Revisiting the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services COVID-19 Public Education Media Campaign: Successes and New Lessons Learned.

Communication professionals in Federal agencies must have a seat at their agency's budget formulation table - to inform the budget process from the beginning and to advise on funding for the communications required to achieve program goals. This is one of nine lessons learned from US Department of Health and Human Services (USDHHS) systems change efforts that were applied to help create the "We Can Do This" COVID-19 Public Education Media Campaign (Campaign), and these lessons were presented in a 2022 article. Now that substantial evaluation data are available in eight recent research articles to verify the Campaign's success, this lesson can be revisited to identify more specific ways in which it can be applied, along with two additional lessons identified from the Campaign implementation.

Creating the HHS COVID-19 Public Education Media Campaign: Applying Systems Change Learnings.

The COVID-19 Public Education Media Campaign was initiated in July 2020 by the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The process by which the Campaign was developed and operated by the HHS Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA) was different than for other HHS campaigns. Nine learnings from recent ASPA systems change efforts were employed to guide development and implementation of the Campaign.

Creating a Robust Digital Communications Strategy for the US Department of Health & Human Services.

The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has developed and is implementing an agency-wide Digital Communications Strategy. A robust strategy to coordinate digital communications is vital at times of crisis, such as the COVID-19 pandemic - and will be needed as part of an effective HHS campaign to motivate individuals who are hesitant to accept coronavirus vaccines. Using science-based principles of systems change, a four-phase approach was developed in alignment with the 21st Century Integrated Digital Experience Act (IDEA).

Facilitators and Barriers to Implementing Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) in Primary Care in Integrated Health Care Settings.

Background: Substance abuse in the United States is a serious public health concern impacting morbidity and mortality. However, systematic screening and intervention has not been widely adopted into routine practice by health care organizations and routine screening and intervention is not currently in place for primary care at Kaiser Permanente Colorado. Therefore, a formative evaluation was conducted to explore and enhance implementation of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment (SBIRT) approach in the organization.

Mobilizing communities to implement evidence-based practices in youth violence prevention: the state of the art.

Community mobilization can increase the effective implementation of evidence-based practices (EBPs) in youth violence prevention. These strategies bring together people and organizations in a community to try to solve or reduce a problem. They help communities address the challenges of identifying EBPs, disseminating them to local decision-makers, and then implementing and sustaining them if they are successful.

The role of effective discharge planning in preventing homelessness.

Effective discharge planning can contribute significantly to preventing homelessness. As part of a larger continuum of care, this process can help people reach goals of stable housing, recovery, and increased quality of life in the community. Discharge planning identifies and organizes services a person with mental illness, substance abuse, and other vulnerabilities needs when leaving an institutional or custodial setting and returning to the community.

Cognitive impairments and the prevention of homelessness: research and practice review.

Cognitive impairments can increase significantly a person's level of risk for becoming or remaining homeless. Five topics are explored that address these impairments in preventing homelessness: (1) the nature and estimated prevalence of cognitive impairments among people who are homeless, especially those with vulnerabilities like mental illness or substance abuse; (2) the multiple origins of these impairments; (3) how these impairments impact services for people at risk for homelessness; (4) good practice approaches to handling cognitive impairments in homeless shelters, supported housing programs, and other service systems for people at risk for homelessness; and, (5) important research and practice issues requiring further action.