For Immediate Release
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Austin— 5/20/2020 --Texas Health Institute (THI) is one of seven national finalists to receive a grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) to test its Theory of Change on aligning public health, health care, and social services to improve health and well-being in communities. THI will conduct a first-of-its-kind realist evaluation of up to two dozen cross-sector initiatives for health equity across Texas. This will enable a testing of RWJF’s theory in diverse population, geographic, and political contexts, while providing a pioneering study of Texas’ landscape of cross-sector efforts.
“This grant provides an unprecedented opportunity to advance our understanding of systems-alignment for health in Texas,” said THI chief executive offer Ankit Sanghavi, who will be the project’s co-principal investigator. “At the same time, this study will provide important guidance on effective strategies for bridging silos and coordinating systems change to make health a reality for all in Texas and nationally.”
RWJF’s Theory of Change posits that to achieve successful alignment for sustainably improving health, health care, public health and social service systems must have a shared vision, data and measurement systems, financing, and governance. Texas Health Institute’s study will evaluate to what extent RWJF’s core components of cross-sector alignment are reflected in practice and how they vary by context, how health equity is integrated, how internal and external factors enable or inhibit systems alignment, and how progress and success are measured and realized.
“For years the American Heart Association has been working in collaboration with THI and others to advance health equity for all Texans. This grant provides us the capacity to continue to leverage our assets in science, healthcare and collaboration and build an evidence-based understanding of the essential building blocks of systems alignment,” said senior vice president of health for the SouthWest region of the American Heart Association Debbie Hornor. “Together we can influence successful, sustainable cross-sector alignment to advance health equity for all Texans.”
Guided by a Statewide Steering Committee of multi-sector experts, leaders, and community stakeholders, Texas Health Institute will coalesce findings from their evaluation of Texas’ leading cross-sector initiatives to produce actionable guidance, tools and resources on effective strategies, best practices and lessons learned.
“We hope that learnings from this evaluation will fill an important gap in knowledge and provide concrete guidance to those on the systems-alignment journey on what works and how to measurably move the needle on health and health equity,” said Nadia Siddiqui, THI director of health equity programs, who will be the project’s principal investigator. 2
About Texas Health Institute— We are a nonprofit, nonpartisan public health institute. Since 1964, we have served as a trusted, leading voice on public health and healthcare issues in Texas and the nation. Our expertise, strategies, and nimble approach makes us an integral and essential partner in driving systems change efforts. We work across and within sectors to lead collaborative efforts and facilitate connections to foster systems that provide the opportunity for everyone to lead a healthy life. As the public health institute in Texas we are also a member of the National Network of Public Health Institutes which is a social, financial and information network, connecting more than 8,000 subject-matter experts with organizational partners across the nation.
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For more information, contact:
Nadia Siddiqui, MPH
nsiddiqui@texashealthinstitute.org
“This grant provides an unprecedented opportunity to advance our understanding of systems-alignment for health in Texas,” said THI chief executive offer Ankit Sanghavi, who will be the project’s co-principal investigator. “At the same time, this study will provide important guidance on effective strategies for bridging silos and coordinating systems change to make health a reality for all in Texas and nationally.”
RWJF’s Theory of Change posits that to achieve successful alignment for sustainably improving health, health care, public health and social service systems must have a shared vision, data and measurement systems, financing, and governance. Texas Health Institute’s study will evaluate to what extent RWJF’s core components of cross-sector alignment are reflected in practice and how they vary by context, how health equity is integrated, how internal and external factors enable or inhibit systems alignment, and how progress and success are measured and realized.
“For years the American Heart Association has been working in collaboration with THI and others to advance health equity for all Texans. This grant provides us the capacity to continue to leverage our assets in science, healthcare and collaboration and build an evidence-based understanding of the essential building blocks of systems alignment,” said senior vice president of health for the SouthWest region of the American Heart Association Debbie Hornor. “Together we can influence successful, sustainable cross-sector alignment to advance health equity for all Texans.”
Guided by a Statewide Steering Committee of multi-sector experts, leaders, and community stakeholders, Texas Health Institute will coalesce findings from their evaluation of Texas’ leading cross-sector initiatives to produce actionable guidance, tools and resources on effective strategies, best practices and lessons learned.
“We hope that learnings from this evaluation will fill an important gap in knowledge and provide concrete guidance to those on the systems-alignment journey on what works and how to measurably move the needle on health and health equity,” said Nadia Siddiqui, THI director of health equity programs, who will be the project’s principal investigator. 2
About Texas Health Institute— We are a nonprofit, nonpartisan public health institute. Since 1964, we have served as a trusted, leading voice on public health and healthcare issues in Texas and the nation. Our expertise, strategies, and nimble approach makes us an integral and essential partner in driving systems change efforts. We work across and within sectors to lead collaborative efforts and facilitate connections to foster systems that provide the opportunity for everyone to lead a healthy life. As the public health institute in Texas we are also a member of the National Network of Public Health Institutes which is a social, financial and information network, connecting more than 8,000 subject-matter experts with organizational partners across the nation.
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For more information, contact:
Nadia Siddiqui, MPH
nsiddiqui@texashealthinstitute.org