Reflecting on Hispanic Heritage Month 2021
Reflecting on Hispanic Heritage Month 2021 During Hispanic Heritage Month we celebrate the culture of over 62 million people living in the United States. That is almost 19% of the
Reflecting on Hispanic Heritage Month 2021 During Hispanic Heritage Month we celebrate the culture of over 62 million people living in the United States. That is almost 19% of the
A reflection on trauma-informed approaches to evaluation and research Trauma: experience that causes intense physical and psychological stress reactions. (SAMHSA, 2012, p. 2) Trauma-informed care: TIC is a strengths-based service
Resources for Evaluating Community Power: Voices for Health Justice program ICH’s evaluation of the Voices for Health Justice program just completed the initial 4-month planning phase. We are proud that
Jessica Santos, PhD, will join ICH as the inaugural Director of the Leah Zallman Center for Immigrant Health Research We are excited to announce that Jessica Santos, PhD, has accepted
A Framework for Participatory Inquiry The Equitable Evaluation Initiative challenges us to “reimagine the purpose and practice of evaluation” to “work toward creating a world in which we all thrive
ICH’s Sharon Touw participated in a Health Affairs briefing on immigrant health research and policy Sharon Touw, ICH Epidemiologist, participated in a Health’s Affair briefing on immigrant health in July,
Fostering language justice: Creating inclusive spaces through bilingual meeting facilitation In one of our projects, the evaluation of Community Solutions for Health Equity, or CSHE, one of the grantees, the
Impact of COVID-19 on early education and care programs: 5 findings from the literature In March 2020, parents of young children struggled to adjust to life under the COVID-19 restrictions
ICH Board member Dr. Kiame Mahaniah discusses substance use disorder treatment on NPR “Compared to 40 years ago, the difference in the landscape is amazing” On June 19, ICH Board
Reflecting Upon Mental Health Awareness Month Mental Health Awareness month, observed each May in the United States, was especially important this year. In this past year, 4 times as many
ICH is awarded new grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) ICH was recently awarded a contract from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) to evaluate the Voices for
Yahoo Finance highlights ICH’s research on immigrant contributions to the health care system Yahoo Finance highlighted ICH’s recent research on immigrant contributions to the American health care system. This work
In praise of discomfort: a dia-blog CF: I am white, and I am 43. When I was a kid in the 1980s and 90s, in a pretty white/segregated community in
Thoughts on centering communities in research One of ICH’s core service areas is applied research, and I have been thinking about how our work contributes to health equity and how
New article by ICH Board member Joseph Restuccia on COVID-19 vaccine access and equity Joseph Restuccia, a member of ICH’s Board of Directors, wrote a short article on Insights@Questrom (by