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…
ICH Fall Internships PostedNews by Institute for Community Health | August 20, 2014 ICH is excited to post several new internships for Fall 2014 – click here to learn more about interning and/or working with ICH!
Report Released by ICH’s Dr. Leah Zallman Showing Immigrants Subsidize MedicareNews by Institute for Community Health | August 6, 2014 Funded through the Partnership For A New American Economy, ICH has just completed an in-depth analysis and report led by Dr. Leah Zallman on immigrants and Medicare, using nationally representative data to determine net subsidies (overall contributions and expenditures) provided by immigrants (citizen, non-citizen,…
