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Infectious Diseases Impact Healthcare Workers
Project
Healthcare workers (HCWs) are a pivotal part of controlling the spread of infectious diseases and are at the forefront of the response to emerging pathogens. However, HCWs themselves are at high risk of exposure to these infectious diseases. To protect…
The Public Health Impact of Marijuana Legalization
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This brief summarizes expert interviewee observations on marijuana legalzation’s public health effects and notes how they align with other study findings.
Caring for Nursing Home Residents with Dementia
Project
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…
Tajikistan: Promoting Health Responsibility by Bicycle
Impact Brief
Through the Healthy Mother, Healthy Baby Activity, Khurshed Khojaev promotes community responsibility for maternal and child healthcare and nutrition.
Access to Behavioral Health Care in Massachusetts: The Basics
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Gerontological Society of America (GSA) 2024 Annual Scientific Meeting
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Behavioral Health
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Substance use disorders. Mental illness. Post-traumatic stress disorder. Opioid misuse. Suicide. Critical shortages of behavioral health care staff. The U.S. faces an unprecedented behavioral health crisis among youth and adults. As a trusted partner to the federal, state, and local sectors, Abt informs public policy on behavioral health through a comprehensive suite of approaches. We use evaluation design and implementation, scientific evidence, health communications, capacity-building, and collaboration to heal the whole person. Our experts bring their backgrounds in social work, clinical psychology, public health, and sociology to offer integrated prevention, treatment, and intervention.
Behavioral Health
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At Abt Global, we build solutions that transform how we understand, access, treat, and integrate behavioral health across a wide range of health and other settings.
Health Services Availability and Readiness in Seven Provinces of Nepal: Further Analysis of the 2015 Nepal Health Facility Survey
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