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Exploring the use of routinely-available, retrospective data to study …

Background Country-level evidence on the impact of malaria control on micro-economic outcomes is …

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Analyzing the Influence of Dosage in Social Experiments With …

In experimental evaluations of health and social programs, the role of dosage is rarely explored …

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A Quasi-Experimental Evaluation of the Impact of Public Assistance on …

The Welfare Act of 1996 banned welfare and food stamp eligibility for felony drug offenders and gave …

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Supermarket Shopping and The Food Retail Environment among SNAP …

Much of the research on food deserts has focused on the relationship between the food retail …

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Using Preferred Applicant Random Assignment (PARA) to Reduce …

Randomization bias occurs when the random assignment used to estimate program effects influences the …

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Commentary: Financing Health Systems to Achieve the Health Sustainable …

In September, 2015, 193 countries agreed to the ambitious Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). SDG …

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Shortage and Task Shifting of Healthcare Workers

New Chapter from Abt Expert in the Encyclopedia of AIDS An estimated 36.7 million people were …

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Two State Laws Targeting Opioid Misuse Appear to Reduce Prescription …

Nonmedical use of prescription opioids has reached epidemic levels in the United States and …

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Climate Change Impacts on Harmful Algal Blooms in U.S. Freshwaters: A …

Cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms (CyanoHABs) have serious adverse effects on human and …

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A Framework for Climate Services Evaluation and its Application to the …

Novel approaches to project evaluations are needed to document the outcomes and lessons to be …

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New Explorations of Data on Prison and Postconfinement Supervision …

As part of a recent redesign, postconviction community supervision (PCCS) data was expanded in the …

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A Village Level Cluster-Randomized Entomological Evaluation of …

There is growing concern that malaria vector resistance to pyrethroid insecticides may reduce the …