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Health  |  Social and Environmental Policy  |  International Development   •   July 2015

Progress in Family Planning, HIV and AIDS, and Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health Celebrated by SHOPS Project

The Strengthening Health Outcomes through the Private Sector (SHOPS) project is marking more than five years of increasing availability, improving quality, and expanding coverage of essential health products and services in family planning and reproductive health, maternal and child health, and HIV and AIDS in more than 30 countries.

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Offering Vouchers to Families Experiencing Homelessness Has Benefits Beyond Housing

Providing permanent housing subsidies to homeless families helps keep families from becoming homeless again and has a variety of positive benefits – from keeping families out of shelters and off the street to reducing school absences for their children and improving food security. This is according to a new study from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and Abt Associates. The results provide the first clear evidence about the best policies to help families who experience homelessness.

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U.S. to See Massive Benefits if Action is Taken on Climate Change Globally

A new report from the Environmental Protection Agency – produced with significant input from Abt Associates – concludes that hundreds of thousands of lives, billions of dollars, and huge swaths of ecosystems in the U.S. are at risk from man-made climate change. The report – “Climate Impacts in the United States: Benefits of Global Action” – estimates the economic, health, and environmental benefits to the U.S. of global reductions in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

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Nursing Home Compare: Continuously Improving Health Care Ratings

The Five-Star Quality Ratings System is a way of measuring the quality of care provided by all nursing homes that accept Medicare or Medicaid. Abt Associates, working with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and a number of other experts, developed and has significantly improved the methodology for the system.

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New Publications

Abt Research Study Prompts USAID to Scale-up Distribution of Pregnancy Test Kits through Community Health Workers in Madagascar

Behind the Numbers: Estimating the Cost of HUD’s Housing Choice Voucher Program

Household Capacity to Adapt to Climate Change and Implications for Food Security in Trinidad and Tobago

A Concise, Health Service Coverage Index for Monitoring Progress Towards Universal Health Coverage

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Melinda S. Williams, a communications professional with more than 30 years of experience, has been named Vice President, Corporate Communications; Mauricio Poodts, Deputy Chief Information Officer, now is Vice President, Information Technology; and Thierry van Bastelaer, a Senior Fellow and health finance expert, has been named Vice President, International Health. Read More →

Marvin Chambers, a seasoned executive coach and human resource director, has been named Vice President of Human Resources. In this role, Chambers will lead global HR operations. Read More →

Several Abt employees served as part of a team that was one of seven to win the 2015 U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Innovates Award. This award is aimed at building a culture of innovation at HHS through facilitating the exchange of innovative ideas and showcasing creative approaches developed by HHS employees and other contributors to solve tough problems. Read More →

A recent paper by Douglas McDonald and Kenneth Carlson that analyzed geographic variations in prescription opioid abuse through “doctor shopping” has been selected as one of the best papers published in Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety in 2014. Read More →

Todd Grindal, an associate in education, won a new grant from the Spencer Foundation to examine the relationships between income status and the identification and placement patterns of students with disabilities across four to six states. Read More →

In the News

What’s the Matter with Polling?

In a discussion of election polling and low response rate in The New York Times, Mark Schulman, a co-founder and research chief at Abt SRBI, estimates that interviewing costs in 2016 will be more than twice what they were in 2008.

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Nipped in the Bud

A news story in The Economist mentioned an Abt Associates report that found New York City saves $1.06 in shelter expenses for every dollar it spends on a Homebase, a program to prevent homelessness.

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HBO Show Cites Abt Report on Family Medical Leave Act

A report by Abt Associates on the Family Medical Leave Act was featured on a Last Week Tonight with John Oliver segment on Mother’s Day. The report, released in 2013, found that leave has had little negative impact in most workplaces.

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Baltimore Jail Complex Again Faces Lawsuit Over Health Care

Liza Solomon, principal associate and HIV policy and research expert at Abt, was quoted in a Baltimore Sun story about admissions to and average stay at jails around the country.

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More News

New Report Exposes Gap Between Self-Reported Drug Use and Actual Drug Use

Improving Health Care in Nigeria, Measuring Costs of U.S. Housing Program among Efforts Recognized by Abt Associates

TB Testing Innovation, Photo of Maternal Health Efforts Receive Awards During Annual Abt Project Leaders Conference

Abt JTA Awarded the Contract to Provide the Support Service for the Australian Nurse Partnership Program

Abt Associates to Evaluate Clean Energy and Climate Plan for Massachusetts

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