"Promotion of Health for Residents of Boston's Public Housing"

Who We Are! 

The Community Committee for Health Promotion is an organization comprised of residents of the Boston Housing Authority family developments, community leaders and agency representatives. Our board is comprised of 25 members, 13 of whom must be public housing residents. The CCHP is an equitable partner with the Boston University School of Public Health, the Boston Public Health Commission and the Boston Housing Authority. The four-part collaborative is known as the PHH-PRC or more formally, the Partners in Health and Housing Prevention Research Center. 

The Community Committee for Health Promotion was an integral part of the grant proposal submitted to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, GA by the Boston University School of Public Health.  The CCHP began as a community advisory board “CAB” and soon became apparent that full partnership status was more appropriate.

Our purpose is to participate in the conceptualization, planning and implementation of the PHH-PRC various activities and programs and to assure that all BHA residents have equal access to the benefits, programs and work opportunities of the PHH-PRC. 		What we do!

The Community Committee for Health Promotion (CCHP) members meet monthly to carry out our responsibilities as a PHH-PRC Partner. We review, assist in the design, participate in site selection, make recommendations regarding service delivery, and provide endorsements for PRC funded programs.  We also review, assist in design and site selection of collaborative non-PRC funded projects. 

Each CCHP member takes general responsibility for the distribution of information for at least one of the 26 BHA Family Developments throughout the city of Boston.

We develop and design flyers and surveys for the FISP program. Through FISP, we ascertain health related information to help inform PRC research and provide CCHP direction. 

The CCHP quarterly hosts the PHH-PRC Steering Committee which includes the PRC partners, an agenda with updates of the CCHP sub-committees of their work and the Steering Committee.

CCHP Sub-Committees

CCHP Members serve on one of the following six (6) Sub-Committees. Sub-committees meet monthly and report at the CCHP regular monthly meetings providing updates on their work and receives questions and comments from the full committee:
  • Budget Sub-Committee - Prepares and reviews the CCHP budget to ensure operation within the allocated funding level.
  • Committee of Chairs (COC) Sub-Committee - will serve, along with the CCHP Chair, to provide leadership to the CCHP.
  • Communication Sub-Committee – Assists other sub-committees and resident task forces with communication and distribution of materials.
  • Membership Sub-Committee – Recruits and maintains the membership numbers and monitors the By-Laws
  • National Community Committee Sub-Committee-The NCC is to ensure communication with other NCCs.
  • Program Sub-Committee - Reviews individual programs to determine adequate participation, efficiency and the cost effectiveness of the programs
  • Visiting Sub-Committee - Visits residents and Resident Task Forces to make them aware of the PRC and the CCHP

FISP
Flyer Information & Survey Distribution Project

We provide a 2 part program we call FISP. It is a Flyer Information and Survey Distribution Project. CCHP members distribute Flyers pertaining to the CCHP, the PRC and the other partners in the collaborative, as well as general “where to” health information to the approximately 10,000 BHA Resident units across the city of Boston in two languages.

The first part of the FISP program, requires that each of the CCHP members flyer the complete development for which they are responsible.

The second part of FISP uses surveys to assure the successful receipt of the flyer project and obtains other health information for the PRC. Each CCHP member, oversees the survey segment by obtaining a 10% survey sampling of the development he or she previously flyered. This effort produces approximately 1,000 Surveys with information regarding flyer receipt and other health indicators.

To learn more information about the CCHP contact Eugenia Smith, emsmith@bu.edu or 617-638-5366

CCHP Brochure                  CCHP Flyer

                ©Partners in Health & Housing Prevention Research Center -October 2009
                Boston University School of Public Health
        715 Albany St., Talbot Bldg   Boston, MA 02118
            617-638-5036

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.