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WEBINAR: Strengthening the Carrying Capacity of Local Health and Social Service Agencies to Absorb Increased Hospital/Clinical Referrals

Events: Wednesday, Feb 07, 2018, 12:00am -Wednesday, Feb 07, 2018, 11:59pm

As hospitals increase screenings for social determinants of health (SDOH), referrals to agencies which provide services to address these needs will also increase. The impact of this increase has not been studied. Questions about the ability of nonprofits and other “community resources” to absorb...

Community Networks and Population Health: What We Know and Still Need to Learn (PACER)

Presentation: December 05, 2017

Overview Dr. Mays shared Community Networks and Population Health: What We Know and Still Need to Learn with the Partners for the Advancement of Community Engaged Research (PACER) and participated in a lengthy discussion period with the participants at the conclusion of his presentation. PACER was...

Building Delivery Systems for Population Health

Presentation: February 28, 2017

Overview Dr. Mays was invited to participate in the Georgia Southern University Delta Omega Lecture Series in Statesboro, Georgia. His session profiled recent research on the characteristics of communities that achieve success in improving population health, including the structure of multi...

Strong Community Networks Lead to Long-term Health Improvements

Blog: January 19, 2017

Overview A national study funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) and published by lead author Glen Mays, UK College of Public Health, provides strong evidence that community networks can lead to long-term population health improvements. Details Project: Multi-Sector Population Health...

Income and Health Inequalities and their Relationship to Population Health Delivery Systems

Presentation: October 26, 2016

Overview This Research in Progress session profiles research underway through the Systems for Action Research Program examining how multi-sector population health initiatives may influence income-related disparities in life expectancy across communities. We use 16 years of data from the National...

WEBINAR: Housing for Health: Cross-Sector Impacts of Supportive Housing for Homeless High Users of Health Care

Events: Wednesday, Dec 06, 2017, 12:00am -Wednesday, Dec 06, 2017, 11:59pm

Homeless individuals experience a higher risk for mortality, chronic illness and mental health disorders, and are often high utilizers of healthcare. Since 2012, the Housing for Health (HFH) initiative created by the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services (DHS) seeks to reduce homelessness...

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ResProg Webinar: Comprehensive Population Health Systems and Hospital Uncompensated Care Costs

Presentation: August 23, 2017

Overview The provision of community benefits in exchange for tax-exemption status for not-for-profit (NFP) hospitals has been a health policy area of interest especially as it relates to the adequacy of benefits provided relative to the amount of foregone governmental tax revenue. This study...

ResProg Webinar: Rural-Urban Differences in Delivery Systems for Population Health Activities

Presentation: September 19, 2018

Overview Research indicates that the United States lags behind other high-income countries in public health. This lag relates directly to variable health system quality across U.S. communities, which have different resource bases, different healthcare needs, and different institutional structures to...

Financing and Service Delivery Integration for Mental Illness and Substance Abuse (Research-in-Progress Webinar Series)

Presentation: December 05, 2018

Overview Building on integrated data sources from Arizona’s medical, mental health, and criminal justice systems, this project explores opportunities to better coordinate services for persons with mental illness and/or substance abuse disorders. Using interactive system dynamics modeling and network...