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Final Impacts of a Home Visiting Program in Texas Designed to Reduce Repeat Pregnancies

A final report presents evidence on the long-term impacts of the Steps to Success home visiting program for adolescent mothers in San Angelo, Texas.




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Mathematica at Association for Public Policy Analysis & Management (APPAM): Rising to the Challenge of Engaging Diverse Perspectives

From November 7 to 9, APPAM will host its annual Fall Research Conference in Denver, Colorado. As a proud partner of APPAM since its inception, Mathematica will participate in a number of conference activities.




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Using Data to Improve Employment Outcomes for People with Disabilities

Mathematica disability policy expert Purvi Sevak joined a panel of experts at the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) to discuss how the agency is facilitating the collection and sharing of data that might help improve employment outcomes for people with disabilities.




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Mathematica Partners with the Food and Nutrition Service and Boston Children’s Hospital at the APHA Annual Meeting and Expo

Mathematica researchers partnered with key clients and contributed to a number of projects that will be presented at the American Public Health Association’s Annual Meeting and Expo in Philadelphia from November 2 to 6.




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Mathematica Team Named Finalist in Stage 1 of CMS Artificial Intelligence Health Outcomes Challenge

Mathematica is partnering with The Health Collaborative, the Patient Advocate Foundation, and MediaAgility on a solution leveraging artificial intelligence and other industry-leading methods to achieve a number of goals to drive primary care transformation.




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NextGen Seeks Programs that Help People with Complex Challenges Find Work

Despite recent improvements in the overall job market, many individuals – including many individuals with disabilities – continue to face obstacles to gainful employment and economic independence.




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New Tools for Improving Attendance in Pre-Kindergarten and Kindergarten

Chronic absenteeism is particularly high for students in pre-kindergarten and kindergarten compared with those in elementary and middle school. Check out new resources to help identify and reduce it.




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New Toolkit Highlights How Medicare Accountable Care Organizations Engage Beneficiaries

Under a contract with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), Mathematica’s health experts worked with 24 Medicare Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) and End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Seamless Care Organizations participating in the Shared Savings Program, Next Generation ACO Model, and the Comprehensive ESRD Care Model to identify the strategies that ACOs use to engage beneficiaries in their care.




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More Nutritious School Meals Reach Millions of Children Since Passage of the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act

Updated nutrition standards called for in the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 (HHFKA) have made school meals significantly healthier, according to a recent article.




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New Year, New Insights: Working Together to Make a Difference for Students

As we step into the new year, Mathematica is proud to announce new partnerships with the U.S. Department of Education. On these projects, we will work together to evaluate education programs and produce insights that strengthen teaching and learning.




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Explore everything : place-hacking the city / Bradley L. Garrett

Garrett, Bradley L




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Reading tourism texts : a multimodal analysis / Sabrina Francesconi

Francesconi, Sabrina, 1976-




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Working (out) leisure : a critical interpretation of post-work culture / Melinda Young

Young, Melinda




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Leisurely Islam : negotiating geography and morality in Shi'ite South Beirut / Lara Deeb & Mona Harb

Deeb, Lara, 1974- author




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Trends in European tourism planning and organisation / edited by Carlos Costa, Emese Panyik and Dimitrios Buhalis




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Tourism and archaeology : sustainable meeting grounds / edited by Cameron Walker, Neil Carr




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Tourism marketing : quality and service management perspectives / [edited by] Eric Laws




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Marketing and designing the tourist experience / Isabelle Frochot and Wided Batat

Frochot, Isabelle, author




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Tourist destination images and local culture : using the example of the United Arab Emirates / Verena Schwaighofer ; foreword by Prof. Dr. Sc. Othmar M. Lehner

Schwaighofer, Verena, author




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Economy hotels in China : a glocalised innovative hospitality sector / Songshan (Sam) Huang and Xuhua (Michael) Sun

