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Student-Authored Publications on Health and Health Care

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Sep 4, 2024

Evaluation of Two Court Interventions for Youth with Significant Clinical Needs: Los Angeles County's CARE Project and Juvenile Mental Health Court

In this report, the authors present findings from the process and outcome evaluation of two court-based programs funded by the Juvenile Justice Crime Prevention Act (JJCPA) for youth with significant clinical needs in Los Angeles County.

Laura Whitaker, Sarita D. Lee, Aarya Suryavanshi, Sierra Smucker, Tara Laila Blagg, Marylou Gilbert, Susan Turner, Dionne Barnes-Proby, Stephanie Brooks Holliday
Aug 27, 2024

Community Learning and Outreach Toolkit for Countering Anti-Asian Hate

This toolkit aims to be an essential guide to help community-based organizations foster understanding, enhance response efficacy, and promote positive engagement with Asian American community members facing racism-related challenges.

Jennifer Bouey, Lu Dong, Grace Tang, Stacey Yi, Lynn Hu, Douglas Yeung, June Lim, Steven Zhang, Yannan Li
Aug 26, 2024

Modeling the Disruptive Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Nurses' Supply and Wages

This paper introduces an economic model to describe hospital nurses' supply and wage dynamics during the COVID-19 pandemic. The model was used to assess impacts on nurse labor markets and depict how the pandemic disrupted nurse demand, supply, and wages.

Raffaele Vardavas, Pedro Nascimento de Lima, Lawrence Baker, Christina Crowley, Katherine Grace Carman, Mahshid Abir
Aug 26, 2024

Patient Safety and the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Study of Perspectives of Front-Line Clinicians

We interviewed clinicians from 16 US hospitals who worked during the COVID-19 pandemic. We identified two primary themes related to patient safety: (1) compromised access to healthcare and (2) impaired care delivery.

Lucy B. Schulson, Julia Bandini, Armenda Bialas, Shreya S. Huilgol, George Timmins, Sangeeta C. Ahluwalia, Courtney A. Gidengil
Aug 22, 2024

Association Between Days Spent at Home and Functional Status and Health Among Persons Living with Dementia

We assess how well days at home, defined as the time an individual spends outside of healthcare facilities, related to functional status and health among persons living with dementia.

Nabeel Qureshi, Teryl K. Nuckols, Zaldy S. Tan, Hiroshi Gotanda
Aug 19, 2024

Lessons on the Use of Real-World Data in Medical Device Research: Findings from the National Evaluation System for Health Technology Test-Cases

New study synthesizes findings from pilot projects to evaluate the use of real-world data for regulatory decisions in medical devices, highlighting key challenges and successful strategies.

Justin W. Timbie, Alice Y. Kim, Lawrence Baker, Rosemary Li, Thomas W. Concannon
Aug 5, 2024

Understanding Uptake of Information About Innovations Among Emergency Department Clinicians During the COVID-19 Pandemic

We used focus groups to assess how emergency department clinicians learned about innovations and how they assessed them for credibility during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Nabeel Qureshi, Shreya S. Huilgol, Carl Berdahl, Catherine C. Cohen, Peter Mendel, Shira H. Fischer
Aug 1, 2024

Patient Surveys Are Used Most Often to Assess Health Care Innovations, Rigorous Methods Are Less Common

Broad use of patient experience surveys and more rigorous evaluation study designs has increased some over time but is still lacking.

Nabeel Qureshi, Denise D. Quigley
Aug 1, 2024

How the CAHPS Clinician and Group Patient Experience Survey Data Have Been Used in Research: A Systematic Review

The widespread use of CG-CAHPS data implies the survey's value in measuring and improving care quality.

Denise D. Quigley, Marc N. Elliott, Nabeel Qureshi, Zachary Predmore, Ron D. Hays
Jul 31, 2024

Considering Alternatives to Prohibiting Psychedelic Drugs

The RAND Epstein Family Veterans Policy Research Institute and RAND Drug Policy Research Center convened a panel of experts to discuss new data about the use of psychedelics in the United States and considerations for policymakers.

Michelle Priest, Beau Kilmer, Jesse Gould, Roberto Múkaro Borrero, Rajeev Ramchand
Jul 31, 2024

Addressing Adverse Childhood Experiences in Clinics Serving California Farmworker Communities: NACES Pilot Project Evaluation

The authors evaluated a pilot project that seeks to help California clinics serving rural farmworker communities screen for and address Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) among adult and pediatric patients.

Ingrid Estrada-Darley, Gabriela Alvarado, Alejandro Roa Contreras, Cristina Glave, Yoselin Mayoral, Peter Mendel, Nicole K. Eberhart
Jul 29, 2024

Geographic Variation in Shortfalls of Dementia Specialists in the U.S.

The availability of dementia specialists is limited and varies across the U.S. We estimated that 34% to 60% of the population aged 65 and older resided in areas with potential dementia specialist shortfalls.

Jodi L. Liu, Lawrence Baker, Annie Chen, Jessie Wang

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