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...

This study, funded as part of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Systems for Action research program, tests the feasibility of a multi-sector tribally-operated data system and dashboard for documenting health and social service needs and service referrals among youth members of the Coeur d-Alene tribe. The integrated data system is designed to achieve data sovereignty and improve timeliness and coordination in the delivery of health and social services for the tribal youth population, thereby dismantling forms of structural racism and inequity created by reliance on fragmented non-tribal service delivery and financing systems.

An article published in the American Journal of Preventative Medicine in 2015 entitled, "Local Fiscal Allocation for Public Health Departments," examines local investment in public health by measuring the percentage of local government taxes allocated to local health departments. Read the article in...

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