This article in Journal of Maternal and Child Health demonstrates the application of implementation science methodology to study the complexities of rolling-out policies that promote immediate postpartum long-acting reversible contraception (LARC) use across states.
This article in Journal of Public Health Management & Practice discusses ASTHO's strategies for reducing maternal mortality and morbidity.
Demonstrating the Impact of School-Based Health Centers | Key Measures That Highlight ROI Demonstrating the Impact of School-Based Health Centers Sophia Durant Learn about key measures to demonstrate the health, reach, and economic impact of School-Based Health Centers, with state examples. School-Based Health Centers (SBHCs) improve health and educational outcomes by reducing barriers to care, preventing emergency and hospital visits, and supporting student success. This report outlines key measures used to demonstrate the health, educational, reach, and economic impact of SBHCs, with a focus on illustrating ROI for states and school districts. Health Outcomes and Service Utilization: This section lists measures that illustrate how SBHCs reduce acute care use and strengthen connections to preventive and ongoing health services. Cost Savings and Economic Impact: This section details the measures that show how SBHCs reduce costly care and generate meaningful financial returns. Educational and Social Outcomes: This section focuses on measures that showcase the impact of SBHCs on student success in and out of the classroom. Reach and Access: This section highlights measures that demonstrate how SBHCs support health care access through insurance coverage, geographic reach, and more. Evaluation and Reporting Examples: This section offers examples of how jurisdictions have evaluated and reported on the impact of school-based health services (i.e., leveraging Medicaid reimbursement and reinvestment, standardized data collection, and sample measure utilization). By using cross-sector data and leveraging existing partnerships, state health agencies can strengthen evaluation efforts, inform program improvement, and build a compelling case for sustained investment in school-based health services. Get the Report (PDF) Reviewed by - Akbarali, Mackie article yes
This article in Journal of Women's Health explores the actions of jurisdictions that participated in the Opioid use disorder, Maternal outcomes, Neonatal abstinence syndrome Initiative Learning Community (OMNI) Learning Community.
This article in Journal of Women's Health shares results from a study that uses interview data from 13 participating state teams to identify state-implemented strategies within defined domains that support policy implementation.
This journal article in Implementation Science shares results from a qualitative study conducted to better understand the successes, challenges, and strategies that the 13 US states in the Learning Community used for increasing access to immediate postpartum long-acting reversible contraception (LARC).