New S4A Grantees
The Systems for Action national program office is pleased to announce we awarded $1.3 million of new research funding to support five individual research projects under the recent 2024 Systems & Services Research to Address Systemic Racism Call for Proposals!
The following two three-year impact grants and three one-year developmental grants (pilot studies) will test innovative approaches of helping medical, social and public health systems work together to dismantle systemic racism and address the health and social needs of people experiencing health inequities:
- Aligning Health and Social Systems to Promote Vaccination Access for Populations Experiencing Systemic Barriers [Impact Award]
- Systems Alignment to Optimize Health Services for Youth Experiencing Homelessness [Impact Award]
- Research to Understand Systemic Racism as a Barrier and Engagement with Child Mental Health Services [Developmental Award]
- Systems Alignment For Effective Resettlement (SAFER): Engaging Refugee-led Organizations and Empowering Refugee Voices to Advance Equity in Refugee Resettlement [Developmental Award]
- Using a Holistic Admissions Approach in Health Sciences Education to Develop a Pipeline for Community Colleges to Strengthen the Healthcare Workforce [Developmental Award]
Please stay tuned for these teams to introduce their projects at upcoming Research-in-Progress webinars!
American Public Health Association
Visit us at American Public Health Association's Annual Meeting. Director Glen Mays and co-presenters Rachel Hogg-Graham and Alex Storaci are hosting a Learning Institute before the start of the meeting titled "Demonstrating the Health and Economic Value of Equitable Public Health Systems: Strategic Data Use from the National Longitudinal Survey of Public Health Systems." Registration separate from meeting registration.
Please check the Webinars Page for upcoming Research-in-Progress webinars.