We document and disseminate various results, trainings, and resources from our research, programs, and projects.
Building Healthy Cities (BHC) is testing how to successfully apply urban planning approaches that improve the social determinants of health in complex systems. The project is using several tools and processes to create coalitions and organize its approach in three cities in Asia. One key process is documenting citizen experiences in each city through Journey…
Building Healthy Cities (BHC) is testing how to successfully apply urban planning approaches that improve the social determinants of health in complex systems. The project is using several tools and processes to create coalitions and organize its approach in three cities in Asia. One key process is documenting citizen experiences in each city through Journey…
Building Healthy Cities (BHC) is testing how to successfully apply urban planning approaches that improve the social determinants of health in complex systems. The project is using several tools and processes to create coalitions and organize its approach in three cities in Asia. One key process is documenting citizen experiences in each city through Journey…
This report summarizes key findings from a 2018 study of the Massachusetts Personal Care Attendant (PCA) program. It describes the PCA consumer population and their use of the program, their needs, administrative issues, PCA recruitment and retention, consumer satisfaction, and recommendations for improvement. The report concludes with a synthesis of the findings and offers implications…
This document highlights the work of JSI's Building Healthy Cities project. The USAID-funded initiative aims to embed a health equity lens into city policies, planning, and services while improving data flow for existing Smart Cities in India, Indonesia, Nepal, and Vietnam. Health and Smart Cities planning are related; decisions about transport, environment, sanitation, education, recreation,…
The USAID-funded Building Healthy Cities (BHC) project aims to increase the understanding of the best routes for improving the social determinants of health in urban contexts. In its first year, BHC conducted several exploratory data collection activities in two "Smart Cities" to inform the project's approach. The resulting data is intended to be used by…
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…
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