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Maternal, Child, and Adolescent Health

Since the 1980s, the RAND Corporation has conducted research on the health of infants, children, adolescents, and families. Our far-ranging studies address the special health challenges posed by different stages in human development. Current studies are highlighted below


Profiles of Current Research

Children

Adolescents

Families


Highlights of Recent Studies

New Perspectives on Marijuana and Youth

Youthful marijuana abstainers do well, solitary users do poorly, and kids who use marijuana only in social settings are in between.

Should ART Be Part of a Population Policy Mix? — 2007

Assisted reproductive technologies could help European countries avoid the low-fertility trap.

Improving Access to Needed Health Care Improves Low-Income Children's Quality of Life

Government-sponsored health insurance improves both access to needed care and quality of life for low-income children.

Triple Jeopardy for Vulnerable Children

Children with the greatest health care needs have the greatest difficulty in obtaining primary care.

Forging the Link Between Alcohol Advertising and Underage Drinking.

Alcohol advertising appears to promote adolescent drinking; programs that aim to prevent alcohol and drug use can blunt the impact of alcohol ads on youth.

Project ALERT Plus May Leverage the Effect of the National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign.

A fact sheet describing lowered use of marijuana among ninth graders exposed to anti-drug messages from the National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign along with Project ALERT Plus, a drug prevention curriculum.

Quality Primary Care Requires More Than Insurance.

It is important that children are covered by public or private insurance. In addition, policymakers should increase the emphasis on programs that enhance potential access (whether a child has a regular provider of medical care) and realized access (whether the child actually receives care when it is needed).

How Neighborhoods Can Reduce the Risk of Obesity

Neighborhood parks promote exercise, especially among those who live within a half mile of the park. In fact, neighborhoods exert a powerful effect on residents' physical activity—neighborhood design should be considered a public health issue.

How Schools Can Help Children Recover from Traumatic Experiences

A summary of a tool kit that describes a variety of school-based mental health programs for students exposed to trauma, such as Hurricane Katrina and other natural disasters, and to community or personal violence.


Related Web Sites

Cognitive Behavioral Intervention for Trauma in Schools (CBITS)

Project ALERT

Promising Practices Network on Children, Families, and Communities

RAND Drug Policy Research Center

Safe Start Evaluation

Teen Depression Awareness Project

UCLA/RAND Center for Adolescent Health Promotion

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