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Effects of Individual and Combined Water, Sanitation, Handwashing, and Nutritional Interventions on Child Respiratory Infections in Rural Kenya: A Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial

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Published On :: Mon, 30 Mar 2020 14:40:00 Z

Poor nutrition and hand hygiene are risk factors for acute respiratory infections (ARIs). Safe drinking water and sanitation can reduce exposure to pathogens and encourage healthy immune responses, reducing the risk of ARIs.

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Touchpoints for Addressing Substance Use Issues in Home Visiting: Phase 1 Final Report

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Published On :: Mon, 30 Mar 2020 19:11:00 Z

This report describes project findings around six touchpoints and four implementation system inputs through which home visiting programs can engage and support families to prevent, identify, and address substance use issues.

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Touchpoints for Addressing Substance Use Issues in Home Visiting: Executive Summary of Phase 1 Final Report

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Published On :: Mon, 30 Mar 2020 19:23:00 Z

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Diane Rittenhouse Joins Mathematica as a Senior Fellow

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Published On :: Tue, 31 Mar 2020 04:00:00 Z

Mathematica welcomes Diane Rittenhouse as senior fellow in the Health Unit. Rittenhouse, a family physician, is a nationally known expert at the intersection of social policy and clinical quality.

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Association of Organizational Factors and Physician Practices’ Participation in Alternative Payment Models

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Published On :: Thu, 02 Apr 2020 14:18:00 Z

Consolidation among physician practices and between hospitals and physician practices has accelerated in the past decade, resulting in higher prices in commercial markets.

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Emerging Findings from the 2012-2017 National Cross-Site Evaluation of the Regional Partnership Grant (RPG) Program (Summary)

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Published On :: Thu, 09 Apr 2020 18:29:14 Z

This summary presents emerging findings from the national cross-site evaluation for the Regional Partnership Grant program. The program supports partnerships between providers of child welfare and social services to improve the well-being of children impacted by substance abuse.

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Financial Toll of Untreated Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders Among 2017 Births in the United States

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Published On :: Thu, 16 Apr 2020 11:59:00 Z

The authors developed a mathematical model based on a cost-of-illness approach to estimate the impacts of exposure to untreated PMADs on mothers and children.

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Effects of Medicaid Expansion on Access, Treatment, and Outcomes for Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction

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Published On :: Thu, 23 Apr 2020 13:42:00 Z

Uninsured patients have decreased access to care, lower rates of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), and worse outcomes after acute myocardial infarction (AMI).

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Mathematica to Lead Transitional Program Office to Expand Graduate Medical Education in California

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Published On :: Thu, 23 Apr 2020 14:02:00 Z

The California Health Care Foundation is funding a transitional graduate medical education program office in California to help address physician shortages.

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Challenges and Successes of Pregnancy Assistance Fund Programs Supporting Young Fathers

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Published On :: Fri, 24 Apr 2020 13:18:00 Z

Since 2010, the Office of Population Affairs (formerly the Office of Adolescent Health) has offered funding to support expectant and parenting youth through the Pregnancy Assistance Fund (PAF).

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A COVID-19 Primer: Analyzing Health Care Claims, Administrative Data, and Public Use Files

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Published On :: Thu, 30 Apr 2020 17:08:00 Z

This primer is designed to help researchers, data scientists, and others who analyze health care claims or administrative data (herein referred to as “claims”) quickly join the effort to better understand, track, and contain COVID-19.

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Oakland’s Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Tax: Impacts on Prices, Purchases and Consumption by Adults and Children (Journal Article)

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Published On :: Fri, 01 May 2020 14:43:00 Z

In this paper, we estimate the impact of the tax on retail prices, product availability, purchases, and child and adult consumption of taxed beverages in Oakland, as well as of potential substitute beverages.

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