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Local Public Health Response to H1N1 in Massachusetts

News by Institute for Community Health | October 25, 2010

The Coalition for Local Public Health has released “Local Public Health Response to H1N1 in Massachusetts”, a comprehensive after action report for the 2009 flu season. The report, compiled by ICH and funded by the Coalition, details the lessons learned…

DPH Grantee Disparities Technical Assistance

News by Institute for Community Health | October 1, 2010

The MA Department of Public Health’s Office of Health Equity has provided grant funding to health care organizations and community-based organizations for its Health Disparities Reduction Initiative since 2007. Since the fall of 2010, the Institute for Community Health has supported Health Disparities…

“This Was the First Time I felt Safe”: SAMHSA Profiles Youth on Fire

News by Institute for Community Health | September 25, 2010

SAMHSA (the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration), which provided funding for Project Phoenix, has profiled the trauma-informed substance-abuse intervention project and the drop-in center which runs the “Y0uth On Fire” program, evaluated by ICH. More information on “Youth…

Cambridge and Somerville named two of the Nation’s 100 Best Communities for Young People

News by Institute for Community Health | September 21, 2010

The 100 Best designation recognizes those communities that make youth a priority by implementing programs that help keep children in school and prepare them for college and the 21st century workforce. In addition to enhancing local educational opportunities, most winning…

How to Build a Healthy Kid

News by Institute for Community Health | August 25, 2010

In the Back-to-School Guidebook distributed to schools nationwide by Newsweek, an article beginning on page 8 references ICH Senior Scientist Dr. Virginia Chomitz and her work giving a “lunchroom makeover” to the cafeteria options at Cambridge Public Schools.

Psychotropic Medication and Youth in Foster Care Report Receives National Attention

News by Institute for Community Health | July 25, 2010

A report co-authored by ICH Senior Scientist Dr. Justeen Hyde for the Tufts Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) has garnered national attention for the alarming rates of psychotropic medications prescribed for youth in foster care. For more information, check…

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