Overview Systems for Action researcher, Dr. Mariana Chilton from Drexel University, participated in a panel session with grantees from the Systems for Action, Evidence for Action, and Policies for Action programs at the AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting in June. The panelists presented research...

Overview Elder abuse and neglect (EA/N) is a public health and safety epidemic with impacts in emergency department utilization, nursing home placement, mortality, and financial losses. Vulnerability has been shown to be highly correlated with EA/N victimization, yet research is lacking on...

Overview April 12, 2017 Webinar Presentation Public health system capital is defined by the scope of population health activities, network of multi-sector relationships, and the coordination of actions that contribute to the implementation core public health activities. A better understanding of how...

Overview Dr. Mays was invited to present before the Strengthening Health Systems through Interprofessional Education (SHINE) Fellowship, National Association of County and City Health Officials and U.S. Centers for Disease Prevention and Control Leaders in Washington, DC. He described how financial...

Overview Dr. Mays shared Community Networks and Population Health: What We Know and Still Need to Learn with the Partners for the Advancement of Community Engaged Research (PACER) and participated in a lengthy discussion period with the participants at the conclusion of his presentation. PACER was...

Overview Dr. Mays was invited to participate in the Georgia Southern University Delta Omega Lecture Series in Statesboro, Georgia. His session profiled recent research on the characteristics of communities that achieve success in improving population health, including the structure of multi...

Overview The provision of community benefits in exchange for tax-exemption status for not-for-profit (NFP) hospitals has been a health policy area of interest especially as it relates to the adequacy of benefits provided relative to the amount of foregone governmental tax revenue. This study...

Overview In 2016, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation launched the Systems for Action Research Program to test new mechanisms for aligning medical, social, and public health delivery systems to improve health and health equity. The Arizona State University received funding as one of the Systems for...

Overview The research team for The Comprehensive Care, Community, and Culture Program presented at the 2017 Academy Health Dissemination and Implementation Conference in Arlington, VA. The presentation was entitled “The Comprehensive, Community, and Culture Program: Early Lessons from Implementation...