Abt's The Intersect

The signs are there long before children enter the child welfare system, so how can we keep kids safe and families together? In this episode of The Intersect podcast, Abt’s Ginger Pryor (former head of child welfare in both L.A. County and the state of Georgia) and Whitney Rostad explain how real solutions to systemic failures can emerge from disaggregated data, community input, and silo-busting collaborations.

We all know climate change is leading to rising temperatures and sea levels, which threaten catastrophic results. But some environmental impacts are less obvious, such as the growing incidence of malaria. In this episode of The Intersect, Drs. Caroline Staub and Matt Kirby discuss how we can use climatological data and technical assistance to combat the spread of this deadly disease.

People in rural areas tend to suffer disproportionately from chronic health challenges while struggling to access the medical support they need. Can we provide those services and support local health providers while managing costs? Dr. Jean O’Connor and Dr. Matt Trombley share their thoughts on this episode of The Intersect.

To address education and housing challenges, you don’t need some of the data, you need all of it. Abt’s Cara Jackson and Henry Love explain how qualitative data can help researchers better understand the obstacles that families and communities face, enabling all parties to devise solutions together.

Around the world, there’s a vital need for healthcare services. At the same time, women are disproportionately excluded from the global economy. These two challenges are connected, and so are their potential solutions. In this episode of The Intersect podcast, Abt’s Caroline Quijada and Dr. Nicole Goldin explain how women can find economic opportunities by bolstering the healthcare sector, and why a stronger healthcare sector can enable women to pursue more economic opportunities.

Good health and safe environments are important to everyone. Increasingly, federal, state, and local partners are seeking ways to improve health for all people, no matter where they live, who they are, or how much they earn. In this podcast miniseries, Abt staff sit down with health leaders from Massachusetts, Minnesota, and the Pueblo de San Ildefonso to discuss ideas on health equity, including challenges, new improvements, and next steps for their respective programs and communities. In this episode, Abt's Kaylene Ritter talks with Raymond Martinez, Lieutenant Governor of New Mexico's Pueblo De San Ildefonso.

Good health and safe environments are important to everyone. Increasingly, federal, state, and local partners are seeking ways to improve health for all people, no matter where they live, who they are, or how much they earn. In this podcast miniseries, Abt staff sit down with health leaders from Massachusetts, Minnesota, and the Pueblo de San Ildefonso to discuss ideas on health equity, including challenges, new improvements, and next steps for their respective programs and communities. In this episode, Abt's Sara Galantowicz talks to Erin Flicker of Minnesota's Department of Human Services.

All people are entitled to good health and safe environments. Increasingly federal, state, and local partners are seeking ways to improve health access and outcomes for everyone, no matter where they live, who they are, or how much they earn. In this podcast miniseries, Abt staff sit down with health leaders from Massachusetts, Minnesota, and the Pueblo de San Ildefonso to discuss their ideas on health equity, including challenges, innovative approaches, and next steps for their respective programs and communities. In this episode, Abt's Kaitlin Sheedy talks to MassHealth’s Gary Sing.

Poverty. Violence. Environmental disasters. The stress from living with these challenges can have physiological impacts on those who must endure them. In this episode of The Intersect, Abt’s Lisanne Brown and Karen Carney discuss how we can use data to identify the communities that most need support to mitigate the allostatic load created by these stressors.

The rising heat around the globe is not only deadly in its own right, it creates additional health threats to humans, including increases in diseases spread by animals and toxins released by algae. Abt’s Claire Lay and Adam Schaefer discuss the many challenges presented by heat on land, sea, and air, and how the One Health approach can help.