KEY POINTSAnnual growth in the number of kidney transplants began to accelerate in 2019.
Public Health
Access up-to-date ASPE research on key public health topics including emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases, such as influenza and COVID-19; health equity; antibiotic resistance; rural health; opioids, opioid use disorder and overdose prevention; maternal health; public health and health care workforce and infrastructure; immunization and vaccines; Indian health; HIV/AIDS; tobacco; and emergency preparedness, response, and recovery. Also find data on prevention, social determinants of health, and more.
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HHS Initiative to Improve Maternal Health
The Department’s Action Plan lays out a vision for improving maternal health that applies a “life course” approach organized around four goals and it sets three ambitious targets to achieve this vision. Each of the four goals includes multiple objectives and action items to drive progress. The Action Plan also describes the current state of maternal health outcomes in the U.S., challenges in reducing maternal mortality and morbidity, recent efforts to improve maternal health within and beyond the federal government, and it discusses various forums in which HHS leadership sought input from key stakeholders.
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A Home for Every Child Case Studies: Briefs from Five States with Some of the Highest Home-to-Child Ratios
The Administration for Children and Families’ initiative, A Home for Every Child, is designed to help achieve at least a one-to-one ratio of foster homes available for children and youth in foster care, where the numerator is the number of foster homes available and the denominator is the number of children in care.
Case Study, Research Brief
Strategies to Improve the Ratio of Homes Available to Children in Foster Care: Findings from Five States
The goal of the Administration for Children and Families’ (ACF’s) A Home for Every Child initiative is to have a safe and supportive home available for every child or youth in foster care. ACF measures the initiative’s success by a one-to-one home-to-child ratio, meaning there are as many foster homes available as there are children in foster care.
Report
Evidence-Based Measures for Chronic Disease Outcomes: A Review of Available Measures for Emergent HIV Therapies
The team conducted an environmental scan to explore the patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) that could be used in new and emerging human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) therapies. In the context of HIV clinical trials, PROMs may be used as clinical outcome assessments (COAs) to characterize how patients feel and function and to inform regulatory evaluations.
Report
Evidence-Based Measures for Chronic Disease Outcomes: A Review of Available Measures for Emergent Sickle Cell Disease Therapies
The team conducted an environmental scan to explore the patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) that could be used in new and emerging sickle cell disease (SCD) therapies.
Report
Quantifying the Value of Consumer Choice: A Foundation for Regulatory Impact Analysis and Beyond
Executive SummaryRegulations often restrict the range of market choices available to consumers, yet they are promulgated without a quantitative analysis of that cost—a fundamental flaw in regulatory impact analysis. This paper fills the gap by supplying a portable choice-value factor.
ASPE Issue Brief, Report
Aligning Initiatives to End the HIV Epidemic in the United States
KEY POINTSThe Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program (RWHAP) provides critical services to low-income peo
ASPE Issue Brief
Exposure to Domestic Violence/Intimate Partner Violence Is Associated With Child Welfare System Involvement
KEY POINTSExisting research shows that children’s exposure to domestic violence (DV)/ intimate partner violence (IPV) increases the likelihood of involvement with the child welfare system (including child protective services (CPS) involvement and foster care entry).
ASPE Issue Brief
From FY16 to FY25, Fewer Head Start Families Received Comprehensive Services and the Percentage of Families Receiving Services Also Declined for Many Categories
This brief examines how Head Start’s comprehensive service delivery changed between the 2015-2016 (FY16) and 2024-2025 (FY25) program years, focused on volume (total number) and rate (percent) of children and families who received comprehensive services. Key findings include: