Leah Zallman featured at MLP Boston’s annual conferenceNews by Institute for Community Health | November 9, 2018 ICH’s Leah Zallman was a featured panelist at the Medical Legal Partnership of Boston’s annual conference entitled “Beyond Screen and Refer: What Social Determinants of Health Teams Serving Immigrants Need to Know Today” on November 7.
Hate is a public health problemBlog Post by Carolyn Fisher | October 30, 2018 This statement was written by Carolyn Fisher on behalf of all of us at ICH. “A world in which empowered and knowledgeable communities achieve health equity and a high quality of life for all” – I am often inspired by ICH’s vision statement…
New immigration policy research from ICH published by California Health Care FoundationNews by Institute for Community Health | October 24, 2018 The California Health Care Foundation published a new research study by ICH’s Leah Zallman and Karen Finnegan along with co-authors from Harvard Medical School. The research analyzes how a proposed change to public charge immigration rules could impact Medicaid and…
Black berets and white coats: The Black Panther Party’s public health interventionBlog Post by Ceylon Auguste-Nelson | October 22, 2018 Radical. Violent. Rebels. Guns. Berets. A series of words and images often thrown around when describing the Black Panther Party (BPP) and wielded reductively and unfairly to project a negative image of the Party. After reading Alondra Nelson’s 2011 work…
From vision to action: ICH strategic planning servicesBlog Post by Emily Chiasson | October 10, 2018 If you have read ICH’s previous blogs, you know that ICH can support your program evaluation and research needs, but did you know that we also provide strategic planning? We offer a range of services, including developing a new mission…
ICH’s immigrant research is featured in local and national newsNews by Institute for Community Health | October 4, 2018 A new research study by ICH’s Leah Zallman, Sharon Touw, and Karen Finnegan along with co-authors from Harvard Medical School has been covered by several local and national news media outlets. The study was published in Health Affairs and results…
