Mandela Yoga Project, based in Cambridge, MA, offers an evidence-based group practice of mindful movement paired with breathing as an integrative health intervention to treat the racially traumatized nervous systems of people of color. Mandela Yoga is peer-led, which allows participants of color to...

This study assesses the capacity of community social services organizations and their partners to meet the needs of new clients identified through emerging social determinants of health (SDOH) screening and referral tools used by medical providers during the COVID-19 pandemic. In a previous study...

Bunger, Alicia C., et al. “Specifying Cross-System Collaboration Strategies for Implementation: A Multi-Site Qualitative Study with Child Welfare and Behavioral Health Organizations.” Implementation Science, vol. 19, no. 1, Feb. 2024, p. 13. BioMed Central, https://doi.org/10.1186/s13012-024-01335-1...

Williams, V.N., Knudtson, M.D., Allison, M.A. and Tung, G.J. (2025), Coordination and Integration of Providers Across Sectors Improves Referrals to and Connections With Services for Clients Engaged in Home Visiting. Health Serv Res e14457. https://doi.org/10.1111/1475-6773.14457

Li, Fei. “COVID-19 and the Activity-Travel Behavior of Low-Income, Chronically Ill Individuals in Atlanta, Georgia.” Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives, vol. 22, Nov. 2023, p. 100951. ScienceDirect, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trip.2023.100951. Details Resource: Article Related...

Data accessibility and representation are critical to combating institutional racism and related disparities within health, public health, and social service systems. As part of its support for research and service improvement efforts by practice-based organizations serving BIPOC and other...

Systems for Action (S4A) is a signature research program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) that studies strategies for aligning medical, social, and public health systems in ways that improve health and health equity. The National Program Office is based at the Colorado School of Public...

This study, funded as part of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Systems for Action research program, evaluates the effectiveness of an aligned service delivery and financing model designed to improve maternal and infant health by helping Medicaid-eligible persons receive access to healthy foods during pregnancy.

The Community Power Network (CPN) (formerly the Peer Learning Network) is an ongoing multicultural, multiracial forum on the potential for systems alignment initiatives to improve outcomes for communities. The CPN builds community power to uplift lived experience, Indigenous and cultural wisdom...

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...