Albertson, Elaine Michelle, et al. “Systematic Review of Care Coordination Interventions Linking Health and Social Services for High-Utilizing Patient Populations.” Population Health Management, vol. 25, no. 1, Feb. 2022, pp. 73–85. PubMed, https://doi.org/10.1089/pop.2021.0057. Resource: Article...

This study evaluates the effectiveness of multi-sector Partnerships for Early Childhood Development (PECD) in maintaining social needs screening, referral, and service delivery for children during the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City. PECD is an initiative that provides funding and guidance to...

Collaborating Research Centers were funded from 2016 through 2020 as part of the S4A program to lead research initiatives that test innovative ways of integrating medical, public health, social, and community services. In addition to conducting systems alignment research, each center served as a...

American cities face stubbornly large racial disparities in infant mortality, preterm and low birthweight births along with unacceptable rates of maternal mortality. The Los Angeles Maternity Assessment Management Access and Service (MAMA) program is an innovative, multi-sector initiative that seeks...

This study, funded as part of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Systems for Action research program, evaluates the effectiveness of a multisector task-sharing collaborative in addressing the inter-related problems of mental health disorders, poverty, and housing instability among racial and...

Lamba, Sneha, et al. “Past Local Government Health Spending Was Not Correlated with COVID-19 Control in US Counties.” SSM - Population Health, vol. 17, Mar. 2022, p. 101027, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmph.2022.101027. Detail Resource: Article Related: Grantee Research Project

Cohen, Jeffrey P., et al. “Transit and Treatment: Aligning Systems to Address Substance Use in Connecticut.” Health Services Research, vol. 59, no. S1, 2024, p. e14268. Wiley Online Library, https://doi.org/10.1111/1475-6773.14268. Details Resource: Article Related: Grantee Research Project

This study, funded as part of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Systems for Action research program, evaluates the effectiveness of California’s CalAIM Medicaid Waiver program in integrating social service and public health organizations into Medicaid coordinated systems of care for individuals with complex health and social needs. CalAIM is designed to dismantle forms of structural racism by investing nearly $2 Billion in helping Medicaid health plans and medical providers forge stronger alliances with local social service organizations and public health agencies in addressing the complex health and social needs of Medicaid beneficiaries, including paying for nonmedical services needed by these beneficiaries.

The Collaborating Research Center at Indiana University, brings together experts from a health system, a public health agency, social and community services, an informatics leader, and a school of public health, to address the Systems for Action Research Agenda Priority Area #1; investigating the...