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Feb 27, 2025

Racial and Ethnic Representation Among Complementary and Integrative Health Program Graduates

Lack of racial and ethnic diversity among complementary and integrative health care (CIH) providers may hinder access to CIH care. We found that a disparity persists between the composition of CIH professions and diversity in the US population.
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Jan 10, 2025

Working Conditions in Complementary and Integrative Healthcare Professions

This study describes working conditions, including ergonomic and psychosocial demands, for five complementary and integrative health occupations: acupuncturists, chiropractors, massage therapists, midwives, and naturopathic doctors.
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Sep 15, 2023

Building Bridges Toward Common Goals: A Call for Greater Collaboration Between Public Health and Integrative, Complementary and Traditional Health Providers

Diverse partnerships can be difficult to maintain, but the application of equitable processes may aid their success. In the face of highly complex public health challenges, partnerships with ICTHP are critical.
Sep 11, 2023

RAND Research Across Complementary and Integrative Health Institutions (REACH) Center

The RAND Center for Collaborative Research in Complementary and Integrative Health is a collaboration between the RAND Corporation and institutions that train complementary and integrative health practitioners to leverage RAND's research infrastructure in support of collaborative research across these professions.
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Feb 17, 2022

Incorporating Complementary and Integrative Health Providers in the Public Health Pandemic Response: Lessons from COVID-19 and Recommendations for the Future from a Multidisciplinary Expert Panel

Complementary and integrative health providers have been an underutilized public health asset in the response to the COVID-19 pandemic. This report seeks to inform how they can be better integrated into future responses to public health emergencies.
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Sep 30, 2021

Sleep Management in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD): A Systematic Review

Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) involves several symptoms, including sleep disturbance. This review synthesizes the evidence from randomized controlled trials on the effects that interventions for adults with PTSD have on sleep outcomes.
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Jun 11, 2020

Researching the Appropriateness of Care in the Complementary and Integrative Health Professions: Part 5: Selection, Protection, and Abstraction

Of the records abstracted, many revealed incomplete provider documentation regarding the details of and rationale for care. Better documentation and more standardized record keeping would facilitate future research using patient records.
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Jun 10, 2020

Researching the Appropriateness of Care in the Complementary and Integrative Health Professions: Part 4: Putting Practice Back Into Evidence-based Practice by Recruiting Clinics and Patients

This study found that clinics can be successfully recruited for practice-based studies, and patients can be recruited using iPads. Obtaining patient records presents considerable challenges, and clinics varied in whether they had electronic files, nonelectronic records, or a mixture.
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Jun 9, 2020

Coping and Management Techniques Used by Chronic Low Back Pain Patients Receiving Treatment From Chiropractors

Persons with chronic back pain were proactive in their coping strategies and frequently used self-care coping strategies like those provided by chiropractors in patient education. In alignment with patients' beliefs that their condition was chronic and lifelong, many patients attempted a wide range of coping strategies to relieve their pain.
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May 5, 2020

The Research Crisis in American Institutions of Complementary and Integrative Health: One Proposed Solution for Chiropractic Profession

The future success of CIH-directed research on CIH will require a pooling of talent and resources across institutions; something that the American chiropractic institutions have not yet been able to achieve. This article discusses one possible solution.
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Mar 31, 2020

Group and Individual-level Change on Health-related Quality of Life in Chiropractic Patients With Chronic Low Back or Neck Pain

This study suggests some benefits of chiropractic on functioning and well-being of patients with low back pain or neck pain.
Mar 23, 2020

RAND Center of Excellence for the Study of Appropriateness of Care in Complementary and Alternative Medicine

The RAND Center of Excellence for the Study of Appropriateness of Care in Complementary and Alternative Medicine was established to advance the methodology of researching appropriateness in complementary and integrative health care.

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Racial and Ethnic Representation Among Complementary and Integrative Health Program Graduates

Working Conditions in Complementary and Integrative Healthcare Professions

Building Bridges Toward Common Goals: A Call for Greater Collaboration Between Public Health and Integrative, Complementary and Traditional Health Providers

RAND Research Across Complementary and Integrative Health Institutions (REACH) Center

Incorporating Complementary and Integrative Health Providers in the Public Health Pandemic Response: Lessons from COVID-19 and Recommendations for the Future from a Multidisciplinary Expert Panel

Sleep Management in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD): A Systematic Review

Researching the Appropriateness of Care in the Complementary and Integrative Health Professions: Part 5: Selection, Protection, and Abstraction

Researching the Appropriateness of Care in the Complementary and Integrative Health Professions: Part 4: Putting Practice Back Into Evidence-based Practice by Recruiting Clinics and Patients

Coping and Management Techniques Used by Chronic Low Back Pain Patients Receiving Treatment From Chiropractors

The Research Crisis in American Institutions of Complementary and Integrative Health: One Proposed Solution for Chiropractic Profession

Group and Individual-level Change on Health-related Quality of Life in Chiropractic Patients With Chronic Low Back or Neck Pain

RAND Center of Excellence for the Study of Appropriateness of Care in Complementary and Alternative Medicine

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Racial and Ethnic Representation Among Complementary and Integrative Health Program Graduates

Working Conditions in Complementary and Integrative Healthcare Professions

Building Bridges Toward Common Goals: A Call for Greater Collaboration Between Public Health and Integrative, Complementary and Traditional Health Providers

RAND Research Across Complementary and Integrative Health Institutions (REACH) Center

Incorporating Complementary and Integrative Health Providers in the Public Health Pandemic Response: Lessons from COVID-19 and Recommendations for the Future from a Multidisciplinary Expert Panel

Sleep Management in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD): A Systematic Review

Researching the Appropriateness of Care in the Complementary and Integrative Health Professions: Part 5: Selection, Protection, and Abstraction

Researching the Appropriateness of Care in the Complementary and Integrative Health Professions: Part 4: Putting Practice Back Into Evidence-based Practice by Recruiting Clinics and Patients

Coping and Management Techniques Used by Chronic Low Back Pain Patients Receiving Treatment From Chiropractors

The Research Crisis in American Institutions of Complementary and Integrative Health: One Proposed Solution for Chiropractic Profession

Group and Individual-level Change on Health-related Quality of Life in Chiropractic Patients With Chronic Low Back or Neck Pain

RAND Center of Excellence for the Study of Appropriateness of Care in Complementary and Alternative Medicine

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