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New Studies Aim to Save Lives and Money by Connecting Health and Social Systems

News: January 23, 2018

LEXINGTON, KY (January 23, 2018)— Systems for Action is proud to announce the funding of eleven new studies. With $1.85 million in funding support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation , these new studies will help medical care providers, social services agencies, and public health organizations...

Testing an Integrated Delivery and Financing System for Older Adults with Health and Social Needs

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Addressing the social determinants of health is vital to improving individual and population health and advancing health equity. Research indicates that integrating health and social services is both necessary and cost-effective. This is especially true for the growing number of older adults who...

Integrating Health and Social Services for Veterans by Empowering Family Caregivers

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Injured war veterans face substantial barriers to maintaining employment, high levels of family strain, homelessness, and extensive unmet physical and mental health needs. The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) offers a range of medical, public health, and social services to eligible veterans...

New Research: Investing in Public Health May Reduce Medicare Spending

News: November 30, 2017

LEXINGTON, KY (November 30, 2017)— Investments in public health programs appear to reduce spending in the Medicare program, providing an economic benefit for seniors and the federal budget as growing numbers of baby boomers join program. Results from a new study published in the December issue of...

ResProg Webinar | Systems in Focus Panel: Addressing the Housing Crisis through Systems Alignment -- COVID-19 and Beyond

Events: Wednesday, May 05, 2021, 12:00am -Friday, May 21, 2021, 11:59pm

Approximately 568,000 people in the U.S. experienced homelessness on a single night in January 2019, according to the HUD Point-in-Time Count. Ending homelessness is a public health issue as it increases one’s risk of experiencing mortality, co-occurring disorders, violence, mental health crises...

New Studies Test Novel Systems for Integrating Medical, Public Health, and Social Services

News: March 18, 2016

LEXINGTON, KY– To support its new Systems for Action : Systems and Services Research to Build a Culture of Health Research Program, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation today announced $3 million of new research funding to support three new Collaborating Research Centers at Arizona State University...

The Comprehensive Care, Community, and Culture Program

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A health care system that fails to appreciate the need for public health and public policies that address social determinants of health is fundamentally limited. To address the complex dimensions and determinants of health, efforts to improve health must extend to sectors far beyond traditional...

WEBINAR: Classifying Multi-Sectoral, Multi-Organizational Health Communication Networks

Events: Wednesday, Aug 22, 2018, 12:00am -Monday, Aug 22, 2022, 11:59pm

Facilitating population health and well-being requires organizations and individuals to share information and strategies across systems. Local public health agencies, healthcare providers, and their multi-sectoral partners often lead the way in testing and implementing evidence-based health messages...

J-PAL North America Launches State and Local Innovation Initiative to Help US State & Local Governments Find Solutions to Key Public Policy Issues

News: November 12, 2015

CAMBRIDGE, MA – J-PAL North America launches a new State and Local Innovation Initiative that will partner US state and local governments with leading academic researchers from J-PAL’s global network to find evidence-informed solutions to challenging social problems. The J-PAL State and Local...

RWJF Commits $25 Million to Broaden Health Research

News: May 27, 2015

PRINCETON, NJ –The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) today announced an initial $25 million commitment over the next three years to fund innovative research on policies, laws, system interventions, and community dynamics that improve health and well-being, with emphasis on sectors not typically...