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Ensuring Making Health Care Safer III Lives up to Its Name
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The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s (AHRQ) Making Health Care Safer (MHCS) reports have had an important role in reducing harm and improving the safety and quality of care for patients.
Mozambique Agribusiness and Trade Competitiveness Program (AgriFUTURO)
Project
In 2011, roughly 80 percent of Mozambicans earning their living from subsistence farming; more than 44 percent suffered from chronic malnutrition, and 34 percent faced perpetual hunger. Farm productivity was among the lowest in the world. Farmers used…
Providing Local Evaluation Support to ACF’s PREP Grantees
Project
The Administration for Children and Families’ (ACF) Family and Youth Services Bureau (FYSB) oversees the four Personal Responsibility Education Program (PREP) grant programs: State Formula PREP, Competitive PREP, Personal Responsibility Education –…
Growing Our 12-Plus Year Collaboration with NYC’s Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
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Among large cities, New York City (NYC) is unique due to the diversity of its more than 8 million residents. Residents come from a variety of countries, speak multiple languages, have varying degrees of mobility and literacy, and live in a variety of…
COVID-19 Study of Households
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From the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, CDC needed data on how common COVID-19 was out in the community and how the virus transmits among members of the same household, even among asymptomatic individuals. CDC also examined differences in disease…
LIFT: Implementation Findings from the Evaluation of Employment Coaching
Publication
A report by Abt and Mathematica on the LIFT coaching intervention found it was implemented as designed and created trusting relations with participants.
Expanding Registered Apprenticeship: American Apprenticeship Initiative (AAI) Grantees and Their Programs
Publication
The American Apprenticeship Initiative expanded registered apprenticeship into new sectors and to populations underrepresented in apprenticeships.
An Analysis of Medicare Accountable Care Organization Expense Reports
Publication
Abt’s first of its kind study identified the costs affiliated with joining an ACO, and the ultimate financials benefits to society.
ZIP Code-Level Estimation of Air Quality and Health Risk Due to Particulate Matter Pollution in New York City
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Abt helped design the ZAPPA tool so New York City could evaluate the potential impacts of proposed environmental polices, down to the neighborhood level.
Teen Pregnancy Prevention Study Finds Benefits
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The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) wanted to determine if teen pregnancy prevention programs with limited prior evidence of effectiveness can work when replicated with different populations and in different settings. HHS contracted with…