Systems for Action research conducted by Drexel University studies the impact of a new model for achieving health and wellbeing through self-sufficiency programming. The Building Wealth and Health Network is a workforce development program that addresses both behavioral and financial health.

Read how these strategies were associated with improvements in self-efficacy, depression and economic hardship. 

The evidence brief reviews what solution was tested, the research findings and recommendations for action based on this evidence. 

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After a $250K grant, study participants could earn free MARTA bus passes, cash, transportation counseling, and more resources. To read the full article, click here.

A study examines whether integrating trauma-informed peer support curriculum into the TANF program is associated with reductions in co-occurring depression and substance use, and improvements in self-efficacy and economic security.

To read the full article, "Effects of a trauma-informed curriculum on depression, self-efficacy, economic security, and substance use among TANF participants: Evidence from the Building Health and Wealth Network Phase II" click here. 

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2020.113136

After a $250K grant, study participants could earn free MARTA bus passes, cash, transportation counseling, and more resources. To read the full article, click here.

S4A investigators identify concepts for widening the lens to conduct multisector alignment research.

Read the full article here. 

In "Design of a Payment Decision-Support Tool for Coordinated Specialty Care for Early Psychosis", S4A investigators describe the design framework of an innovative payment model for coordinated specialty care (CSC), which includes a bundled case rate payment and an optional outcome-based payment. 

To read the full article, click here.

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S4A investigators launch a national survey to community service networks, and based on the data, offer knowledge about the type and variety of health care services made available across communities and the multidimensional factors that are associated with the extent to which communities are responding to the homeless population's primary health care needs.

Read the full article in the Journal of Health and Human Services Administration.

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S4A investigators use COVID-19 Case Surveillance Public Use Data by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to estimate monthly age-adjusted case fatality rates (CFR) for four major groups: non-Hispanic (NH) whites, NH Blacks, NH Asians, and Hispanics; and, upon analyzing the data find racial and ethnic disparities.

Read "Deaths among COVID Cases in the United States: Racial and Ethnic Disparities Persist" in medRxiv.

Deaths among COVID Cases in the United States: Racial and Ethnic Disparities Persist Madeleine Short Fabic, Yoonjoung Choi, David Bishai medRxiv 2020.11.15.20232066; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.11.15.20232066

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S4A researchers at Johns Hopkins University take a closer look at governmental expenditure areas in the US and find communities have trended toward more spending on law and order than on health and social services. 

To read the full JPHMP Direct blog post "Following the Great Recession, Governments Spent More on Law and Order and Less on Health and Social Services", click here. 

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New research from Systems for Action investigators at Johns Hopkins University analyzed state government expenditure data collected by the U.S. Census Bureau to estimate U.S. public health spending and found that the official government estimate (Public Health Activity Estimate) is an overestimation of how much is spent on public health. This heightens concerns about spending priorities: the U.S. spends far more on individual medical care than public health programs.

The results of this S4A study can inform decision-making about investments in public health to support COVID-19 response and recovery. Read the one-page report for more key findings and recommended action.