COVID-19 Insights
As COVID-19 spreads rapidly around the globe, accurate and insightful information is at a premium. This COVID-19-related library provides information and resources developed by our experts to address this continually evolving public health situation across many facets: infectious disease research, data science operations, communications, and a range of additional areas.
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Read more about Abt’s COVID-19 coverage:
White Papers & Reports
- The Association of Nursing Home Quality Ratings and Spread of COVID-19 (Article)
- Building a Stronger Early Childhood System: Ongoing State Efforts to Improve Coordination and Alignment (White Paper)
- The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on School-Based Substance Use Prevention and Intervention Programs: Issues and Solutions (Report)
- A Research Agenda to Support the Optimal Use of Telehealth (White Paper)
- Keeping America Fed: The Federal Response to COVID-19 and Food Assistance and the Role of Research (White Paper)
- Which Nursing Homes Are at Risk of COVID-19? (White Paper)
- COVID-19: Why We Must Address Long-Term Behavioral Health Needs (White Paper)
- U.S. Food Insecurity in the Pandemic (White Paper)
- HIT-COVID, a global database tracking public health interventions to COVID-19 (Article)
- Public-private Contracting to Support the COVID-19 Response (White Paper)
- COVID-19’s Impact on Community Supervision (White Paper)
- Strategies for Contact Tracing COVID-19 (White Paper)
- The COVID-19 Challenge for Behavioral Health (White Paper)
- Contact Tracing In Communities of Color: Strategies for the COVID-19 Pandemic (White Paper)
- Using Telehealth to Serve Medicaid Beneficiaries with Complex Health Needs (White Paper)
- The Storm after the Calm: The Profound Implications of COVID-19 for U.S. Housing Policy (White Paper)
- Effective and Innovative Communications Strategies for the COVID-19 Pandemic: How Abt Can Help (White Paper)
- Conducting Public Policy Research During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Experts Weigh In (Report)
- Health Mission Impact: Pandemic Preparedness & Influenza (2020 Impact Report)
Blogs
- LHSS Supports COVID-19 Vaccination Efforts (link)
- Local Health Businesses Are Creating More Resilient Health Systems, But They Need More Private Capital (link)
- The Impact of COVID-19 on Youth Mental Health: An Interview with Leigh Fischer (link)
- Four Strategies to Improve Mental Health During COVID-19 (link)
- Predicting the Future: COVID-19 and Contraceptive Supplies (link)
- SBCC Digital Strategies in the Age of Social Distancing … and Beyond (link)
- Is America Drinking Its Way Through COVID-19? (link)
- Asking the Right Questions: “Stay-at-Home” Orders, Survey Data, and COVID-19 (link)
- But What About Australian Aid in Five Years’ Time? (link)
- Technical Assistance in the Time of COVID (link)
- A Needed Partner in the Time of COVID (link)
- Nursing Homes and Future Pandemics (link)
- Opioid Use Disorder, COVID-19, and HIV: Q&A with Leigh Mathias (link)
- 15 Curated COVID-19 Content and Data Hubs (link)
- Can We Understand COVID-19 Fast Enough – And Well Enough – To Make a Difference? (link)
- Pandemic Response: Keeping the Data Flowing via Virtual Call Centers (link)
- Gender and COVID-19: Could coronavirus undo progress on Australia’s gains in ending violence against women and girls? (link)
- Education in a Pandemic: Five Messages That Australia’s Aid Program Could Consider Now (link)
- Coronavirus: The End of Sexist Economics? (link)
- Unpacking a Complicated Problem: Safely Changing Jails and Prisons during the COVID-19 Pandemic (link)
- The Unanticipated Risks of Sheltering in Place (link)
- Using Data Science to Analyze 50,000 Articles in Two Weeks (link)
- Why Public Health Can’t Shelter in Place to Address Stimulant Use (link)
- Building a Global Community Resilient to COVID and Future Pandemics (link)
- From Policing to Reentry: The Implications of COVID-19 for the Entire Criminal Justice System (link)
- COVID-19 is Disrupting Food Waste Programs: What Does this Mean for Methane Emissions? (link)
