Overview

LEXINGTON, KY (June 28, 2016) – Four new research studies aim to improve health across entire communities by integrating the delivery and financing of medical care, public health, and social services. As part of the new Systems for Action: Systems and Services Research to Build a Culture of Health Research Program, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation today announced $1 million in funding to support studies led by the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, Drexel University, Michigan State University, and the University of Delaware. The Systems for Action National Coordinating Center, housed at the University of Kentucky College of Public Health, will manage these studies as part of its national portfolio of research focused on systems and services research. Click here to read the full press release. >>

Details

Project: 
Housing for Health: Assessing the Cross-Sector Impacts of Providing Permanent Supportive Housing to Homeless High Utilizers of Health Care Services, 
The Impact of Integrating Behavioral Health with Temporary Assistance for Needy Families to Build a Culture of Health across Two-Generations, 
Testing of a Community Complex Care Response Team to Improve Geriatric Public Health Outcomes
Implementing a Culture of Health among Delaware's Probation Population
Resource: Press Release
Authors: Richardson KP
Date: 08/10/2016