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Report
The African Institutions Initiative: Insights from the First Four Years
This report presents the findings and recommendations from the evaluation of the first four years of the African Institutions Initiative, a Wellcome Trust funded programme to build sustainable health research capacity.
Sep 12, 2014
Report
Measuring Cooperative Biological Engagement Program (CBEP) Performance: Capacities, Capabilities, and Sustainability Enablers for Biorisk Management and Biosurveillance
This report describes a project to develop a comprehensive evaluation framework for the Cooperative Biological Engagement Program and recommends metrics for assessing and communicating progress toward the program's goals.
Aug 21, 2014
Report
Shining a Light on State Campaign Finance: An Evaluation of the Impact of the National Institute on Money in State Politics
This report evaluates the impact the National Institute on Money in State Politics has had on the public discourse over campaign finance at the state level.
Aug 12, 2014
Report
Phase 2 report from the payment by results Social Impact Bond pilot at HMP Peterborough
This report is the second from the evaluation of the Social Impact Bond pilot at Peterborough prison. Based on stakeholder interviews it looks at the operation of the pilot over the last four years.
Jul 18, 2014
Brochure
Measuring the capacity of government to deliver policy
Better implementation of policy results in better policy outcomes, but the capacity of public administration to deliver new policies is often not assessed. Here we summarise six types of organisational capacity, and suggest methods to measure them.
Jun 26, 2014
Commentary
Securing America's Ports by Better Measuring Capabilities
Funding for improving U.S. port security has declined from $389 million in 2008 to $100 million in 2014. This makes it more important than ever to ensure the highest possible return on investment from grant funding.
Jun 13, 2014
Report
Mortality Expectations of Older Mexicans: Development and Testing of Survey Measures
Low literacy, language barriers, and cultural biases can hinder respondents' ability to answer mortality-expectation questions. Researchers experimented with new ways of asking these questions and report here what they learned.
May 6, 2014
Report
Evaluating the Impact of the Department of Defense Regional Centers for Security Studies
The five U.S. Department of Defense Regional Centers for Security Studies have been helping partner nations build strategic capacity for almost 20 years. This study analyzes the centers' impact and the ways in which they assess their programs.
Apr 23, 2014
Testimony
Evidence on Home Visiting and Suggestions for Implementing Evidence-Based Home Visiting Through MIECHV: Addendum
Document submitted on April 16, 2014 as an addendum to testimony presented before the House Ways and Means Committee, Subcommittee on Human Resources on April 2, 2014.
Apr 22, 2014
Testimony
Is the MIECHV Program Improving Outcomes for Children and Parents?
Some features of the Federal Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) program raise the likelihood that it will make the anticipated difference and produce the best results possible for at-risk families.
Apr 2, 2014
Report
Analysis to Inform Defense Planning Despite Austerity
Defense analysis can better serve policymakers by exploiting improvements in the state of the art and by rediscovering and supplementing classic principles. These relate to multiple objectives and hedging against uncertainty.
Mar 20, 2014
Journal Article
Approach for Conducting the Longitudinal Program Evaluation of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services National Action Plan to Prevent Healthcare Associated Infections: Roadmap to Elimination
In response to mounting evidence about skyrocketing morbidity, mortality, and costs associated with healthcare–associated infections (HAIs), in 2009, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued the HHS HAI Action Plan to enhance collaboration and coordination and to strengthen the impact of national efforts to address HAIs.
Jan 31, 2014
Journal Article
Understanding Factors Associated with the Translation of Cardiovascular Research: A Multinational Case Study Approach
We built an international consortium and developed a multinational case study approach to assess benefits arising from health research.
Jan 1, 2014
Journal Article
You've Shown the Program Model Is Effective: Now What?
This chapter uses field experience from a theory-based program, Project ALERT, to suggest possible strategies for enhancing program attractiveness to potential adopters and users, facilitating program fidelity while maintaining room for adaptation and taking a program to scale.
Jan 1, 2014
News Release
What Makes Biomedical and Health Research More Likely to Benefit Patients
To make an impact on patient care within a 20-year timeframe, biomedical research funders and policymakers should focus resources on clinical rather than basic research, and support individuals who work across disciplinary boundaries and are motivated by patient need.
Oct 28, 2013
Research Brief
Mental Health Retrosight: Identifying the attributes of successfully translated research (lessons from schizophrenia)
Identifying the attributes of successfully translated research (lessons from schizophrenia); headline findings and policy provocations from the Mental Health Retrosight project.
Oct 28, 2013
Report
Mental Health Retrosight: Methods and Methodology Report
Examines the impacts arising from neuroscience and mental health research over 20-25 years, focusing on schizophrenia. Identifies attributes of the research, researchers or setting associated with translation into patient benefit. Methods.
Oct 28, 2013
Report
How to Make Research More Likely to Benefit Patients with Schizophrenia
To make an impact on patient care within a 20-year timeframe, biomedical research funders and policymakers should focus resources on clinical rather than basic research, and support individuals who work across disciplinary boundaries and are motivated by patient need.
Oct 28, 2013
Report
Mental Health Retrosight: Perspectives
Examines the impacts arising from neuroscience and mental health research over 20-25 years, focusing on schizophrenia. Identifies attributes of the research, researchers or setting associated with translation into patient benefit. Perspectives.
Oct 28, 2013
Report
Mental Health Retrosight: Case studies
Examines the impacts arising from neuroscience and mental health research over 20-25 years, focusing on schizophrenia. Identifies attributes of the research, researchers or setting associated with translation into patient benefit. Case studies.
Oct 28, 2013

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