COVID-19: The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act and Employment
Part of the Catalyst Center COVID-19 Resource Series. The public health emergency resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic has real implications for state Title V programs as well as families raising children and youth with special health care needs (CYSHCN). State programs like Medicaid/CHIP and Titl [...]
Daniel Jacobson López
Daniel Jacobson López, an expert in trauma, joined BU School of Social Work as an assistant professor in 2021. He is also visiting faculty at Yale University’s School of Public Health and a BU Diversity & Inclusion STAR scholar. His research examines the experiences of gay Latino and Black se [...]
Penn Center for Community Health Workers
The Penn Center for Community Health Workers applies the IMPaCT model of care. This model utilizes CHWs to provide tailored support for helping high-risk patients in achieving their personalized health goals. IMPaCT CHWs are defined as working with patients and healthcare providers directly to set a [...]
Ask a Policy Expert
The Catalyst Center team has over 15 years of experience in policies related to health care financing and coverage for children. Our policy focus among children is children and youth with special health care needs, which we define as children who “have or are at increased risk for chronic phys [...]
The American Rescue Plan Act: Opportunities for Improving Home- and Community-Based Services for Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs
The American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) was signed into law on March 11, 2021. Provisions in this legislation have the potential to expand and strengthen Home- and Community-Based Services (HCBS) for children enrolled in Medicaid, in turn strengthening the systems of services for children and youth with [...]
2017 BPHC Report: Assessment of HIV Service Needs in the Boston Eligible Metropolitan Area
The Boston Public Health Commission (BPHC) Planning Council partnered with the Center for Advancing Health Policy and Practice for the 2017 Needs Assessment report. The goal was to identify barriers that prevent people living with HIV, both in and out of care, from receiving needed services, engagin [...]
HRSA Meeting Posters for the SPNS initiative Building a Medical Home for Multiply Diagnosed HIV-Positive Homeless Populations
For a HRSA meeting on June 27, 2017, each SPNS demonstration site created a poster presentation outlining the model that was developed as part of the initiative Building a Medical Home for Multiply Diagnosed HIV-Positive Homeless Populations. Each poster includes findings, successes and challenges a [...]
Ohio Community Health Worker Association
The Ohio Community Health Worker Association was established in an effort to eliminate health disparities for Ohioans through the CHW model of care. Its mission is to establish and support CHWs as a profession that is an integral part in the healthcare and human services system.
PubMed article: Role of Patient Navigators in Building a Medical Home for Multiply Diagnosed HIV-Positive Homeless Populations
Through interviews and focus groups, clinic and program staff from nine organizations nationwide provided insights about the role of patient navigators in building a medical home for people living with HIV who are homeless/unstably housed and co-diagnosed with substance use and/or mental health diso [...]
Intimate Partner Violence and HIV
OBJECTIVES At the end of this unit, participants will be able to: Understand cultural context and intersectionality Understand the basics of intimate partner violence (IPV) Understand the intersection of IPV and HIV Build on community knowledge about the different forms of power/control and IPV as [...]
« Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 Next »