We work to help our clients achieve results that improve health systems, services, and, ultimately, people’s lives.
We are providing research services to support an innovative study that will be among the first in the nation to assess potential benefits of providing home visits conducted by a community health worker teamed with a visiting nurse, to help older adults address asthma. The long-term goal of this study is to identify home-based interventions…
JSI will provide a technical assistance approach to the Massachusetts Department of Transitional Assistance’s SNAP-Ed evaluation and needs assessment activities.
JSI has been working to advance climate change preparedness and resiliency (CCPR) planning for the City of Cambridge. Building on these efforts, the Cambridge Public Health Department (CPHD) is using the opportunity to begin reaching out to the most vulnerable populations in the neighborhood and their community-based supports. Piloting first in The Port neighborhood, CPHD…
On behalf of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Capacity Building Branch, JSI is funded to deliver national virtual and classroom training to community-based organization and health department staff on select CDC supported HIV prevention public health strategies and effective interventions. JSI will provide…
Since 2015, JSI has worked with the New Hampshire (NH) Bureau of Drug and Alcohol Services (BDAS) to develop and implement an opioid awareness campaign to help address the opioid epidemic within the state. The campaign, entitled Anyone.Anytime.NH™. was designed to increase awareness of the opioid epidemic in NH, with a call to action and…
JSI is assisting the New Hampshire Oral Health Program (OHP) with the development and implementation of an unbiased application process for selecting school-based and community-based oral health services sub-recipients in order to increase access to statewide preventative services to low-income, uninsured and underinsured children and adolescents, including those enrolled in NH Medicaid. JSI understands that…
The TB Data, Impact Assessment, and Communications Hub project works to improve and harness existing tuberculosis (TB) data and knowledge sharing on TB worldwide. TB DIAH project: Strengthens collection, analysis, and use of routine and nonroutine TB data. Improves performance-based monitoring and evaluation (M&E) frameworks and information gathering. This includes improved design and implementation of…
JSI will conduct medical record reviews of Ryan White clients receiving outpatient/ambulatory health services (OAHS) through the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program under a sub-contract with Abt Associates Inc. The primary purpose of this multi-year, multi-phase evaluation project is to provide the Human Resources and Services Administration HIV/AIDS Bureau (HRSA/HAB) with data to determine the quality…
JSI is supporting the preparations and/or national introduction of the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) vaccine in Cameroon, Kenya, and Malawi. HPV is linked to cervical cancer and vaccination efforts focus on reaching pre-adolescent/adolescent girls (i.e. between 9-14 years old). Through funding from Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, JSI, in close collaboration with the Ministry of Health,…
JSI is continuing to work with the Massachusetts Department of Public Health's Healthcare Associated Infection (HAI) program conducting on-site infection prevention preparedness assessments in selected outpatient healthcare facilities. JSI is also responsible for developing an infection prevention and control toolkit for use in outpatient healthcare settings and generating site reports summarizing the results of the…
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