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Promoting Better Health: New Research Study to Explore Improved Services for Probationers

Blog: July 27, 2016

Overview An article in the UDAILY at the University of Delaware highlights a new research study funded by Systems for Action. The two-year research project will explore ways to improve the delivery of health care and social services to individuals who are on probation. Read the full article here...

Public Health System Incentives in the Affordable Care Act: Institutional, Health and Economic Effects

Presentation: June 29, 2016

Overview Objectives: The Affordable Care Act created new inducements for hospitals, insurers, employers, and others to contribute to community-wide disease prevention and health promotion practices collectively referred to as public health activities. These inducements include tax incentives for...

Multi-Sector Contributions to Public Health Delivery Systems: Economic, Institutional and Policy Determinants

Presentation: October 31, 2016

Overview The United States faces growing public and policy demands to improve health status on a population-wide basis. This session reviews new research from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Systems for Action research program about the implementation of population health activities in...

Effects of an Integrated Service Delivery Approach on Health Care Utilization (APHA 2016)

Presentation: December 08, 2016

Overview Population and individual health are significantly influenced by nonclinical factors. These social determinants of health range from individuals' knowledge and behaviors to community-level characteristics, resources, and conditions. Problematically, the expertise and infrastructure for...

Earned Media: Job-Based Aid Programs Should Address Trauma

Blog: September 01, 2016

Overview Psych Central is the Internet’s largest and oldest independent mental health online resource. Since 1995, our award-winning website has been run by mental health professionals offering reliable, trusted information and over 250 support groups to consumers. Their article Job-Based Aid...

Poster: A Social Network Analysis Comparison of Large and Small Local Public Health Systems

Presentation: June 29, 2016

Overview Research Objective: The delivery of population health services is a cross-sector effort that involves many different organizations in the community. While research has shown the collaborative nature of public health, very little has examined differences in system composition based on the...

Comprehensive Public Health Delivery Systems: Using Foundational Capabilities to Achieve Health Impact and Equity

Presentation: July 28, 2016

Overview Achieving health equity requires building more comprehensive systems. Using data from a nationally representative cohort of U.S. communities, this session will explore the characteristics of Comprehensive Public Health Delivery Systems, the structures and processes needed to build such...

Uncompensated Care Costs Are Way Down For Kentucky Hospitals

Blog: October 04, 2016

Overview An article from WFPL news, “Uncompensated Care Costs Are Way Down For Kentucky Hospitals” included information from the research project on uncompensated care. The full article can be found here. Details Project: The Effect of Uncompensated Care Costs on Hospital Contributions to Population...

ResProg Webinar: Financing and Service Delivery Integration for Mental Illness and Substance Abuse (2016)

Presentation: November 09, 2016

Overview Building on integrated data sources from Arizona’s medical, mental health, and criminal justice systems, this project explores opportunities to better coordinate services for persons with mental illness and/or substance abuse disorders. Using interactive system dynamics modeling and network...

ResProg Webinar • Assessing Cross-Sector Impacts of Permanent Supportive Housing to Homeless High Users of Health Care (2016)

Presentation: September 14, 2016

This project evaluates the Housing for Health initiative, which aims to reduce homelessness and the unnecessary use of health care resources, and improve outcomes for vulnerable populations by providing permanent housing and supportive services. Using a propensity score-matched difference-in...