Evidence for Action (E4A) funds research evaluating the population health, wellbeing, and racial equity impacts of programs, policies, and practices. What We're Learning is a repository of media pieces, research articles, presentations, reports, and other materials highlighting E4A supported research and findings. Sort by topic or resource type.
Safety and Health Innovation through Neighborhood Engagement (SHINE) Study Interview Summary Reports
The SHINE Team shares project progress with regard to the Holistic Empathetic Response Teams (HEART) program being implemented in Durham, North Carolina. They also share information about what is working well and challenges and opportunities.
Residents living in areas where property remediation addressed both vacant lots and abandoned homes experienced significant increases in sense of community.
An introduction to the San Francisco Pregnancy Family Village: what the village is, who it serves, how they do their work, their impact, and the timeline of roll out.
Green space goes hand-in-hand with cardiovascular health, with tree planting as a possible strategy to improve health. Research shows that areas with more plants and trees (greenness) are associated with lower incidence of cardiovascular disease.
Detailing the benefits of people paying utilities or traffic violation collection through segmented pricing, or payment pricing based on the customer's ability to pay, for improved equity
Centering the needs of pregnant people and their families' and forming equitable collaborations between community and institutional partners can meaningfully transform care delivery systems and comprehensively meet the needs of the entire community.
US Army and Navy service members went to fewer therapy sessions during pregnancy and while on leave following birth, especially if they had already received mental health treatment before. Birthing parents were more likely to go back to therapy once they started working again.
The research team discovered that living in greener, more walkable neighborhoods is associated with lower incidence of Alzheimer's Disease.
The project team found that school-based mental health services increased average outpatient mental health service use and reduced self-reported suicide attempts.
The project team found that cash transfers on their were associated with increases in healthy behaviors and that the cash transfer paired with after-school programming was associated with an improvement in the financial health of participants.