The MA Department of Higher Education has been partnering with the Institute for Community Health since 2021 to evaluate MAICEI’s (Massachusetts Inclusive Concurrent Enrollment Initiative) practices. This year’s focus is on the partnerships between MAICEI colleges and school district partners to better understand their collaboration and its impact on students. In this session, we will present […]

In 2021, Mass General Brigham (MGB), the largest health system in Massachusetts, identified disparities in access and treatment to substance use disorders (SUDs) within their health system as part of their United Against Racism initiative. They found that Black, Latinx, and non-English speaking patients are less likely to be screened for alcohol and opioid use […]

Telehealth has taken off due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but adoption and implementation has varied, and consensus has not yet emerged around how to integrate telehealth into routine care. In this session, we will describe the findings and implications of a study exploring barriers to engaging in video telehealth for primary care among a Medicare […]

Culturally responsive evaluation requires flexibility, time, and responsiveness but leads to much richer and more rigorous results, and more accurately captures the knowledge, perceptions, and experiences of communities. This panel discussion was a follow-up to the National Academies podcast.