Prevention, treatment, and response to the COVID-19 pandemic is currently a major focus in healthcare settings and our society at large. Chronic conditions, such as cancer, heart disease, and diabetes, however, continue to affect millions of people. In this webinar, we discussed how COVID-19 has impacted patients and the readiness ...
As the United States moves toward developing common education standards in reading and mathematics, a new report by AIR examines the composite standards in mathematics used in grades 1-6 by three Asian countries with high-performing students – Hong Kong, South Korea and Singapore.
The purpose of the Independent Evaluation of California’s Race to the Top–Early Learning Challenge (RTT–ELC) Quality Rating and Improvement System (QRIS) is to inform California stakeholders about the ability of the QRIS to accurately measure program quality, differentiate programs with better learning outcomes for children, and provide quality improvement (QI) ...
Organizational trauma-informed care is an agency-wide approach to service delivery that is grounded in an understanding of trauma and its consequences and promotes healing and resilience. AIR's Trauma-Informed Care Curriculum supports organizations in embedding trauma-informed practices into all aspects of organizational operation and culture. ...
Consumers typically don’t consult public reports of healthcare quality when choosing providers or making treatment decisions. AIR developed and evaluated an intervention to help pregnant women better understand and more effectively use maternity care quality information.
The Communication Toolkit: Using Information to Get High Quality Care is based on AIR's rigorous study of the challenges involved in disseminating information about evidence-based health care.
Systems can work together to align their actions and decisionmaking. One way is through shared measurement: using a common set of measurable goals that reflect shared priorities across systems and with community members. With funding from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, AIR explored how shared measurement helps systems and communities ...
AIR CARES recognizes that the primary education system has a role in preventing and/or delaying problematic alcohol and drug use as well as connecting youth to care who may need behavioral health services for mental health and substance use needs. Schools also serve as a first line of defense for ...
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 ...
The initiatives to enhance adult learning program accountability and assessment systems of the following states are described in this paper: Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Kentucky, Oregon, Texas, Washington, West Virginia.