Overview Dr. Mays traveled to Virginia to present Public Health System Capital and its Health and Economic Returns during the Public Health Accreditation Board Quarterly Meeting. A growing body of research indicates that strong community networks supporting multi-sector contributions to population...

Overview Objectives: Landmark research by Raj Chetty and colleagues finds wide geographic and intertemporal variation in the relationship between income and life expectancy in the U.S., using 1.4 billion administrative tax records from the IRS linked to nearly 7 million federal death records. Many...

Overview Dr. Mays presented Income, Life Expectancy, and the Strength of Multi-Sector Networks for Population Health before the Prevention and Population Health Group at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation Center (CMMI) in Baltimore, Md. Landmark research by Raj Chetty and colleagues...

Overview The research team presented a poster presentation at the 2017 Academy Health Annual Conference on Dissemination and Implementation in Health in Arlington, VA. The full abstract for the poster entitled, “The integration quotient: Use of claims data to assess implementation of integrated...

Overview The research team presented at the 2017 Academy Health Annual Research Meeting in New Orleans, LA. The full abstract for the poster entitled, “Services for Social Determinants of Health Delivered in Primary Care Settings: Measurement & Prevalence” can be found here. Details Project...

Overview Background: Caregivers of young children in Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) are required to complete 20hrs/week of work participation, and are hurried into employment, often without consideration for their health and their children’s wellbeing. For instance, TANF caregivers...

Overview The team from Drexel University presented Trauma-Informed Financial Empowerment Program Improves Wesalth and health for Families in Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) during the session The Role of Asset-Building and Financial Coaching in Promoting Economic Self-Sufficiency at...