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We work to improve the health and well-being of the residents of Boston's public housing, and thus reduce health disparities, by engaging residents in community-centered research programs and prevention activities.

New Journal Article: The GirlStars Program: Challenges to Recruitment and Retention in a Physical Activity and Health Education Program for Adolescent Girls Living in Public Housing The March 2010 issue of Preventing Chronic Disease (PCD)

New: Resident Health Advocate Tool Kit
This toolkit provides materials developed and used by the Partners in Health and Housing Prevention Research Center (PHH-PRC) in its program to train public housing residents as Resident Health Advocates (RHAs). Once trained, RHAs play two key roles: they provide basic health information to other public housing residents, and they guide residents to nearby health resources.

Click the Resident Health Advocates tab for more info.

The Partners in Health and Housing Prevention Research Center (PHH-PRC) -- a partnership between the BU School of Public Health, the Boston Housing Authority, the Boston Public Health Commission, and the Community Committee for Health Promotion -- has been awarded a five-year grant that will allow it to continue innovative programs to improve the health of residents of Boston's public housing.

The five-year, $3.5 million award from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will allow the center "to continue building on our collaboration and improving the health of public housing residents," said Dr. Robert Horsburgh, director of the center and chair and professor of the Department of Epidemiology at BUSPH. "The success of this application reflects the strong partnership and dedicated participation of all four of our partner organizations." To read more ≥≥

The Partners in Health and Housing Prevention Research Center (PHH-PRC) at Boston University School of Public Health is a member of the Prevention Research Centers Program, supported by Cooperative Agreement Number RFA-DP-09-001from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Its contents are those of the PHH-PRC and do not necessarily represent the official position of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.