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Heart Valve Disease: Increasing Education and Awareness
Project
The Abt team developed, implemented, and evaluated a communication campaign to increase education about and awareness of heart valve disease among the public, those at risk, and healthcare professionals.
New Research Highlights Important Patient Safety Practices across the Healthcare Continuum
Impact Brief
AHRQ enlisted Abt Global and IMPAQ to develop MHCSIII to improve patient safety; four journal articles by Abt staff were generated by the project.
Spotlight On: Transitioning Local Organizations to Self-Sufficiency
Spotlight On
As a provider of technical assistance (TA), Abt recognizes that the measure of our success ultimately is the ability of TA recipients to operate on their own.
Spotlight On: The Intersection of Health and the Environment
Spotlight On
Changes to our environment can have an enormous impact on health; Abt works with clients & communities at the intersection of health & environment.
Health Effects from Exposure to Aerosolized Cyanobacterial Toxins
Project
Toxic cyanobacteria blooms, or cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms (CyanoHABs), are becoming increasingly problematic as a result of reduced oxygen levels in bodies of water around the globe; Florida has been significantly impacted.
Evaluating REL Pacific’s Secondary Writing Toolkit
Project
Literacy—including writing—is closely tied to student success throughout K–12 education, impacting high school graduation and, ultimately, income after graduation. But students across the United States perform poorly on assessments of writing and,…
The MA Early Childhood Support Organization Initiative
Project
Abt evaluated the delivery and impact of the MA ECSO initiative which helps early education leaders and educators improve the quality of their practice.
Process Study of the U.S. Department of Labor's “Pay for Success” Pilots in Two States: Development of the Grant Applications and Initial Implementation
Publication
Collecting Infectious Disease Data in Nursing Homes
Project
Infectious diseases can spread quickly through nursing homes, leading to high morbidity and mortality in this vulnerable population. The COVID-19 pandemic underscored this, causing over 1.7 million SARS-CoV-2 cases and almost 168,000 deaths among nursing…
A New Handbook to Support Health IT for Quality Improvement
Publication
Abt helped the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) develop a handbook to support coaches using Health IT for quality improvement in primary care.