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Connecting Care for Children and Families: Testing New Approaches to Improve Outcomes and Manage Costs
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Abt is evaluating if new approaches to CMS’s Integrated Care for Kids (InCK) Model can improve outcomes for Medicaid-enrolled children while controlling costs.
Reorganizing Nurses’ Work for COVID-19 and Beyond
Impact Brief
The Universal Nurse Model offers efficient use of nursing resources to help Kyrgyzstan’s healthcare system cope with COVID-19.
Replication of Recovery and Reunification Interventions for Families-Impact Study (R3-Impact)
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In the last 20 years, parental substance use disorder (SUD) has become an increasingly prevalent reason for children to enter foster care. Recovery coaching is a promising strategy to support parents’ recovery and help keep families safe and together…
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…
Descriptive and Analytical Career Pathways Project
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Over the last 30 years, adults in the United States with a high school education or less have experienced stagnating wages and relatively high unemployment, while those with postsecondary credentials enjoyed economic gains (Autor, 2015; Carnevale et al.,…
Handwashing Fights COVID-19 in Bangladesh
Impact Brief
Under the Feed the Future Bangladesh Nutrition Activity, Abt installed handwashing stations in 27 markets, raising awareness about proper handwashing practices.
Developing the COBRA Health Impacts Screening and Mapping Tool
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Estimating and monetizing public health benefits from reductions in emissions can be a complicated process requiring expertise in air quality modeling, health impact valuation and the monetization of health benefits. Because of this, researchers,…
Eliminating Tuberculosis (TB) in Central Asia
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Central Asia is a hotspot for DR-TB. TB services are outdated, unsustainable and expensive, and increasing financial pressure on governments means money to improve services is limited. TB has a large social impact on individuals as high levels of stigma…
Do Apprenticeships Help Workers and Employers?
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The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) launched the American Apprenticeship Initiative (AAI) to expand registered apprenticeships in the U.S. into sectors with few apprenticeships, such as healthcare and information technology (IT).