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Implementation of Evidence-Based Practice for Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo: DIZZTINCT–A Study Protocol for an Exploratory Stepped-Wedge Randomized Trial

William J. Meurer, Kathryn E. Beck, Brigid Rowell, Devin Brown, Alexander Tsodikov, Angela Fagerlin, Steven A. Telian, Laura Damschroder, Lawrence C. An, Lewis B. Morgenstern, Misty Ujhely, Laura Loudermilk, Sandeep Vijan and Kevin A. Kerber

State of Alabama. Improving Food Stamp, Medicaid, and SCHIP Participation: Strategies and Challenges

Liz Schott and Lara Petrou Green

Association of Maternal Obesity and Depressive Symptoms with Television-Viewing Time in Low-Income Preschool Children

Hilary L. Burdette, Robert C. Whitaker, Robert S. Kahn and Jean Harvey-Berino

Home Visiting Programs: Reviewing Evidence of Effectiveness (Brief)

Emily Sama-Miller, Lauren Akers, Andrea Mraz-Esposito, Marykate Zukiewicz, Sarah Avellar, Diane Paulsell and Patricia Del Grosso

Grid Electricity Expansion in Tanzania: Findings from a Rigorous Impact Evaluation (Issue Brief)

Arif Mamun, Duncan Chaplin, Ali Protik, John Schurrer, Divya Vohra, Kristine Bos, Hannah Burak, Laura Meyer and Anca Dumitrescu

Inter-Rater Reliability Analysis of Data to Document the Consultative Examination Process, Volume 1

David Wittenburg, Debra Wright, Sloane Frost, Gordon Steinagle and Ron Fine

Implementation and Impacts of the Substantial Gainful Activity Project Demonstration in Kentucky

Frank Martin and Purvi Sevak

Challenges in Improving Care for High-Risk Seniors in Medicare: Lessons and Observations from Past Field Demonstrations

Marsha Gold, Timothy Lake, William E. Black and Mark Smith

Mental Health Services in Special Needs Plans: Integrated Care for Persons with Mental Disorders

James M. Verdier

Does Health Information Exchange Reduce Redundant Imaging? Evidence from Emergency Departments

Eric J. Lammers, Julia Adler-Milstein and Keith E. Kocher

Does Managed Care Work for Medicare? An Evaluation of the Medicare Risk Program for HMOs

Randall S. Brown, Jeanette W. Bergeron, Dolores Gurnick Clement, Jerrold W. Hill and Sheldon M. Retchin

QRS Profile: Virginia Star Quality Initiative

Kimberly Boller and Kathryn Tout

Building Strong Families: The Evaluation Design

Sheena McConnell, Robert Wood, Barbara Devaney, Sarah Avellar, M. Robin Dion and Heather H. Zaveri

SMI Innovations Project: Southeast Pennsylvania Case Study

Tricia Collins Higgins, Jung Y. Kim, Dominick Esposito and Angela M. Gerolamo

Ticket to Work Participant Characteristics and Outcomes Under the Revised Regulations

Gina A. Livermore, Denise Hoffman and Maura Bardos

The ACA Medicaid Expansions and Employment of Adults With Disabilities

Purvi Sevak and Jody Schimmel Hyde

Promoting Access in Medicaid and CHIP Managed Care: A Toolkit for Ensuring Provider Network Adequacy and Service Availability

Debra J. Lipson, Jenna Libersky, Katharine Bradley, Corinne Lewis, Allison Wishon Siegwarth and Rebecca Lester

Identifying Enhanced Instructional Practices that Support English Language Learners: Background Literature Review for Study 2 of the Universal Preschool Child Outcomes Study

Nikki Aikens, Sarah Duffy and John M. Love

Building COVID-19 Vaccine Confidence: Compiling Evidence and Supporting Communities in Vaccine Acceptance and Distribution

Brigitte Manteuffel and Julie Schilz

Extending Medicaid Coverage to Low-Income Childless Adults: Opportunities and Cautions for Managed Care Plans (Presentation)

James M. Verdier

Home Visiting Evidence of Effectiveness Review (Executive Summary)

Emily Sama-Miller, Lauren Akers, Andrea Mraz-Esposito, Sarah Avellar, Diane Paulsell and Patricia Del Grosso

Children's Outcomes in Los Angeles Universal Preschool

Yange Xue, Emily Moiduddin, Sally Atkins-Burnett, Sharon Murphy and Artineh Samkian

Oakland Unite 2018-2019 Strategy Evaluation: Crisis Intervention for Commercially Sexually Exploited Youth

