Research and Impact

National statistics systems should recognize the researchers whose ideas drive artificial-intelligence applications, not just machines and factory outputs.

Amanda M. Girth, along with her colleagues, identifies collaboration strategies and contextual conditions that influenced the implementation fidelity of the Ohio Sobriety Treatment and Recovery Teams (START) cross-systems intervention integrating child welfare and behavioral health services.

Amanda Girth, Rebecca Smith and colleagues analyze the implementation of Sobriety Treatment and Recovery Teams (START), finding that collaboration strategies like leadership support, staff co-location, and third-party resource support influence program fidelity depending on local context.

This study investigates how adversities like racism, loss, and adverse police contact affect psychological and physical health, while examining the moderating roles of economic, social, and spiritual capital and revealing racial differences in health impacts and coping benefits.

For too long, Ohio underfunded its public charter schools. That policy was unfair to charter school students—many economically disadvantaged—whose educations received less taxpayer support simply by virtue of their choice of schools.

Wendy Xu examines the effects of New York's surprise billing regulations on price changes by emergency ground ambulance service providers.

Jill K. Clark and colleagues investigate community members’ perceptions of their engagement with university researchers’ work in their neighborhoods, finding that perceptions are shaped not just by individual experiences but also by broader, enduring narratives that differ by neighborhood and racialized group, highlighting the importance of understanding historical relationships and setting clear expectations in community-engaged research.

Stephanie Moulton, along with her colleagues, introduces a self-affirmation intervention to test whether writing down personal values can enhance energy-saving attitudes and behaviors, finding it boosts positive cognitive outcomes especially among lower-income individuals, though it does not increase actual energy-saving actions.