What We're Learning

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.

Multiple Chronic Conditions Heat Maps

Multiple Chronic Conditions (MCCs), diagnoses of more than one chronic condition at one time, place a significant burden on the health care system. New research draws attention to the importance of examining how MCCs cluster.

New Measure Development

Briefs, Reports, and Infographics resource

What Do Workplace Wellness Programs Do?

With workplace wellness programs, there are diminishing returns as incentives increase past a certain point and employer's do not see a savings on health care costs.

Workplace Well-Being

Briefs, Reports, and Infographics resource

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Impact of Litigation on Compliance With California Physical Education Laws in Elementary Schools

Litigation around school physical education mandates led to increased accountability to and compliance with the law.

Education

Published Research resource

Association of Maternal Eligibility for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Program With Citizen Children’s Participation in the Women, Infants, and Children Program

A mother's eligibility for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) was associated with an increased likelihood that her child(ren) participated in the Women, Infants, and Children Program (WIC).

Published Research resource

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Immigration policies can make the difference between life and death for newborn US children

The health of citizen children born to undocumented immigrants is closely tied to local, state, and federal immigration policies.

Popular Press resource

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The Stable Scheduling Study

Presentation outlining study rationale, background, and initial findings to the San Francisco Office of Financial Empowerment.

Workplace Well-Being

Presentations resource

State Firearm Laws and Interstate Transfer of Guns in the USA, 2006–2016

Handgun waiting periods, firearm permits, prohibition of firearm possession by a person convicted of a violent misdemeanor, and firearm relinquishment programs led to a lower percentage of in-state gun ownership and a lower chance that recovered guns were from an in-state source, suggesting guns tend to move from states with fewer restrictions into states with more restrictions.

Firearms

Published Research resource

Stable Scheduling Increases Productivity and Sales: The Stable Scheduling Study

In the first randomized controlled experiment of a multi-component intervention designed to shift schedules in hourly retail jobs toward greater stability, the Stable Scheduling Study found that increasing the stability of work schedules is possible and even profitable in today’s competitive retail environment.

Workplace Well-Being

Briefs, Reports, and Infographics resource

Research: When Retail Workers Have Stable Schedules, Sales and Productivity Go Up

A stable scheduling intervention at Gap, Inc., showed that such practices lead to increased productivity and sales.

Workplace Well-Being

Popular Press resource

Who Benefits From Workplace Flexibility? A New Study Tackles Schedule Instability in Retail Jobs

Stable scheduling practices has benefits for workers and employers.

Workplace Well-Being

Popular Press resource

A Find at Gap: Steady Hours Can Help Workers, and Profits

Stable schedules for retail hourly, shift-workers led to increased productivity and sales, as well as reduced stress and better health for workers.

Workplace Well-Being

Popular Press resource

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A Comparison of Medical Costs Between Residents of a Public Housing Redevelopment and Other Public Housing Units in Seattle, King County

Where we live and the quality of our housing and neighborhood determines many things, including access to healthy food, quality of education, and overall health and well-being.

Housing & Neighborhoods

Briefs, Reports, and Infographics resource