Do you live, work or play in Dorchester, Jamaica Plain, Mattapan, Mission Hill or Roxbury? Sign up for “What Matters for Health” game today to make your voice heard!News by Institute for Community Health | September 16, 2014 For the past few months, ICH has partnered with the Engagement Game Lab at Emerson College and Brigham and Women’s Hospital on an innovative new needs assessment technique for gathering community input. If you live or work in Dorchester, Jamaica…
ICH’s Dr. Justeen Hyde and Dr. Eileen Dryden Promoted to Senior Staff LevelNews by Institute for Community Health | September 12, 2014 ICH is pleased to announce the promotion of two staff members at ICH, Justeen Hyde, PhD to the position of Director of Research and Evaluation and Eileen Dryden, PhD to Senior Scientist/Assistant Director of Evaluation. Dr. Hyde joined the ICH…
From the ICH Blog: Intern Janelle Mellor’s Perspective on Radio to Address Haitian Health Disparities LocallyNews by Institute for Community Health | September 8, 2014 Check out our newest blog post by one of our interns, Boston University School of Public Health graduate student Janelle Mellor! During her time at ICH, she work on the Kwen Sante radio show survey. Kwen Sante is run by…
Meeting people where they are: How the radio is being used to eradicate health disparities among the Haitian population in Somerville, MABlog Post by Institute for Community Health | September 8, 2014 As an ICH intern I have had the privilege of working on a number of projects, one of which was the Kwen Sante (Health Corner) radio show survey. This project, led by Marie-Louise (Malou) Jean-Baptiste, MD, an internist at Cambridge Health Alliance,…
MA Dept. of Mental Health Honors AAPI Mental Health Forum Planning CommitteeNews by Institute for Community Health | September 5, 2014 The Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) Mental Health Forum Planning Committee, of which ICH’s Dr. Shalini Tendulkar is a key member, has been selected by the Planning Committee of the Boston Mental Health Conversation at the Massachusetts Department of Mental Health…
ICH Releases Youth-Appropriate Human Subjects Research Training ToolkitNews by Institute for Community Health | September 1, 2014 Led by Research Associate Nazmim Bhuiya, ICH has just released a new youth-appropriate training toolkit on the ethical conduct of research with human subjects. The training tool is composed of several key content areas: overview of the concept of ‘ethics,’ historical…
