ICH Senior Scientist Justeen Hyde Presents at Salzburg AcademyNews by Institute for Community Health | August 6, 2013 Justeen Hyde, PhD, ICH Senior Scientist, presented on community-based participatory research (CBPR) at the 2013 Salzburg Academy on Media and Global Change. You can view Justeen’s presentation here. See our CBPR page for more information on ICH’s approach to CBPR.
ICH Names Dr. Lise Fried Interim Executive DirectorNews by Institute for Community Health | July 23, 2013 Dear ICH supporters: As many of you know from our previous announcement, Dr. Karen Hacker, MD, MPH is leaving the Institute for Community Health (ICH) on August 2, 2013 to become Director of the Allegheny County Health Department in Pittsburgh,…
ICH Staff to Present at APHA Annual MeetingNews by Institute for Community Health | July 17, 2013 Nine ICH projects will be featured at the 2013 American Public Health Association Annual Meeting in Boston this fall. ICH staffers will present on a variety of health topics, including substance abuse, teen pregnancy, HIV, and health insurance. See below for…
ICH Proposals Accepted to American Evaluation Association 2013 ConferenceNews by Institute for Community Health | July 9, 2013 ICH staff will present findings and lessons learned from two evaluation projects at the American Evaluation Association (AEA) Conference in October, Evaluation 2013: Evaluation Practice in the Early 21st Century. Nazmim Bhuiya will present two components of ICH’s evaluation work with…
Data Murals: Using Data to Engage the CommunityNews by Institute for Community Health | July 3, 2013 ICH works with The Somerville Community Health Agenda (SCHA) to evaluate a variety of programs that aim to improve the health of Somerville residents. One such project is Collaborate for Healthy Weight, a HRSA and NICHQ joint initiative. As evaluators…
Insurance issues as a barrier to HIV care: using a newsletter to raise awarenessBlog Post by Institute for Community Health | June 27, 2013 By Kathleen Xu, MPH & Ranjani Paradise, PhD “Take the test. Take control.” – National HIV Testing Day slogan In honor of National HIV Testing Day, we are sharing our experience working with Cambridge Health Alliance’s (CHA) two HIV clinics,…