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Westat experts offer actionable ideas and solutions to take on our client's pressing problems.
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Spotlight on Maternal Mental HealthMarch 2024
Mental health conditions are the most common complications during pregnancy and the postpartum period. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) identifies mental health…
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Expert Interview
Examining Nonpublic Schools and ESSA Program EngagementFebruary 2024
Are nonpublic schools making the best use of Title I funds to guarantee low-income students equitable services so that they are career- or college-ready? And…
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Perspective
Access to Birthing-Friendly Facilities for Maternal CareFebruary 2024
Preventable maternal mortality in the U.S. has grown considerably and spurred the federal government into action, most noticeably with the development of the White House…
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Doula Support in Black Maternal Health
April 17, 2024
The U.S. currently faces a crisis in Black maternal health. Black women die from pregnancy complications at a rate 2 to 4 times higher than…
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Young Children’s Consumption of 100% Fruit Juice by Racial-Ethnic Characteristics of Their Mothers
March 28, 2023
Congress authorized the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) as a pilot program in 1972 and made WIC permanent in 1974.…
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National HIV/AIDS and Aging Awareness Day
October 4, 2022
Over the past 17 years, the proportion of people living with HIV (PLWH) over the age of 50 has more than doubled—from 29 percent in…
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Lessons Learned from HIV Messaging Can Help with COVID-19 Prevention Efforts
December 7, 2021
Since declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO) on March 11, 2020,1 over 759,000 people in the U.S. have died from COVID- 192 and thousands…
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Are We There Yet?
July 1, 2021
Introduction Annual statewide assessments are a cornerstone of federal accountability systems and have been for the last 20 years. Love them or hate them, statewide…
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Innovative Small Area Modeling With Multivariate Estimation
January 5, 2021
Introduction Small area estimation (SAE) includes a variety of statistical techniques to predict survey outcomes typically for small geographic areas. Sampling information and data from…
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How Much Would Social Security Disability Insurance Beneficiaries Work Without the Cash Cliff?
August 1, 2019
INTRODUCTION In recent years there has been growing concern that the number of individuals on Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) has been increasing rapidly, and…
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