RAND Health Newsletter
The RAND Health Newsletter is a monthly update that features recent research from RAND Health.
Contents of May 2007 RAND Health newsletter:
- Adolescent drinking is associated with alcohol advertising and marketing
- Women with heart disease, diabetes are less likely than men to receive outpatient care
- Evaluating the Arkansas Tobacco Settlement Program: progress during 2004 & 2005
- Public health preparedness for responding to agricultural bioterrorism
- Cultural end-of-life values largely preserved for Japanese-Americans
- Patient-centered care is essential to long-term treatment of breast cancer patients
- Improved working conditions for nurses promote patient safety
- Interventions are needed to reduce the stigma of HIV
- Older patients with multiple chronic conditions receive better care
- May RAND Health Congressional Newsletter
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Adolescent drinking is associated with alcohol advertising and marketing
A study of 1,786 sixth and seventh graders in South Dakota finds that a child's exposure to alcohol advertising during early adolescence appears to influence beer drinking and their intent to drink a year later.
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More adolescent health research Related news release: Drug, alcohol, and cigarette use while alone puts eight-graders at high risk for later problems -
Women with heart disease, diabetes are less likely than men to receive outpatient care
Women with heart disease and diabetes are less likely to receive several types of routine outpatient medical care than men who have similar health problems. More than 50,000 men and women were studied and 11 different screening tests, treatments, or measurements of health status were used. -
Evaluating the Arkansas Tobacco Settlement Program: progress during 2004 & 2005
This report charts the progress of the seven health-related programs that have been funded by Arkansas' share of the tobacco Master Settlement Agreement. It also updates trends in outcome measures that have been developed to monitor the effects of these funded programs on smoking, and it provides recommendations for future activities. -
Public health preparedness for responding to agricultural bioterrorism
An exercise in responding to agricultural bioterrorism examined the intentional introduction of avian influenza into commercial poultry operations during a severe human influenza season. The scenario enabled exploration of a range of issues associated with public health preparedness for major disease outbreaks. -
Cultural end-of-life values largely preserved for Japanese-Americans
Focus groups with 122 participants revealed that Japanese-Americans generally do not want to live in adverse health conditions and receive life-sustaining treatment. Fear of being a burden on loved ones is a major concern. These findings suggest that traditional Japanese end-of-life cultural values are preserved among Japanese-Americans. Patient-centered care is essential to long-term treatment of breast cancer patients
Women were more likely to sustain tamoxifen therapy if they were involved in decision making about the therapy and knew about side effects in advance.Improved working conditions for nurses promote patient safety
Better working conditions for nurses contribute to better safety outcomes for elderly patients in intensive care units. Almost 16,000 patients were studied in this survey of over 1,000 nurses from 31 hospitals.Interventions are needed to reduce the stigma of HIV
Families living with HIV relayed experiences of discrimination and stigma, some of which seemed to be based on fear of contagion.Older patients with multiple chronic conditions receive better care
Older patients with multiple chronic conditions receive better quality of care than those with a single or no chronic illness. Combinations of eight common chronic conditions were analyzed in this study of 372 elderly participants.May RAND Health Congressional Newsletter
The May newsletter reports that many California hospitals are unprepared for a major earthquake. There are also recent findings that the quality of medical care provided to person with a chronic illness affects daily quality of life and that many gay, lesbian, and bisexual teens do not discuss their sexual orientation with their doctors.
Citation: Collins RL, Ellickson PL, McCaffrey D, Hambarsoomians K. Early Adolescent Exposure to Alcohol Advertising and its Relationship to Underage Drinking, Journal of Adolescent Health, [Epub April 12 2007].
Citation: Bird C, Fremont A, Bierman A, Wickstrom S, Shah M, Rector T, Horstman T, Escarce J. Does Quality of Care for Cardiovascular Disease and Diabetes Differ by Gender for Enrollees in Managed Care Plans? Women's Health Issues, Volume 17, Issue 3, May-June 2007, Pages 131-138
Citation: Farley D, Engberg J, Carroll B, Chinman M, D'Amico E, Hunter S, Lovejoy S, Shugarman L, Yu H, Kahan J. Evaluating the Arkansas Tobacco Settlement Program: Progress During 2004 & 2005, RAND, TR-397-ATSC, 2007
Citation: Jackson B, Buehler J, Cole D, Cookson S, Dausey D, Honess-Morreale L, Lance S, Molander R, O'Neal P, Lurie N. Bioterrorism with Zoonotic Disease Public Health Preparedness Lessons from a Multiagency Exercise, RAND, RP-1250, 2006.
Citation: Bito S, Matsumura S, Singer MK, Meredith LS, Fukuhara S, Wenger NS. Acculturation and End-Of-Life Decision Making: Comparison of Japanese and Japanese-American Focus Groups, Bioethics, Vol. 21, No. 5, June 2007, pp. 251-262
Citation: Kahn KL, Schneider EC, Malin JL, Adams JL, Epstein AM. Patient Centered Experiences in Breast Cancer: Predicting Long-Term Adherence to Tamoxifen Use, Medical Care, Vol. 45, No. 5, May 2007, pp. 431-439
Citation: Stone P, Mooney-Kane C, Larson EL, Horan T, Glance LG, Zwanziger J, Dick AW. Nurse Working Conditions and Patient Safety Outcomes, Medical Care, Vol. 45, No. 6, June 2007, pp. 571-578
Citation: Bogart LM, Cowgill BO, Kennedy D, Ryan G, Murphy DA, Elijah J, Schuster MA. HIV-Related Stigma among People with HIV and Their Families: A Qualitative Analysis, AIDS & Behavior, [Epub April 26 2007]
Citation: Min LC, Wenger NS, Fung C, Chang JT, Ganz DA, Higashi T, Kamberg CJ, MacLean CH, Roth CP, Solomon DH, Young RT, Reuben DB. Multimorbidity is Associated with Better Quality of Care Among Vulnerable Elders, Medical Care, Vol. 45, No. 6, June 2007, pp. 480-488
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