Naihobe Gonzalez, Mindy Hu, Natalie Larkin and Michela Garber

Migration Patterns for Medicaid Enrollees, 2005-2007

David Baugh and Shinu Verghese

Impact Evaluation Findings After One Year of the Productive and Business Services Activity of the Productive Development Project, El Salvador

Randall Blair, Larissa Campuzano, Lorenzo Moreno and Seth Morgan

Race to the Top-Early Learning Challenge (RTT-ELC): Descriptive Study of Tiered Quality Rating and Improvement Systems (TQRIS)

Gretchen Kirby, Pia Caronongan, Andrea Mraz Esposito, Lauren Murphy, Megan Shoji, Patricia Del Grosso, Wamaitha Kiambuthi and Melissa Clark

Dynamics of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Participation from 2008 to 2012 (Testimony)

Stephen Tordella and James Mabli

Resilience in the Face of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Lessons Learned from the Boston Children’s Collaboration for Community Health

So O'Neil and Allison Steiner

Learning from State Vocational Rehabilitation Agencies on the Eve of WIOA: State Differences in Service Receipt and Employment Outcomes by Applicant Employment Status

David R. Mann and Sarah Croake

The Robustness of Estimates of the Distribution of Usual Dietary Intake to Alternative Sample Sizes

Sheena McConnell

Effects of a Nursing Home Telehealth Program on Spending and Utilization for Medicare Residents

Evelyn Li, Mynti Hossain, Boyd Gilman, Lauren Vollmer Forrow, Katie Morrison Lee and Randall Brown

Assessing the Implementation and Cost of High Quality Early Care and Education: A Review of the Literature

Pia Caronongan, Gretchen Kirby, Kimberly Boller, Emily Modlin and Julia Lyskawa

Methods of Observing Variations in Physicians' Decisions: The Opportunities of Clinical Vignettes

Lara Converse, Kirsten Barrett, Eugene Rich and James Reschovsky

School Meals: Building Blocks for Healthy Children

Committee on Nutrition Standards for National School Lunch and Breakfast Programs of which Mary Kay Fox is a Member

Accelerating Teen Pregnancy Prevention in Phillips County, Arkansas and Coahoma County, Mississippi

Katie Adamek, Sarah Bardin, So O'Neil and Dara Lee Luca

Best Practices in Coordinated Care

Arnold Chen, Randall Brown, Nancy Archibald, Sherry Aliotta and Peter D. Fox

Do Disadvantaged Students Get Less Effective Teaching? Key Findings from Recent Institute of Education Sciences Studies (Evaluation Brief)

Jeffrey Max and Steven Glazerman

SSI Youth Formative Research Project: Considerations for Identifying Promising and Testable Interventions

Todd Honeycutt, David Wittenburg, Kelli Crane, Michael Levere, Richard Luecking and David Stapleton

Organizing Care for Complex Patients in the Patient-Centered Medical Home (Journal Article)

Eugene C. Rich, Debra Lipson, Jenna Libersky, Deborah N. Peikes and Michael L. Parchman

How States and Institutions Can Work Together to Serve Adult Learners: Lessons from Adult Promise

Ann Person, Julie Bruch and Ashley Hong

Data Missingness in the Michigan NEMSIS (MI-EMSIS) Dataset: A Mixed-Methods Study

Mahshid Abir, Rekar K. Taymour, Jason E. Goldstick, Rosalie Malsberger, Jane Forman, Stuart Hammond and Kathy Wahl

Non-Cash Categorical Eligibility for SNAP: State Policies and the Number and Characteristics of SNAP Households Categorically Eligible Through Those Policies

Carole Trippe and Jessica Gillooly

Aspects of Health Reform: Contributions from the Economic Research Initiative on the Uninsured

Catherine McLaughlin, Helen Levy and Brian Quinn

Usability of Procedure Codes in 2017 (Brief)

Julia Baller, Kimberly Proctor and Jessie Parker

Measuring the Effects of Short-Time Compensation on Workforce Dynamics

Karen Needels and Walter Nicholson

Dual Eligible Care in a SNP vs. FFS: Preliminary Findings from a Natural Arizona Experiment

Maggie Colby and Jim Verdier

Evaluation of the SourceAmerica® Pathways to Careers™ Program (Fact Sheet)

Mathematica Policy Research

Psychiatric Versus Physical Disabilities: A Comparison of Barriers and Facilitators to Employment

Purvi Sevak and Shamima Khan

Strategic Data Project and Education Pioneers Year 1 Report: Laying the Groundwork for Data-Driven Decision Making

Kristin Hallgren, Cassie Pickens Jewell, Celina Kamler, Jacob Hartog and Andrew Gothro

