood Programs (2023)
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    Publication Date: 2023-10-05
    Description: This report evaluates the implementation of programs funded by The Heinz Endowment’s African American Men and Boys Task Force initiative in Allegheny County, Pa., and to understand how the programs operated, whether they made progress toward achieving their goals, and what can be learned from their implementation.
    Keywords: Education ; Sociology ; Management & Organizational Behavior ; bic Book Industry Communication::K Economics, finance, business & management::KJ Business & management::KJM Management & management techniques ; bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JN Education::JNL Schools::JNLC Secondary schools ; bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JN Education::JNK Organization & management of education::JNKD Examinations & assessment ; bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JN Education::JNF Educational strategies & policy::JNFN Inclusive education / mainstreaming ; bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JF Society & culture: general::JFS Social groups::JFSL Ethnic studies::JFSL1 Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies
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    Quality of Care for PTSD and Depression in the Military Health System (2023)
    RAND Corporation
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    Publication Date: 2024-03-31
    Description: Understanding the current quality of care for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depression delivered to service members is an important step toward improving care across the Military Health System (MHS). T.his report describes the characteristics of active-component service members who received care for PTSD or depression through the MHS and assesses the quality of care received using quality measures derived from administrative data
    Keywords: Psychology ; Health Sciences ; thema EDItEUR::M Medicine and Nursing::MJ Clinical and internal medicine ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JM Psychology ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JM Psychology::JMP Abnormal psychology
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    Developing a Research Strategy for Suicide Prevention in the Department of Defense (2023)
    RAND Corporation
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    Publication Date: 2023-10-05
    Description: To support U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) efforts to create a unified, comprehensive strategic plan for suicide prevention research, a RAND study cataloged studies funded by DoD and other entities, examined whether current research maps to DoD’s strategic research needs, and provided recommendations to encourage better alignment and narrow the research-practice gap when it comes to disseminating findings to programs serving military personnel.
    Keywords: Psychology ; Health Sciences ; Management & Organizational Behavior ; bic Book Industry Communication::K Economics, finance, business & management::KJ Business & management::KJM Management & management techniques::KJMV Management of specific areas::KJMV2 Personnel & human resources management ; bic Book Industry Communication::M Medicine::MQ Nursing & ancillary services ; bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JM Psychology
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    Public-Private Partnerships for Providing Behavioral Health Care to Veterans and Their Families (2023)
    RAND Corporation
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    Publication Date: 2024-03-29
    Description: This report will help policymakers in the Department of Veterans Affairs and other federal agencies develop and foster public-private partnerships to address the behavioral health care needs of veterans and their families. The authors develop nine key components that public-private partnerships for veteran behavioral health care would likely benefit from implementing or that could be used as a guide to develop partnerships between organizations.
    Keywords: Health Sciences ; Psychology ; History ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JW Warfare and defence::JWX Other warfare and defence issues::JWXV Military veterans ; thema EDItEUR::M Medicine and Nursing::MQ Nursing and ancillary services ; thema EDItEUR::M Medicine and Nursing::MB Medicine: general issues::MBP Health systems and services ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JM Psychology
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    Care Transitions to and from the National Intrepid Center of Excellence (NICoE) for Service Members with Traumatic Brain Injury (2023)
    RAND Corporation
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    Publication Date: 2023-10-05
    Description: The U.S. Department of Defense established the National Intrepid Center of Excellence (NICoE) to provide specialized services for troops suffering from traumatic brain injury (TBI). Through interviews with NICoE staff, home station providers, service members treated at the NICoE, and their families, as well as surveys and site visits, RAND evaluated interactions between the NICoE and providers referring patients and implementing treatment plans.
    Keywords: Health Sciences ; Psychology ; bic Book Industry Communication::M Medicine::MB Medicine: general issues::MBQ Medicolegal issues ; bic Book Industry Communication::M Medicine::MJ Clinical & internal medicine::MJN Neurology & clinical neurophysiology ; bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JM Psychology
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    The Economic Burden of Providing Health Insurance (2023)
    RAND Corporation
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    Publication Date: 2023-10-05
    Description: More than 60 percent of nonelderly Americans receive health-insurance (HI) coverage through employers. However, rising health-care costs may threaten the long-term viability of the employer-based insurance system. This report explores trends in the economic burden associated with HI provision for small and large businesses, as well as the quality of plans that small and large firms offer.
    Keywords: Health Sciences ; Management & Organizational Behavior ; bic Book Industry Communication::K Economics, finance, business & management::KJ Business & management::KJW Office & workplace::KJWX Working patterns & practices ; bic Book Industry Communication::M Medicine::MB Medicine: general issues::MBQ Medicolegal issues
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    Securing Health (2023)
    RAND Corporation
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    Publication Date: 2024-03-29
    Description: RAND researchers analyzed the health components of seven post-World War II nation-building efforts conducted after major conflicts-Germany, Japan, Somalia, Haiti, Kosovo, Afghanistan, Iraq-and found that two factors are correlated with successful health outcomes: planning and coordination, and infrastructure and resources.
    Keywords: Sociology ; Political Science ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPS International relations ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBS Social groups, communities and identities::JBSP Age groups and generations::JBSP1 Age groups: children
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    Life after Lisbon (2023)
    RAND Corporation
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    Publication Date: 2023-10-05
    Description: The economic crisis of 2008 has undone much of the progress on improving employment and growth in Europe. The review concludes that policy makers should focus on enabling social policy that allows individuals to achieve their productive potential.
    Keywords: Law ; Sociology ; bic Book Industry Communication::L Law::LN Laws of Specific jurisdictions::LNH Employment & labour law ; bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JF Society & culture: general::JFF Social issues & processes::JFFA Poverty & unemployment
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    Combating Terrorism (2023)
    RAND Corporation
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    Publication Date: 2024-03-29
    Description: Organizations varied in how they financed these efforts-some increased internal spending or reallocated resources-and in receipt of external funding. ¥
    Keywords: Political Science ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPW Political activism / Political engagement::JPWL Terrorism, armed struggle
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