Impact studies examine the impact of a novel system alignment strategy on relevant measures of health and wellbeing for affected populations. These studies build on pilot studies confirming the feasibility and acceptability of the systems alignment strategy and use rigorous research methods to...

Bishai, David M., et al. “Being Accountable for Capability—Getting Public Health Reform Right This Time.” American Journal of Public Health, vol. 112, no. 10, Oct. 2022, pp. 1374–78. ajph.aphapublications.org (Atypon), https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2022.306975. Resource: Article Related: Grantee...

This study tests how a transit system can enhance substance abuse treatment outcomes and reduce provider-level treatment costs for substance abuse amidst the opioid crisis in Connecticut. Increasing access and retention in treatment services is critical to improving health outcomes and reducing...

Chuang E, Bunger A, Smith R, Girth A, Phillips R, Miech E, Lancaster K, Martin J, Gadel F, Himmeger M, McClellan J, Millisor J, Willauer T, Powell B, Dellor E, Aarons G. (2024). Collaboration strategies affecting implementation of a cross-systems intervention for child welfare and substance use...

This study assesses effective strategies to eliminate disparities in access to COVID-19 vaccination by race and ethnicity by building on an existing nationwide initiative of the Aging and Disability Vaccination Collaborative (ADVC). The ADVC, administered by USAging with funding from the U.S...

This study tests a holistic admissions approach in health sciences education at Salt Lake Community College and its impact on the BIPOC healthcare workforce. Higher education admissions have always been fraught with systematic racism, given the equity gaps existing within the standardized tests...

This study, funded as part of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Systems for Action research program, investigates whether a novel type of social bond can pool resources across multiple competing health plans and create stable, long-term financing for interventions that address social determinants...

The Research-in-Progress Webinar Series, also known as ResProg, enables S4A investigators whose awards are in-process or completed to share their work and disseminate findings rapidly, and to identify others with related research interests. Each webinar includes: progress on the research project and...