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Jul 27, 2023

What night-time lighting tells us about Tibet's prisons and detention centres

This study aims to shed light on the prisons and detention centres in Tibet, using the innovative method of night-time lighting data.
Research

Jul 27, 2023

A night-time lighting analysis of Tibet's prisons and detention centres

Using the innovative method of night-time lighting data, this study aims to shed light on the prisons and detention centres in Tibet.
Research

Jun 14, 2023

Evaluation of Approaches to Recruitment of Racially and Ethnically Diverse Breast Cancer Patients from an Integrated Health Care Setting for Collection of Observational Social Network Data

We compared approaches to recruitment of diverse women with breast cancer in a study of social networks. Mailed letter was the best approach to recruit diverse women with breast cancer and collection of social network data.
Commentary

May 17, 2023

Public Health's Failure to Communicate with Communities of Color

Misinformation thrived during the pandemic, exacerbating health inequities. To meet its core mission, the public health field needs to engage more actively, particularly in communities it has historically failed to equitably protect.
Tool

May 2, 2023

Mass Atrocity Prevention Open Educational Resource (OER)

Understanding past mass violence events is key to preventing mass atrocities. This resource provides an overview of Holocaust education and atrocity prevention to help users consider their roles in social justice promotion and atrocity prevention.
Research

Nov 4, 2022

Food Insecurity, Sleep, and Cardiometabolic Risks in Urban American Indian/Alaska Native Youth

Food insecurity contributes to racial/ethnic disparities in health. This is the first study to examine associations among food insecurity, sleep, and cardiometabolic outcomes in urban American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) youth.
Article

Oct 26, 2022

The Impact of Racism on Patient Safety

Minoritized patients are at high risk of experiencing what the medical field calls “patient safety events.” But the way the U.S. health care system tracks patient safety too often makes their experiences invisible. Better reporting would allow hospitals and other providers to identify disparities in care, and to address them.
Research

Aug 8, 2022

Identifying and Understanding Ways to Address the Impact of Racism on Patient Safety in Health Care Settings

RAND Corporation and MedStar researchers examined the intersection of patient safety and racism, focusing on patient safety and health equity from clinician leaders' perspectives.
Tool

Mar 31, 2022

Environmental Racism: A Tool for Exploring the Enduring Legacy of Redlining on Urban Environments

Researchers developed an online tool for visualizing the spatial relationships between the discriminatory practice of redlining and exposure to environmental hazards (e.g., pollution, waste sites).
Mar 31, 2022

Environmental Racism: A Tool for Exploring the Enduring Legacy of Redlining on Urban Environments

Systemic discriminatory practices in past urban planning and housing policies, including redlining, have contributed to the development of cities and are associated with disproportionate environmental burdens in some communities to this day. To explore this issue, RAND researchers developed an online tool for visualizing the spatial relationships between redlining and exposure to various environmental hazards.
Research

Jan 14, 2022

Tracking the Relocation of Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh: A Nighttime Lighting Approach

This report uses nighttime lighting data to track the relocation of Rohingya refugees from the Cox's Bazaar region of Bangladesh to Bhasan Char, a 'floating island' in the Bay of Bengal built to house roughly 100,000 refugees.
Press

Aug 11, 2021

Lack of Diversity in U.S. Coast Guard Greater in Higher Ranks; Comprehensive and Sustained Changes Recommended to Improve

Women and racial and ethnic minorities are underrepresented at all levels of the United States Coast Guard—especially in higher ranks and among senior leadership—and comprehensive changes across the organization are needed to improve diversity rates among all ranks.

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What night-time lighting tells us about Tibet's prisons and detention centres

A night-time lighting analysis of Tibet's prisons and detention centres

Evaluation of Approaches to Recruitment of Racially and Ethnically Diverse Breast Cancer Patients from an Integrated Health Care Setting for Collection of Observational Social Network Data

Public Health's Failure to Communicate with Communities of Color

Mass Atrocity Prevention Open Educational Resource (OER)

Food Insecurity, Sleep, and Cardiometabolic Risks in Urban American Indian/Alaska Native Youth

The Impact of Racism on Patient Safety

Identifying and Understanding Ways to Address the Impact of Racism on Patient Safety in Health Care Settings

Environmental Racism: A Tool for Exploring the Enduring Legacy of Redlining on Urban Environments

Environmental Racism: A Tool for Exploring the Enduring Legacy of Redlining on Urban Environments

Tracking the Relocation of Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh: A Nighttime Lighting Approach

Lack of Diversity in U.S. Coast Guard Greater in Higher Ranks; Comprehensive and Sustained Changes Recommended to Improve

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A Toolkit for Community-Police Dialogue

Tibet's Prisons and Detention Centers: What Does Nighttime Lighting Reveal?

Explore RAND’s Work on this Topic

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What night-time lighting tells us about Tibet's prisons and detention centres

A night-time lighting analysis of Tibet's prisons and detention centres

Evaluation of Approaches to Recruitment of Racially and Ethnically Diverse Breast Cancer Patients from an Integrated Health Care Setting for Collection of Observational Social Network Data

Public Health's Failure to Communicate with Communities of Color

Mass Atrocity Prevention Open Educational Resource (OER)

Food Insecurity, Sleep, and Cardiometabolic Risks in Urban American Indian/Alaska Native Youth

The Impact of Racism on Patient Safety

Identifying and Understanding Ways to Address the Impact of Racism on Patient Safety in Health Care Settings

Environmental Racism: A Tool for Exploring the Enduring Legacy of Redlining on Urban Environments

Environmental Racism: A Tool for Exploring the Enduring Legacy of Redlining on Urban Environments

Tracking the Relocation of Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh: A Nighttime Lighting Approach

Lack of Diversity in U.S. Coast Guard Greater in Higher Ranks; Comprehensive and Sustained Changes Recommended to Improve

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