EDC’s projects are informed by our expertise in dissemination and implementation science, as well as by the experiences and wisdom of program staff and community members. We are skilled in identifying, addressing, and overcoming barriers to implementation that impede uptake, delivery, and dissemination of best practices.
In countries around the world, we have successfully implemented youth development, literacy, and health initiatives and worked with Ministries of Education and Health to improve school and health programming. In the United States, we support the implementation of evidence-based strategies, both nationally and regionally. We also work with large school districts and health systems on efforts to adopt and sustain effective interventions.
Our collaborative implementation efforts support meaningful improvements in processes and systems.
Projects
Resources
This paper describes the work of the Home Visiting Collaborative for Improvement and Innovation Network (HV CoIIN).
This tool helps Head Start programs better understand the link between their school readiness goals and their health service plans.
This online toolkit supports the implementation of the Zero Suicide Initiative in health and behavioral health care settings.
This brief outlines EDC’s approach to preventing and responding to school-related gender-based violence (SRGBV).
EDC’s Proyecto METAS conducted a survey in three at-risk urban communities in Honduras between March and May 2013.
EDC’s TV411.org is a free, multimedia, interactive hub of hundreds of engaging videos and materials that build the reading, writing, science, and math skills of adults with low literacy.
This brief provides schools and districts with an overview of a matched-comparison group design and describes how they can use this research method to answer questions about the impacts of educational programs.
This paper presents EDC’s findings from the case studies of three National Science Foundation-funded STEM projects involving successful youth co-design team activities.
EDC’s Women Veterans in STEM team collaborated with their advisory board to develop this series of white papers. The five papers provide an overview of women veterans’ needs. They focus on strategies to support women veterans’ health and well-being, success in the STEM workforce, completion of STEM education, and transition to civilian life.
Technology has proven to be one of the missing links in order to guarantee educational and workforce improvement in developing countries.