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Sedentary Child Care Workers Lead To Sedentary Toddlers

Active Child Care Workers Lead to Active Toddlers

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Findings of the Abt-led Study of Nutrition and Activity in Child Care Settings (SNACS) suggest ample room for improvement in provision of physical activity opportunities during child care.
Association of Participation in the Oncology Care Model with Medicare Payments, Utilization, Care Delivery, and Quality Outcomes

Association of Participation in the Oncology Care Model with Medicare Payments, Utilization, Care Delivery, and Quality Outcomes

Publication
Abt’s evaluation of CMS’s OCM payment model found that it helped reduce Medicare payments for oncological care.
Providing Local Evaluation Support to ACF’s PREP Grantees

Providing Local Evaluation Support to ACF’s PREP Grantees

Project
With funding from FYSB, ACF’s Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation (OPRE) contracted with Abt Global and its partner, Child Trends to provide local evaluation support to PREP grantees and to disseminate project information.
USAID Eliminating Tuberculosis in Central Asia Activity: Unbroken by TB and Stigma

USAID Eliminating Tuberculosis in Central Asia Activity: Unbroken by TB and Stigma

Impact Brief
The USAID Eliminating TB in Central Asia activity builds local capacity to improve the detection and treatment of drug-resistant TB and reduce TB stigma.
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Mortgage Journeys: Identifying New Homebuyer Challenges

Project
Fannie Mae had conducted extensive research with various groups of consumers (e.g., renters, young adults, delinquent borrowers, homeowners, refinancers, etc.), including several survey research projects to examine how consumers shop for mortgages. To…
Improving Nutrition for Tajik Mothers and Children

Improving Nutrition for Tajik Mothers and Children

Project
The primary goal of the U.S. Agency for International Development’s Healthy Mother Healthy Baby (HMHB) activity in Tajikistan is to improve the nutritional status of mothers and children under two and reduce their morbidity and mortality rates. To…
Spotlight On: Opioid Use, Misuse and Overdose

Spotlight On: Opioid Use, Misuse and Overdose

Spotlight On
Our work has helped address the supply of and demand for illegal drugs and the misuse of legal substances for federal, state and local agencies, as well as other key stakeholders.
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Spotlight On: Machine Learning

Spotlight On
Abt uses machine learning to do things that until recently would have been impossible, such as categorizing a vast amount of unstructured text into main themes or counting mosquito eggs from a smartphone picture using image recognition.
In a Complex Country, What’s Working for Better Health

In a Complex Country, What’s Working for Better Health

Impact Brief
The statistics are head-turning: The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has an estimated $24 trillion in untapped mineral deposits, yet the sixth highest poverty rate in the world. Its health outcomes are similarly out of line with its wealth.
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VIDA Program Shows Promising Educational Results

Project
Low-income workers with only a high school education face poor and declining employment prospects. Policymakers, workforce development organizations, educators  and other key stakeholders are interested in how to facilitate a better match between the…