Karaca-Mandic, Pinar, et al. “Proposing An Innovative Bond To Increase Investments In Social Drivers Of Health Interventions In Medicaid Managed Care.” Health Affairs, vol. 42, no. 3, Mar. 2023, pp. 383–91. healthaffairs.org (Atypon), https://doi.org/10.1377/hlthaff.2022.00821. Resource: Article...

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. See full article here.

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...

This study tests the effectiveness of multi-sector financing and delivery strategies in expanding the reach and impact of the Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP) program across the U.S. Despite rigorous evidence of its ability to improve health and social outcomes for low-income pregnant women and their...

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...

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...

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

New S4A Grantees The Systems for Action national program office is pleased to announce we awarded $1.3 million of new research funding to support five individual research projects under the recent 2024 Systems & Services Research to Address Systemic Racism Call for Proposals! The following two three...

2025 Call for Proposals: Community-Led Systems Research to Address Systemic Racism The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation released a new research funding opportunity through the Systems for Action Research Program on January 15th, 2025. This year’s funding opportunity will provide research funding for...