We document and disseminate various results, trainings, and resources from our research, programs, and projects.
In 2018 the USAID-funded Building Healthy Cities (BHC) project completed a Noncommunicable Disease (NCD) Risk Factor & Environment Survey in Indore, India. The survey provides data ranging from the individual to household level, on a wide variety of health behaviors such as tobacco and alcohol use, dietary practices, and physical activity, among others. Crucially, these…
Building Healthy Cities (BHC) is a three-year (2017–2020) learning project, funded by the United States Agency for International Development, and conducted in three cities including Makassar, Indonesia. BHC is designed to increase understanding of the best routes for improving the social determinants of health in urban contexts. To inform this approach, several exploratory data collection…
The Health Homes Program (HHP) is geared toward high-risk Medi-Cal enrollees whose care could be improved by additional coordination services. Based on interviews with early implementers of the program, this document lays out some of the key considerations for Health Homes implementation planning in four areas: partnerships and contracts, hiring and training, data sharing, and…
The landscape of health care delivery and housing supports for Medicaid members with complex needs is transforming dramatically in California as the result of two statewide efforts: the Health Homes Program (HHP) and Whole Person Care (WPC) demonstration under California’s Medi-Cal 2020 1115 Waiver. To examine the challenges, synergies, and lessons learned in the implementation…
California's Health Homes Program (HHP), based on Section 2703 of the Affordable Care Act, is geared toward high-risk Medi-Cal enrollees whose care could be improved by additional coordination services. To understand the staffing needs required to implement HHP services in California, JSI Research & Training Institute, Inc. conducted interviews from November 2018 to February 2019 with…
JSI conducted a needs assessment on the impact of substance use within the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer/Questioning (LGBTQ) student community (ages 12-17) in five Rhode Island (RI) cities and towns that make up the catchment area for the Region 1 Southern Providence County Youth Substance Use Prevention Coalition. JSI conducted the study and developed…
Health interventions, including immunization, depend on good planning, implementation, and monitoring. Microplanning is a powerful tool to help managers and health workers to accomplish all these activities. Once created, microplans should be regularly reviewed and updated. By maintaining these plans, managers and health workers can correct problems and adjust strategies and frequency of immunization sessions…
The Community-Based Newborn Care program design was based on global evidence of effective newborn care interventions, effectiveness trials of service packages, large scale experience in other countries, and the combined experience of projects in Ethiopia. Studies in India and Bangladesh had demonstrated that community health workers could diagnose and treat neonatal infections when a referral was…
The epidemic of opioid misuse and drug overdose in New Hampshire is a public health crisis devastating families and touching every community across the state. Since 2012, the number of drug overdose deaths has increased by 200%, claiming the lives of over 1,900 NH residents. The use of illicit opioids, fentanyl, in particular, accounts for…
Early postpartum facility discharge negatively impacts mothers’ proper and effective use postnatal care. Cognizant of these facts, home-based postnatal care practices have been promoted to complement facility-based care to reduce neonatal mortality. This systematic review evaluated the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of home-based postnatal care on exclusive breastfeeding practice and neonatal mortality in low-and-middle-income countries. Authors: Gizachew…
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