Results List
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Incidence of Dementia Greater Than Cancer and Heart Disease
RTÉ News broadcast a segment on the Atlantic-funded report “Creating Excellence in Dementia Care” on January 12, 2012. Visit the RTÉ News site or click the play button above to watch the full clip. Trinity Foundation is an Atlantic grantee.
Resource type: Video
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Formal Sex Education Linked to Greater Condom Use Among Teen Males
Source: Child Trends
This Child Trends study finds that any type of formal sex education is linked with higher levels of condom use at teen males’ first sexual experience. However, one in five teen males (ages 15-19) did not receive formal sex education about either abstinence or contraception before…
Resource type: Research Report
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Community-based Restorative Justice in Northern Ireland
Source: Community Restorative Justice Ireland and Northern Ireland Alternatives
This report presents independent evaluation findings regarding the work of Community Restorative Justice Ireland (CRJI) and Northern Ireland Alternatives (NIA) in facilitating and promoting non‐violent community alternatives to paramilitary punishment attacks and exclusions relating to alleged localised crime and anti‐social behaviour. The Institute of Criminology…
Resource type: Evaluation
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Value, Time, and Time-Limited Philanthropy
Source: Tony Proscio, Duke Center for Strategic Philanthropy and Civil Society
Leaders of limited-life foundations often assert that spending all of their resources in a relatively short period gives them the ability to do more good, to produce more social value, than if they were to hold the same resources in a lasting endowment and disburse…
Resource type: Research Report
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Bermuda Civil Society Project: Analysis of Social Service Agencies
Source: Root Cause
This report aims to increase understanding of the gaps and overlaps in services being provided to address social issues in Bermuda. It is part of the Bermuda Civil Society Project (BCSP), an independent research and data analysis initiative designed to clarify how nonprofit agencies and other…
Resource type: Research Report
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Economics of Palliative Care: Evidence and Impact from Four Recent Studies
Source: Bridget Johnston, Charles Normand and Peter May
This report presents findings from four recent economic studies of palliative care. Three of the studies were funded by Atlantic; the fourth was funded by the National Cancer Institute and National Institute for Nursing Research in the United States, with the economic analyses conducted through…
Resource type: Research Report
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Reflections on Engagement: Lessons From Philanthropic-Government Relations in Policy Reform
Source: Atlas Learning Project
Recent years have seen both a greater willingness and more opportunities for philanthropy and government to engage with each other to achieve common goals. Reflections on Engagement presents lessons from Atlantic’s experiences engaging with governments in Bermuda, Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland, South Africa,…
Resource type: Research Report
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Sustainable Models of Practice and Legacy Effects
Source: Queen's University Belfast
How can grantees sustain the impact of their work — especially after their funding ends? This series of research reports identifies sustainability practices and skills that have enabled Atlantic’s grantees in Northern Ireland to continue their work after the foundation ceased funding their operations. The reports draw on the experiences of organizations…
Resource type: Research Report
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Elev8 Final Report
Source: Research for Action & McClanahan Associates
An evaluation of Elev8, a full-service community school model that Atlantic began supporting in 2008, shows that despite the implementation challenges faced over the course of the initiative, the program served thousands of students and families. At the same time, evaluators found that the effort…
Resource type: Research Report
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ACA Helps Bring Child Uninsured Rate Down to New Record Low
Source: Georgetown Center for Children and Families
The children’s uninsured rate in the United States declined significantly after the implementation of the Affordable Care Act in 2014, according to this report from the Georgetown Center for Children and Families. All income and racial groups and areas of the country reflected this national…
Resource type: Research Report