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Tracking COVID-19 in Pregnant Women and Infants
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Pregnant women may be more vulnerable than the general population to respiratory infections and severe respiratory complications from COVID-19, and CDC needs more research on their potential effects on birth outcomes to continue to guide the public. In…
Providing the First Forecast for Space Weather Effects and Impacts
Project
“Space weather” isn’t the next blockbuster movie franchise; it refers to conditions created by the sun, solar wind, magnetosphere, ionosphere and thermosphere near Earth’s space environment that impact our planet. The effects of space weather can…
Health Systems Research (HSR) 2024
Event
Abt Global is exhibiting and presenting at Health Systems Research (HSR) in Nagasaki, Japan in November 2024.
Fair Housing Training and Technical Assistance
Project
In 2015, HUD rolled out the Assessment of Fair Housing which included a new rigorous and mandatory process for data analysis, mapping, and strategy development to help grantees make meaningful change and affirmatively further fair housing (AFFH). Abt…
Tradeoffs in Habitat Value to Maximize Natural Resource Benefits From Coastal Restoration in a Rapidly Eroding Wetland: Is Monitoring Land Area Sufficient?
Publication
This article compares the benefits of shallow open water areas to emergent restored wetlands in Coastal Louisiana to explore restoration ecosystem benefits.
Valley Initiative for Development and Advancement (VIDA) Three-Year Impact Report
Publication
VIDA had a positive effect on educational outcomes but had no detectable effect on earnings and few effects on employment or other economic outcomes.
Managing Opioid Use and Misuse in Older Adults
Project
Older adults are twice as likely as the general population to have pain, and clinicians often rely on opioid treatment. As a result, opioid use, misuse, and opioid use disorder have increased among older adults, who are vulnerable to adverse reactions…
Medicaid Innovation Accelerator Program (IAP): Final Evaluation Report
Publication
Abt’s evaluation of the Medicaid Innovation Accelerator Program (IAP) suggests possible directions for future CMS technical assistance program modifications.
Spotlight On: Crisis and Emergency Risk Communication (CERC)
Spotlight On
By combining technical, communications, and behavior-change expertise while applying the principles of behavioral-economics, Abt campaigns successfully encourage audiences to adopt recommended actions.
HIT-COVID, a global database tracking public health interventions to COVID-19
Publication
Abt contributes to HIT-COVID, a growing database that tracks the implementation and relaxation of policies designed at local levels to halt COVID-19’s progress.