Aligning Systems for Health
Project Overview
Aligning Systems for Health, supported by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and under the direction of Karen Minyard and Glenn Landers at the Georgia Health Policy Center, focuses on identifying, testing, and sharing what works to align healthcare, public health, and social services to better address the goals and needs of the people and communities they serve. Aligning Systems for Health:
- Synthesizes existing research learnings and disseminates findings
- Supports original research and evaluation
- Builds relationships with those already working in the field
Learn more about the Framework for Aligning Systems here.
The work is guided by the Technical Advisory Committee comprised of local and national leaders.
Through a related project, the Georgia Health Policy Center, in partnership with the School of Public Health at George Washington University and with support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, is identifying, synthesizing, and disseminating cross-sector policy and implementation opportunities that facilitate recovery from the triple crisis of the COVID-19 pandemic, impacts of the 2020 economic downturn, and the ongoing impact of structural racism. The work – Aligning in Crisis — builds on Aligning Systems for Health: Healthcare + Public Health + Social Services.
Latest Resources
Study Finds Room to Boost Maternal and Child Health Participation in Health Impact Assessments
The Process of Partnering with Community Members: Preliminary Findings
Community Member Experiences with Collaboratives: Preliminary Findings
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Events
Re-live Aligning Systems for Health’s virtual event series via the recordings:
- Cross-Sector Alignment: Built to Last
- Why Cross-Sector Alignment Matters – Real Life Stories (April 21, 2020)
- Pixels: Learning from Each Other (May 27, 2020)
- Theory of Change Charette (June 24, 2020)
- Building Learning Around Cross-Sector Alignment
- Power & Privilege: Why Is Good Design So Hard To Do? (November 13, 2020)
- Bridging Trust and Community (December 17, 2020)
- Moving from Talk to Action: Advancing Equity with Results Based Accountability (February 25, 2021)
- Community Voices Panel: Shifting Power (April 1, 2021)
- Four Components of Cross-Sector Aligning
- Building Data Sharing Capacity: Advice from a Panel of Experts (August 10, 2021)
- Creating Shared Purpose: A Conversation with Paul Born (August 26, 2021)
- Dollars & Making Sense: Cross-Sector Financing Panel (September 30, 2021)
- Good Governance Across Sectors (October 14, 2021)
- Aligning Systems for Health Research and Practice Convening 2021
Research Grants & Findings
GHPC awarded $2.4 million in research awards to these seven grantees:
- Public Health Institute
- Texas Health Institute
- Trenton Health Team
- University of Louisville
- University of South Carolina, Columbia
- University of Washington, Seattle
- West Side United (in partnership with Rush Medical Center)
In fall 2019, GHPC awarded six rapid-cycle research and evaluation grants:
- Akron Children’s Hospital/Kent State University (findings)
- Care Share Health Alliance and Healthier Highland
- Communities Joined In Action (findings)
- JSI (findings)
- Public Health Solutions (findings)
- Urban Institute (findings)
In spring 2020, GHPC awarded four rapid-cycle research and evaluation grants to examine cross-sector alignment efforts in response to COVID-19:
- Center for Health Progress and Pueblo Triple Aim Corp.
- Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago
- Industrial Areas Foundation Northwest
- University of California Berkeley School of Public Health
Throughout 2021, GHPC awarded rapid cycle grantees to analyze various multisector partnerships models aimed to advance health equity:
- JSI
- Kent State University and Akron’s Children’s Hospital
- The Public Health Innovation Lab at Public Health Institute
- Camden Coalition
In Summer 2021, GHPC rapid cycle grantees explored specific aspects of the Framework for Aligning Sectors:
- Care Share Health Alliance and Healthier Highland
- Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago
- Industrial Areas Foundation Northwest
To round out 2021, GHPC administered rapid cycle grants to explore how cross-sector collaboratives are formed, used to advance equity, and mitigate the COVID-19 pandemic: