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The American Bar Association Commission on Women in the Profession recently launched a research initiative, ABA Women of Color in the Legal Profession Study, to examine the experiences of female at...
Accelerating Transition to Virtual Research Organization in Social Science (AVROSS)
AVROSS is an effort to understand the reasons behind low levels of adoption of e-Infrastructures in the social sciences and humanities. It also aims to support optimization of powerful distri...
AHRQ National Resource Center for Health Information Technology
For the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), NORC, in cooperation with several partners, has led the development of a national resource center (NRC) for AHRQ’s Health Informatio...
American Hospital Association's Quality Center
The American Hospital Association’s Quality Center, a forum for practice-focused learning, is a repository of action-oriented tools and information to help hospital executives make the case f...
Analysis of Substance Abuse and Mental Health Disparities in the Appalachian Region and Access to Treatment Services
The NORC Walsh Center for Rural Health Analysis and the Substance Abuse, Mental Health, and Criminal Justice Systems Department at NORC conducted a study for the Appalachian Regional Commission (AR...
Assessment of the Healthy People Objective-Setting Framework and Process
Each decade since 1979, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has published a comprehensive set of national public health objectives. Known as Healthy People, this i...
Assessment of the Uses and Users of HealthierUS and Healthy People 2010
HealthierUS and Healthy People 2010 are two important Federal initiatives aimed at improving the health of Americans through disease prevention and health promotion. Though conceived during di...
Bank of Spain's Survey of Household Finances (EFF)
Sponsored by Spain's Central Bank, NORC is carrying out the third round of the "Encuesta Financiera de las Familias" (EFF), Spain's Survey of Household Finances. The EFF is the sole source of ...
Baseline Survey for "Mi Primer Empleo" Training Program, Honduras
NORC has completed work on a baseline survey for an impact evaluation of the second round of the Mi Primer Empleo ("My First Job") Program in Honduras. Mi Primer Empleo is a ...
Basic Theories and Models of Religious Change
The Metanexus Institute, which advances research, education and outreach on the constructive engagement of science and religion, has made a grant under its Templeton Advanced Research Project to ...
Black Youth Culture Survey
The Black Youth Culture Survey is a key part of a larger effort --The Black Youth Project-- which is examining the attitudes, resources, and culture of African American youth ages 15...
Census Integrated Communications Program Evaluation 2010
The Census Bureau has contracted with NORC to design and conduct an independent evaluation of the communications campaign for the 2010 Decennial Census. Because the communications c...
Census of Public Defender Offices (CPDO) Survey
In 2007, the Bureau of Justice Statistics conducted a nationwide study of public defender offices to obtain information on the operations, staffing, caseloads, and funding of the app...
Challenges and Opportunities for Rural Health Departments Seeking Accreditation
This project, for the National Network of Public Health Institutes (NNPHI) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), investigated opportunities and challenges related to public heal...
Commercial Buildings Energy Consumption Survey
The Commercial Buildings Energy Consumption Survey (CBECS) collects information on the stock of U.S. commercial buildings, their energy-related building characteristics, and their energy consumptio...
Data Enclave Project
The National Institute of Standards and Technology's Advanced Technology Program (ATP/NIST) provided funding to establish a data enclave at NORC. The enclave is a tool that all...
Data Research and Development Center
The DRDC examines the factors that are essential in scaling up promising educational models, programs and strategies. Funded by the Interagency Education Research Initiative (IERI), the Center work...
Declining Access to Hospital-based Obstetric Services in Rural Areas: Causes and Impact
This study, conducted for the Office of Rural Health Policy (ORHP) in the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), examines the declining availability of hospital-based obstetric servic...
Development of Planning Guidelines and Recommendations to Address Emergency Preparedness and Response Needs of Seasonal and Migrant Worker Populations
Rural agricultural communities throughout the country have significant seasonal and migrant populations that typically are not included in population estimates. Ensuring the health of these g...
Dynamics of Methamphetamine Markets: A Systematic Approach to the Process
For the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), NORC and its partners are conducting a three-stage study of the organization and operation of illicit retail methamphetamine (meth) markets.
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