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...

Cohen, Jeffrey P., et al. “Transit and Treatment: Aligning Systems to Address Substance Use in Connecticut.” Health Services Research, vol. 59, no. S1, 2024, p. e14268. Wiley Online Library, https://doi.org/10.1111/1475-6773.14268. Details Resource: Article Related: Grantee Research Project

Vest, Joshua R., et al. “Getting from Here to There: Health IT Needs for Population Health.” The American Journal of Managed Care, vol. 22, no. 12, Dec. 2016, pp. 827–29. Details Resource: Article Related: Grantee Research Project

Mays, Glen P., et al. “Preventable Death Rates Fell Where Communities Expanded Population Health Activities Through Multisector Networks.” Health Affairs (Project Hope), vol. 35, no. 11, Nov. 2016, pp. 2005–13, https://doi.org/10.1377/hlthaff.2016.0848. Details Resource: Article Nalsys Related...

Hogg, Rachel A., et al. “Hospital Contributions to the Delivery of Public Health Activities in US Metropolitan Areas: National and Longitudinal Trends.” American Journal of Public Health, vol. 105, no. 8, Aug. 2015, pp. 1646–52, https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2015.302563. Details Resource: Article...

Lamba, Sneha, et al. “Past Local Government Health Spending Was Not Correlated with COVID-19 Control in US Counties.” SSM - Population Health , vol. 17, Mar. 2022, p. 101027, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmph.2022.101027. Detail Resource: Article Related: Grantee Research Project

This study examines how the allocation of resources across medical, social, and public health services at the county level influences the relative success in controlling the progression of the COVID-19 pandemic. The project focuses on resource allocation decisions across sectors as a collective...

Low socioeconomic status and other social risk factors are linked to poor health outcomes and increased emergency department (ED) visits. Assessing and addressing these social risk factors can help improve these outcomes. However, connecting social services organizations addressing these risk...

Current health care payment methods do not reflect the need for effective chronic disease prevention, nor do they address the social determinants of health. Historically, common payment standards intended to link private healthcare providers with payers did not factor in coding or language to cover...