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Caring for Nursing Home Residents with Dementia

Caring for Nursing Home Residents with Dementia

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Studies indicate that dementia care in the United States is, generally, impersonal and fragmented. Massachusetts requires long-term care facilities to provide dementia care training to direct-care workers. The intention of the regulation was to address…
Evaluating HUD’s Community Choice Demonstration

Evaluating HUD’s Community Choice Demonstration

Project
More than 2.3 million households participate in the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Housing Choice Voucher program, and almost a million of these households are comprised of families with children. With these vouchers, families…
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Developing the SafeWater CBX Benefit-Cost Model

Project
More than 140 unregulated chemicals contaminate public water supplies in 42 states. The risk to consumers is unclear because researchers haven’t figured out the threshold for when they cause harm. To weigh regulatory options, the Environmental Protection…
Telemedicine Improves Odds for TB Treatment in Uzbekistan

Digital Health Improves Odds for TB Treatment in Uzbekistan

Impact Brief
In Uzbekistan, an Abt-managed USAID project has trained doctors to use digital health to improve follow-up treatment for TB patients.
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Portrait of WIC Participants and Programs: Capturing Data through the Abt-Designed Automated Reporting System

Project
The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) provides federal grants to states for supplemental foods, health-care referrals, and nutrition education. The beneficiaries:  nearly 8 million low-income pregnant,…
Exploring the Neighborhood‑Level Impact of Retail Marijuana Outlets on Crime in Washington State

Exploring the Neighborhood‑Level Impact of Retail Marijuana Outlets on Crime in Washington State

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This article shows a modest increase in property crimes in Washington State neighborhoods where legal marijuana retail stores open.
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Addressing Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Primary Care

Publication
Primary care providers may not correctly assess their own knowledge of post-traumatic stress disorder; many may benefit from targeted, evidence-based training.
Report Series: Mitigating Methane: A Global Health Strategy

Report Series: Mitigating Methane: A Global Health Strategy

Publication