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Oct 27, 2024 | 
onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Sarah Hunter |Braden Te Ao |Zanazir Alexander |Haemish Crawford
Aim Hospitalisation rates for paediatric bone and joint infection (BJI) in New Zealand (NZ) are among the highest globally. This study aims to quantify hospitalisation costs of BJI in 2018–2019. Methods National hospitalisation data from the NZ Ministry of Health was used to describe costs associated with all paediatric hospitalisations coded for osteomyelitis or septic arthritis in those aged <16 years.
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Oct 16, 2024 | 
americanlibrariesmagazine.org | Donna Seaman |Sarah Hunter |Annie Bostrom |Susan Maguire
Election news can be both overwhelming and insufficient—a veritable deluge of reports and opinion pieces, too focused on the issues of the hour, obscuring our understanding of the larger picture and deeper repercussions. True understanding takes breadth and depth. Often, it takes a book. For this election season, Booklist editors have compiled two fiction and nonfiction reading lists, for both adult and young adult readers.
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Aug 13, 2024 | 
rand.org | Joan S. Tucker |Sarah Hunter |Jason Ward |Rick Garvey
Key Findings
Respondents noted a lack of education and employment, with more than one-quarter having less than a high school diploma or equivalent. Health issues were a reported concern, with 57 percent reporting a serious mental health disorder and 20 percent reporting overall health as "fair" or "poor."Respondents also reported a lack of income, with the median monthly income of $450.
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Jul 29, 2024 | 
rand.org | Louis Abramson |Jason Ward |Rick Garvey |Sarah Hunter
To better inform development of effective policy to address homelessness, RAND continued its study, begun in fall 2021, of the number of people living unsheltered in Hollywood, Skid Row, and Venice. RAND also collected survey data from this population about individual housing needs, experiences, and preferences. RAND experts discussed findings from their latest report, which includes results from fall 2021 through December 2023.
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Jul 2, 2024 | 
rand.org | Jason Ward |Rick Garvey |Sarah Hunter
Key Findings
On average, the number of unsheltered residents in these neighborhoods was stable across 2023, a notable change from late September 2021 through 2022, when the rate of growth was approximately 10 percent on an annual basis. In areas that had substantial encampment resolution activities, temporary declines that lasted two to three months on average were observed in the unsheltered population.
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May 23, 2024 | 
rand.org | Colleen McCullough |Jason Ward |Rick Garvey |Sarah Hunter
The development of this tool was supported by the Zwick Impact Fund and conducted by the Community Health and Environmental Policy Program and the Center for Housing and Homelessness within RAND Social and Economic Well-Being. This report is part of the RAND tool series. RAND tools may include models, databases, calculators, computer code, GIS mapping tools, practitioner guidelines, web applications, and various toolkits.
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Apr 23, 2024 | 
medrxiv.org | Gillian Parker |Sarah Hunter |Karen Born
The authors have declared no competing interest. YesI confirm all relevant ethical guidelines have been followed, and any necessary IRB and/or ethics committee approvals have been obtained. YesThe details of the IRB/oversight body that provided approval or exemption for the research described are given below:Ethics Approval: Not applicable.
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Mar 28, 2024 | 
rand.org | Max Griswold |Lawrence Baker |Sarah Hunter |Jason Ward
Crime-free housing policies attempt to prevent crime within rental properties by enrolling property owners in a local crime-free housing program, which subsequently permits landlords to use a supplemental lease agreement stating certain activities that could lead to a tenant being evicted. Building on third-party policing strategies, crime-free housing policies are widely prevalent across the United States, with an estimated 2,000 jurisdictions adopting them since 1992.
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Mar 26, 2024 | 
macleans.ca | Sarah Hunter
My mother started Riverbend Daycare in Calgary in 1987, and I started working there soon after it opened. I was 18, and I quickly learned that childcare isn’t a typical nine-to-five job: you become part of families’ lives. Over the years, I got to know their stories, shared in their hardships and celebrated their milestones. Occasionally, my mother and I even opened our homes to host children when their parents had family emergencies, and we offered advice and companionship to other families.
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Mar 25, 2024 | 
rand.org | Louis Abramson |Sarah Hunter |Jason Ward
Reducing homelessness requires a social services system to consistently accomplish at least three tasks: identify and engage people experiencing homelessness, connect them to housing, and provide them with appropriate posthousing support so they do not reenter homelessness. Los Angeles (L.A.) County performs these tasks, but—despite unprecedented political and financial investment in all aspects of the mission—this work has not manifested in a quantitative reduction in homelessness.