Using Incentives to Promote Job Retention and Advancement: Guidance from the Performance Improvement Industry

Heather Hill and LaDonna Pavetti

Evaluation of the Niger Education and Community Strengthening Program, Design Report

Emilie Bagby, Evan Borkum, Anca Dumitrescu and Matt Sloan

Taking a Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program to the Home: The AIM 4 Teen Moms Experience (Executive Summary)

Subuhi Asheer and Ellen Kisker

Summer Feeding Design Study, Vol. I: Design and Costs for Program Component

Ronette Briefel, Michael Sinclair, Laura Kalb, Anne Gordon, Fazana Saleem-Ismail and amd Martha Kovac

Learn, Innovate, Improve: Lessons from Mesa County's Efforts to Increase Engagement in the Colorado Works Program

Julie Worthington Hartnack, Shelley Grattan and Jerrie Julius

Medicaid Section 1915(c) Waiver Programs Annual Expenditures and Beneficiaries Report, 2017-2018

Jessica Ross, Kristie Liao and Andrea Wysocki

Healthy Start: Health Education Plays a Key Role in Local Efforts

Mary Harrington and Barbara Foot

Assessing the Nutrient Intakes of Vulnerable Subgroups

Barbara Devaney, Myoung Kim, Alicia Carriquiry and Gabriel Camano-Garcia

Crime and Private Investment in Urban Neighborhoods

Johanna Lacoe, Raphael Bostic and Arthur Acolin

Measurement Error in Household Surveys: Sources and Measurement

Daniel Kasprzyk

Companion Document for the Strategic Data Project and Education Pioneers Year 2 Report: Changing Education Agencies from the Inside Out

Kristin Hallgren and Alyson Burnett

Data Analysis Considerations to Inform Medicaid Health Home Program Design

Center for Health Care Strategies and Mathematica Policy Research

Impacts of Abstinence Education on Teen Sexual Activity, Risk of Pregnancy, and Risk of Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Christopher Trenholm, Barbara Devaney, Kenneth Fortson, Melissa Clark, Lisa Quay and Justin Wheeler

Heart Failure, 1992-2001: Appendix B: Detailed Tables

Angela Merrill

Transforming Business as Usual and Advancing Innovation Through Public-Private Partnerships

Delara Aharpour, Brittany English, Annalisa Mastri and Jason Perkins-Cohen

National Health Emergency Grants to Address the Opioid Crisis: Implementation Study Final Report

Colleen Staatz, Jillian Berk, Crystal Blyler, Katie Bodenlos, Melissa Mack and Ivette Gutierrez

Case Study of Oregon: Exploring Medicaid and SCHIP Enrollment Trends and their Links to Policy and Practice

Brigette Courtot, Ian Hill and Chris Trenholm

Using Paradata for Nonresponse Weighting Adjustments

Donsig Jang, Amang Sukasih, Kelly H. Kang and Stephen H. Cohen

State Policies to Encourage High-Deductible and Limited-Benefit Health Plans: Costs, Constituents, and Concerns

Lynn Quincy

Employment Coaching: Evidence Snapshot

Lindsay Cattell, Jillian Stein and Dana Rotz

Iowa's Family Investment Program: Impacts During the First 3 1/2 Years of Welfare Reform

Thomas M. Fraker and Jonathan E. Jacobson

State Trends in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Eligibility and Participation Among Elderly Individuals

Karen Cunnyngham

Developing a Prescription for Physician Surveys

Janice Ballou, Julita Milliner-Waddell, Frank Potter and Brian Roff

State Variation in Out-of-Home Medicaid Mental Health Services for Children and Youth: An Examination of Residential Treatment and Inpatient Hospital Services

Jonathan Brown, Brenda Natzke, Henry Ireys, Matthew Gillingham and Morris Hamilton

Planning the 2010 Census: Second Interim Report

Panel on Research on Future Census Methods of which Allen L. Schirm is a Member

Measuring Implementation to Understand Supports for Quality in Early Care and Education Centers

Gretchen Kirby, Shannon Monahan and Julia Lyskawa

Low-Cost, Low-Administrative Burden: Ways to Better Integrate Care for Medicare-Medicaid Enrollees

Integrated Care Resource Center

Case Studies of Leading Primary Care Practice Facilitation Programs

Erin Fries Taylor, Lyndee Knox, Dana Petersen, Kristin Geonnotti and Rachel Machta

Evaluation of the Jobs and Innovation Accelerator Challenge Grants: Interim Findings on Multiagency Collaboration and Cluster Progress

Megan Hague Angus, Jeanne Bellotti, Kevin Hollenbeck and Brittany English

Understanding American Indian and Alaska Native Early Childhood Needs: The Potential of Existing Data

