Resources & Links

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.

Links
Center for Disease Control and Prevention / Prevention Research Centers www.cdc.gov/prc

Boston University School of Public Health http://www.sph.bu.edu/

Boston Housing Authority http://www.bostonhousing.org/

Boston Public Health Commission http://www.bphc.org/

National Center for Health Care in Public Housing http://healthinpublichousing.org/

Center for Community Health Education Research and Service: A Partnership for Building Healthy Communities http://www.cchers.org/

Committee for Boston Public Housing http://www.cbphi.org/

News

Knowledge is Power Project @ Cathedral Housing Development featured in the Sunday Boston Globe's Lifestyle section, Sunday, March 22, 2009
Boston University's BU Today http://www.bu.edu/today/2009/02/09/public-health-knowledge-power

Dr. Milagros Abreu, Director of the Latino Health Insurance Program (LHIP) featured in EthnicNewz, an online digital news portal (New England Ethnic News) a project of the University of Massachusetts-Boston's Center on Media and Society. Click here to read the article

2009 Newsletter, click here
2008 Newsletter, click here
2006 Newsletter, click here

Training & Education Core Director Jo-Anna Rorie Recognized for ‘Outstanding Achievements’ in Public Health. To read more ≥

Dan Brooks, Principal Investigator for the Smoking Cessation Pilot Program in the West Broadway Public Housing Development in South Boston was featured in the Boston Globe and BUSPH Insider News. To read the articles click under the respective links.

Ethnic Newz http://www.ethnicnewz.org

Resources
Articles, publications, links relevant to health and public housing.

Fact Sheet: Oral Health of Residents in Boston Public Housing.
The Latino Health Insurance Program: a pilot intervention for enrolling Latino families in health insurance programs, East Boston, Massachusetts, 2006-2007. Abreu M, Hynes HP. Preventing Chronic Disease October 2009;6(4). http://www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2009/oct/08_0125.htm

Use of a Population-Based Survey to Describe the Health of Boston Public Housing Residents (American Journal of Public Health-Jan 2008)

The Effect of a Multi-Component Smoking Cessation Intervention in African American Women Residing in Public Housing

Using Community-Based Participatory Research To Develop A Culturally Sensitive Smoking Cessation Intervention With Public Housing Neighborhoods

The Integrated Pest Management Educator Pilot Project in Boston Public Housing: Results and Recommendations

Pathways to Health: Cluster-Randomized Trial to Increase Fruit and Vegetable Consumption Among Smokers in Public Housing

Pathways to Health: A Cluster Randomized Trial of Nicotine Gum and Motivational Interviewing for Smoking Cessation in Low-Income Housing

Community Analysis for Health Planning With Vulnerable Populations

Moving to Opportunity: An Experimental Study of Neighborhood Effects on Mental Health

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.