Search

Search results

1019 results found

Presentation - Using Social Network Analysis to Create Collaborative Strategies

Presentation: August 26, 2021

Network mapping and social network analysis is a powerful method for visualizing the quality and quantity of connections in a network of partners. It allows you to see who works with who, what resources are exchanged, and how partners trust and value one another. With this kind of visibility...

Press Release - Brown School Awarded Systems for Action Grant to Improve Child Welfare

Blog: July 01, 2020

While collaboration among community stakeholders shows promise in addressing service gaps, little is known about the effectiveness of such approaches. This research project advances the Systems for Action initiative of the RWJF by investigating a recently funded multi-sector "outside-in" alignment...

Press Release - Systems for Action brings opportunities for interdisciplinary health systems research to ColoradoSPH

Blog: May 18, 2020

The press release "Systems for Action brings opportunities for interdisciplinary health systems research to ColoradoSPH" highlights the Systems for Action research program now housed at the Colorado School of Public Health at the Anschutz Medical Campus. The 2020 Systems for Action grantees will...

Press Release - UConn Researchers Study Whether Reliable Public Transit Improves Substance-Use Treatment

Blog: June 22, 2020

This recently-funded research, which will span three years, will test how treatment costs differ before and after transportation services and schedules are implemented. The S4A investigators are particularly interested in the impact of improved access, reduction in the number of missed appointments...

ResProg Webinar - Transit and Treatment: Aligning Systems to Address Substance Abuse in Connecticut (2021)

Presentation: October 27, 2021

Increasing access and retention in treatment services is critical to improving health outcomes and reducing substance abuse overdose deaths. This study tests how a transit system can enhance substance abuse treatment outcomes and reduce provider-level treatment costs for substance abuse amidst the...

Media - Why a criminology prof wants addiction clinics within 500m of major transit hubs

Blog: April 01, 2023

CBC radio reports on findings from the UConn team. Project: Transit and Treatment: Aligning Systems to Address Substance Abuse in Connecticut View article: Here

Journal Article • A multisector community-engaged collaborative for mental health integration in primary care and housing developments

Page

Ngo, V.K., Vu, T.T., Levine, D. et al. "A multisector community-engaged collaborative for mental health integration in primary care and housing developments: Protocol for a stepped-wedge randomized controlled trial (the Harlem Strong Program)." BMC Public Health 24, 2554 (2024). https://doi.org/10...

ResProg Webinar - Systems Alignment to Optimize Health Services for Youth Experiencing Homelessness (Nov. 2024)

Presentation: November 20, 2024

Presenters: Janna Gewirtz O'Brien, Meghan Ford, Camille Brown, Mary-Jayne Adole, Zeinab Mohamud, Lynn Bretl, and Barbara McMorris Youth Participants: Lexi Smyk, Quinnzel Upshaw, Saint Grim, Emmett Dysart, Low Mck >> View recording. >> Download slides here.

Presentation • Destigmatizing Mental Healthcare in Communities of Color

Blog: November 06, 2024

Victoria Ngo presented "Destigmatizing Mental Healthcare in Communities of Color" at SOMOS Puerto Rico Conference. The panel was put together by the Asian American Federation and CUNY Graduate School of Public Health & Health Policy. Speaker profiles can be seen here. Project: Multisector Task...

Julie Ressalam

Person: Graduate Research Assistant

Ms. Ressalam oversees research translation and dissemination efforts for Systems for Action, including development of research syntheses, briefs, toolkits and training sessions. Julie is an active advocate within the Aurora immigrant and refugee community in Colorado and is passionate about sustainable community engagement methods. She is a public health researcher persuing a doctorate in health services research. She holds an MPH in epidemiology from Saint Louis University and a BS from Pennsylvania State University.