f Final Impacts of a Home Visiting Program in Texas Designed to Reduce Repeat Pregnancies By www.mathematica.org Published On :: Thu, 24 Oct 2019 04:00:00 Z 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. Full Article
f New Tools to Explore the Role of Physician Group Practices in U.S. Health Care Systems By www.mathematica.org Published On :: Thu, 24 Oct 2019 14:22:00 Z A new, publicly available data file on physician group practices has been released by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s (AHRQ) Comparative Health System Performance Initiative. Full Article
f Mathematica at Association for Public Policy Analysis & Management (APPAM): Rising to the Challenge of Engaging Diverse Perspectives By www.mathematica.org Published On :: Fri, 25 Oct 2019 04:00:00 Z 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. Full Article
f Does a Professional Development Program for Elementary School Principals Improve School Leadership? By www.mathematica.org Published On :: Wed, 30 Oct 2019 12:43:00 Z Principals can play an important role in improving instruction and student achievement in their schools. Many professional development programs focus on strengthening principals’ leadership skills. Full Article
f Using Data to Improve Employment Outcomes for People with Disabilities By www.mathematica.org Published On :: Wed, 30 Oct 2019 17:30:00 Z 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. Full Article
f Mathematica Partners with the Food and Nutrition Service and Boston Children’s Hospital at the APHA Annual Meeting and Expo By www.mathematica.org Published On :: Thu, 31 Oct 2019 13:04:00 Z 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. Full Article
f ACF Seeks Comments on Performance Measures Used in a Mathematica-Conducted Study By www.mathematica.org Published On :: Fri, 01 Nov 2019 17:09:00 Z The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) seeks comments on performance measures used for the Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood (HMRF) grant program. Full Article
f Mathematica Supports the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’s State Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program Transformation and Innovation Milestones By www.mathematica.org Published On :: Thu, 07 Nov 2019 15:01:00 Z Mathematica will showcase state Medicaid services and support for CMS projects to modernize data analytics for Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program at the National Association of Medicaid Directors fall conference. Full Article
f Mathematica Team Named Finalist in Stage 1 of CMS Artificial Intelligence Health Outcomes Challenge By www.mathematica.org Published On :: Wed, 13 Nov 2019 20:51:00 Z 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. Full Article
f NextGen Seeks Programs that Help People with Complex Challenges Find Work By www.mathematica.org Published On :: Tue, 19 Nov 2019 05:00:00 Z 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. Full Article
f LaVerne H. Council Appointed to Mathematica’s Board of Directors By www.mathematica.org Published On :: Wed, 20 Nov 2019 20:11:00 Z Mathematica announced the appointment of LaVerne H. Council to serve as a member of the organization’s Board of Directors. Full Article
f New Release of Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s 2018 Compendium of U.S. Health Systems By www.mathematica.org Published On :: Mon, 25 Nov 2019 13:20:00 Z The Compendium of U.S. Health Systems for 2018 has been released today by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s (AHRQ) Comparative Health System Performance Initiative. Full Article
f New Tools for Improving Attendance in Pre-Kindergarten and Kindergarten By www.mathematica.org Published On :: Tue, 03 Dec 2019 05:00:00 Z 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. Full Article
f New Toolkit Highlights How Medicare Accountable Care Organizations Engage Beneficiaries By www.mathematica.org Published On :: Tue, 03 Dec 2019 13:57:00 Z 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. Full Article
f More Nutritious School Meals Reach Millions of Children Since Passage of the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act By www.mathematica.org Published On :: Wed, 15 Jan 2020 18:58:00 Z 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. Full Article
f New Year, New Insights: Working Together to Make a Difference for Students By www.mathematica.org Published On :: Thu, 16 Jan 2020 21:15:00 Z 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. Full Article
f Mathematica Named a Best Place to Work for LGBTQ Equality By www.mathematica.org Published On :: Thu, 30 Jan 2020 18:31:00 Z Mathematica received a score of 100 percent on the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s recently released 2020 Corporate Equality Index (CEI), earning the designation as a Best Place to Work for LGBTQ Equality. Full Article
f Reading tourism texts : a multimodal analysis / Sabrina Francesconi By prospero.murdoch.edu.au Published On :: Francesconi, Sabrina, 1976- Full Article
f The semiotics of heritage tourism / Emma Waterton and Steve Watson By prospero.murdoch.edu.au Published On :: Waterton, Emma Full Article
f Tourism and the power of otherness : seductions of difference / edited by David Picard and Michael A. Di Giovine By prospero.murdoch.edu.au Published On :: Full Article
