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In Kathmandu, Nepal, the Building Healthy Cities (BHC) project worked with the Smart City program and the USAID Kathmandu Mission and other multisectoral stakeholders to prioritize, plan, and fund urban health activities. Activities focused on reducing air pollution and developing local support for the Kathmandu Valley Air Quality Action Plan (KVAP). BHC’s work in Kathmandu…
JSI researchers conducted a qualitative inquiry into strategies to support the financial sustainability of the Episcopal Health Foundation's Texas Accountable Communities for Health Initiative (TACHI). Researchers spoke with key informants—both nationally and within Texas—to better understand steps that TACHI can take to ensure that its sites achieve financial sustainability. Key research questions included: What is…
With funding from a discretionary grant from the Bureau of Justice Assistance, JSI is providing assessment, training and technical assistance (TTA) services for all ten of the adult specialty treatment drug courts in the NH Drug Court Program (NH DCP). To establish TTA needs, the DCATT team reviewed statewide process evaluation and assessment reports, conducted initial site…
In April 2019, TACHC engaged JSI Research & Training Institute Inc. (JSI) to conduct a retrospective evaluation of their Optimizing Comprehensive Clinical Care (OC3) program, which focuses on improving the access, efficiency, and clinical outcomes of participating community health centers (CHCs) in Texas through one-on-one coaching, learning collaboratives, and group training. JSI utilized a mixed…
JSI is investigating field-based approaches to strengthen domestic-violence prevention research. The contract includes three main phases of work. Phase 1 involves internal assessment and planning through engagement with Blue Shield of California (BSCF) staff and a document review to gain a baseline understanding of recent BSCF efforts to strengthen domestic-violence prevention research. Phase 2 involves a…
The Partnership @drugfreeNH (The Partnership) was organized in 1994 under the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services’ Bureau of Drug and Alcohol Services (NH DHHS). (BDAS) JSI took stewardship of the program in 2017; the Partnership is now a public-private collaboration between NH DHHS, the NH Governor’s Commission on Alcohol & Other Drugs,…
Using a collaborative approach under the guidance of Massachusetts Department of Public Health, JSI will support strategic planning for two regional palliative care work groups in Central and Southeast Massachusetts and facilitate collaboration and resource sharing across the two work groups. JSI will offer ongoing capacity building and technical assistance to the regional work groups to strengthen care networks…
In December 2019, the Wyoming Cancer Program, Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening Program engaged JSI to conduct a comprehensive evaluation of the program. The Wyoming Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening Program (WBCCSP) was first funded in 1997; however many of the objectives and activities on the WBCCSP work plan are new initiatives for the program…
Preparing countries for COVID-19 vaccine rollout means ensuring frontline healthcare workers are equipped with the technical capacity and confidence to provide the COVID-19 vaccine and engage with the community. As early, priority vaccine recipients and vaccinators, demand for and acceptance of COVID-19 vaccine among health workers and other priority groups will significantly influence the success…
In February 2020, the Connecticut Department of Health contracted with JSI Research & Training Institute, Inc., to build the capacity of three Federally Qualified Health Centers and one Visiting Nurse Association throughout the state to implement the Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) DP18-1815 diabetes and heart disease prevention and management grant strategies. The DP18-1815…