Systems for Action (S4A) Research Program: Systems for Action (S4A) is a national research program funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and based at the Colorado School of Public Health at the University of Colorado. As program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, we are working towards a...

Kohl, Patricia L. PhD, MSW; Harris, Jenine K. PhD; Shires, Mary Katherine LMSW; Bacon, Caren MPH; Sulaima, Sanaria MA; Jonson-Reid, Melissa PhD, MSW. Exploring the Impact of COVID-19 on a Child Maltreatment Prevention Network. Journal of Public Health Management & Practice 31(3):p 486-494, May/June...

Members of the National Advisory Committee advise on program strategies and future direction, contributing to the System for Action program’s success in generating new evidence to connect the nation’s fragmented medical, social and public health systems.

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Welcome! Please enjoy our Spring 2025 newsletter from the Systems Alignment Innovation Hub (SAIH), supported by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s (RWJF) national Systems for Action Research (S4A) Program. Read on for the latest news on our Community Power Network, Free Technical Assistance &...

Overview The panel assembled for the Interdisciplinary Association for Population Health Science 2018 Conference presented research findings from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Systems for Action research program. About Social, economic, and environmental conditions strongly influence population...

About | Resources & Results | Survey Instrument | FAQs Since 1998, the National Longitudinal Survey of Public Health Systems* or NALSYS has followed a nationally representative cohort of U.S. communities to measure the implementation and impact of multi-sector population health improvement...

Disparities in health delivery continue to act as barriers to equitable outcomes in health. Public health system efforts connect local health systems to their network and community members. Public health system capital may play a role in improving community health; however, there may be inequities...

Overview This study considers the association of local public health agency performance with the rural-urban characteristic of the agencies’ jurisdictions. Specifically, the association of county-level gaps in public health performance with differences in the rural-urban characteristic of...