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S4A Grantee Receives $3.8M NIH Grant The research team at Case Western Reserve University and the Greater Cleveland Food Bank have received a $3.8 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to expand their Nourishing Beginnings, now Nourishing Tomorrow, program. Their work, originally...

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...

20. What type of investigators or organizations should apply?

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The lead applicant organization must be a community-based organization that is actively engaged in serving communities that experience systemic racism. The CBO that applies as the lead applicant organization must work in partnership with an experienced research team that will help to design and...

33. Is assistance available to help my organization identify a research partner to help develop our research idea and application?

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If you are a community-based organization (rather than a university or research institution), you can utilize a variety of technical assistance resources and supports available through the S4A Systems Alignment Innovation Hub. The Hub may be able to provide assistance and guidance for identifying a...

Triumphs, Wounds, and Bruises: A Retrospective on Systems for Action Research for Food Security

Events: Wednesday, Feb 12, 2025, 12:00pm -Wednesday, Feb 12, 2025, 01:00pm

Presenter: Mariana Chilton, PhD | Drexel University >> View recording. >> Download slides here.

Press Release - USAging Awarded Grant to Evaluate Equitable Vaccination Access With UC Berkeley

Blog: December 02, 2024

USAging published a press release announcing their partnership with Berkeley and recent funding award from Systems for Action. See the full press release here. Project: Aligning Health and Social Systems to Promote Vaccination Access for Populations Experiencing Systemic Barriers

Saddyna Belmashkan

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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.

Evidence Brief - Multi-Sector Community Networks Are Losing Strength in Many Rural Areas, Reducing Capacity to Improve Population Health

Blog: September 22, 2020

A growing body of research demonstrates that networks of community organizations, working together, can have profound effects on the health trajectories and social determinants of health. Evidence indicates that health and social interventions are more likely to succeed when they are implemented...

Evidence Brief - Using Network Science to Explore Pathways for Reducing Policing-Attributable Health Problems And Inequities

Blog: May 25, 2021

The Systems for Action intramural team explores the intersection of law enforcement and public health using National Longitudinal Survey of Public Health Systems (NALSYS) data. They investigate the extent to which law enforcement agencies are currently engaged in local public health networks and how...

Research to Understand Systemic Racism as a Barrier and Engagement with Child Mental Health Services

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Building off of the Aligning Delivery and Financing Systems to Prevent Adverse Child Experiences in St. Louis study, Washington University in St. Louis will study the impact of systemic racism on child mental healthcare and mental health equity. African-American families are disproportionately...