Presentations by Staff and Grantees at National Meetings & Conferences The Systems for Action National Program Office and grantees with accepted abstracts often attend: American Public Health Association Annual Meeting Colorado Public Health Association Public Health in the Rockies AcademyHealth...

Maxwell, Christopher D., et al. “Coordinated Community Response to Prevent Elder Abuse, Neglect, and Financial Exploitation: Randomized Control Trial.” Journal of Experimental Criminology, vol. 19, no. 4, Dec. 2023, pp. 1067–83. Springer Link, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11292-022-09521-1. Detail...

Palimaru, Alina I., et al. “A Qualitative Evaluation of Housing for Health in Los Angeles County.” Journal of Social Distress and Homelessness, vol. 31, no. 2, July 2022, pp. 152–62. Taylor and Francis+NEJM, https://doi.org/10.1080/10530789.2021.1908486. Details Resource: Article Related: Grantee...

Orr, Jason M., et al. “Contemporary Public Health Finance: Varied Definitions, Patterns, and Implications.” Annual Review of Public Health, vol. 45, no. 1, May 2024, pp. 359–74. PubMed, https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-publhealth-013023-111124. Details Resource: Article Related: Nalsys

Sun, Jing, et al. “The Building Wealth and Health Network: Methods and Baseline Characteristics from a Randomized Controlled Trial for Families with Young Children Participating in Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF).” BMC Public Health, vol. 16, no. 1, July 2016, p. 583, https://doi.org...

This study, funded as part of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Systems for Action research program, evaluates the feasibility of the Youth Wellness Hub as a hyper-local community governance model for integrating delivery and financing systems for youth behavioral health and wellness services. The Youth Wellness Hub combines three social policy tools that are separately promising or well-supported in the research literature: community governance; public health education campaigns; and service network coordination through fiscal blending.

Declines in academic performance often precede declines in health and health behaviors, particularly among minority youth living in economically distressed communities. The social and economic burdens imposed on communities with high rates of mental illness could be alleviated if patients were...

Developmental or pilot studies support exploratory studies of a novel systems alignment approach. Developmental studies are awarded to researchers who have not previously completed a pilot study to examine the feasibility of implementing the approach and the feasibility of related research...

Adolescents and young adults often experience their first episode of psychosis as they are preparing to enter high school, college, or the workforce. The long-term implications of neglecting a future generation’s mental health can range from an overburdened welfare system to overcrowding in...