- With COVID-19, Understanding the Evidence on Supporting Reentry Employment Is Essential (link)
- The Worry of Governance: Coronavirus and Emergency Politics (link)
- Using Flu Research Infrastructure to Understand COVID-19 (link)
- How Can We Collect Critical Data During the COVID-19 Pandemic? (link)
- COVID-19 Data Visualizations - Data, Infographics, Dashboards, and Models (link)
- Lessons We Learned from Previous Pandemics (link)
Podcasts
- Reaching Equity: Data, Collaboration, and the Social Determinants of Health (link)
- Equity and Catastrophe: How Can Resilience Programs Support Vulnerable Populations? (link)
- COVID-19. Flu Season. How Are We Responding? (link)
- Keeping America Fed: Food Security and Nutrition Post-COVID (link)
- Keeping America Fed: COVID-19 and National Food Security (link)
- Back to School? COVID-19’s Impacts on Students, Families, and Educators (link)
- Keeping America Fed: COVID-19 and Local Food Security (link)
- HIV and COVID: Maintaining Progress During the Pandemic (link)
- Responding to COVID-19: U.S., International, and What’s Next (link)
- COVID-19 and the Future of Telehealth (link)
- Flu. Coronavirus. Data. Could Analytics Change the Trajectory of a Pandemic? (link)
Projects, Feature Stories & News
- Abt to Assess Project Roomkey’s Homelessness, COVID Relief Efforts With the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation and California Health Care Foundation (News Release)
- CDC Study: COVID Vaccines Are Effective (News Release)
- Abt to Expand COVID-19 Vaccine Pregnancy Registry (News Release)
- Helping Get Vital COVID-19 Information to Colombia’s Underserved Populations (Feature Story)
- Harnessing Jordan’s Private Health Providers to Care for COVID-19 Patients (Feature Story)
- PMI VectorLink Adapts ITN Durability Monitoring to COVID-19 Conditions (Feature Story)
- Data Collection on COVID-19 Vaccine Effectiveness for CDC Required Quick Pivot (News Release)
- Helping People Experiencing Homelessness During Covid-19 (Project)
- Abt & Dimagi to Boost Vaccination Efforts (News Release)
- Helping Provide COVID-19 Vaccination to People Experiencing Homelessness (Project)
- Strengthening Malawi’s Literacy—Even During COVID (Feature Story)
- COVID-19’s Impact on India’s Family Planning Markets (Project)
- Emergency Rental Assistance Guidance for States (Project)
- Facilitating Successful Harvest Seasons During COVID-19 (Feature Story)
- Tracking COVID-19 in High-Risk Workers (Project)
- Tracking COVID-19 in Pregnant Women and Infants (Project)
- COVID-19 Study of Hospitalized Older Adults (Project)
- Study of COVID-19 in Retirement Communities (Project)
- COVID-19 Study of Households (Project)
- Potential Health Benefits of Sustained Air Quality Improvements in New York City (News Release)
- Answering the Call: Helping Field 5,000 COVID-19 Questions a Day in Laos (Feature Story)
- When a Pandemic is Not the Only Public Health Crisis (In The News)
- Building Lab Skills in Tajikistan for COVID-19 and Beyond (Feature Story)
- Handwashing fights COVID-19 in Bangladesh (Feature Story)
- Involving Private Providers in the COVID-19 Response in Senegal (Feature Story)
- The Impact of COVID-19 on Children, Families and ECE Providers (News Release)
- Voucher Plus Activity Saves Mothers’ Lives During COVID-19 (Feature Story)
- PFAS, COVID-19, and Immune Response: Connecting the Dots (Bloomberg Law)
- Supporting Jordan’s Fight Against COVID-19 (Feature Story)
- COVID Assessment Tracking Tool (link)
- Abt’s Ask an Expert Video Series (link)
- USAID’s LHSS Project Supports COVID-19 Efforts in Laos (Feature Story)
- Abt Helps Senegal Map the COVID-19 Pandemic (Feature Story)
- Evidence to Support Emergency Remote Teaching in Higher Ed (Feature Story)
- Expanding Housing Choice Vouchers Would Strengthen the Safety Net (Op-ed)
- Helping Kids with Complex Needs During a Pandemic (In The News)
- Infectious Diseases Impact Healthcare Workers (Project)
- Fighting Malaria in the Age of COVID-19 (Feature Story)
- Coordinating the COVID-19 Response with Homeless Service Providers (Feature Story)
- COVID-19: What Abt is Doing (Feature Story)
