This study evaluates the effectiveness of a multisector task-sharing collaborative in addressing the inter-related problems of mental health disorders, poverty, and housing instability among racial and ethnic minority communities residing in Harlem, New York. The collaborative trains the staff at low-income housing agencies and primary care practices to engage in mental health task-sharing, whereby staff deliver basic mental health support services such as screening, psychoeducation, peer support, and referral to mental health specialists.

The Youth Action Hub (YAH) is a participatory action research (PAR) hub and network in Connecticut driven by Black, Brown, Indigenous, and LGBTQIA+ young people with lived expertise of homelessness and housing instability. They are testing three new strategies through PAR which they anticipate will...

The YWCA Madison in Wisconsin operates housing programs that are designed for those most impacted by systemic racism and other forms of oppression. They have been awarded $60,000 through the Equity Capacity Building Grant (ECBG) mechanism to build community members’ power. YWCA needs community input...

Systems for Action (S4A) Research Program: Systems for Action (S4A) is a national research program funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and based at the Colorado School of Public Health at the University of Colorado. As program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, we are working towards a...

The Evolution Foundation in Oklahoma serves the Greenwood Historical District - formerly known as Black Wall Street - in North Tulsa. Their systems alignment challenge is to address the historical trauma and distrust of children, youth, young adults and families resulting from the 1921 Tulsa race...

This study investigates the changes in hospital participation in local public health systems and the delivery of public health activities over time and assessed the relationship between hospital participation and the scope of activities available in local public health systems. Using longitudinal...

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 the relationship between community characteristics and the nature and volume...

Overview The State Health Expenditure Dataset was designed to better understand the impact of cost-effectiveness of public spending on public health. The collection includes approximately 1.9 million individual records, which were characterized into over 60,000 individual program categories. This...

What is Systems for Action? Systems for Action (S4A) is a signature research program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) that builds a Culture of Health by rigorously testing new ways of connecting the nation’s fragmented medical, social, and public health systems. Health is shaped by a...