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ICH Executive Director Dr. Karen Hacker and Board Member Dr. David Link Named to Boston’s 2009 Top Doctors List by Boston Magazine

News by Institute for Community Health | December 2, 2009

Congratulations to Dr. Karen Hacker, Adolescent Medicine, and the Executive Director at the Institute for Community Health and Dr. David Link, Chief of Pediatrics at the Cambridge Health Alliance and Mount Auburn Hospital and Board member for the Institute for…

Baby U

News by Institute for Community Health | February 15, 2009

Baby University (“Baby U”) is a 16-week program for Cambridge families which aims to close the achievement gap by educating parents on positive ways to interact with their young children. The program involves 10 weeks of classes, six weeks of playgroups…

Project HOPE (Healthy Opportunities, Positive Effects)

News by Institute for Community Health | November 10, 2008

In 2008, the Hampshire Educational Collaborative contracted the Institute for Community Health to evaluate a pilot project designed to introduce formal physical and nutritional education into programming for young people involved with the Department of Youth Services (DYS). Funded by…

East Meets West

News by Institute for Community Health | September 15, 2008

East Meets West is a program run by the Chinese Culture Connection of Malden, and funded by the Adelaide Breed Bayrd Foundation. Since the fall of 2008, the program has included monthly workshops for adults and families on topics that are relevant…

MassCall2 Opioid Overdose Prevention – Impact Quincy & Cambridge OPEN

News by Institute for Community Health | July 1, 2008

Through a 2008 federal grant from the Substance Abuse Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP), the Massachusetts Department of Public Health Bureau of Substance Abuse Services (BSAS) identified fatal and non-fatal opioid-related overdoses as one…

Cambridge Men’s Health League

News by Institute for Community Health | August 25, 2007

Photo Courtesy of Cambridge Public Health Department If you pay attention to popular media, taking care of cardiovascular health is not always at the top of men’s list of priorities. However, the Cambridge-based Men’s Health League (MHL) aims to change that…

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