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Rural Communities Opioid Response Program (RCORP) Evaluation
Project
Abt supports HRSA’s rural opioid response by evaluating RCORP grants, strengthening reporting quality, and guiding targeted support for communities.
BRFSS Data Gets the Jump on Chronic Health Challenges
Project
With health departments at the state and local level, the United States need consistent data to identify trends, track benchmarks and implement solutions at national, state and local scales. The Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) is a…
Evaluation of Youth Substance Use Prevention
Project
In 2013, the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation initiated a five-year Youth Substance Use Prevention and Early Intervention Strategic Initiative to promote early detection and intervention for substance use among youth age 15-22. The initiative called for use…
Equipping Local Partners to Fight Malaria
Impact Brief
Abt-led PMI VectorLink project works with governments and local research institutes to study mosquito behavior and determine key entomological indicators.
Developing Best Practices for Postsecondary Education
Project
Millions of students need to prepare for and stay in postsecondary educational programs. Numerous programs seek to help the students achieve their educational goals. There is research that evaluates these programs, but there was previously little…
Spotlight On: Housing as a Platform for Health and Well-Being
Spotlight On
Abt Global’s research teams combine expertise in housing and health to deliver leading-edge evaluations of initiatives that promote health and well-being among vulnerable populations.
Do Year-Round Schools Work? Three Questions to Ask
Blog
Abt’s Cara Jackson offers three tips to help educators determine if year-round instruction is desirable—and feasible—for their students.
COVID-19 Study of Households
Project
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…
MA DSRIP TA: Massachusetts Delivery System Reform Incentive Payment Technical Assistance Program
Project
Under a federal waiver program (DSRIP), Massachusetts has the opportunity to restructure MassHealth to improve health outcomes and experience for its members. The challenge is to build the capacity of the state’s newly formed Medicaid ACOs and related…
ELS@H: Cutting-Edge Research Is Informing the Early Education Field
Project
Researchers and policymakers are trying to understand and build on the benefits of early learning programs. New research was needed to identify the short- and long-term effects of early learning experiences—from social, emotional, and cognitive, to how…