f Working (out) leisure : a critical interpretation of post-work culture / Melinda Young By prospero.murdoch.edu.au Published On :: Young, Melinda Full Article
f Aspects of tourist behavior / edited by Metin Kozak and Nazmi Kozak By prospero.murdoch.edu.au Published On :: Full Article
f International handbook on ecotourism / edited by Roy Ballantyne and Jan Packer, University of Queensland, School of Tourism, Australia By prospero.murdoch.edu.au Published On :: Full Article
f Revenue management for hospitality and tourism / [edited by] Patrick Legohérel, Elisabeth Poutier and Alan Fyall By prospero.murdoch.edu.au Published On :: Full Article
f The ecotourism-extraction nexus : political economies and rural realities of (un)comfortable bedfellows / edited by Bram Büscher and Veronica Davidov By prospero.murdoch.edu.au Published On :: Full Article
f Contemporary cases in heritage. Volume 1 / edited by Brian Garrod, Alan Fyall By prospero.murdoch.edu.au Published On :: Full Article
f International cases in sustainable travel & tourism / edited by Pierre Beckendorff, Dagmar Lund-Durlacher By prospero.murdoch.edu.au Published On :: Full Article
f Japanese tourism : spaces, places and structures / Carolin Funck and Malcolm Cooper By prospero.murdoch.edu.au Published On :: Funck, Carolin Full Article
f Marketing and designing the tourist experience / Isabelle Frochot and Wided Batat By prospero.murdoch.edu.au Published On :: Frochot, Isabelle, author Full Article
f The leadership imperative : technology adoption and strategic management in travel firms in Jamaica / by Andrew Spencer By prospero.murdoch.edu.au Published On :: Spencer, Andrew (Lecturer in tourism management), author Full Article
f Tourist destination images and local culture : using the example of the United Arab Emirates / Verena Schwaighofer ; foreword by Prof. Dr. Sc. Othmar M. Lehner By prospero.murdoch.edu.au Published On :: Schwaighofer, Verena, author Full Article
f Lifestyle mobilities : intersections of travel, leisure and migration / edited by Tara Duncan, University of Otago, New Zealand, Scott A. Cohen, University of Surrey, UK, Maria Thulemark, Dalarna University, Sweden By prospero.murdoch.edu.au Published On :: Full Article
f A landscape of travel : the work of tourism in rural ethnic China / Jenny Chio By prospero.murdoch.edu.au Published On :: Chio, Jenny, author Full Article
f Romancing the wild : cultural dimensions of ecotourism / Robert Fletcher By prospero.murdoch.edu.au Published On :: Fletcher, Robert, 1973- author Full Article
f Internet marketing implementation and leapfrogging effects in tourism / Ahmad Fareed Ismail By prospero.murdoch.edu.au Published On :: Ismail, Ahmad Fareed, author Full Article
f Sir Hubert Wilkins : enigma of exploration / by John Grierson By prospero.murdoch.edu.au Published On :: Grierson, John, 1909-1971 Full Article
f The ice and the inland : Mawson, Flynn, and the myth of the frontier / Brigid Hains By prospero.murdoch.edu.au Published On :: Hains, Brigid, 1969- Full Article
f Travel and imagination / edited by Garth Lean, Russell Staiff and Emma Waterton By prospero.murdoch.edu.au Published On :: Full Article
f Tourism and citizenship : rights, freedom and responsibilities in the global order / Raoul V. Bianchi and Marcus L. Stephenson By prospero.murdoch.edu.au Published On :: Bianchi, Raoul V., author Full Article
f Foodies and food tourism / text by Donald Getz, Richard N.S. Robinson, Tommy D. Andersson and Sanja Vujicic By prospero.murdoch.edu.au Published On :: Getz, Donald, 1949- author Full Article
f Tourism security : strategies for effectively managing travel risk and safety / by Peter E. Tarlow By prospero.murdoch.edu.au Published On :: Tarlow, Peter E., author Full Article
f Understanding and governing sustainable tourism mobility : psychological and behavioural approaches / edited by Scott A. Cohen, James E.S. Higham, Paul Peeters and Stefan Gössling By prospero.murdoch.edu.au Published On :: Full Article
f Shipwrecks of the Ningaloo Reef : maritime archaeological projects from 1978-2009 / Jeremy Green (editor) ; with contributions by Ross Anderson ... [et al.] By prospero.murdoch.edu.au Published On :: Full Article
f Green growth and travelism : concept, policy and practice for sustainable tourism / edited by Terry DeLacy, Min Jiang, Geoffrey Lipman and Shaun Vorster By prospero.murdoch.edu.au Published On :: Full Article
f Managing sustainability in the hospitality and tourism industry : paradigms and directions for the future / edited by Vinnie Jauhari, PhD By prospero.murdoch.edu.au Published On :: Full Article
f The tourism education futures initiative : activating change in tourism education / edited by Darko Prebezac, Christian Schott and Pauline J. Sheldon By prospero.murdoch.edu.au Published On :: Full Article
f Planning for ethnic tourism / Li Yang and Geoffrey Wall By prospero.murdoch.edu.au Published On :: Yang, Li, author Full Article
f Tourism in Latin America : cases of success / Alexandre Panosso Netto, Luiz Gonzaga, Godoi Trigo, editors By prospero.murdoch.edu.au Published On :: Full Article
f Tourism and natural protected areas / edited by M.F. Schmitz By prospero.murdoch.edu.au Published On :: Full Article
f Tourism in Africa : harnessing tourism for growth and improved livelihoods / Iain Christie, Eneida Fernandes, Hannah Messerli, and Louise Twining-Ward By prospero.murdoch.edu.au Published On :: Christie, Iain T., author Full Article