Study on the Impact of Transitioning to Electronic Health Records in Pediatrics Appears in Latest Psychiatric ServicesNews by Institute for Community Health | March 16, 2012 In a recent study of a large pediatric practice, Dr. Karen Hacker, MD, MPH, Executive Director of ICH, Dr. Robert Penfield of the University of Washington, and Dr. Fang Zhang and Dr. Stephen Soumerai of the Department of Population Medicine,…
ICH Community Partnership with Asian Task Force Against Domestic Violence Featured Success Story on Tufts WebsiteNews by Institute for Community Health | March 16, 2012 With seed funding from the Tufts Community Research Center, ICH researcher Jocelyn Chu, ScD, MPH has been able to continue her partnership with the Asian Task Force Against Domestic Violence (ATASK) – an agency serving domestic violence survivors and their…
JRI Adolescent Treatment EvaluationNews by Institute for Community Health | March 15, 2012 The purpose of the Justice Resource Institute’s (JRI) Greater Boston Integrated Adolescent Treatment Project is to fill a gap in family-centered substance abuse treatment for youth ages 12-17, focusing on youth who have co-occurring substance abuse and mental health concerns and those…
ICH Staff Receive Writing Award for Article on Asian Student Mental HealthNews by Institute for Community Health | March 2, 2012 According to research by Drs. Lisa Arsenault, Lise Fried, and Karen Hacker of ICH and Dr. Suzan Song, Medical Director and Pediatric & Adult Psychiatrist of Asian Americans for Community Involvement in California, risk factors for depression amongst Asian youth…
ICH Receives Community Transformation AwardNews by Institute for Community Health | January 25, 2012 ICH has been honored with a 2011 Community Transformation Award from the Massachusetts Department of Public Health. Click here for more information on ICH’s work and the award!
Somerville Healthy Kids, Healthy CommunitiesNews by Institute for Community Health | December 1, 2011 As part of ICH’s ongoing technical assistance, collaboration and evaluation efforts with the Shape up Somerville initiative (SUS), with the support of the City of Somerville and a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Healthy Kids and Healthy Communities (HKHC) grant, ICH…
