RTI International Research Publications

RTI publishes the results of our research in a variety of formats, and many can be downloaded for free as a PDF file. When we don’t own the copyright of a publication, we provide a full citation and/or a link to an online version.
RTI Press
Under the imprint of the RTI Press, we also publish research reports, methods reports, conference proceedings, and books and monographs to further disseminate the results of RTI research.
For general information about RTI publications, contact:
Featured Publications
The following publications were featured in the the latest edition of the RTI Publications Bulletin.
Journal Articles
The study used qualitative data from elderly respondents in two Ugandan districts, Kamuli and Luwero, to examine changes in the household structure and living arrangements of people 50 years and above after they take on caregiving responsibilities for persons suffering from AIDS-related illnesses and orphans and vulnerable children affected by HIV/AIDS.
Based on a study of active duty United States military personnel from eight bases, other types of mediation including perceived risks and benefits, readiness to change, and coping strategies, were not as effective as lowering perceived social norms about quantity and frequency of drinking alcohol.
The researchers found that it is important for organizations to come to agreement on a common set of widely shared policies. The three-year project included a collaboration of states and territories that examined the variation in organization-level practices, policies, and state laws governing the privacy and security of health information.
The study predicts that the aging U.S. population over the next 40 years will lead to a large increase in early and advanced age-related macular degeneration. If used universally, existing medical treatments could reduce the expected number of cases of visual impairment and blindness attributable to age-related macular degeneration by as much as 35 percent.
Reducing alcohol use among persons with HCV may slow disease progression and provide important health benefits. The study looked at 851 out-of-treatment injection drug users in North Carolina who were randomly assigned to either a six-session educational intervention or a 6-session motivational intervention. The results showed that participants assigned to the motivational intervention were significantly less likely to be drinking at the six-month follow-up.
The study found that routine patient assessment for glaucoma during scheduled visits to an eye care provider followed by the treatment of patients with detectable symptoms of glaucoma was cost-effective even when the entire costs of the eye assessment was attributed to glaucoma and when a conservative impact of treatment was assumed.
Reports
The reviews included published literature from the past 10 years in the National Library of Medicine's Medline database. The researchers suggest that the benefits of extending appropriate insurance coverage to uninsured and underinsured individuals are likely to include reduced morbidity, improved quality of life, and increased survival, as well as a positive impact on overall health care and societal costs.