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When individuals need long-term care, information on provider quality is critical to making an informed choice. The major ongoing challenge in the project is preparing the monthly updates to Care Compare and its Five-Star Quality Rating System to support…

PSHPA helped improve the private health sector’s data reporting to the Ministry of Health, enabling more informed, evidence-based decision-making.

Through the Healthy Mother, Healthy Baby Activity, Khurshed Khojaev promotes community responsibility for maternal and child healthcare and nutrition.

Pregnant women with two COVID-19 vaccine doses have vaccine-induced antibodies, a CDC study co-written by Abt shows, but antibodies transferred to infants wane quickly.

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…

From 2012 to 2015, the research team including Abt Global and SRI International studied the implementation of a new system to improve educator effectiveness in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The research was conducted for the Massachusetts Department…

Parental intent to vaccinate children younger than five has declined over time as parents were less likely to think the vaccine was effective and safe.

In late 2014, the Massachusetts Department of Early Education and Care (EEC) was awarded a federal Preschool Expansion Grant (PEG) to expand high-quality early childhood education to more than 800 4-year-old children per year in five underserved…

Citizen Schools is a non-profit organization that partners with middle schools to expand the learning day for children in low-income communities. The organization mobilizes a “second shift” of afternoon educators who provide academic support, leadership…