The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and the Department of Defense have worked with AIR since 2002 to identify best practices and set the standard for medical team training. A major result of this partnership was the development of TeamSTEPPS, or Team Strategies and Tools for Enhancing Performance and ...
Research shows that traumatic experiences prior to and during military service can have a significant impact on the health and well-being of women Veterans, increasing their risk for homelessness. Traumatic experiences can also affect ability to maintain health and sustain employment. With advances in awareness of the prevalence and impact ...
Very little is known about what resources are required to operate high-quality Out-of-School Time (OST) programs. The purpose of this study is to develop timely and relevant estimates of OST program costs and the funding necessary to support high-quality OST programs. AIR will use state-of-the-field methods for determining education program ...
The Society of Professors of Education has given its 2014 book award Class Rules: Exposing Inequality in American High Schools to AIR's Dr. Peter Cookson for addressing the issues facing the discipline and vocation of education. Cookson compares the cultures and curricula of five high schools that have contrasting social ...
On July 23, AIR will host an evening of reflection, discussion and engagement to shine the light on HIV/AIDS in the American rural South, as more than 25,000 service providers, advocates, policy makers and researchers are convened in Washington, D.C. for the International AIDS Conference (IAC). More than 150 guests ...
A CDC study found that more than one-third of men surveyed did not know the HIV status of their most recent male sex partner. Start Talking. Stop HIV., a national campaign launched to promote HIV prevention among gay and bisexual men, uses practical tools and tips to broach sensitive ...
This spotlight takes a look at the history of Title I, how the program has changed over time, and how it affects children, schools, families and education policy. Experts weigh in on the program's past and future in interviews, briefs, and blogs.
Melissa Hafner is a health policy researcher at AIR. Prior to joining AIR, she conducted health research at Mathematica Policy Research and the Massachusetts Medical Society. She also served as a senior program analyst in the Office of the Inspector General at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, ...