The number of babies born in Georgia with sickle cell disease has remained relatively constant each year from 2004 to 2016. However, access to specialized sickle cell disease care remains a challenge for many of these babies born outside of larger cities, according to new findings from the Georgia Sickle Cell Data Collection (SCDC)… more »
The opioid epidemic is a complex challenge impacting multiple, often siloed systems, including health, criminal justice, and social services, as well as broader social and economic systems.
The Georgia Health Policy Center developed a systems map of the opioid epidemic. The map provides a means to visualize intervention points at different levels within the system,… more »
Novartis today announced that five nonprofit organizations will receive a total of nearly $250,000 in funding through the company’s STEP (Solutions to Empower Patients) Program™. Now in its second year, the STEP Program supports nonprofit organizations by funding innovative programs that empower patients with significant unmet needs to navigate a path to better care.
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The Georgia Health Policy Center (GHPC) at Georgia State University will lead a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) national initiative to share guidance from places across the nation about effective ways to coordinate and align health care, public health and social services.
The GHPC will receive more than $3 million over the next two-and-a-half years to support… more »
The first of six regional School-Based Behavioral Health Forums was held this week at The Carter Center in Atlanta.
Panels addressed ways to make the most of the $8.4 million in funding Gov. Brian Kemp pledged to pay for more mental health counselors in schools through the Georgia Apex Program.
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The Georgia Health Policy Center is proud to announce the launch of its newest book, Bridging for Health: improving Community Health Through Innovations in Financing.
The big news is that all seven collaboratives across the country pursued a pooled community wellness fund to address primary prevention of chronic conditions or an upstream driver of health.
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The Georgia Health Policy Center (GHPC) at Georgia State University will lead the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s (RWJF’s) national initiative, Aligning Systems for Health: Health Care + Public Health + Social Services. The initiative will learn and share guidance from places across the nation about effective ways to coordinate and align health care, public health,… more »
Researchers from the Georgia Health Policy Center and their partners in the Sickle Cell Data Collection (SCDC) program identified an improved case definition to identify pediatric sickle cell disease patients. Their findings are published in Public Health Reports.
Sickle cell disease, an inherited blood disorder, is usually diagnosed as part of required newborn… more »
Cobb & Douglas Public Health has been awarded up to $5.5 million over the next five years through a Healthy Start grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
The purpose of the federal grant is to improve health outcomes before, during and after… more »
The Georgia Health Policy Center is in the process of implementing its five-year strategic plan for research. In 2018, the center took important steps to grow its research outputs and strengthen its research partnerships across the Georgia State University community and beyond.
GHPC is committed to expanding its research capacity by taking steps across… more »
