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The Impact of 20 Years of Pollution Prevention Projects

The Impact of 20 Years of Pollution Prevention Projects

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Do pollution prevention projects reduce toxic releases? If so, by how much? Understanding their impact would provide valuable input to efforts to protect the nation’s environment. However, the sheer number — approximately 370,000 projects over 20 years —…
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Reducing the Harm from Malaria in Zimbabwe

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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,…
Updating AHRQ’s TeamSTEPPS

Updating AHRQ’s TeamSTEPPS

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Over the past 15 years, hundreds of thousands of healthcare professionals and students have been taught to use AHRQ’s TeamSTEPPS concepts and tools to enhance the quality and safety of patient care. Evidence has steadily accumulated to show the positive…
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Six Building Blocks for Opioid Management

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Primary care practices need to redesign the way they provide care to balance preventing opioid misuse and potential risks while addressing the needs of patients with chronic pain. The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) awarded Abt a…
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Advancing Whole-Person Health: Implementing and Monitoring the MAHA ELEVATE Model

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Abt supports CMS in implementing and monitoring the MAHA ELEVATE Model to build evidence on functional and lifestyle medicine approaches to manage and improve chronic disease for Original Medicare beneficiaries.
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First Nationally Representative Study of Migrant and Seasonal Head Start Programs in 20 Years Offers a Treasure Trove of Data

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Migrant and Seasonal Head Start (MSHS) programs provide early childhood education, social and support services to culturally and linguistically diverse migrant and seasonal farmworker families and their children. Since the last nationally representative study of MSHS was conducted almost 20 years ago, there’s an urgent need for an update on MSHS programs and centers, and the farmworker families they serve. Changes in migration patterns, immigration policies and climate conditions may be affecting these children and families in as yet unknown ways, and the MSHS program may have to adapt to their changing needs.
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Rooted in Results: Powering Conservation Technology for America's Farmers and Ranchers

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Abt delivers streamlined technology systems that enable NRCS to provide timely conservation funding and support when farmers need it most.
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Design & Implementation Support for Maryland Value-Based Healthcare Programs

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Abt helped Maryland design and benchmark a statewide value based care model that saved $689 million and informed national health policy.
Evaluating NYC’s Service Design Studio

Evaluating NYC’s Service Design Studio

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The Service Design Studio (the Studio) is a novel approach to enhancing the capacity of New York City (NYC) municipal staff to adopt service design—sometimes referred to as human-centered design or design thinking—as a strategy to improve city services,…
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Needs Assessment for Medicaid Readiness

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Abt helped a nonprofit prepare to deliver Enhanced Care Management services under California’s CalAIM Medicaid program.