Lizabeth Malone, Emily Knas, Sara Bernstein and Lindsay Read Feinberg

The Impact of Access Regulation on Health Insurance Market Structure

Deborah J. Chollet, Adele M. Kirk and Kosali Ilayperuma Simon

Early Head Start Research and Evaluation Project: Research Connections Data Files

Helen Raikes and Anne Bloomenthal

The Narrative Communications Project: Takeaway Findings on a Message-Framing Approach

Sheila Hoag, Victoria Peebles, Christopher Trenholm and Gene Lewit

How Temporary Insurance for High-Risk Individuals May Play Out Under Health Reform

Deborah J. Chollet

Advancing Integrated Care for Dually Eligible Individuals: Factors Influencing State D-SNP Contracting Decisions

Erin Weir Lakhmani, Danielle Chelminsky, Alena Tourtellotte, Alyssa Bosold, Debra Lipson and James Verdier

Effects of Compliance with the Early Management Bundle (SEP-1) on Mortality Changes among Medicare Beneficiaries with Sepsis: A Propensity Score Matched Cohort Study

Sean R. Townsend, Gary S. Phillips, Reena Duseja, Lemeneh Tefera, Derek Cruikshank, Robert Dickerson, Bryant Nguyen, Christa A. Schorr, Mitchell M. Levy, Phillip Dellinger, William A. Conway, Warren S. Browner and Emanuel P. Rivers

Congressional Status Report: Summer Electronic Benefits Transfer for Children Demonstrations, Appendices

Ronette Briefel, Ann Collins, Jeanne Bellotti, Jacob Klerman, Christopher W. Logan, Charlotte Cabili, Gretchen Rowe, Jacey Greece, Cheryl Owens and Andy Weiss

Diet Quality of Americans by SNAP Participation Status: Data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2007-2010

Elizabeth Condon, Susan Drilea, Keri Jowers, Carolyn Lichtenstein, James Mabli, Emily Madden and Katherine Niland

National Evaluation of Healthy Start: Year 2 Annual Report

Barbara Devaney, David Edson, Barbara Foot, Embry Howell, Marie McCormick, Lorenzo Moreno, Ian Hill and Luke Henderson

Leading the Way: Characteristics and Early Experiences of Selected Early Head Start Programs. Volume III: Program Implementation

Diane Paulsell, Ellen Eliason Kisker, John M. Love, Helen Raikes, Kimberly Boller, Linda Rosenberg, Kathleen Coolahan and Lisa J. Berlin

Technical Documentation for the Fiscal Year 2014 Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Quality Control Database and the QC Minimodel

Alma Vigil, Kelsey Farson Gray, Shivani Kochhar and Bruce Schechter

Horizontal and Vertical Integration of Health Care Providers: A Framework for Understanding Various Provider Organizational Structures

Jessica Heeringa, Anne Mutti, Michael F. Furukawa, Amanda Lechner, Kristin A. Maurer and Eugene Rich

Evaluation of the Formal Technical Education Sub-Activity of the Human Development Project, El Salvador

Larissa Campuzano, Randall Blair, Virginia Poggio, Ivonne Padilla, Seth Morgan and Michael Brannan

Case Management for Self-Employment Success: Emerging Lessons from the Self-Employment Training Program

Samia Amin, Caroline Massad Francis and Irma Perez-Johnson

Southwestern Health Resources Accountable Care Network Three-Day Rule Waiver: Approach to Communication and Implementation (Case Study)

Candice Talkington and Sonya Streeter

Juvenile Probation Transformation: Applying the Approach in Lucas County, OH, and Pierce County, WA

Sino Esthappan, Johanna Lacoe and Douglas Young

Rural Research Needs and Data Sources for Selected Human Services Topics, Volume 2: Data Sources

Debra A. Strong, Patricia Del Grosso, Andrew Burwick, Vinita Jethwani and Michael Ponza

An Institutional Analysis of American Job Centers: Key Institutional Features of American Job Centers

Elizabeth Brown and Pamela Holcomb

Assessing the Evidence of Effectiveness of Home Visiting Program Models Implemented in Tribal Communities

Patricia Del Grosso, Rebecca Kleinman, Andrea Mraz Esposito, Emily Sama Martin and Diane Paulsell

Impact of the Switch to Managed Care on the Use of Medicaid Services in Tennessee

Merrile Sing

Consumer Response to Gastrointestinal Illness Perceived to Originate from Food Service Facilities

Erin S. Garnett, Stephanie R. Gretsch, Clair Null and Christine L. Moe