Sayeh Nikpay, Zhanji Zhang, Pinar Karaca-Mandic, Return on investments in social determinants of health interventions: what is the evidence?, Health Affairs Scholar, Volume 2, Issue 9, September 2024, qxae114, https://doi.org/10.1093/haschl/qxae114 See article here. Project: Social Bonds as a Pooled...

Fabic, Madeleine Short, et al. Deaths among COVID Cases in the United States: Racial and Ethnic Disparities Persist. medRxiv, 17 Nov. 2020, p. 2020.11.15.20232066. medRxiv, https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.11.15.20232066. Detail Resource: Article Related: Grantee Research Project

Alfonso, Y. Natalia, et al. “US Public Health Neglected: Flat Or Declining Spending Left States Ill Equipped To Respond To COVID-19.” Health Affairs, vol. 40, no. 4, Apr. 2021, pp. 664–71. healthaffairs.org (Atypon), https://doi.org/10.1377/hlthaff.2020.01084. Detail Resource: Article Related...

Acharya, Arnab, et al. “The Role of Public Health Expenditures in COVID-19 Control: Evidence from Local Governments in England.” SSM - Population Health, vol. 15, Sept. 2021, p. 100861, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmph.2021.100861. Detail Resource: Article Related: Grantee Research Project

A health care system that fails to appreciate the need for public health and public policies that address social determinants of health is fundamentally limited. To address the complex dimensions and determinants of health, efforts to improve health must extend to sectors far beyond traditional...

Ngo VK, Vu TT, Punter MA, Levine D, Borrell LN, Mateu-Gelabert P. Mental Health Service Use, Barriers, and Service Preferences During COVID-19 among Low-Income Housing and Market-Rate Housing Residents of Harlem in New York City. J Community Health. 2024 Jun;49(3):439-447. doi: 10.1007/s10900-023...

Ngo, Victoria K., et al. “Mental Health Concerns During COVID-19: An Observational Study Among a Predominantly Black Community in New York City.” Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities, Apr. 2024, https://doi.org/10.1007/s40615-024-01988-0. Full Article: View here Project: Multisector Task...

The Systems Alignment Innovation Hub (SAIH) developed research summaries, tip sheets, case studies, and other tools in consultation with practice-based organizations working on systems alignment projects.

The SAIH team can provide free consultation and technical assistance (TA) to practice-based organizations with promising ideas for systems alignment solutions, helping these organizations assess and improve the readiness of their ideas for research testing. Practice-based organizations include...

Building off of the Aligning Delivery and Financing Systems to Prevent Adverse Child Experiences in St. Louis study, Washington University in St. Louis will study the impact of systemic racism on child mental healthcare and mental health equity. African-American families are disproportionately affected by barriers to preventative services leading to worsening socio-emotional, mental health, and physical health outcomes. This is especially true in St. Louis, Missouri, where a profound history of oppression, systemic racism, and mistrust have exacerbated mental health challenges.