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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…
TAKEheart: Training for Cardiac Rehabilitation Use
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Million Hearts® established the goal of increasing cardiac rehabilitation for eligible patients from 20-30 percent in 2018 to 70 percent by 2022. Evidence shows that participation in cardiac rehabilitation reduces hospital readmissions by 25 percent,…
Maternal Health and Pregnancy Outcomes Among Incarcerated Mothers
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There has been little research on women who are pregnant, give birth, or experience a pregnancy termination or loss while in prison or jail. Understanding the health and well-being of pregnant women who are incarcerated at the federal, state, and local…
Evaluating Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Care Models
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The Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program (RWHAP), administered by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) within the Department of Health and Human Services, provides a comprehensive system of care for people living with HIV and AIDS. Although…
Evaluating the Benefits of Additional College Loan Counseling
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Roughly two-thirds of students take loans to pay for college, and many have difficulty repaying them; more than 500,000 students default on their loans each year. To reduce repayment challenges and in response to a presidential directive to help…
Evaluating Maternal Opioid Misuse Initiative
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The prevalence of opioid use disorder (OUD) among pregnant women and the incidence of neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome (NOWS) due to in-utero exposure to opioids have soared over the past two decades. The prevalence of NOWS among infants enrolled in…
Measuring Photo-Induced Toxicity of North West Shelf Oil in Australia
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Photo-induced toxicity of crude oil occurs when ultraviolet light (UV) contacts certain photo-active polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), which act as catalysts and produce reactive oxygen species. When this reaction occurs in the tissues of…
Improving Literacy Through Experience
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The AARP Foundation’s Experience Corps (EC) is an evidence-based literacy tutoring program that targets schools within high-need communities where a significant portion of K-3 students are below grade level in reading. EC provides highly-trained,…
The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) Analysis
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The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative was launched to reduce carbon pollution in 10 states in the Northeast: Vermont, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Maine, Delaware, Connecticut, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York and New Jersey. In this first carbon…
Lake Superior Manoomin and Ecosystem Characterization Study
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A variety of environmental factors threaten manoomin (wild rice) in the Lake Superior Basin. Given that, as part of the Lake Superior Wild Rice Initiative, Lake Superior Basin Anishinaabe communities, NOAA, and state agencies sought to document and…