Topic Area: Social determinants of health

Evaluation of the MAICEI Program

ICH worked with the Massachusetts Department of Higher Education (DHE) to evaluate the MAICEI program, which offers grants to support students with intellectual disabilities to be included in college and university communities of learners.

ICH is working with the Massachusetts Department of Higher Education (DHE) to conduct an evaluation of the successes and challenges college students with disabilities enrolled in the MAICEI program experienced with remote learning during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Developing an EHR Tool for Reporting How Patients’ Language Needs Are Met

ICH provided TA to support the development and refinement of the Language Services Data Tool (LSDT) at Cambridge Health Alliance. The LSDT enables standardized documentation of how language needs are met during encounters with patients who have limited English proficiency.

ICH provided TA to support the development and refinement of the Language Services Data Tool (LSDT) at Cambridge Health Alliance. The LSDT enables standardized documentation of how language needs are met during encounters with patients who have limited English proficiency.

Integrating Community Resource Specialists into Care Teams at Brookside CHC

ICH provided technical assistance to support the development, implementation, and evaluation of a program integrating Community Resource Specialists into care teams at Brookside CHC to support patients’ social determinants of health needs.

ICH provided technical assistance to support the development, implementation, and evaluation of a program integrating Community Resource Specialists into care teams at Brookside CHC to support patients’ social determinants of health needs. Service area: Participatory evaluation, Training & TA.

Investigating the myth of the “model minority”: a participatory community health assessment of Chinese and Vietnamese adults

ICH led a cross-sectional participatory community health assessment in a city in Massachusetts, to understand differences and similarities in demographics, health and healthcare access in Chinese and Vietnamese adults.

ICH led a cross-sectional participatory community health assessment in a city in Massachusetts, to understand differences and similarities in demographics, health and healthcare access in Chinese and Vietnamese adults.

Barriers to Health Care for Undocumented Immigrants

ICH Director of Research Leah Zallman was the senior author on a paper reviewing literature on barriers to health care for undocumented immigrants and identifying strategies for addressing these barriers.

ICH Director of Research Leah Zallman was the senior author on a paper reviewing literature on barriers to health care for undocumented immigrants and identifying strategies for addressing these barriers.

Uncertainty over DACA and mental health among eligible immigrants and their children

ICH’s Director of Research Leah Zallman and Epidemiologist Lynsie Ranker contributed to the first national examination of changes in mental health status for Hispanic DACA-eligible individuals and their children after the Trump administration’s intention to rescind DACA in 2015.

ICH’s Director of Research Leah Zallman and Epidemiologist Lynsie Ranker contributed to the first national examination of changes in mental health status for Hispanic DACA-eligible individuals and their children after the Trump administration’s intention to rescind DACA in 2015.