What Words Convey: The Potential for Patient Narratives to Inform Quality Improvement 2019
This article explores the potential of systematically elicited narratives about experiences with outpatient care to enrich quality improvement.
RAND Research Using Content Analysis
Content analysis may involve anything from a small number of documents to large datasets pulled from social media. Researchers may use computational linguistics to analyze the content, or conduct a thematic analysis.
The following research was conducted by a range of RAND divisions, programs, and centers using these methods.
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News in a Digital Age: Comparing the Presentation of News Information over Time and Across Media Platforms 2019
This report presents a quantitative assessment of how news presentation has changed over time and how it varies across platforms from more-objective event- and context-based reporting to more-subjective reporting that includes more emotional appeals.
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Facts Versus Opinions: How the Style and Language of News Presentation Is Changing in the Digital Age 2019
This brief describes results of a study focused on changes in news presentation over time and across platforms, finding a general shift from objective event-based reporting to reporting that relies more heavily on argumentation and advocacy.
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Evaluation of Two Programs Supporting Global Family Planning Data Needs: Summary 2018
This report summarizes an evaluation of two programs that help monitor progress toward a global goal to increase modern contraceptive use by 2020.
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A Social Network Analysis and Qualitative Assessment of Partnerships for Million Hearts® 2018
This report examines the partnerships developed in Million Hearts, defines the practices and approaches to cardiovascular disease prevention that occurred as a result of the program, and provides suggestions for future Million Hearts activities.
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Social Media in Africa: A Double-Edged Sword for Security and Development: Research Brief 2018
The United Nations Development Programme commissioned RAND Europe to explore social media use and its links to online radicalisation in Africa. The study analysed the social media use of three Islamist terrorist groups across seven countries.
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Perceived Peer Norms, Health Risk Behaviors, and Clustering of Risk Behaviors Among Palestinian Youth 2018
Prevention education programs for Palestinian youth should be structured to deal with a range of connected risk behaviors& for which certain youth may be at risk, not just single behaviors such as drug use.
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Russian Social Media Influence: Understanding Russian Propaganda in Eastern Europe 2018
Researchers analyzed Russian social media data and conducted interviews with regional and security experts to understand the critical ingredients to countering Russia's propaganda campaign against former Soviet states.
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Substance Use Among Palestinian Youth in the West Bank, Palestine: A Qualitative Investigation 2017
This study provides insights into the perceived prevalence and patterns of alcohol and drug use among Palestinian youth.
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Detecting Changes in Newspaper Reporting of Suicide After a Statewide Social Marketing Campaign 2017
In conclusion and similar to many past evaluations, we find no evidence that the KTS campaign was effective in changing the way in which suicides are reported on in California had any effect.
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Cultural Identity Among Urban American Indian/Alaska Native Youth: Implications for Alcohol and Drug Use 2016
Better understanding how American Indian/Alaska Native youth negotiate cultural identity in urban settings can help with the design of culturally appropriate alcohol and other drug use interventions.
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Evaluation of the Military Spouse Employment Partnership: Progress Report on First Stage of Analysis 2015
This first of two reports documents the first phase of RAND research to assess the Military Spouse Employment Partnership's progress in supporting military spouse employment and closing the wage gap between military and civilian spouses.
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Risk Evaluations and Condom Use Decisions of Homeless Youth: A Multi-Level Qualitative Investigation 2015
Interventions targeting homeless youth should reflect multiple levels of risk behavior and evaluation in order to address the diversity of risk profiles.
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Revisioning Strategic Communication Through Rhetoric and Discourse Analysis 2015
Strategic communication can be made more conceptually robust and draw on a more powerful and useful suite of tools and methods by borrowing from two language-focused disciplines: rhetoric and discourse analysis.
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Understanding Condom Use Decision Making Among Homeless Youth Using Event-Level Data 2014
This is one of the first qualitative event-based studies to understand the various mechanisms through which multiple factors influence condom use decision making among homeless youth.
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Youth in Jordan: Transitions from Education to Employment 2014
High youth unemployment in Jordan remains a serious economic and social problem, leading to delays in marriage and family formation. This study examines the perceptions of young Jordanians on issues relevant to their transitions into adult roles.
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Monogamy on the Street: A Mixed Methods Study of Homeless Men 2013
In this study, we used a mixed methods approach to explore the determinants of relationship patterns and risky sex among homeless men living in downtown Los Angeles.
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Talk Like a Marine: USMC Linguistic Acculturation and Civil–military Argument 2013
This study examines the relationship between US Marine discourse and civil–military public argument.
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Predicting Suicide Attacks: Characteristics of Bombings in Israel 2013
This brief describes an assessment of how geospatial and sociocultural characteristics may help predict the timing and targets of terrorist attacks.
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Masculinity and HIV Risk Among Homeless Men in Los Angeles 2012
HIV continues to be a serious public health problem for men who have sex with women (MSW), especially homeless MSW.
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Sex and Relationships on the Street: How Homeless Men Judge Partner Risk on Skid Row 2011
Homeless men on LA's Skid Row use visual and behavioral cues, social reputation, feelings of trust, perceived relationship seriousness, and medically inaccurate ''folk'' beliefs to judge whether partners were risky and/or condom use was warranted.
