| March 2014
Health | Social and Environmental Policy | International Development |
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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. Read More... 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. Read More... 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. Read More...
Join our Team Associate/Workforce Development Bethesda, MD Senior Associate/Senior Epidemiologist Atlanta, GA Associate/Communications Manager Ghana Conference Coordinator Intern Bethesda, MD Browse all open jobs... |
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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.
Read More... |  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.
Read More... |  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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