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SADDYNA BELMASHKAN

Person: Program Manager

Ms. Belmashkan directs the creation of communication materials, digital publications, and serves as the social media manager. Prior to joining Systems for Action, she worked as a program evaluator for the Rocky Mountain Public Health Training Center. She has worked as a Research Assistant on cancer prevention, cancer screening, and injury prevention studies. Ms. Belmashkan received her MPH from the Colorado School of Public Health and BA from Texas Christian University.

Deaths among COVID Cases in the United States: Racial and Ethnic Disparities Persist

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Using COVID-19 Case Surveillance Public Use Data by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, we estimate monthly age-adjusted case fatality rates (CFR) for four major groups: non-Hispanic (NH) whites, NH Blacks, NH Asians, and Hispanics. Available data show that CFRs across race/ethnic groups...

US Public Health Neglected: Flat or Declining Spending Left States Ill Equipped to Respond to COVID-19

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The COVID-19 pandemic has prompted concern about the integrity of the US public health infrastructure. Federal, state, and local governments spend $93 billion annually on public health in the US, but most of this spending is at the state level. Thus, shoring up gaps in public health preparedness and...

The Role of Public Health Expenditures in COVID-19 control: Evidence from Local Governments in England

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For over 150 years the local health departments of England have been critical in controlling 19 th and 20 th century infectious epidemics. However, recent administrative changes have hollowed out their flexibility to serve communities. We use administrative data on past budgetary allocations per...

Development and Implementation of a Coordinated Community Response to Address Elder Abuse and Neglect

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Who Delivers Maternal and Child Health Services? The Contributions of Public Health and Other Community Partners

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Policy Points Local health departments with direct maternal and child health service provisions exhibit greater social service collaboration, thereby enhancing community capacity to improve health care access and social determinant support. These findings may prioritize collaboration as a community...

Proposing an Innovative Bond to Increase Investments in Social Drivers of Health Interventions in Medicaid Managed Care

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Community Health Teams: a qualitative study about the factors influencing the decision-making process

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The Impact of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Enrollment on Health and Cost Outcomes

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In the United States, food insecurity is prevalent in low-income households and is associated with elevated risk of chronic disease, poor health outcomes, and excess avoidable health care utilization and costs. Individuals dually eligible for Medicare and Medicaid are a unique low-income group with...

Impact of state Medicaid expansion on cross-sector health and social service networks: Evidence from a longitudinal cohort study

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To examine the impact of state Medicaid expansion on the delivery of population health activities in cross-sector health and social services networks. Community networks are multisector, interorganizational networks that provide services ranging from the direct provision of individual social...