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How a National Healthcare Training Program’s Impacts Vary Locally
Publication
Most local Health Profession Opportunity Grants programs improve short-term educational progress and healthcare employment, but evidence on earnings impacts is ambiguous.
SHOPS Plus: Public-Private Engagement for Better Health
Project
The private sector is a key provider of priority health-care services. But too often it is overlooked or not fully integrated into the health system. The public sector frequently does not have accurate information about the size and scope of the private…
Estimating the Prevalence of ‘Doctor Shopping' for Prescription Drugs
Project
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…
Evaluation of the Teen Outreach Program (TOP) in Hennepin County, Minnesota
Project
In 2010, Hennepin County, Minn., was one of 16 grantees awarded funds by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to replicate with fidelity and rigorously evaluate evidence-based teen pregnancy prevention programs. Abt Global conducted a…
Abt Helps Local Groups Play Greater Roles in Health Systems
Impact Brief
Abt supports new local partners in taking on incrementally larger roles in health system strengthening efforts.
Migrants in Colombia Find Kindness and Support in ‘Alliances of Solidarity’
Impact Brief
USAID’s Abt-led Local Health System Sustainability (LHSS) project built a Colombian non-governmental organization (NGO)’s capacity to help migrants get health care.