In the design phase of a program evaluation, we challenged traditional top-down power dynamics of evaluation by prioritizing the voices of grassroots community members. Organizations in 24 states working in health care transformation advocacy and organizing were funded to participate in a community power building program. In an attempt to deploy an anti-racist framework, we […]
ICH is leading the Boston Overdose Linkage to Treatment Study (BOLTS), a qualitative examination of racial equity in access to treatment for opioid overdose survivors in Boston. BOLTS is a collaboration among ICH, the Boston Public Health Commission, Boston Medical Center, and BU School of Public Health. Following Boston’s Declaration of Addiction and Homelessness as […]
Background: The Perinatal Quality Improvement Network of Massachusetts (PNQIN) sought to develop novel family-driven quality measures of hospital care for families who experienced prenatal opioid exposure. PNQIN engaged the Institute for Community Health (ICH) to conduct a literature review and facilitate qualitative interviews with mothers. Methods: ICH used results of a literature review of patient- […]
Quantitative epidemiological data are essential for evaluating progress towards goals for many public health programs but cannot always provide a detailed picture of how and why outcomes occur. By marrying quantitative data with complementary approaches, evaluators can build a more robust understanding of interventions and increase utility of findings. In this presentation, we will describe […]