Dana Petersen evaluates the impact of health and human services programs on health and well-being outcomes. Her work focuses on projects related to primary care, population health, behavioral health, and linkages to community supports to help people meet their health goals.
Petersen currently directs all primary qualitative data collection for the Children and Youth Behavioral Health Initiative (CYBHI) project for the California Department of Health and Human Services, including key informant interview, implementation case studies, focus groups, and digital journals. She also co-led the implementation evaluation of Comprehensive Primary Care Plus (CPC+), the largest primary care demonstration funded by the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation. In this role, she managed longitudinal site visit data collection from more than 80 primary care practices, and was responsible for developing interview protocols, training staff, conducting interviews, and overseeing the coding and analysis of data.
Petersen also served as deputy project director for an evaluation of a plan developed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to improve health care quality and access, building the capacity of the health workforce, and advancing scientific knowledge and innovation.
The final report presents findings from the independent evaluation of the five years of CPC+ for practices that began the model in 2017. The report examines CPC+ participation, supports, implementation, and impacts.
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