Huang, Songshan




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Romancing the wild : cultural dimensions of ecotourism / Robert Fletcher

Fletcher, Robert, 1973- author




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Internet marketing implementation and leapfrogging effects in tourism / Ahmad Fareed Ismail

Ismail, Ahmad Fareed, author




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Tourism security : strategies for effectively managing travel risk and safety / by Peter E. Tarlow

Tarlow, Peter E., author




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Understanding and governing sustainable tourism mobility : psychological and behavioural approaches / edited by Scott A. Cohen, James E.S. Higham, Paul Peeters and Stefan Gössling




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Shipwrecks of the Ningaloo Reef : maritime archaeological projects from 1978-2009 / Jeremy Green (editor) ; with contributions by Ross Anderson ... [et al.]




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Green growth and travelism : concept, policy and practice for sustainable tourism / edited by Terry DeLacy, Min Jiang, Geoffrey Lipman and Shaun Vorster




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Managing sustainability in the hospitality and tourism industry : paradigms and directions for the future / edited by Vinnie Jauhari, PhD




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The tourism education futures initiative : activating change in tourism education / edited by Darko Prebezac, Christian Schott and Pauline J. Sheldon




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Three ships came sailing / Arthur H. Noble

Noble, Arthur Henry




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Planning for ethnic tourism / Li Yang and Geoffrey Wall

Yang, Li, author




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European tourism planning and organisation systems : the EU member states / edited by Carlos Costa, Emese Panyik and Dimitrios Buhalis




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Tourism in Africa : harnessing tourism for growth and improved livelihoods / Iain Christie, Eneida Fernandes, Hannah Messerli, and Louise Twining-Ward

Christie, Iain T., author




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Creating experience value in tourism / edited by Nina K. Prebensen, University of Tromsø, Norway, Joseph S. Chen, Indiana University at Bloomington and Muzaffer Uysal, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University




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Queer postcolonial narratives and the ethics of witnessing / Donna McCormack

McCormack, Donna




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Trust, tourism development and planning / edited by Robin Nunkoo and Stephen L.J Smith




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Explorer travellers and adventure tourism / Jennifer Laing and Warwick Frost

Laing, Jennifer, 1967- author




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Hotel engineering / Sujit Ghosal

Ghosal, Sujit




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Hotel engineering management / Gajanan Shirke

Shirke, Gajanan, author




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So, how long have you been native? : life as an Alaska native tour guide / Alexis C. Bunten

Bunten, Alexis C




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VFR travel research : international perspectives / edited by Elisa Backer and Brian King




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Challenges in tourism research / edited by Tej Vir Singh




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Institutional arrangements for conservation, development and tourism in Eastern and Southern Africa : a dynamic perspective / René van der Duim, Machiel Lamers, Jakomijn van Wijk, editors




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The love market [videorecording] / written, produced, filmed and drected by Shalom Almond




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The forgotten district [videorecording] / a documentary by Oliver Dickinson




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Challenges and contemporary solutions for tourism destination planning, development, and marketing : building better places, attracting newer faces : proceedings of the 4th International Tourism Studies Association Biennial Conference / editors: Shen Han,

International Tourism Studies Association Biennial Conference (4th : 2012 : Bali, Indonesia)




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The practice of sustainable tourism : resolving the paradox / edited by Michael Hughes, David Weaver and Christof Pforr




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Social media marketing in tourism and hospitality / Roberta Minazzi

Minazzi, Roberta




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Tourism and water / Stefan Gössling, C. Michael Hall and Daniel Scott

Gössling, Stefan




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The principles of geotourism / Anze Chen, Yunting Lu, Young C.Y. Ng

Chen, Anze, author




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Sustainability, social responsibility, and innovations in tourism and hospitality / edited by H.G. Parsa ; Vijaya "Vi" Narapareddy, consulting editor ; SooCheong (Shawn) Jang, Maríval Segarra-Oña, and Rachel J.C. Chen, associate editor