World Environment Day: Climate Change Implications for Human Health
Since June 5, 1973, the United Nations (UN) Environment Programme’s World Environment Day has provided a global platform for motivating research and action for a livable planet. According to the UN, “Climate change is the single biggest health threat facing humanity. The impacts are already harming health through air pollution, disease, extreme weather events, forced displacement, food...
How Microlearning With Explainer Videos Can Work for You
Learning solutions run the gamut from e-learning courses, to webinars, to tip sheets. But if you need to teach a brief concept, animated explainer videos make key pieces of information easy to access and a breeze to understand. The Learning Solutions Team at Econometrica uses this form of microlearning — breaking training down into small, more manageable bits of information — to support clients...
Housing Costs Rising? Learn When to Appeal a HUD FMR.
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) estimates fair market rent (FMR) for almost 2,600 areas nationwide as a basis for rent subsidy programs. When a HUD FMR fails to meet the housing needs of income-qualified residents in a community, it may be time to appeal by commissioning an FMR survey. According to the government, a HUD FMR represents the cost to rent a...
Econometrica’s Data Scientists Use AI to Customize Research
As a business management consultant firm, we understand the power of data science to evaluate and inform by collecting and examining information across a multitude of analytical platforms. Modern data science enables our researchers to dig deeper and uncover critical truths in a wide variety of projects for the government and private sectors. We recently added narrow-based language models of...
Econometrica’s Experience and Capabilities Related to Serving People With Disabilities
Projects Involving People With DisabilitiesEconometrica’s subject matter experts and project staff have more than 80 years of combined experience working on projects related to chronic health conditions and disabilities.Post-Acute Care (PAC) Training, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)For over 7 years, Econometrica has developed and provided training to PAC providers on...