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Estimating the Prevalence of ‘Doctor Shopping' for Prescription Drugs
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Misuse of opioid analgesics threatens public health and results in rising numbers of overdose deaths and admissions to emergency departments and treatment facilities. In the absence of adequate patient information systems, patients who engage in “doctor…
Promoting Persistence in Community College Students
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To help community college students obtain the skills required to earn their degrees, the Robin Hood Foundation—New York’s largest poverty-fighting organization—designed the Robin Hood College Success Prize. The goal of the competition is to find scalable…
How Florida’s E-Verify Law May Increase Labor Trafficking
Blog
Some features of Florida’s new E-Verify law could put workers at greater risk for labor trafficking and exploitation.
Sharing Lessons to End the HIV Epidemic in the U.S. and Abroad
Publication
This white paper explains how bi-directional learning from the U.S.-focused RWHAP program and the international PEPFAR program can help end the HIV epidemic.
Global Health Security: 2024 Year in Review
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Abt Global’s top global health security insights from 2024 as we look ahead to 2025.
Workforce & Economic Mobility Learning Series
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Evaluating the HomeStart Eviction Prevention Program
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HomeStart is a Boston-based nonprofit organization with a goal of eliminating homelessness due to eviction for non-payment, notably for families with subsidies and the working poor in Massachusetts. Eviction is costly not only for tenants but for…
Decreases in inpatient hospitalizations from a technology-based, integrated behavioral health crisis response system: an evaluation of the Grand Response Access Network on Demand (GRAND) Model
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This article showcases behavioral health crisis program, GRAND Model, which was found to be effective in reducing inpatient hospitalizations in Oklahoma.
4th Sector Health: Alliances in Latin America and the Caribbean
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To leverage corporate and USAID funding bringing additional resources and solutions to health issues of the poor, 4th Sector Health was created. Funded by USAID’s Latin America/Caribbean Regional Bureau, the project promoted and developed public-private…
Research Partnership Supports Effective Educators in Massachusetts
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From 2012 to 2015, the research team including Abt Global and SRI International studied the implementation of a new system to improve educator effectiveness in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The research was conducted for the Massachusetts Department…