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How a National Healthcare Training Program’s Impacts Vary Locally

How a National Healthcare Training Program’s Impacts Vary Locally

Publication
Most local Health Profession Opportunity Grants programs improve short-term educational progress and healthcare employment, but evidence on earnings impacts is ambiguous.
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Spotlight On: Digital and Data Services for Research, Monitoring and Evaluation

Spotlight On
Abt’s digital and data services support all aspects of policy research, monitoring, and program evaluation through an array of digital tools and technologies.
Climate Impacts and Risk Assessment (CIRA) Modeling

Climate Impacts and Risk Assessment (CIRA) Modeling

Project
Abt Global’s staff has developed and implemented spatially specific modeling approaches for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to quantify, and often estimate the cost of, the impacts of climate change on a number of sectors and dynamics in…
Diabetes Health Card Increases Risk Awareness

Diabetes Health Card Increases Risk Awareness

Project
Changing behavior requires reaching people at the right time: when they are open to making a change. One indication of that willingness in the diabetes context is if they are searching for diabetes-related information online. The challenge is how to take…
COVID-19 Study of Hospitalized Older Adults

COVID-19 Study of Hospitalized Older Adults

Project
Older adults are at high risk for contracting novel coronavirus and for developing severe illnesses if infected. To inform policy starting early in the COVID-19 pandemic, CDC needed more data on medical care for hospitalized patients 50 or older in rural…
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Engagement, Interest, and Efficacy in STEM

Project
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) Science, Engineering, Mathematics, and Aerospace Academy (SEMAA) project is a science enrichment program aimed at inspiring, engaging, and educating K–12 students in science, technology,…
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Deepwater Horizon Spill Assessment and Restoration Plan

Project
In 2010, an explosion on a Deepwater Horizon oil well in the Gulf of Mexico resulted in the largest marine oil spill in U.S. history. It required a massive response to minimize damage and protect the environment, with involvement by many federal and…
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Reducing the Harm from Malaria in Zimbabwe

Project
Malaria is the third most common cause of illness in Zimbabwe. Approximately 1 in 12 children die before their fifth birthday due to malaria, according to the 2010 Demographic and Health Survey. While the country had made progress in the last decade,…