Overview Population and individual health are significantly influenced by social determinants that range from individuals’ knowledge and behaviors to community-level characteristics, resources, and conditions. The expertise and infrastructure to address these multiple and diverse challenges are...

Overview The research team presented at the 2019 Academy Health Annual Research Meeting in Washington, DC. The full abstract for the poster presentation entitled, “Reasons for Referral to Social Worker in a Primary Healthcare Setting: A Market Basket Analysis and Natural Language Processing Approach...

Overview Population and individual health are significantly influenced by social determinants that range from individuals’ knowledge and behaviors to community-level characteristics, resources, and conditions. The expertise and infrastructure to address these multiple challenges are divided among...

Overview Dr. Vest participated in the 2018 State Healthcare IT Connect Summit Enterprise System Planning, Health and Human Service Integration track with a dynamic discussion on how leaders public sector leaders and researchers are Designing for Impact by working across sectors and systems with a...

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...

Overview The research team created a systems-level dataset that includes state and local health and public health spending, social and community services spending (from the US Census finance divisions), total county debt, demographics (from the US Census demographics divisions), social determinants...

Overview The University of Chicago’s Urban Labs project uses a randomized controlled trial to test the feasibility and effectiveness of a comprehensive community care model for low-income, urban-dwelling seniors at high risk of hospital admission. The model combines (1) “comprehensivist” physicians...

Overview The purpose of this project is to evaluate the effect of the combining Global All-Payer Reimbursement with Community Health Teams responsible for Coordinating Care and Service Delivery between the medical, social services and public health sectors on system alignment, health, access to...

Overview Homeless individuals experience a higher risk of mortality, chronic illness, and mental health disorders, and are often high utilizers of healthcare. Since 2012, the Housing for Health (HFH) initiative created by the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services (DHS) seeks to reduce...

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...