Subject: News from Abt Associates
From: Mary Maguire <[email-masked]>
To: Mary Maguire <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2014 22:05:12 +0000

Dear Abt Colleagues,

Below is the March edition of our bi-monthly email newsletter that reaches nearly 6,000 of our clients, colleagues, partners and other interested professionals.

Great work is going on across the company, and I invite you to take a few minutes to see what your colleagues are up to! Check out recent publications, staff news, Abt in the News and this month’s hot jobs.

Enjoy,

Mary

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March 2014
Health  |  Social and Environmental Policy  |  International Development

New Directions in Social Experiments Event Kicks off Celebration of Abt's 50th Anniversary

Abt Associates began a celebration of its 50-year anniversary with an in-depth panel discussion on the latest in social experiments in the U.S. and around the world. The March 11 discussion included some of the top minds in evaluation science who explored the challenges and successes in gathering reliable evidence on whether a program works.

Watch The Video...

Visit our 50th anniversary page for updates on future events

and to explore our interactive timeline.

Abt Opens U.K. Office with Event on

Private Sector Health

Abt Associates opened its office in the United Kingdom on Feb. 27 by hosting an event attended by representatives from the UK Department for International Development (DFID) and other international development firms and non-government organizations. The new Abt office is designed to better serve clients in the region, including DFID.

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Survey: Prisons, Jails Miss Opportunities for HIV Testing, Post-Release Treatment

Few prison systems or jails in the U.S. have comprehensive programs to provide critical services that link HIV-positive inmates to care after their release, according to a study published in Health Affairs. Because people who are incarcerated are three to five times more likely than the general population to be infected by HIV, correctional facilities play an important role in testing for HIV and linking infected people to post-release treatment services.

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Abt-led Maternal & Child Health Project Transitions to Dominican Republic Government Program

The Abt Associates-led Maternal & Child Centers of Excellence project in the Dominican Republic has received the ultimate endorsement: The Dominican government is taking over the effort and using its own resources to roll it out to public and private health care facilities nationwide. The project helped reduce the number of maternal deaths in pilot hospitals by half over three years.

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Abt Associates to Expand National Evaluation of i3

Abt was recently selected by the U.S. Department of Education to expand the ongoing National Evaluation of Investing in Innovation (NEi3) to include the most recent 25 grant awards made with FY 2013 funds. Investing in Innovation (i3) is a grant program aimed at supporting the implementation and evaluation of a wide range of evidence-based interventions to improve student outcomes.

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Global Health:

Innovation to Impact

Abt's international health division recently launched an e-newsletter, Global Health: Innovation to Impact. This quarterly publication will focus on how our projects are delivering on Abt's mission to improve the quality of life and economic well-being of people worldwide.

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New Publications

Effects of User Fee Exemptions on the Provision and Use of Maternal Health Services: A Review of Literature.

Estimating a model of excess demand for public housing.

Evaluation of HIV Prevention Interventions for People who Inject Drugs in Low- and Middle-income Countries: Current and Future State of the Art

In the News

Help Employees Afford Housing

Jeffrey Lubell, director of Housing Initiatives at Abt Associates, wrote in the New York Times' Room for Debate feature that employers would benefit by financially helping employees both rent and buy housing.

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Climate Change Brings More Crime

A news article in the L.A. Times discussed a study by Matthew Ranson, associate and scientist at Abt Associates, which found that global warming will trigger more crimes - such as murders and rapes - over the next century, with social costs estimated to run as high as $115 billion.

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How to Fight Rising Heroin and Opiate Use

Abt Associates Principal Scientist Dana Hunt, Ph.D. - who has conducted research in the areas of crime and addictions for more than 30 years - wrote in an op-ed  for the Boston Globe that reducing heroin and opiate use will require identifying these new, sometimes rural opiate users and making treatment accessible to them.

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Join our Team

Associate/Workforce Development

Bethesda, MD

Senior Associate/Senior Epidemiologist

Atlanta, GA

Associate/Communications Manager

Ghana

Conference Coordinator Intern

Bethesda, MD

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Our People

Elizabeth Teehan, an accomplished marketing research operations executive, has been named Chief Operating Officer of public policy and market research firm Abt SRBI.

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Julie Strawn, a leading authority on post-secondary education and workforce development programs for low-skilled adults, has joined Abt Associates as a principal associate.

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Jacob Klerman, Abt Principal Associate and Senior Fellow, has been named Editor of Evaluation Review. The journal serves as an interdisciplinary forum for researchers, planners, and policymakers who develop, implement, and utilize studies designed to improve the human condition.

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More News

A Healthier Future for Zambians

Abt JTA Community Health Programs in PNG Launch New Websites

Abt-led Climate Change Program Launches in Central Asia

Phone Reminder Service Decreases Discontinuation of Contraception in India

Study Reveals Most New Yorkers Consume Too Much Sodium

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