Shaping Research to Create More Social Impact
Co-creating evidence with communities and decision makers can lead to research with more impact.
Health - Articles
Innovations in health care policies and programs (more)
Reframing Human Services for Greater Impact
To realize the full value of human services community-based organizations, we need to change both the narrative around what they do and the structures for funding them, stressing shared values and a commitment to outcomes.
The 10 Most Popular SSIR Articles of 2019
Highlights from the magazine and website.
Marrying Empathy and Science to Spread Impact
A public health innovation shows that innovators can accelerate the diffusion of products with social impact by pairing design thinking and behavioral science.
Aspirational Communication
Organizations must connect their causes to the personal aspirations of their audiences to transform public attitudes. A feature story from the Winter 2020 issue.
Vegan Vending
After Reesha and Ronald Howard's infant son experienced problems with dairy, they understood the importance of giving other families options to conveniently purchase vegan products in public spaces for health reasons. A What's Next article from the Winter 2020 issue.
The Wellbeing Budget
Instead of simply pegging success to traditional economic measures, like GDP, New Zealand wants policymaking to be driven by what will make the biggest difference to the well-being of people, their communities, and the environment. A What's Next article from the Winter 2020 issue.
The Next Step for Human-Centered Design in Global Public Health
As human-centered design in global public health enters its adolescence, we offer a guide to help practitioners break through their misperceptions of people's needs to prescribe real solutions.
10 Lessons From Health Care on Quality Improvement
Pitfalls and promising practices drawn from experimentation with quality-improvement methods and performance management in health care.
Seeing a New Horizon
The international nonprofit Orbis' investments in cutting-edge technologies have revolutionized its telemedicine capabilities by expediting two-way communication between ophthalmologists in the United States and Europe and their counterparts in Asia, Africa, and South America.. A Field Report from the Fall 2019 issue.