Projects - Center for Advancing Health Policy and Practice

Since 1992, we have partnered with researchers, private and public agencies, academic institutions, community-based organizations, and other collaborators to design and implement innovative programs with meaningful, lasting impact.

CoIIN to Advance Care of CMC

2017-Present

Under a 4-year HRSA-funded cooperative agreement, staff will lead the Collaborative Improvement and Innovation Network (CoIIN) to Advance Care of Children with Medical Complexity (CMC).

Improving Access to HIV Care Using Community Health Workers

2016-Present

This 3-year initiative seeks to increase the use of community health workers (CHW) to improve the health of people living with HIV who are underserved.

Social Work and Health Equity Speaker Series

2016-Present

The Social Work and Health Equity Speaker Series highlights innovative public health social work practice and leadership in various sectors.

The Dissemination and Evaluation Center

2015-Present

The DEC is currently conducting a multisite evaluation utilizing an Implementation Science framework, studying 4 HRSA HIV initiatives to disseminate successful practices to the field.

Learning Communities

2015-Present

This initiative seeks to bring together trans-disciplinary, inter-professional teams that include students, faculty from Boston University and beyond, policymakers, and practitioners.

Project CAATCH

2014-Present

Center staff and four MA Health Centers are working to create a model to locate and engage women and young adults who are HIV+ who face barriers to care or who have fallen out of care.

Project REACH

2014-Present

Staff evaluate interventions to implement a no-smoking policy to provide tobacco-free housing in BHA developments, decrease cigarette use, and increase access to healthy beverages.

MCH Workforce Development

2013-Present

The Catalyst Center provides content expertise in developing and delivering training to increase the knowledge of Title V staff and MCH students on the implications of the ACA.

The Catalyst Center

2005-Present

The Catalyst Center provides technical assistance to states and stakeholders to improve health insurance and financing of care for children and youth with special health care needs.

Boston Public Health Commission Ryan White Part A Needs Assessment Project

CAHPP staff conducted a needs assessment and performance gap analysis of the core support services for people living with HIV/AIDS in the Boston Eligible Metropolitan Area (EMA).

Med-HEART

Med-HEART collaborated with nine demonstration sites to evaluate models of care that link people living with HIV and experiencing homelessness with needed services and resources.

Deborah Munroe Noonan Research Project

The goal of this project is to examine the impact of case management on costs and health outcomes for children and youth with mental illness between the ages 0-23.

LPFCH Care Coordination Project

Catalyst staff identified strategies for financing and reimbursing care coordination services to promote the health and well-being of children and youth with special health care needs.

SOC Planning

Working as independent evaluators, Center staff identified features, strengths, and weaknesses of the MA Multi-City Young Children’s Mental Health System of Care (SOC) Planning Project.

The SPECTRuM Project

The “Strategic Peer-Enhanced Care and Retention Model” (SPECTRuM) project aims to expand access to and improve retention in HIV care and treatment for PLWHA.

BPHC:TA

CAHPP provided technical assistance to provide better resources and strategies to sustain programs focused on infant and early childhood mental health initiatives.

MAI SPNS

The MAI SPNS project focused on providing better access to resources, housing and proper care for racial/ethnic minority communities where HIV/AIDS epidemic continues to grow.

ECHO

The Evaluation Center for HIV and Oral Health coordinated a 5-year national multi-site evaluation of service models to increase access to oral health care for people who are HIV+.

PEER Center

The PEER Center developed training resources and provided support to help organizations launch a peer program to engage and retain people living with HIV in care and treatment.

Kaleidoscope of Care

Kaleidoscope of Care is a cross-disciplinary training curriculum for providers to increase knowledge and awareness of the relationship between HIV infection and substance use.

CORE

CORE coordinated a national multi-site evaluation of HIV outreach strategies to engage and retain underserved individuals with HIV into care.

NIDRR Access to Care

The NIDRR project aimed to examine access barriers to the continuum of mainstream health care services for persons with disabilities across the lifespan in Massachusetts.

RWJF Managed Care Best Practices

Center staff investigated how states provide substance abuse treatment services to individuals with disabilities enrolled in Medicaid Managed Care Plans and identified best practices.