BU-ALPS
This one-year HRSA-funded project aims to strengthen public health social work (PHSW) education at Boston University and nationally. PHSW is a sub-discipline within social work that draws on both social work and public health theories, frameworks, research and practice to promote health equity and m [...]
Integrating Buprenorphine Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder in Primary Care Settings
Integrating Buprenorphine Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder in Primary Care Settings In 2015, Center for Advancing Health Policy and Practice was awarded funding to be the Dissemination and Evaluation Center (DEC) for the “Dissemination of Evidence Informed Interventions” project, thoug [...]
The Affordable Care Act: a Side-by-Side Comparison of Major Provisions and the Implications for Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs
This brief offers a concise description of select provisions in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) with a side-by-side analysis of what they may mean for children and youth with special health care needs (CYSHCN) and their families.
Lessons Learned from the Peer Education and Training Sites/Resource and Evaluation Center (PETS/REC) Initiative 2005-2010
Here we share the lessons learned as PEER Center and Peer Education and Training Sites staff helped organizations integrate peer services to support clients living with HIV. The intent is to share ideas and approaches so program planners, policy makers, evaluators, consumer advisory boards, funders [...]
APHA Roundtable: Integrating Buprenorphine Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder in HIV Primary Care
Presented at the American Public Health Association (APHA) 2017 annual meeting, this roundtable discussion introduced an intervention that seeks to provide individual-level treatment to individuals with HIV who inject drugs and to create systems-level change to improve outcomes for this population. [...]
Just the Facts: The 411 on Health Insurance for Young Adults Ages 18 – 30 in Florida
This guide is designed to provide basic information, action steps and deadlines to help young adults in Florida stay focused and on track with health insurance.
Affordable Care Act Fact Sheets for Families
En español Created by the National Center for Medical Home Implementation and the Catalyst Center, these four plain language fact sheets, “Your Child’s Health and the Affordable Care Act,” explain specific provisions of the Affordable Care Act which benefit children and youth with [...]
Project REACH
Boston University School of Public Health has partnered with the Boston Public Health Commission and the Boston Housing Authority (BHA) to create neighborhood and system-wide strategies to help address chronic disease inequities that affect black and Latino residents of public and subsidized housing [...]
Webinar: The Role of Title V Programs and Value-Based Purchasing for Children and Youth With Special Health Care Needs
On December 6, 2017, the Catalyst Center and the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) co-hosted a webinar on state-based innovations that support value-based purchasing (VBP) for children and youth with special health care needs (CYSHCN). Presentations from the Association of Maternal and Child Heal [...]
Title V and Medicaid/CHIP Interactive Worksheets
The Catalyst Center created two interactive worksheets for Title V program staff, family leaders, and other stakeholders. These worksheets provide an overview of Title V, and Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP). Each worksheet includes resources you can use to find and ins [...]
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