Using the Census to Make Sense of Your CommunityBlog Post by Institute for Community Health | July 31, 2012 By Lisa Arsenault, PhD, Shalini Tendulkar, ScD, ScM, Nazmim Bhuiya, MPH, Kelly Washburn, MPH, Lise Fried, DSc, MS The first population census of the United States was conducted back in 1790 when the population was just under 4 million. The…
Using the Census to Make Sense of Your CommunityNews by Institute for Community Health | July 31, 2012 The first population census of the United States was conducted back in 1790 when the population was just under 4 million. The US Census Bureau has come a long way since those early days, yet the images that come to…
2012 Teen Pregnancy Institute Call for Abstracts from ICH Partner Mass Alliance on Teen PregnancyNews by Institute for Community Health | July 18, 2012 ICH’s Community Partner, the Mass Alliance on Teen Pregnancy released a call for abstracts for their 2012 Teen Pregnancy Institute: Celebrating Success and Envisioning Our Best Future. Are you doing interesting work with young people that we should know about?…
ICH Partner Mass Alliance on Teen Pregnancy Releases RFP for Youth-Led ProjectsNews by Institute for Community Health | July 16, 2012 ICH’s Community Partner, the Mass Alliance on Teen Pregnancy (MATP) recently released their RFP for mini grants for youth-led projects in Holyoke/Springfield. The MATP advocates statewide and mobilizes communities to prevent teen pregnancy, to increase opportunities for youth and young…
ICH Partners with CHA to Support Continuous Quality Improvement Around HIV ServicesNews by Institute for Community Health | July 9, 2012 The Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) project for the Cambridge Health Alliance (CHA) HIV Program has been functioning for nearly ten years create review cycles of several clinical outcomes and improve rates for various performance measurements at the two CHA HIV…
Defining the Empowerment Process: Perspectives of DV Survivors and their AdvocatesNews by Institute for Community Health | July 8, 2012 While there is a general assumption that engaging in domestic violence services will produce empowered women, some might find programs disempowering. Although empowerment has been defined as a process, there is a lack in clarity of what that process might…
