| Measure and evaluate policy outcomes on health disparities |
Collaborative Action for Child Equity (CACE) |
Project THRIVE |
Health Information Technology (HIT) Policy |
Health360x |
Health Policy Training |
| Downstream outcomes |
Changes in parent knowledge about healthier lifestyles; Changes in parent motivation to change their own and their family’s health behaviors; Changes in parent knowledge and desire to advocate for improved policies relating to healthy child development. |
Patient outcomes after exposure to culturally tailored intervention; perceived care-seeking behaviors of targeted patients; Knowledge of integrated care models; Awareness and attitudes related to culturally tailored integrated care models. |
Types & characteristics of providers adopting EHR; characteristics of Medicaid enrollees receiving telemedicine services. |
# of patients enrolled; Effectiveness of intervention in improving diabetes management; Provider-level workflow issues. |
# of and characteristics of fellows who completed program; # of fellows with full-time employment by sector; Promotions/leadership roles since fellowship completion; Importance of/role of health disparities and health equity in current position. |
| Midstream outcomes |
Extent to which existing local policies ensure receipt of appropriate early child development resources and program effectiveness in supporting community participation. |
Perceived barriers/ facilitators to incorporating culturally tailored integrated care models into clinical practice. |
System and community-level barriers and facilitators to adoption and implementation of HIT in underserved communities. |
# of practices enrolled and connected to data warehouse; Amount of data flowing; System-level barriers and facilitators to integration. |
Service on local, state, and national health advisory boards; Promotions/leadership roles since fellowship completion; Develop, implement or change public policy that address health disparities. |
| Upstream outcomes |
Extent to which existing state policies ensure receipt of appropriate early child development resources; Post-implementation demonstration of improvement in mental health, school readiness, reduction in child neglect and obesity among vulnerable children in minority communities. |
Secondary data analysis of Medicaid claims including patients similar to study sample (racial/ethnic minority, Depression diagnosis, 1+ chronic condition). |
Categories of demographic data included in federal EHR technology programs; Inclusion of health equity language in proposed, final policies; Health equity implications of proposed/ final policies. |
N/A |
Service on local, state, and national health advisory boards; Promotions/leadership roles since fellowship completion; Develop, implement or change public policy that address health disparities. |
