Technical Assistance & Consultation
The SAIH provides free consultation and technical assistance (TA) to practice-based organizations with promising ideas for systems alignment solutions, helping these organizations assess and improve the readiness of their ideas for research testing. Practice-based organizations include community-based nonprofits, public agencies, professional associations, and advocacy organizations that are uniquely positioned to develop new ideas for systems alignment, but could benefit from additional resources and supports to plan and implement strong research designs to determine the impact of their ideas on health — and on health equity.
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Chances are that if you are a community-based organization working to improve your community's health in collaboration with various partners, you have been exploring systems alignment, innovation, or intervention ideas. We want to help you find funding, apply for grants, develop a strategy, and be part of the dissemination of your great work. If you do research, you are a researcher. Let us help you with any technical pieces and getting started. See below for some ideas of what we help with.
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To get in touch by submitting a Request for TA and Consultation Services and we will be in contact with you!
Technical Assistance and Consultation services may include:
Exploring
Exploring how to refine your systems alignment idea using existing evidence from completed studies.
Addressing
Addressing logistical issues including strategies to secure implementation funding.
Research Strategies
Developing strategies for rigorous research testing, including the use of relevant data sources, measures, sampling methods, comparison groups, analytic methods, and community engagement strategies​.
Co-developing
Developing a rationale for proof-of-concept research and pilot testing a new systems alignment idea.
Assessing
Assessing the “evaluability” of your systems alignment idea, including the ability to measure important outcomes such as system-level change and impact on health equity and racial equity.
Implementing Equity Centered Community Design plans
Are you interested in learning how you can implement an equity centered community design plan to your work, research, and innovation? Lets discuss!